tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139273202024-02-19T15:25:10.268-08:00Ashley Gardner's Mysteries of Regency EnglandBlog for the Captain Lacey Regency Mystery seriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-8043551689360070302014-04-24T16:50:00.005-07:002014-04-24T16:50:55.666-07:00Ashley Gardner blog has movedI'm now posting all my Ashley Gardner news on the blog attached to my revamped website, so please travel there to read all the news about the Capt Lacey series and new books coming up:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://gardnermysteries.com/">http://gardnermysteries.com/</a> <br />
<br />
Blog posts are listed in the top left column; click on the post's title to read, then use the "previous" and "next" within the post to scroll through the blog.<br />
<br />
You can subscribe to my updates there as well, to be alerted when something new is happening.<br />
<br />
Thank you!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-67169021033744249022013-09-20T09:44:00.002-07:002013-09-20T11:30:41.385-07:00Disappearance in Drury Lane is OUT!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbpaqYGUaaKfJF-sQG1kocBiIhd_t7I37otSuzqoFcUhWce29vshBFUZVonQiVjZd4cBL7GRqRdC6H7nKZLRyTb868R8aAcIeBW4vsRHqpXp3Qs8MCsbRcI-aqiidzwnVNtwK/s1600/DruryLaneprintcoverfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbpaqYGUaaKfJF-sQG1kocBiIhd_t7I37otSuzqoFcUhWce29vshBFUZVonQiVjZd4cBL7GRqRdC6H7nKZLRyTb868R8aAcIeBW4vsRHqpXp3Qs8MCsbRcI-aqiidzwnVNtwK/s200/DruryLaneprintcoverfront.jpg" /></a>
<i>A Disappearance in Drury Lane </i>is out! Today! Now! I am bouncing off the ceiling.
<br />
It can be ordered from:
<br /><br />
Kindle: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Disappearance-Captain-Regency-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B00ELUVAJ0/">http://www.amazon.com/Disappearance-Captain-Regency-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B00ELUVAJ0/</a>
<br /><br />
Nook: <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-disappearance-in-drury-lane-ashley-gardner/1116959753?ean=2940148602835">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-disappearance-in-drury-lane-ashley-gardner/1116959753?ean=2940148602835</a>
<br /><br />
Kobo: <a href="http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/a-disappearance-in-drury-lane">http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/a-disappearance-in-drury-lane</a>
<br /><br />
Smashwords: <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/359519">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/359519</a>
<br /><br />
OmniLit: <a href="https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-adisappearanceindrurylane-1301344-237.html">https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-adisappearanceindrurylane-1301344-237.html</a>
<br /><br />
The PRINT edition files have been submitted, and should be available for purchase by next week. Likewise the Apple edition is wending its way to iTunes via Smashwords.
<br /><br />
Thank you so much for your patience and support on this book's release. It was a journey!I hope you enjoy it.
<br /><br />
<i>Murder in Grosvenor Square</i> is next!<br /><br />
See more about the series at <a href="http://www.gardnermysteries.com">http://www.gardnermysteries.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-5078281598752637542013-09-06T11:37:00.000-07:002013-09-06T11:37:46.399-07:00Captain Lacey Boxed Set 1 limited time sale!Because I can, I have put the e-version of the first boxed set of the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries on sale for 99 cents for a limited time. If you or a book lover you know have been meaning to try this series, you can now for a great price! Hope you enjoy it. And <em>Disappearance in Drury Lane </em>will be up September 20!<a href="http://gardnermysteries.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CL_Bundle_1_200px.jpg"><img src="http://gardnermysteries.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CL_Bundle_1_200px.jpg" alt="Bundle Volume 1" width="200" height="214" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-117" /></a>
<br /><br />
Nook:
<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/captain-lacey-regency-mysteries-book-bundle-1-ashley-gardner/1108485755?ean=2940013690271&isbn=2940013690271">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/captain-lacey-regency-mysteries-book-bundle-1-ashley-gardner/1108485755?ean=2940013690271&isbn=2940013690271</a>
</br /><br />
