Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Phantom Pilot has arrived!

Yay!  It's finally here and I am very pleased with the artwork.  I downloaded it to my Kindle by simply clicking on the image of the cover.  It will take you directly to Amazon.  It should also be available for Nook in the next day or two, by going to www.CoolWellPress.com.  But when I went there a few moments ago, the links on Cool Well were not working yet.  Technology ... the bane of my literary existence.  Just ask my poor editor.

Check back tomorrow.  As soon as the publisher has all the bugs worked out to order it, I will announce the winners of the free books.  Till then ... enjoy gazing at that lovely cover!  Thank you to Anne Cain and Beth Ann Ryden for the cover, and to Denise, YoDen, Vitola for the editorial expertise.  Wow.  It's really here!

Afterthought: I've done everything but lick the tip of a pencil to make that dern comment section work better so give it whirl.  Leave me a comment, dadgummit. Just post as anonymous but write your name in the comment ... it'll work.  I'm pretty sure of it.  Well, fairly sure.  Okay, I think it will.  I hope so anyway.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Update on The Phantom Pilot

Cover artist having difficulties.  May be another few days before it is completed by another artist.  Still hoping it will be available before Christmas.  It would make a lovely gift . . . and I'm not biased.  Not at all.  I promise!  Well, okay, maybe just a bit.  LOL

Be sure to read Part 2 of The Warning on the previous blog.  And if you haven't read it yet, Part 1 is still here, too.  Just go to Older Posts.  Oh, and be sure to leave me a comment or shoot me an email if you aren't entered into the contest yet!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Ann's Afterthoughts: Contest to win The Phantom Pilot

Ann's Afterthoughts: Contest to win The Phantom Pilot

Contest to win The Phantom Pilot

Hello! Part 2 of The Warning follows this short message.  Hope you are enjoying the story.  Remember to leave me a comment to be entered in the contest to win The Phantom Pilot when it is released any day now.  The publisher says we are simply waiting for the cover art.  Yay!  Can't wait to see it! Now scroll down to the next post to read part 2...or scroll down one more to read part 1 if this is your first visit to the blog.  If you left me a message or sent me an email previously, you are already in the contest!  Part 3 will be next Friday or Saturday.  By the way, you can leave a comment under Anonymous--but just sign your name in the message--you do not have to be a member of any group.  

Friday, December 9, 2011

About this blog and the Upcoming Contest

Below is part one of The Warning.  I will post part two next week on Friday or Saturday, and part three the following week.  Please leave a comment if you want to enter the contest for The Phantom Pilot (see comment box below the story).


When my ebook, The Phantom Pilot, is published (sometime this month), I will draw 3 names from all the folks who have posted on this blog or on my email or on my Facebook Author page.  Email swannann76@yahoo.com or click the FB link at the top of this page, or just post a comment below.    


Thanks for visiting!

Saturday, December 3, 2011

In the Beginning

If you are reading this, welcome!  My first attempt at blogging will be short and to the point.
I write.  That's what I do.  And I play on the computer.  Then I write some more, then I feed the pets, then I write some more.  And afterward, I read . . . anything and everything.  I like YA, and I like mainstream, and I really like Stephen King, usually.  But I also like thrillers and mysteries and fantasy and sometimes even a smattering of science fiction.  I'm not picky.  If it's well written, I will read it.  But if it doesn't grab me by the throat and threaten to drown me in an ocean of envy within the first few pages--I put it down.  Life is too short to read bad fiction.  I try to keep that in mind when I'm writing, too.

So there.  That's me in a nutshell, and I do mean in a nutshell.  Certifiable, maybe.  Or perhaps just a bit squirrely.  You be the judge.  Personally, I don't worry about it too much.  I'm just me . . . I yam what I yam as Popeye would say.  But thanks for dropping by.   Watch for an upcoming story to be serialized here next time.  It's one of my own (natch) and it's a bit of a horror show.  Hope you like it.  If you do, you might want to check out my YA Novella coming out this month from Cool Well Press.  It's called The Phantom Pilot.  It will be available at CoolWellPress.com and Amazon.com.  Or you can simply pop over to my website annswann.com and order it there!

Once I figure out this blogging business, you will probably even be able to order it here.  Anything's possible, right?

PS (afterthought) Feel free to leave me a note or a comment or whatever you would like to call it.  I'd love to hear from you.