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Echo in Time is now available on Amazon in all formats: hardcover, paperback, eBook, and audio. You can buy them via
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I'm so grateful for your support and hope this one hits you right where it counts. I think it's the best I've ever written.
And I hope to see you later today (4:30 pm EST) for an
online celebration in my Facebook group. I'll be giving away books, reading a few pages, and answering all your questions. Also, there's a spec of a chance that I
may read a passage from the nineteenth-century England chapters. That would require me revealing my utterly abysmal British accent, the one I hear in my head while writing. How could you possibly miss it?
SPECIAL NOTE: My wife says this is a terrible idea, reading one of the scenes set in Victorian England. She's right. Will that stop me? I don't know. Ever since I was a kid, I've not liked being told what to do. I'm a bucker of the system, a renegade.
“How does that work out for you, Boo?” someone might ask.
“Not well, thanks.”
“Has your wife ever been wrong?”
“Zero point zero times.”
“But you're still going to read one of those scenes, aren't you?”
“It's going to come down to the last minute. Ask me after a beer. But likely, yes."
“One more thing, Boo. Did your wife tell you that the original cliffhanger ending in Red Mountain would upset readers?”
I dig my nails into my thigh. “Maybe.”
“Yes or no.”
“Yes.”
“Did you listen to her?”
“Eventually. After selling the first hundred thousand copies and reading some blistering reviews that forced me to hide in the corner in the fetal position whilst sucking my thumb, I added an additional paragraph that tied up the story with a more satisfying conclusion.”
“So you haven't learned from your mistakes?”
Beads of sweat collect on my forehead. “What I know is that one day, I'll be right, and she'll be wrong. Till then, I will persist and resist. Because I do not like being told what to do.”
“Thanks for this wonderful interview, Boo. We look forward to watching you toss your career down the drain by going public with your horrifically inaccurate British accent. Oh, one last thing. Are you going to let your wife proof this email before sending it out to your millions of fans?"
“No, she doesn't like when I write about her. This is a case of asking for forgiveness later."
“There is no hope for you.”
“I concur.”
“Are you excited about your release today?”
“Never have I taken on more of a challenge, and the finished product is far better than I could have ever hoped. So yeah, I'm super proud and thrilled. Ultimately, I hope it gives folks a break from whatever ails them right now. And maybe in a case or two, it might be a doorway to healing."
“Are you getting sappy? Don't hide those tears."
“I'm just grateful, that's all."
