My friend Danielle Ackley-McPhail, whom I have never met, is launching a new book. Strike that “never met” part: We may have said a few words at Balticon a year and a half ago. Or maybe not; in any case, it never got as far as, well, names or anything. We’ve gotten to be friendly through belonging to the same writers’ group and through Danielle’s writer-oriented Yahoo group. I’ve also gotten to be friendly with some of her other friends in these groups, and it feels kind of strange and nifty to have a circle of friends whom I like but have never met.
The new book is called The Halfling’s Court, and it sounds like a good read. I’ve read some of Danielle’s other books, Yesterday’s Dreams and Tomorrow’s Memories, and I enjoyed them very much. Danielle is good with characterization and descriptions and doesn’t draw back (as I do) from blood and gore, either. The Halfling’s Court, like the other two, blends hard modern times and the Land of Fae. Danielle mixes them well and pours a pleasant tale.
The Halfling’s Court will be launched officially at Arisia in Boston in January, but it’s already hit the ground running (er, hit the air flying?), with a listing in amazon.com and reviews starting to come in.
What an exciting time for a writer! I wish her so much success!
Ginger! Thank you SO much 🙂 So, when is the next time we’ll get to meet proper? I can’t tell you how much it means to me to hear that you’ve enjoyed the books, especially Tomorrow’s Memories, which I have received little to no feedback on 🙁 This is a source of anxiety for me because it is some of my older writing and so much more involved than the first book.
Thank you for the plugs and hope to see you sometime soon.
D-
Perhaps we’ll meet at Arisia! This is a home-town con for me, so you’d think it would be easy for me to attend. But I’m already piling up a travel schedule for January that leaves my attendance in doubt. Partly these are obligations and partly an urgent desire to flee the northeast during the darkest and coldest of the winter months.