This post originally appeared in 2021. I'm reviving it now because it's surprisingly topical. I'm currently working on the twentieth anniversary, annotated version of Scent of the Roses, the first book in the Oberon series, which re-releases next month. And also because the Christmas story mentioned below will be re-releasing in a new, limited edition, FREE anthology in November.
This level of circling and cycling, recycling, revising, revisiting, revitalizing...and just generally repeating myself deserves a quote. This is from Joni Mitchell's The Circle Game:
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return, we can only look
Behind, from where we came
And go round and round and round, in the circle game
There was a reason I was scheduled to post today. I had a post in mind, a plan, a holiday connection--it's all gone in the whirlwind of overwhelm that has been June 2021.
So, instead you get this post: a peek into part of what has made the second half of June so profoundly discombobulated--well, besides the specter of possibly having to move again, but let's not get into that.
I've spent the last two weeks revisiting Oberon--my very first series--which I unpublished a few years back and am now in the process of readying for re-release. Specifically, I've been writing one of two new Christmas stories to be set in Oberon, and carving a new Halloween short story from my existing Halloween-set novel.
There's nothing really new about the Halloween story, other than some deeper insights into Cara's character and motivation, but I'm hoping it will entice readers into checking out Visions Before Midnight when it becomes available (hopefully) later this year.
It's been so much fun to return to this series. For me, it really is like going home again. So here's a sneak peek at the two stories releasing this year, and a couple of other freebies, that you can access right now.
Only the Lonely
An Oberon Halloween Story
Cara Matthews is trouble—with a capital T. That's one thing that pretty much everyone in Oberon can agree on—parents, teachers, other students, her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Seth Cavanaugh.
Well, if you give a dog a bad name he—or she—will probably live up to it, right?
This Halloween, after one insult too many, Cara's hellbent on wreaking revenge—no matter who gets hurt in the process, or even killed.
I'll Be Home for ChristmasAn Oberon Christmas Story
All Scout wants this holiday season is to get home in time for Christmas. But when your home is in quirky little Oberon, California, nothing is ever that simple.
It’s the night before Christmas and Scout Patterson is flying home to Oberon after a business trip to LA when a chance, mid-air meeting with an angel has her dreaming of a weird Christmas—one in which she sees exactly how life might have gone on without her.
Scout has A Wonderful Life in Oberon. She has people who love her, but no one who actually needs her. Or so she thinks, until a chance encounter shows her what life in Oberon could have been like had she never come home.
Such Fleeting Pleasures An Oberon Prequel Novella
Lucy and Dan Cavanaugh have one of Oberon's hottest marriages. But it wasn't all strawberries and cream for the pair...or was it?
In this Oberon series prequel, we travel back in time to see how their love story began.
Such Fleeting Pleasures will ONLY be available as a free download to members of my readers group. Get it NOW when you sign up:
Going Back To Oberon A Very Short Story
This story started out as a feature on Cabin Goddess’s “Fourth Wall Friday” blog; in which authors were invited to put themselves into a scene were they interacted with their characters.
I had a great deal of fun imagining myself returning to the scene of my very first series. It started me thinking about all the stories I hadn't told yet. And it really motivated me to start getting some of those ideas out there.
And now, for something completely unrelated:
I just wanted to remind everyone that Let's Get Naughty 2 is available for pre-order.
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