Kindle:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Lacey-Regency-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B006YZ0OOM">http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Lacey-Regency-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B006YZ0OOM</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-37551265362779894382013-08-17T12:31:00.002-07:002013-08-17T12:31:56.581-07:00A Disappearance in Drury Lane Available for Pre-OrderGreat news! A Disappearance in Drury Lane has been made available for pre-order at Amazon:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Disappearance-Captain-Regency-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B00ELUVAJ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376766850&sr=8-1&keywords=ashley+gardner+drury+lane">http://www.amazon.com/Disappearance-Captain-Regency-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B00ELUVAJ0/</a><br />
<br />
It will be available from Nook, Kobo, Smashwords, Apple, and of course, as a PRINT book as well. If I can do pre-orders for those, I will, but if not, it will still be available from those vendors the same day it goes live at Kindle.<br />
<br />
I'm very thrilled I am finally able to bring this book to you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-19791694224336536622013-07-29T11:41:00.000-07:002013-07-29T11:41:28.697-07:00Drury Lane Release Date<div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em;">
On Friday, I typed THE END on <em style="color: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">A Disappearance in Drury Lane.</em> And there was much rejoicing. The release date for this book will be <strong style="color: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">September 20, 2013.</strong></div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em;">
Excerpts will be posted soon. I will be busily revising / rewriting then sending the ms to an editor in order to meet that publication date. More news on that as it happens.</div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em;">
In other news, <em style="color: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">A Regimental Murder</em>, is available in print in a new trade paperback. I gave it "expanded distribution" which means that (eventually), booksellers will be able to special order it, and it will be available online at Amazon, B&N, Book Depository, and other places. </div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em;">
For now, the print version is available on Amazon:</div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em;">
<a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/Regimental-Murder-Captain-Regency-Mysteries/dp/1490557946/" href="http://www.amazon.com/Regimental-Murder-Captain-Regency-Mysteries/dp/1490557946/" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; text-decoration: none;">http://www.amazon.com/Regimental-Murder-Captain-Regency-Mysteries/dp/1490557946/</a> </div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em;">
The rest of the books not already in print will soon follow! <em style="color: inherit; line-height: 1.625;">Drury Lane</em> will also be out in print at the same time as or shortly after the ebook.</div>
<div style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 1.625em;">
<a data-mce-href="http://jennifersromances.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1c10d3e7b663dc6d2a4c64c05&id=317bcd871b" href="http://jennifersromances.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1c10d3e7b663dc6d2a4c64c05&id=317bcd871b" style="color: #1b8be0; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sign up for my newsletter</a> to get an email blast when<em style="color: inherit; line-height: 1.625;"> Drury Lane</em> is released, plus check back here for more important updates!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-70023393241372443742013-07-25T16:08:00.000-07:002013-07-25T16:08:36.643-07:00Drury Lane UpdatesI am now about 3000-5000 words shy of finishing the next Captain Lacey book (that's about 2-3 chapters depending on how much I have left to tell--I don't adhere to a rigid word count). I will have this done by the end of the week and be able to project a pub date.<br />
<br />
Be sure to subscribe to <a data-mce-href="http://jennifersromances.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1c10d3e7b663dc6d2a4c64c05&id=317bcd871b" href="http://jennifersromances.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1c10d3e7b663dc6d2a4c64c05&id=317bcd871b" target="_blank">my book info email blasts </a>to be notified as soon as <i>Disappearance in Drury Lane </i>is available.<br />
<br />
In other news, the print edition of <em>Regimental Murder </em>should go live very soon (I submitted it; just waiting for the vendors to get around to putting up the order buttons). Plus I'm still looking into getting these books into audio. I will, one way or another.<br />
<br />
