Birth and Taxes

Around the House
I am probably one of the most impatient people you will ever meet.  When I want something I want it now.  It is particularly bad when I buy items online; not that I have the money to buy anything right now after all the holidays.  Anyway, I do have a point to this rant.  My poor editor Jerry has had me all over him about his notes on my books.  He is currently working through a second edition of Cursed then moving on to Hunted before we get to finishing the final edition of For the Love of Brimstone.  I am looking forward to getting my magical version of 50 Shades of Grey out for all my readers.  It is funny to hear my younger sister freaking out over that book since she is now just getting on the band wagon before the movie hits theaters.  If she thinks that book is dirty sexy just wait till she gets her hands on mine.  She is already pestering me about audio books.  That is a 2016 project.  Also, of course, I am working on my next book about the Death Dealer, The Merchant of Death.

My Thoughts
Well it is tax season.  Every one's favorite time of year.  I just finished doing my taxes a few minutes ago.  This is always a weird time of year for me because it is also my birthday.  My birthday is January 31st.  I always get so excited for my birthday until the day actually arrives then I get a bit depressed.  I don't have a good reason for why I get down every year on my birthday, but I do.  My birthday this year was one of the better ones.  I had my love with me, my friends B, Seb, Chris, Katrina, and Kim over; plus my youngest sister Kris came by to visit with me as well.  Then yesterday we had a big family dinner which went well.  No, I take that back, it was disaster.  As an Italian you would expect I would be having mounds of home made Italian food, but this year I wanted a favorite of mine; a Greek dish called Pastitsio.  It is like Greek Lasagna.  Who can turn down lasagna?  Anyway, now I wait for my refund to come and think of the start of my new year.  Which most of you would have known about if you were on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-Cappella/207854790952?ref=hl .  So come by and Like it and lets see what this new year has in store for everyone.

A World of Updates

Around the House
So I have survived the Chicago Blizzard of 2011.  In truth I got off very lucky.  No major issues with me or the family, no lost power, and nothing out of the ordinary besides really bad road conditions.  Unfortunately, I have been a bit sick recently, so my writing has been on hold while I ponder and read trying to feel better.  I am taking the down time to reconnect with Charliane Harris's Sookie Stackhouse Series which I absolutely love.  I am excited to announce that in the next several weeks a contest for my book Witches, Demons, & Deals will be appears on a young adult fantasy blog.  As soon as those updates are available I will get them to you.  Also, I am looking to kick off my own web page this year near summer, so as we get to that point over at the Cappella camp I will let you know.

My Thoughts
Since I haven't been feeling great and my current project is with my editor Tim; I have been thinking about what comes next.  I know I have mentioned more projects than you can shake a stick at here and in my book.  So, I have decided to give you a bit of a teaser and let you know what my tentative thoughts on my world of magic and mystery are for the coming year.

While my next project, that is currently under editing and revision, takes place in the same world as Witches, Demons, & Deals you will not get to see any of your favorite characters.  Now no long faces, one of the main characters of this story will be making a transition into Raisa's world in a slightly major way.  That is all I am going to say on that.

The next project on my plate is the editing and revising of the first novel of a five part series which I hope to be optioning out to agents in the summer.  This project does feature all off the main characters from my current book: Raisa, Brendon, Sarah, Alaster, and even Damian.  Let us just say the witches' plates are going to get a lot fuller with even a goat or two along the way.

The final two projects I am working on are companions to the Witches, Demons, & Deals world.  The boy from Sarah's story will be getting his own fully fledged out story, and we will see more of our friendly neighborhood Death Dealer.  Don't be surprised if you haven't seem the last of the Godfather of Wish while I am at it.  I think they are going to make for some fun and interesting reading.  Don't look for anything to hit the local shelves or Internet pages just yet, but updates will follow.

Remember to comment lots, send reviews, and share will all your friends.  Have a safe and fun rest of the winter.  I just hope we are coming to and end here in Chicago.  I miss the sun!