"Probable murder weapon. No prints." "There never are."

 For a long time I've been trying to decide where to go from here. I have one book published, but I have a lot of work to do still. I've been working on marketing plans and am making some progress there. Though I still have to come up with some others. (A slow process right now.)

 And I still have other books to publish. Such as, book two. However, with that one certain things have come up so my original plan got changed, which changed some other things as well. (The short of it was whether or not to move back the publication date or to publish without pictures. The other short of it is I moved back the date. *Smirk*)

 But this left the set publication date open. (It also got me to address the issue of price. Which I have lowered. Sadly, Lulu wouldn't let me lower it as much as I wanted. I am working on this to see if I can find a way around it. I set a discount but am not sure how it will end up working. Keep an eye on the site, it should be down to 12 now, if the discount worked. Which I am hoping it did.)

 All of this, though, is leading up to this. My next, to be published project. And today, I will tell you all about it. (Well, most about it.)

 This book was my second NaNo project. It came about as most of mine do, last minute when I ditched the plot I had and tried to come up with something new.

 What first started it was a desire to tell a story about a prince (partly brought on by watching Stardust and thinking the princes were one of the best parts of the whole movie.) Holding to this idea, I asked around and soon had so many ideas thrown at me I had a plot.

 I also had a kind friend who not only drew a map for me but outlined the whole country. I need to pull that file out sometime soon and share some of the facts. But for now, I will skip it.

 By the time NaNo ended I had a two part book series and some quirky characters I hadn't set out to meet. (Some of which included an elf and some dwarves.)

 Before this I had never written a story with elves and dwarves, and I've never done so since, but I had a lot of fun doing so with this book. I suppose, with the elves and such, it makes it a fantasy book, with no magic in it. It was written before I learned of Steampunk so it has none of that in it either.

 It just has some princes, an elf, hungry dwarves, and some other creatures. And an adventure all centering around one little boy.

 And today, since I am feeling kind, I will share with you not only the title, but the summery! (Aye! Bask in my kindness!)

 Ahem.

 Over the next few weeks I will be introducing the characters, kind of like I did for Haphazardly Implausible and am doing for The Broken Blade.

 This also means book two's cover and trailer will be on hold, and we will be working on everything for this book. 

 It also means I am planning on revealing the release date next week. (Okay, there went some of my kindness.)

 I am hoping this made some kind of sense. I don't know what is with me today, but I can't seem to think coherently. 

 Here is the link though for my book. Please let me know if the price hasn't changed as it all looks good from my end, but it might be doing that because I am the one who did it. PAPERBACK BOOK. (Note, the ebooks will also have new prices.)

 And now, here is the summery and title of the book I will be publishing next.

 A Stretch of Loyalty

 Prince Lachlan's only crime is that he is the youngest son of the king, a selfish man who took what he wanted no matter the cost. Now Lachlan's life is in danger because his father's last law was that the last of his sons left living will be the new king.

 Lachlan's half brothers are determined to get rid of him first before they work on killing each other, but their plans are foiled when Lachlan is saved by a young girl named Magda. Knowing Lachlan would make a better king then any of his brothers, Magda flees into the wild, hoping to find help and safety for the boy in one of the neighboring kingdoms. Instead, all Magda finds is rejection.

 But help might be closer then she thinks, and it comes in the form of a grumpy, one handed hermit, an elf with a sense of humor, and two dwarf brothers. Together, they might have a chance to save the boy - but what price do you pay to keep a stranger alive? Just how far are they willing to go to make sure he is kept safe?

 What do you think? (I think it still needs some work and will be polishing it up over the next few months, as I always do with my summeries.)

 But, I have the site for it set up, so you can go and look around if you like. HERE

 And I think that is about it. For now. I might have some more exciting news later, but I have to check on when to talk about that one. (See?! Not talking coherently. And I didn't even crack my head today...)

 I think I will go before I start up more babbling. Character voting is open! Check the sidebar!

 (Note, the title series, Because of Loyalty, is very likely to be changed. It is all I could come up with at the moment though.)

 Another Columbo quote, this one reminded me of a line from the old Avengers TV show.

 Au Revoir!

 Allons-y!