Take care.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-36996794684317187792013-07-14T07:00:00.000-07:002013-07-14T07:00:00.410-07:00More Updates; Audiobook opinionsI'm about 20K words away from finishing the draft of <em>Drury Lane. </em>(For me, about 80 pages.) Then will come rewrites / revisions (which take nowhere near as long as writing the first draft), then editing by an outside editor, then proofing. I will do my best to get the print version out alongside the e- version or very soon thereafter. As soon as I type "The End" I will post a pub date! (I already know it, but again, the whole jinx thing is keeping me from saying it yet.)<br />
<br />
I'm also interested in getting Captain Lacey out in audio. I think this series would lend itself well to being read aloud.<br />
<br />
That said, I've heard from audiobook companies that cozy mysteries sell poorly in audio. Mystery fans, are you audiobook fans? I've listened to mytery audiobooks (the Cadfael series; Dick Francis; Mary Higgins Clark), and while I'm not a huge audiobook fan (I like to read fast), I enjoyed them.<br />
<br />
Opinions? Would you like Captain Lacey in audio? Is it worth it for me to pursue it?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-80079277487935040832013-07-07T06:43:00.000-07:002013-07-07T06:43:00.452-07:00New Covers for Capt. Lacey print books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRu1rvbdPezKbw29CG3vLjENvD3p5jaKUmUnhu_3nkDis3_WeACqHsJ_ToYwoPzWC4bLHZ8wqYSn_38d6KBrRWHqPBWVPs8FzZ3TsdMjklaxOWN_XLrkg_eHNrqyclj6NEUwyU/s1600/glasshouseprintfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRu1rvbdPezKbw29CG3vLjENvD3p5jaKUmUnhu_3nkDis3_WeACqHsJ_ToYwoPzWC4bLHZ8wqYSn_38d6KBrRWHqPBWVPs8FzZ3TsdMjklaxOWN_XLrkg_eHNrqyclj6NEUwyU/s320/glasshouseprintfront.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
I've had a few complaints from readers about the women on the covers of the Captain Lacey books. To some, a woman on the cover signals "romance," and definitely not mystery. Why this should be, I'm not sure--to me a romance cover has a shirtless male who obviously works out two hours a day and swallows a case of protein powders while he's at it. If he has a shirt, it's falling off; and if a female is with him, she's pushing it off, or he's pushing her clothes off, or both, or they're sprawled sensuously in bed. A simple lady standing alone does not shout "romance" to me. Can women not appear on a book cover without it being a romance novel? This puzzles me (and the feminist in me).<br />
<br />
However, I do listen to feedback, and the new print covers will be lady-less (with the exception of <i>Hanover Square</i> and <i>Death in Norfolk</i>, which are already in print--print covers take many weeks to change [designer has to redo it first of all] and racks up additional charges for re-uploading and re-printing). The ladies will remain on the e-book covers, but all the to-come print covers will be of scenes only.<br />
<br />
<i>The Glass House</i>'s new cover is above as an example of how the covers will look sans females.<br />
<br />
FYI: The background on the cover of <i>The Glass House</i> is a photograph taken by me in London, in St. James's. Other tourists in London take photos of the stone-still guards or Nelson's column--I take pictures of doors.<br />
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-20379053081062176882013-07-02T09:36:00.000-07:002013-07-02T09:36:00.087-07:00Captain Lacey books in print<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmspSeEYrvJvJoNooXq65iT90dQ57KeUMQh8YRKewHhbsrgKizO5QWEAWLF_1mCvwcOyVTH8SODcMdxPkn3NRsvb0I8Tmnr8a1tptLeeBY1Vs_88J7aO9M6kUo2gQbii5a2V-/s800/800px-Royal_Crescent_in_Bath%252C_England_-_July_2006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmspSeEYrvJvJoNooXq65iT90dQ57KeUMQh8YRKewHhbsrgKizO5QWEAWLF_1mCvwcOyVTH8SODcMdxPkn3NRsvb0I8Tmnr8a1tptLeeBY1Vs_88J7aO9M6kUo2gQbii5a2V-/s640/800px-Royal_Crescent_in_Bath%252C_England_-_July_2006.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
Because the old mass market paperbacks of the Lacey series are now very hard to find (and going for ridiculous prices on used book sites--$25; $45 and more), we are working to get the entire series republished in print (POD).<br />
<br />
The books will be available in what's called "Expanded Distribution" which means that, while bookstores won't necessarily keep them in stock, they can special order for you (they'll be available via Ingrams). Therefore, if you don't want to order via Amazon, you will be able to find these books via Barnes & Noble and independent booksellers.<br />
<br />
I encourage you to utilize mystery booksellers, such as Poisoned Pen (<a href="http://poisonedpen.com/">http://poisonedpen.com/</a>) and the like, to shop for mysteries. I truly want to see these bookstores stay in business! It's wonderful to enter a bookstore where the staff knows so much about the genre and can find and recommend books at the drop of a hat. Many mystery bookstores do mail order (and online ordering), if you don't have an indie mystery bookseller near you.<br />
<br />
