News Flash: Galnemer to become published novelist in one year

[Guynemer]

The hits keep rolling in the the wife and me.

She is finally, finally allowing me to proudly announce the upcoming publication of her first novel, "Cinders", in April 2010. See http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=657 for more info, and visit www.salamanderstales.com to read some of her previously published short fiction.

I am so ****ing stoked about this. To be able to sell a debut novel in this economy is hard enough; for her to sell a debut novel, plus a sequel sight-unseen, is freaking awesome.

[SlowwHand]

That's great. Congrats to you both.

[Krill]

I may have to read that...

[Krill]

Sparky? Sparky? C'mon...

[Lorizael]

That's seriously awesome.

[Wiglaf]

Only getting a book deal can make a salamander fetish socially acceptable.

[BKWM]

Congratulations

[Drake Tungsten]

I'm confused. Are we supposed to care if some evil spirit burns Detroit to the ground?

[Zkribbler]

Magnificient!!

Acquisitions: Cinders and Embers by Laura Bickle
Cinders, first of a series by Laura Bickle for publication in April 2010, and Embers, second of the series (publication fall 2010)

CINDERS

Truth burns. Unemployment, despair, anger—visible and invisible unrest feed the undercurrent of Detroit’s unease. Homes and businesses are increasingly invaded by phantoms and now, with the annual destruction of Devil’s Night approaching, a supernatural arsonist is setting blazes to summon a fiery ancient power that will leave the city in cinders. A sizzling debut from a red-hot new author.

By day, Anya Kalinczyk is an arson investigator in the Detroit Fire Department. At night—accompanied by her elemental familiar, a salamander named Sparky, and an eccentric group of ghost hunters—Anya pursues malicious spirits. The rarest form of psychic medium, a “Lantern,” Anya doesn’t allow spirits to communicate through her with the physical world like most mediums, she devours restless harmful souls and incinerates them. She’d like to get closer to Brian, a ghost-hunting techno-wiz, but a lifetime of those she loves getting hurt makes her hold back. Her two roles mesh when, on the trail of a serial firebug, she discovers an arsonist is attempting to use the fires to rouse Sirrush, a supremely powerful elemental, from the salt mine beneath the city of Detroit. Anya must capture the arsonist before Devil’s Night, when the spell will be complete and Sirrush will rise to raze the city.

[DanS]

Are we supposed to care if some evil spirit burns Detroit to the ground?

Hasn't Detroit already burned to the ground?

Congrats to Galnemer. Huge accomplishment.

[Wiglaf]

The rarest form of psychic medium, a “Lantern,” Anya doesn’t allow spirits to communicate through her with the physical world like most mediums, she devours restless harmful souls and incinerates them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice

[Asher]

Cool stuff.

[Q Classic]

Congrats!

I first read that as Gainemer at first, though, and wasn't sure who it was referring to.

[Grandpa Troll]

Cheers and kudos to the Missus

[Zkribbler]

"Cinders", in April 2010.

It takes a full year for it to hit the bookstores?? I think you'd better send Sparky over to have a little talk with them.