Tuesday, November 25, 2008

My second book is getting closer!!!

The debut of my second novel in the Deputies series, Tyler's Law, is slowly approaching. Here's what I wrote for the back cover:

Deputy Bowie Tyler is, at first glance, an unlikely hero. He doesn’t look like a lawman, and that’s just the way he likes it. He can fight and he can shoot because a man who’s “built somewhat like a punkin” had better learn to protect himself, or go to tending store. His jolly demeanor hides a core of icy steel.

Bowie’s current assignment looked relatively straightforward at first glance: bring in the elusive Bob Morton. Morton has never been caught in twenty years on the wrong side of the law, but his latest robbery may change all that. As he follows Morton’s trail, Bowie finds more and more evidence that, just as in his own case, appearances can be deceiving. The further he travels the more it seems that he may be chasing the wrong man. Before he reaches the end of this trail, Bowie Tyler will find himself in the unenviable position of having to interpret the law in his own way. He will be writing Tyler’s Law.

The cover of my first book, Complications, was created by the publisher, AuthorHouse, using a stock photo from Jackson Hole. The cover turned out great, but I wanted one of my own photos on the cover of Tyler's Law. Last winter, I took some pictures of the snow-covered hills across the river from Cheryl's mom's house, and got one that I thought would be perfect for my new book...

I have a conference call with my design team scheduled for December 12th, and we'll decide then what font to use, what size to make the book, that sort of thing. Then it'll take a couple of months to get the book all set up, then it'll go into print. Of course I'll be selling autographed copies both in person and through my website. At this point I don't know what the price will be yet...

Book 3, which is tentatively titled "Valentine's Revenge", is partly done, but I've had a major league case of writer's block for the past several months, so it is on hold. I also have the first pages written of a book that is totally different than anything I've ever written. It's a story of the end of life on Earth as we know it, as seen through the eyes of a common man...