In stock now!

Woohoo!  I'm not sure how Amazon have managed it, but it looks as though False Colors is in stock and available to buy now, even though the official release date is 13th of April.

I've just been told by my editor that the back cover says the book is set in 1662.   It should say 1762.  I'm not sure how that happened!  Particularly as it says 1762 all the way through the inside, until you get to the bits set in 1763.  The aim is that we can put it right in the second printing.  So if you fancy an amusing limited edition with the wrong date on the back, now would be the time to get it! 

Ooh, and it has its first review:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0762436581

"Kudos to Running Press for creating a series not flawed by nude bodies on the cover and stories clouded with predictable sex. Kudos to Alex Beecroft for a story of men at sea, piracy, war, betrayal, love, and redemption. There's nothing false about this colorful and historical romance which I'll be suggesting to readers for a long time to come! If you enjoy getting lost at sea with complex and interesting characters in a story that will challenge and excite you, then this book is for you."

(Not celebrating too much in case Amazon is playing some sort of April Fool's joke on me ;)  Paranoid? Moi? :) )

Phew! Finished!

Yay! Boys of Summer first draft is FINISHED!!! Woohoo!

64168 / 60000

Complete with horribly sappy romantic ending that may not make any sense, but I don't care because it's OVER! FREE, I'm free at last!  I owe myself chocolate and at least one day off :)

I didn't really enjoy writing this one - my first and probably only contemporary. There weren't enough alien invasions, pirates, warships, elves, weevils, tricorns or dragons.  However, I will now put it away for a short while so that when I come back and read it I can see what it needs to make it the best contemporary I can do.  I do love the characters, though; Darren and Tony, and Krissy and her family, and Caroline, and Kyle, Mrs. Goodchilde, Mr. Stokes and even Max, the villain.  Maybe Darren and Tony can get a sequel where they have to save the Queen from mutant, time travelling, octopii?

Meantime, what should I do with this book now that I've got it?  It's likely to be at least 70k once it's polished, if not 80K, and isn't at all explicit at the moment, though there are several places where a sex scene could go if required.  I can try and see if an agent wants it, or I can add sex scenes and see if MLR Press want it, or I can see if Samhain wants it with or without sex scenes.  I suppose the first thing is to try and find out if it's any good.  Anyone fancy giving it the once over for massive plot holes and things that make no sense?