I FIGURED THE POOL BOYS WERE THE BEST WAY TO CONTACT THE MODS WITH THAT KIND OF THING. PLUS IT GAVE ME AN EXCUSE TO, UH, ADMIRE THE POOL BOY FITNESS REGIMES AND CHOICE OF UNIFORM.

BESIDES, DAN DOESN'T DO POOLREADING. ONLY POOFREADING.

So I haven't read this...at any point in the story, do the Colonel and his lady do the Double Down?

To quote from the comment I left on the donation page:

I'm a bit worried that my name will be added to the list of people that the promoter in question has been bullying and belittling, and that I could be facing one-star reviews and jeopardizing my indie writing career...but I dislike bullies. Sometimes, you need to do the right thing. After all, if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. Good luck, Christina.

And when I saw that some of the people being bullied were people I've come to like and respect here, I felt the need to speak up and help out. Let the chips fall where they may.

I DO *NOT* SUCK AT WRITING. I JUST SUCK AT WRITING STORIES PEOPLE WANT TO READ.

GOOD LUCK WITH THE SURGERY. WHEN MY BROTHER HAD SURGERY HE SENT TEXTS TO HIS WIFE AND OUR PARENTS WHILE HE WAS COMING OUT OF THE ANESTHESIA. FORTUNATELY THEY SAVED PICTURES OF THE TEXTS. THEY'RE CLASSICS. "SURGERY WENT HOST. ON LOFT OF DRUGGY. MY PHONE GAR TWO OF EVERY LETTER."

THOSE TEXTS ARE AWESOME. I'LL BET THE DRUGS WERE TOO.

It's out at last! The sixth Monkey Queen book, The Crown Of Kylthena, is now available! Join Michiko and Beth on their newest adventure! Get it through Amazon, or search your favorite ebook retailer for "Monkey Queen"!



“Whatever it takes to rescue Beth, I'll do it.”

The Crown of Kylthena is a legendary relic from the Lost Lands of Earth. The stories say it brings great power to its wearer. Michiko Koyama, the hero known as the Monkey Queen, is sent to retrieve the crown along with her girlfriend and partner in adventure Beth McGill, only to find that it's been stolen. They'll have to hop from world to world and team up with the enigmatic wizard Alasdair Sterling to get it back...but can he be trusted?

And even if they find the crown, the secrets it holds could tear Beth and Michiko apart...or lead to their doom.

Cross the multiversed with Michiko and Beth in the sixth book in the Monkey Queen series! Fantasy with heroines, humor and heart, and a touch of romance!

Cover art © 2015 Willow, and used by permission. http://willow-san.deviantart.com Design by Keri Knutson with Alchemy Book Covers.

There were a couple of slow weeks on the Monkey Queen Books blog, but it's full speed ahead again! This past week, Willow Wednesdays features an unusual patronus, Charlie Brown realizes we're all mad here, and yours truly shows off his redesigned work space and confirms his Dorkiness! Plus, some sort of sale thingie. http://monkeyqueenbooks.blogspot.com or at the website: http://monkeyqueenbooks.com

This week at the Monkey Queen Books blog: A new short story, "Adoption Day"! It features several characters from the most recent Monkey Queen book, Redblade, and only has a little magic...unless you count the magic inside the human heart. Plus, Hagrid runs into some workplace difficulties. http://monkeyqueenbooks.blogspot.com or at the website - http://monkeyqueenbooks.com

This week on the Monkey Queen Books blog: It's Harry Potter And The Cursed Child week, and there's a brief review of the book (but not the play, alas). Also, Willow Wednesdays goes on an adventure, you are urged to donate to make a grown man wear a duck on his head, and I bemoan the role of random selection when buying mystery minis. http://monkeyqueenbooks.blogspot.com or at the website - http://monkeyqueenbooks.com

This week on the Monkey Queen Books blog: Rejected Peanuts Specials gets Funk(oPop)y, Willow breaks out the broomsticks, and I pay tribute to the comic strip Cul de Sac following the passing of its creator, Richard Thompson (not related to the musician of the same name). http://monkeyqueenbooks.blogspot.com or on the website - http://monkeyqueenbooks.com

So this story was all the rage yesterday. http://variety.com/2016/film/news/divergent-series-ascendant-1201818694/ Lionsgate, the studio that was producing the film adaptations of the Divergent books, is planning to change the last movie in the series into a TV movie with an eye towards launching a series, after the third movie tanked earlier this year. (The report adds it's not certain if the actors from the three films would return to play the same parts in the finale.)

My question is: Is this just due to the last Divergent movie apparently not being that good (I haven't seen any of them; I'm just going by general opinion)...or is there a slowdown on interest in dystopian fiction in general? Does this indicate that the market might be softening in the near future?

(NOTE: I don't read, write or watch dystopian media...but I know a lot of folks here do, so I was curious about what they think.)

Frodo wrote large portions of the Red Book of Westmarch, and gives to to Sam at the end, so I guess Return Of The King is my choice.

You know...if Barnes & Noble finally packed it in, and Walmart was serious about getting into the ebook business, they could just buy the whole Nook line, ereaders, apps, marketplace and all. It would be a good fit, it would save Walmart a lot in development costs (though they'd still have marketing costs and issues), and it would keep some other competitor (Google? Smashwords, even?) from grabbing it.