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ISO ARC Readers for Typhoon Warning
As you know, Bob, Typhoon Warning will be released on June 2, 2026. Which means this is the time when I need to round up people who 1) like getting free books and 2) will leave an honest review at Amazon, Goodreads, B&N, or whatever their favorite review site may be and offer them an Advance Reading Copy of Typhoon.
Un petit problème—since it has been over a year since I released High Tide (or, well, anything), my readers have kind of scattered. I have a grand total of three pre-orders on Amazon for Typhoon (and if you’re one of them you are in my will), and despite my best efforts on social media and newsletters I’m not getting a lot of traction. I’m hoping that it will be easier to attract ARC readers—after all, it’s a free book and all they have to do is leave a review.
To that end, I’ve set up a signup sheet for ARC readers at the Google and will start sending them out on May 22. If you want an advance look at the final book in the Olympic Cove series (my editor says I’ve outdone myself with this one) and are willing to leave a review online, please consider grabbing a space. And to quote the old Bartles and Jaymes wine cooler commercials, we thank you for your support.
First full workday of 2025
After some thought I’ve decided to go back and do a re-read of what I’ve done of Typhoon Warning so far. I know, I know, but I’ve been stopping and starting so much that I’ve lost the feel for both the characters and the story, and that ain’t good. I need to get everything more firmly settled into my mind before I completely hose the plot, and doing a re-read of what I have will help with that.
And yes, I may do a bit of editing here and there, but just to smooth out the occasional infelicitous phrase or misspelling. I’m not going to bother with a full edit until the whole damn thing is done. That being said, I am very pleased with the way the book opens and Chiron’s meeting with the fates in Chapter One. I always enjoyed writing those characters, mainly for the snark they bring to the game, and putting them all in one room has been a huge amount of fun.
Hopefully I can get the read-through done by Wednesday or so, and then I can start back in on actual writing. Of course, I have other books calling at my writing brain, especially when I’m cleaning or cooking, but I need to get this one done first. Then I can play.
In the meantime I’m also keeping a weather eye on the, well, weather (it’s cold here in the clavicle of Texas at the moment, but Anita Gigawatt looks like she’s going to hold so we just have to keep the house warm for the kitties and make sure no pipes freeze) and the events going on in Washington. Ain’t gonna make any predictions at the moment, but this is going to be an interesting day, no doubt about it.






