Dropping Dead on Dec 12th

 

Tattered Page Book Club Facebook Page Takeover

 

Hey gang. For those of you with some free time tomorrow, I will be commandeering the Facebook page of the Tattered Page Book Club for the entire day. I'll be talking about my upcoming release (𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊), my previously released novels (𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄, 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍 𝐊𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓), and all kinds of useless information about yours truly.

The Tattered Page Book Club is a Facebook group for book lovers and authors alike. It is a closed group, but you can score an invite by clicking on the link below.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/269414840723994/?ref=share_group_link

Did I mention there would be GIVEAWAYS? 

I hope you'll be able to drop by and say hello. I might even pull a Facebook LIVE session.

Expresso Tours Book Blitz

Anyone with a blog, a Facebook page, or any other social media site is welcome to join in this post-launch blitz organized by Expresso Tours. Participation would be most appreciated!

https://xpressobooktours.com/.../blitz-sign-up-prick-by.../

The blitz will run from December 12th to December 16th, 2023, you can post on any day during this window. There will be excerpts available for your post, and every participant will be able to post the blitz-wide giveaway if you wish – giveaway prize(s) courtesy of the author (that's me). Social media sites are welcome. ARCs are also available for blitz participants.

Thanks!

The Big Bang - Reveal Day

It's usual for authors to roll out a new book by staging multiple events ahead of launch day. Things such as a COVER REVEAL, BLURB REVEAL, PRE-ORDER DATES, etc. Well... I've decided to do mine a little differently. I'm revealing everything at the same time... TODAY. 

Welcome to the BIG BANG! And because followers of this blog have been with me the longest, it's only happening here first!

PRICK will be hitting the shelves on December 12th, but the ebook version is available for pre-order right now on Amazon for only .99 cents, but just until launch day.

This is my first Young Adult novel, but don't let that label fool you because adults will find this tale just as entertaining. Here's the blurb - 

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People are dying under mysterious circumstances in the small town of New Haven. And the city’s best hope of uncovering the truth rests with a troubled teen and the girl who can't stand him.

Cassie Underwood’s life is shattered when her younger sister dies in a freak car accident. In her grief, Cassie unfairly blames her sister’s constant companion—Taggart McGill—a boy with a sketchy past and abrasive personality. As Cassie attempts to recover from the loss, she struggles to honor her late-sister’s memory by befriending the person she resents most.

Things get complicated when Cassie overhears a fellow student asking Taggart to convince the police another death in the accident had nothing to do with the crash at all. Taggart surprisingly agrees and a suspicious Cassie decides to accompany him in his snooping. She soon learns everything she knows about Taggart is wrong… and he has insight into things that link the car accident to other suspicious deaths in their close-knit community.

Is Taggart McGill the "prick" everyone says he is, or will uncovering his secrets be the key that keeps Cassie's name off the mounting list of victims?

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I also have a brand-new website to support the new release (which is self-published) along with my existing books. Here's the link:

DL HAMMONS

I am super excited to finally see this series come to fruition and can't wait to share it with the world. There will be a couple more events leading up to release day, so keep checking in with me (like you always have!) 

:)

DL

A Call for ARC Reviewers

 

I'm looking for a limited number of avid readers to join my ARC team for my upcoming YA book PRICK. It may be YA, but adults will enjoy this story as well.

Blurb:

People are dying under mysterious circumstances in the small town of New Haven. And the city’s best hope of uncovering the truth rests with a troubled teen and the girl who can't stand him.

Cassie Underwood’s life is shattered when her younger sister dies in a freak car accident. In her grief, Cassie unfairly blames her sister’s constant companion—Taggart McGill—a boy with a sketchy past and abrasive personality. As Cassie attempts to recover from the loss, she struggles to honor her late sister’s memory by befriending the person she resents most.

Things get complicated when Cassie overhears a fellow student asking Taggart to convince the police another death in the accident had nothing to do with the crash at all. Taggart surprisingly agrees and a suspicious Cassie decides to accompany him in his snooping.

She soon learns everything she knows about Taggart is wrong… and he has insight into things that link the car accident to other suspicious deaths in their close-knit community.

Now it seems there’s only one thing keeping Cassie’s name off the growing list of victims—finding out who Taggart McGill really is.

Join my team here: https://tinyurl.com/2asfzk5q

A Change in Direction

After months of querying my adult suspense/thriller TWIST to agents and seeing very little interest, I've decided to go in a different direction.

Years ago, I wrote a YA suspense/thriller (PRICK) which stirred up plenty of buzz and ultimately landed me my agent. I even wrote the second book (it was meant to be a 3-book series). Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful at finding a publisher willing to take a chance on it...and me. So, it's just been sitting there, collecting dust on the shelf, which is a shame because I consider it one of my best works.

That's why I've made the decision to self-publish PRICK. I have tentatively set a December 12th release date.

I realize many of the folks who decided to follow my exploits here did so because of my adult stuff, but I promise you that even though PRICK is targeted at YA, adult readers will enjoy it as well.

The other thing that I want to mention is that this blog will be shuddering its doors in the near future. I'll be moving over to a more professional website to prepare for PRICK's launch and maintaining two separate sites will be more than I can handle. It will be a sad day, for sure, when that day comes, but we still have a little time.

That's my news. I'll be back later with updates (cover reveal, pre-order details, etc.) as the release date approaches. Stay tuned!

Hanging On By A Thread

 

It's time for a status update and I think the above picture says it all. 

I feel like I'm talking to myself here (maybe I am - it's therapeutic) because this blog is read by only a handful of followers now ... way down from its heyday. I think I secretly hope that eventually, when one of my books sparks a widespread interest, new readers will find their way here and read all about the long and twisting road I've taken. It's also a place where everything started for me. Giving up on it means giving up entirely ... and I'm not ready to do that.

Sales for my two published books (KNIGHT RISE & FALLEN KNIGHT) have tapered off dramatically (despite positive reviews), so I've decided to write a brand-new novel with totally new characters. It's tentatively titled TWIST and I've already finished the first couple of drafts. I'm waiting for feedback from a couple of Alpha readers and once I incorporate those changes it'll be ready for editing. I have exceptionally high hopes for this one, so fingers crossed. My intention is to have this one traditionally published.

I have three other YA novels represented by my agent, but we've failed to make headway with any of them. They've been shopped around to publishers for a couple years now, so I'm not holding out much hope.

That's where I'm at right now. Kinda treading water, waiting to see which way the tide will turn. For those of you still reading along with me ... thanks. I'll update you again when something significant happens.

DL