I have already put the print copies of <i>Hanover Square Affair</i>; <i>The Necklace Affair and other Stories</i>; and <i>A Death in Norfolk</i> into expanded distribution. (It might take a few weeks before they appear as available.)<br />
<br />
In the next weeks to months, <i>A Regimental Murder; The Glass House; Sudbury School Murders; Body in Berkeley Square; and A Covent Garden Mystery</i> will follow. All need to be formatted, checked, and then printed--it takes a couple weeks for them to appear for sale on Amazon after they're uploaded, and then another month or so to be available in larger distribution. I'll update the website with links as they appear.<br />
<br />
<i>Disappearance in Drury Lane</i> will appear in print (and orderable by bookstores) very soon after the e-version goes online.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
We're working hard to get this series up to date and available for everyone, e-book lovers and print-book lovers alike. Thanks for your patience.<br />
<br />
(And I'm writing on <i>Drury Lane</i> every day, don't worry).<br />
<br />
Image of Royal Crescent, Bath, from<br />
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Crescent_in_Bath,_England_-_July_2006.jpg">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Crescent_in_Bath,_England_-_July_2006.jpg</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-35628102318782226702013-06-28T09:36:00.000-07:002013-06-28T09:36:03.170-07:00What Captain Lacey has been up to...I've been doing many things on this side of the laptop since last I posted. New website, as I noted. I am trying to figure out a way to get this blog on the website itself so my updates are all in one place. I'll keep everyone posted on that.<br />
<br />
I am progressing nicely on <i>Drury Lane.</i> Lacey is going places he's never been and adjusting to a new stage in his life. I am happy with the book so far. I have a pub date in mind, which isn't long from now, but I don't want to invoke the jinx on this book, so I'm not saying until the book is with an editor. I want to, but I won't.<br />
<br />
After <i>Drury Lane</i> will come <i>Murder in Grosvenor Square. </i>I still want to take Lacey and Grenville to Egypt, since Grenville is so fond of the place, but I need to fit the book where it will naturally fall timewise in the tales, as well as logically with the development of Lacey's life. I don't want them to run off to Egypt just to go. It all has to make sense.<br />
<br />
I had originally planned to write ten Lacey novels; however, now I see no reason to stop the series until it is ready to end. I think all series should end (gracefully), but only when it's time. I keep thinking of adventures for Lacey, so I will continue to write them.<br />
<br />
For now, Drury Lane is coming along, and I'll announce a pub date as soon as I dare.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-68551885378576835772013-05-08T18:30:00.002-07:002013-05-08T18:30:52.665-07:00New Ashley Gardner Web SiteLooks like my new Ashley Gardner site is live! <br />
<br />
<a href="http://gardnermysteries.com/">http://gardnermysteries.com/</a><br />
<br />
It will likely take a while to remove the old site from caches, so please reload the page or retype the address if you see the old, dark blue site. The new site has graphics that resemble the new book covers.<br />
<br />
<em><strong>Drury Lane </strong></em>is progressing! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-79425668623340754572013-05-08T07:33:00.004-07:002013-05-08T07:33:57.603-07:00Ashley Gardner website might go down temporarily...today or so, while we move everything over to the new website. Hope it won't disappear at all, but in case it does--I'M STILL HERE AND NOT GOING ANYWHERE. Will post when new website is live.<br />
<br />
Ashley GardnerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-79387549020925797452013-05-03T12:20:00.001-07:002013-05-03T12:20:23.705-07:00Drury Lane and Regency England<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2s97mkDD-5v1nafl4VRjw6mgenczc9yP5DZEY08jVpTVjHHyBUQUF60-VrspY2MxBp38cLfoWd2P2ww1mJpRobcG7E1uNkk4mzrhoNNbew6-2he59g88EN5oS7id0WxtiVBLL/s1600/JaneAusten.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2s97mkDD-5v1nafl4VRjw6mgenczc9yP5DZEY08jVpTVjHHyBUQUF60-VrspY2MxBp38cLfoWd2P2ww1mJpRobcG7E1uNkk4mzrhoNNbew6-2he59g88EN5oS7id0WxtiVBLL/s320/JaneAusten.jpg" width="256" /></a>Now have one hundred plus pages on <i><b>Drury Lane</b></i>! I'm absolutely thrilled to be making progres--it's taken me so dang long to be able to sit down and write this book.<br />
<br />
While I'm posting, I'd like to pass on an excellent reference to all things Regency (and late eighteenth century, England and a more global context): the Jane Austen's World blog.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/">http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/</a><br />
