Saturday, June 16, 2012

If Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder...

...Then ya'll should be head over heels with me by now!

I know, I know. I made a promise to post weekly.

And lately I haven't.

But in the immortal words of Curly Howard (of Three Stooges fame): "I'm a victim of coicumstance."

See...I have been writing. A lot. Just not here.

Lemme explain.

I've had a novel in the works. A romantic-comedy-adventure. It's called Dive and Fly. But it sorta sat around. Then my cookbook started to do really well. So the publisher asked me to get the novel together for editing. I did. It's what I've been doing for the past few months. Tweaking. Re-writing. Deleting. And rewriting some more. Now it's out...



I know. A lame excuse for shrugging off my blog. But I think it was worth it.

Intrigued? I hope so. Dive and Fly is available on Kindle for free if you are a Prime Member. (Otherwise it is $2.99). The paperback has been discounted to $9.37 on both Amazon Here and Barnes & Noble Here. Hopefully you will add it to your summer reading list.

Heck. What am I saying? Why don't you be the judge? Here's the synopsis:

"Imagine…You were born with a rare condition. Synesthesia. You taste color. You feel sound. Now imagine how that would impact your job. Your love life. Your future.

Billy Shakes is a successful writer whose synesthesia helped him create six killer novels. But he has hit a slump so his agent urges him to get out and take his ‘disease’ on the road. Take some risks. Get those creative juices flowing again. He does.

Billy meets Maureen at a Florida film festival, and to Billy her shimmering bronze skin tastes of crème brûlée. But the barely married Maureen tastes adventure. Since they share a love for movies, Billy suggests a weekend trip to the Chicago Film Festival. Thus begins a kaleidoscope of events involving Maureen’s brutish husband, a feisty best friend, a deadbeat fiancé, two inept hit men, an alcohol-infused Scientist, a riot grrrl with a penchant for large automatic weapons…Oh, and Eden, an old friend with her own mysterious condition who longs to take a few risks herself.

Through a series of missteps, close calls and mistaken identities, this dysfunctional group ricochets off one another as they storm into Chicago. After causing a near riot at the Art Institute, Billy and Eden find themselves poised on the edge of the roof. As a dozen security guards rush toward them with guns ablaze, Billy and Eden are forced to take one last risk - with wondrous and surprising results."

But hey...I don't blog to sell my crap. So if you'd like a good beach read and you don't have a lot of spare change, I have a few advanced reader's copies on hand. I'd love to send you one for free. And if you like it? Spread the word or write a review. Post your e-mail address here or e-mail me at wwcaterson@gmail.com and I will send 'em them as long as I have 'em.

But either way...more blog buffoonery is coming. Thanks for being patient!

21 comments:

  1. I like your buffoonery. Congratulations on getting the book finished!

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    1. Thanks, Ping. I missed you! But I will be around more. :-)

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    2. So...want a book, Ping? Would love to send you one!

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    3. Thought you'd never ask! You're serious, right? If so, thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been wanting to get a kindle but somehow Amazon doesn't do this part of the world ... wonder why?

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    4. @ping. No amazon!? I thought they were this close to complete world domination, lol. Where are you located?

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  2. I'd love a book but I'm in the UK, are you able to ship this far?

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    1. @Becca. Unfortunately no. Postage is like $20! (Compared to $2.80 here in the states.) :-(

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    2. @Becca. I found out that Dive and Fly is available across the pond thru Amazon UK as both a print and e-book. Here's the link: http://amzn.to/PmDICg. Hope you get a chance to check it out!

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  3. Hi Warren, I'd like one. When my grandson was two we were wondering if he had synesthesia. He referred to people as being colors. I was always purple...I don't know, I rarely ever wear purple. But he was too young to explain to us why we were colors. He doesn't do it anymore so now we don't think so. So if you'd send me a copy, I appreciate it.

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    1. @Lisa. Send me your address at wwcaterson@gmail.com and I will get it out the first of the week. :-)

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  4. I love your style of writing, and that synopsis is too intriguing to pass up. I think the book sounds marvelous, though you have been missed here. :) If you happen to have any copies left, I would love one.

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    1. @Amanda. Would love to send you one. E-mail me your address and I will get one out to you (wwcaterson@gmail.com). Take care! Missed all of you as well... :-)

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  5. Good luck on the book, Warren. I just downloaded on Amazon!

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    1. @Melanie. Thanks!!! (If you enjoy it, please tell some friends and perhaps write a short review on Amazon. We writers need all the help we can get, lol)

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  6. How wonderful, congrats!!!! It sounds fun:-) I am excited to check out your recipe book, it would be perfect for my hubby and I:-) Take care, Terra

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  7. Yo! Well done on the book. Good for you! I've not had much time for blogging lately either, except you've got a good excuse and I haven't. I've mainly been at work, or running. Or so it seems... I can't (yet) get your book in the 'You-Kay', so if you fancy winging me a copy 'par avion', it would, of course, be my most tremendous pleasure to read and review it. But, I understand if your copies went already. :o) All the best. Kg.

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    2. @Kookie Girl. Unfortunately, postage to the You-Kay runs about $20 from here. However, Dive and Fly *is* available thru Amazon UK as both a print and e-book. Here's the link: http://amzn.to/PmDICg. Hope you get a chance to check it out!

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  8. At least you have a good excuse for being absent! Or at least an excuse that's not thoroughly depressing!

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    1. @Jen. Absolutely! (And hey...did you get your book?)

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