Beautiful, Mysterious and Bizarre: M/M Horror & Urban Fantasy by Jordan Castillo Price
JCP News
Issue 32 - August 15, 2010
C O N T E N T S
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Hello. Frankie here.
You may not have realized the extent of my literary contribution to JCP Books, since I'm too humble to accept a citation on the JCPbooks.com "about us" page with the other crew members, but rest assured, the high caliber of Jordan's projects is always at the forefront of my mind. In this photo, for instance, you'll find me hard at work paper proofing this month's chapters of The Starving Years.
About the three pages of PsyCop 6 I deleted. It's all a matter of quality control. I'm striving to ensure you get the best possible ebooks we can create.
A quick note from Jordan: PawSense is a software utility that helps protect your computer from cats. It quickly detects and blocks cat typing, and also helps train your cat to stay off the computer keyboard. (From the PawSense website)
I bought this. It's only available via snail mail, and boy-oh-boy, I can't wait to receive and install it. And don't go thinking that maybe Frankie's a pill, but Puffy's an angel who just sits placidly by while I type. Both of them love to prance around on the keyboard.
Puffy, however, didn't delete several pages of my novel. He just types stuff like 2333332lkjjjjjjjjjjjj3 in random spots throughout the text.
Is anyone else as baffled as me that "cat typing" is an actual term?
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PACKING HEAT
Packing Heat is a podcast I've been putting out since 2007. My goal is to help other writers stay motivated, and to encourage them to take their writing to the next level. You don't need special gadgets to listen; Packing Heat plays in your browser, like YouTube. Or you can subscribe (and leave me glowing feedback) at iTunes!
RECENT EPISODES
Packing Heat 113:
Creative Limitations
Sometimes the big, blank piece of paper is just too daunting to even get started. How about a few limits to spur your problem-solving process into action?
Packing Heat 114:
Taking the Leap
Steps to take toward quitting your day job. It's never to early to start putting things in place.
Packing Heat 115:
Don't Cut Your Own Hair
There's no reason for self-publishing to be synonymous with not-edited, crappy cover, lousy typesetting. Grownups don't cut their own hair; there's no reason (other than cheapness) for self-published writers to try to edit their own work and create their own covers.
Packing Heat 116:
Easy Peasy
If your manuscript has been rejected time and time again, self publishing might seem like an easier option. Self publishing is many things, but it ain't easy!
Full archives of the show all the way back to #1 are at the Packing Heat site.
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These lucky folks won an ebook this month
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Hello, dear reader!
You'll probably be pleased to hear I'm coming down from a heady week of writing, a time when the words were flowing like water. With all the upheaval I've been through this year, it was a welcome time--a phase I've been waiting, hoping, wishing for. One I haven't experienced in many months.
Sadly, the ship has now sailed, and I'm once again feeling like it's a huge, unfulfilling strain to write even a few pages per day. I think that's the way of things. There's an ebb and flow to the world, from the phases of the moon to the cycles of the tides. Maybe the next time I have a flow-day, I'll make note of what phase the moon is in, so that in the future I can ensure I don't have a similar day slated for administrative work!
At least while the writing mojo was here, I totally ran with it. You'll note I've posted three chapters of The Starving Years for your reading pleasure. I also made significant headway on the next PsyCop novel!
Here's hoping you find the flow in all your favorite endeavors!
xoxo
Jordan
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MORE THAN ONE IS MUCH MORE FUN
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A New Partner
RainbowEbooks.com now carries titles from JCP Books! Right now I've added the PsyCop series and some standalone shorts to their store. I really love the idea of an exclusively GLBT ebook seller, and hope our partnership contributes to their growth and success.
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You Picked It!
This month I've opted to write an additional chapter rather than doing extensive commentary about the "making of." I will say that initially I was bummed that readers chose to stay in Nelson's POV, however now that it's all written, I can see that going against my own tendencies turned out to be a blessing in disguise. By keeping Javier's POV on hold, not only does it make him much more mysterious, but I was able to shift into TIM'S POV to build sympathy for him right away so he doesn't feel like so much of an interloper to the story, coming in later than everyone else. Using him to describe Nelson gave a much better result.
I'm glad enough people voted to keep Randy. Although if they hadn't, undoubtedly he would have bobbed up to the surface somewhere down the road.
Go to the story's page to check out everything: current installment, prior votes, current votes, and commentary.
The Starving Years, Chapter 3
It might have been something other than gunshots—for instance, maybe a car was backfiring. Even Nelson, who normally couldn't resist exploring every possibility, no matter how far-fetched, didn't bother coming up with more examples of what else those bangs could possibly have been. Three sharp pops—crack, crack, crack—followed by a single, thin, faintly audible wail.
Something ugly just went down.
click here to read The Starving Years 3-5 (worksafe), and to vote for next month
Voting for next month's installment will be open until 8/25
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Thaw PsyCop Short 1.1, FREE!
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Vertigo
Manikin
Tainted
Rebirth
Heaven Sent: a Channeling Morpheus Short
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Betweentimes funny standalone short
Sympathy standalone contemporary romance - novelette
Hemovore vampire thriller - novel
The Art of Dying paperback - novella anthology with Josh Lanyon
The Art of Dying ebook - novella anthology with Josh Lanyon
The Serpent in the Garden - m/f short
Starlight
Verdant (PDF, HTML, Mobi, Lit) more formats at Smashwords
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Kindred Spirits
Kindle Editions:
The PsyCop series, including the Crash shorts Striking Sparks and Many Happy Returns, can now be purchased in the Kindle Store
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Verdant 
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