<br />
Well worth browsing through for both lovers of Jane Austen's novels and a look into the world of the time.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-90954266300533999632013-04-25T09:27:00.001-07:002013-04-25T09:27:22.431-07:00Drury Lane updateI'm very pleased with the progress I'm making on <b>Disappearance in Drury Lane<i></i></b>. Have about 75 pages, introduced some new players / new problems, with regular characters in full attendance. I don't want to give anything away, but we are back in London, exploring its streets and squares, from elegant Mayfair to the back streets of the East End. One of Marianne's old friends has gone missing, but what should be a simple case of course proves to be anything but.<br />
<br />
In other news, I have a website designer and builder busily overhauling the entire <a href="http://gardnermysteries.com/">gardnermysteries.com</a> website, and hope to hear from her soon. The preliminary designs look great. I've gotten notifications from some readers about the problems with my current website, which are noted and being addressed. The website will be on a new platform with a new look, updated for the wider laptop monitors (web address will not change).<br />
<br />
I will keep writing along on Drury Lane, and have a pub date for you soon. (Every time I project one, life happens, so I'm trying to fool life by saying nothing until I have the full draft finished.)<br />
<br />
I'm excited today because one of my Jennifer Ashley romances hit #16 on the New York Times list and #44 on the USA Today. Excellent news! My way of celebrating is to write more, so I'm continuing deep into Captain Lacey's world.<br />
<br />
I'll update here again when I have more news.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-18839807884154121292013-03-21T17:06:00.002-07:002013-03-21T17:06:49.145-07:00March 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuvK3I36-wIzh3-rcgm2OHjJAxVap2-Kpj8Q3lldzZzRekVzd6EQRNAILuaMvNimw4pH8ssDJZNP4eI1B5iPkEmgIwMimmJ_YX-uWIrIOyyhqJ4-dt2vG5SMW3FcsTQQgwQ9A/s1600/CL_Bundle_2_200px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuvK3I36-wIzh3-rcgm2OHjJAxVap2-Kpj8Q3lldzZzRekVzd6EQRNAILuaMvNimw4pH8ssDJZNP4eI1B5iPkEmgIwMimmJ_YX-uWIrIOyyhqJ4-dt2vG5SMW3FcsTQQgwQ9A/s1600/CL_Bundle_2_200px.jpg" /></a></div>
It seems as though the universe is conspiring to keep me from writing <i>anything. </i>I am working on <i>Disappearance in Drury Lane, </i>a few chapters in, and deep into another historical romance which is past due at my publisher.<br />
<br />
I had another publisher pull a series off sale overnight at the end of January, and I spent all of February scrambling to get those books re-released (as my inbox was flooded with email from angry readers). Happily that is now resolved, and I no longer have to spend large chunks of every day revising and proofreading an entire series.<br />
<br />
Plus I have new, contracted books that are busily coming back to me for rewrites, editing checks, proofreading, and other things.<br />
<br />
However, I do write every single day, 365 days a year (even on Christmas and my birthday). I'm not an author who sits back eating bon-bons waiting for inspiration to strike. I write. Even when I'm revising, editing, proofreading, having cover conferences, working on back cover copy, and making my publisher happy doing blog tours, going to appearances and book signings, I'm typing 500 to 3000 words a day depending on how much of other stuff I have to do.<br />
<br />
A little bit at a time, and it all gets done.<br />
<br />
I have released <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Regency-Mysteries-Volume-ebook/dp/B00BR70E2E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1363910615&sr=8-3&keywords=captain+lacey+regency+mysteries" target="_blank">the second boxed set of the Captain Lacey Mysteries,</a> which includes <i>Sudbury School, The Necklace Affair</i> (novella), <i>Body in Berkeley Square, </i>and <i>Covent Garden Mystery. </i>When I get a couple more books done, I will bundle those with <i>Death in Norfolk. </i>(Nook link: <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/captain-lacey-regency-mysteries-volume-2-ashley-gardner/1114812036?ean=2940016382487">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/captain-lacey-regency-mysteries-volume-2-ashley-gardner/1114812036?ean=2940016382487</a>; Kindle link: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Regency-Mysteries-Volume-ebook/dp/B00BR70E2E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1363910615&sr=8-3&keywords=captain+lacey+regency+mysteries">http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Regency-Mysteries-Volume-ebook/dp/B00BR70E2E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1363910615&sr=8-3&keywords=captain+lacey+regency+mysteries</a>)<br />
