When we last left our heroes...

Now that I have this great new website I guess I'd better do something to keep it interesting. In other words, get back to the new novel after spending a moth away. Thinking about it ain't exactly the same as writing.

First, though, I'm going to read right through Black Dog, Grey Lady from the top just to remember where I was going and what everyone was doing when I launched into the illusion of webmastery.

So I've loaded the last known version (Oct. 3rd!) on my kindle so that 1) it feels like reading a book, which makes the flaws stand out, and 2) I can't tinker and lose track.

So far, so very full of holes and I'm only 20% in. But I guess that's better than a number of other things I could be full of.


Maggie

P.S. Don't forget, Molly September is still FREE! at Smashwords!

Return to The Worlds of Maggie Secara

Refreshed, Refurbished, Re-puffed, Re-ticked.

Hi gang!

The new website  that has been the occasion of so much late night hair-tearing, is up and running, It's also over on Google sites, so you'll have to bookmark a new address. At the moment there is some problem with getting the maggiesecara.com address applied to it 

The Fantastic Worlds of Maggie Secara is  (are?) at https://sites.google.com/site/worldsmaggiesecara/. 

Some new features, some old, some dust in the corners from construction. 

The blog set-up is only good for posting, not for responses, so for awhile I'll post both here and there until some other solution becomes available.  Like WordPress. ;)

Official email: mailto:maggie@maggiesecara.com

See you there!

Maggie

P.S. The URL maggie-secara.com is officially defunct. This blog has reverted to maggiros.blogspot.com

Molly Finds a New Home

So, see, I've sold a few hundred copies of Molly September since 2011 when it came out. It's always been the most neglected of my titles. It's the book I started so long ago the origins are lost in myth and legend and rewrote almost from scratch at least four times.

But see, I never meant to self-publish. I wanted the dream, the whole Louisa May Alcott dream, I've been carrying around all my life of having an  editor call and offer a good contract and a hefty advance. I wanted my book to be selected for the Book of the Month Club, for gawdssake, and glad readers starting listserv discussion groups and lining up at the bookstore. For millions of people to be reading my book at the beach, or under the covers with a flashlight and imagining themselves as Molly or Prentiss, or imaging Prentiss taking their hand and whispering, "Come with me, Sweet."  And arguing with their friends over who should play them in the movie. I loved - and still love - these characters so much, I wanted the world to love them too.

There's a much longer story here, as you can imagine, since clearly, that's not what happened. I am not yet living by my quill pen. I still have to go to work every day to keep me in ink and foolscap. And you don't want to sit through all that. In fact, I just cut away about 1200 words of detail to spare you. Get me drunk some time. Ask me then.

 Anyway, I published Molly September in 2011 under the Popinjay Press imprint, same as the Compendium. The paper version is a print-on-demand paperback printed and distributed through Amazon's Create Space. The e-book was until this morning from Bookbaby.com. They haven't done anything wrong. They're a pretty good service at a reasonable price, the book version of CDBaby, but Smashwords provides more flexibility. Easier to change prices, run a special or a giveaway, and so on. And so today, I decided to just make the move. And to celebrate a new beginning, and to let everyone know we're here - me, Molly and Prentiss - I've set the price to FREE!

Can't hurt. Might help!

The paper version is still on Amazon
The e-book will be there too, once the several services get synced up. For now, here's where you want to look.: Molly on Smashwords
And by all means pass the word! Write reviews! Have fun! This book is a party!