<br />
I am also now actively talking with a website designer so hope to have a new look for the Gardner Mysteries website soon.<br />
<br />
It's all coming. The rise of self-publishing has given me the opportunity to revive and write more in the Lacey series (a good thing), but it has also descended my life into chaos ("May you live in interesting times").Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-52970377081549050432013-01-06T14:31:00.002-08:002013-01-06T14:31:46.221-08:00New Year, More Capt LaceyFrom the flood of email in my inbox, many people are waiting anxiously for the release of <i><b>A Disappearance in Drury Lane.</b></i><br />
<i><b><br /></b></i>
I know I planned to write and publish this book in 2012, but it unfortunately got shoved to the back burner along with pretty much everything else when Berkley upped my writing schedule for my romance series, asking for a couple of new novellas and another novel to be (quickly) written in 2012. I have signed another contract with Berkley, so the workload will continue.<br />
<br />
That said, I am working on <i><b>Drury Lane</b></i> right now. I made the mistake last year of projecting too many pub dates, which got me into trouble when things got backed up. So, I'm currently writing the book, I will alert everyone when it is finished and to the copyeditor, by which time I'll be able to announce a definite publication date.<br />
<br />
I am also planning an overhaul, with new graphics and design, of the gardnermysteries website (I am hiring someone to do this so it doesn't take writing time). At some point I'll have a lovely new site for Captain Lacey.<br />
<br />
Also I am working on putting out the second boxed set (<i>Sudbury School</i> through <i>Covent Garden</i> along with <i>Necklace Affair</i>). Book 7 (<i>Death in Norfolk</i>) through 9 or 10 will be in a third boxed set after they are all out.<br />
<br />
Let me assure everyone that I have not given up on the Captain Lacey series. I have plenty of plans for its future. I do have to work around four other series--a lot for one person to do! but I have not abandoned it.<br />
<br />
I am very happy that for the next couple of months I'll be revisiting Captain Lacey, Lady B., Marianne, Grenville, and Mr. Denis, report what they're up to, and pen another dark and gritty mystery.<br />
<br />
I will keep you all updated with my progress. Thank you for your patience!<br />
<br />
Ashley Gardner<br />
http://www.gardnermysteries.com<br />
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-28670216402947753622012-09-23T11:34:00.003-07:002012-09-23T11:34:54.982-07:00Nightwalker out, Capt Lacey to come<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMykX2kq0scNGleEPYhjdr_v0Bp11Nex4Xr6KqdCpnJaPxXfCvRrsxoo5AMbC61zy0kk2ZSaR-sNtjOAuwENhiIjDBun3qogWOUqh2Azcu0jVXeu-O_ma8PNHIOoI_JKvm4Fdl/s1600/AllysonJames_NightWalker_200px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMykX2kq0scNGleEPYhjdr_v0Bp11Nex4Xr6KqdCpnJaPxXfCvRrsxoo5AMbC61zy0kk2ZSaR-sNtjOAuwENhiIjDBun3qogWOUqh2Azcu0jVXeu-O_ma8PNHIOoI_JKvm4Fdl/s1600/AllysonJames_NightWalker_200px.jpg" /></a></div>
<i style="font-weight: bold;">Nightwalker</i>, the fourth book in my <b style="font-style: italic;">Stormwalker </b>saga (written as Allyson James) has at last been released! This means that I can now turn to Captain Lacey (and I am raring to go).<br />
<br />
Mystery fans might enjoy <b><i>Nightwalker</i></b>, which is an action-adventure / mystery with a paranormal touch set in the Southwestern United States, in and around the Navajo Nation.<br />
<br />
Blurb for this installment:<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Stormwalker
Janet Begay, proprietor of the Crossroads Hotel, a place where the paranormal
stop for a safe night’s rest, discovers the hard way that a slayer is targeting
Ansel, a Nightwalker who’s become a more-or-less permanent resident.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When Janet
and her boyfriend Mick intervene to save Ansel’s un-life, they find that the attack
is the beginning of an oncoming storm. Janet has her hands full already with
the upcoming marriage of her father, </span><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">her crazy half-sister,</span><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">the return of a woman who claims to be
Coyote’s wife, a couple dragons on her back, and her worry
about Mick, who’s behaving strangely again.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But it seems that everyone is after Ansel, who
fears he killed the woman he loves in a Nightwalker frenzy. Janet must choose
between protecting Ansel, or facing the most powerful magical beings in the
world, who are willing to destroy Janet, Mick, her hotel, and everyone she
cares about to get to Ansel and his secrets.</span><br />
<br />
This book will be available in all e-formats and in print. I will post links as they become available.<br />
<br />
Kindle:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nightwalker-Stormwalker-ebook/dp/B009FFGEO2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1348408441&sr=8-4&keywords=allyson+james+nightwalker">http://www.amazon.com/Nightwalker-Stormwalker-ebook/dp/B009FFGEO2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1348408441&sr=8-4&keywords=allyson+james+nightwalker</a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
Smashwords (all formats): <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/238710" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/238710</a><br />
<br />
On to <i>Disappearance in Drury Lane!</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-1282848174344505392012-09-01T09:52:00.000-07:002012-09-01T09:53:59.259-07:00High Time for a Captain Lacey updateI know you all are waiting patiently for <i><b>Disappearance in Drury Lane</b></i>. It will happen (just as <i>Death in Norfolk</i> happened). I was very certain early this year that I could write and publish like the wind, but then reality set in. The fingers can only type so fast, and the brain cells can only function so long. I am under contract to get certain books done and to Berkley, and I am trying to continue another series of my heart as well as this one.<br />
<br />
That said, here's where things stand:<br />
<br />
My "urban" fantasy (set in the rural southwest), <i><b>Nightwalker</b></i>, is almost done (I'm revising the draft)--hope to have that out soon.<br />
<br />
For my Jennifer Ashley side, I just pubbed a short novel (part of the Shifters Unbound series)--now I owe Berkley two more novellas and a novel, one a month until November. One novella is nearly done--will turn it in next week.<br />
<br />
After <i>Nightwalker</i> is published, I'll be able to focus more on Captain Lacey again (around the Berkley books, of course). My goal is to have <i>Disappearance</i> out in October (on the anniversary of <i>Death in Norfolk</i>), but failing that, by the end of the year at least<br />
<br />
<i>Disappearance</i> book will be available both in e-book and print.<br />
<br />
Captain Lacey and the series is *very* important to me, so rest assured, I have not, and never have, abandoned it. I have lots of ideas for more books, and will have a Captain Lacey blitz soon (sales on older titles, e-book boxed set of the second three books + novella, and other things).<br />
<br />
While I have contracts to fill for my JA persona, Captain Lacey is always in my thoughts. Besides, my mother loves this series, and trust me, she badgers me every day to get the next one out ASAP!<br />
<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-75287922796294721082012-04-29T15:00:00.000-07:002012-04-29T15:00:12.246-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDeSxd3rc8EHEmAuuoDiF4rk_QoEE2KD1PVVFrCLcwbjWLi8lcfvKWGA-dIojVVSXPqmJONmwZRVXy431WoUJff9P-dePTuAPkTdYrJt2NvWumoOvppzl-70Q_j6o3tYk3_as/s1600/AshleyGardner_ADisappearanceinDruryLane_200px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDeSxd3rc8EHEmAuuoDiF4rk_QoEE2KD1PVVFrCLcwbjWLi8lcfvKWGA-dIojVVSXPqmJONmwZRVXy431WoUJff9P-dePTuAPkTdYrJt2NvWumoOvppzl-70Q_j6o3tYk3_as/s1600/AshleyGardner_ADisappearanceinDruryLane_200px.jpg" /></a>The other day I posted an update on my <a href="http://www.allysonjames.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Allyson James</a> blog, which is also relevant here. You see, I'm trying to get two books out--one in the Stormwalker series ( urban fantasy/mystery ), and Captain Lacey. Around that I have to write books for Berkley. But <i><b>Disappearance in Drury Lane</b></i> <i>is</i> coming. Here's the post:<br />
<br />
****<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
Where is <i><b>Nightwalker</b></i>? Good question! I'm still writing it. </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Many of you have been emailing me asking when it will be out, and I apologize for confusing you with dates. I had wanted to have it finished and out by April at the latest, but life happened. I spent a month in Feb-March very ill. I was able to get <i><b>Justin</b></i> [Tales of the Shareem] finished and released, but that was about it, and then I collapsed.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Being sick put me behind not only on <i><b>Nightwalker</b></i> (and my next <b>Captain Lacey </b>mystery) but also very behind on my deadlines with Berkley. I've turned in one of those deadline books, but I must now work on the second before I'm caught up there.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbG5x2p2KvEj2aLLf7rBaFzuXojUJSv1j9CUfNn8bV2OoX7kKaiuJbtxuW4Uq8Es8fOIQogToqVm8UsQJCZAwkp1gDauHVLroR5OzNPZWP7V8PqJLHGYJY372avqORwNj3ju0k/s1600/AllysonJames_NightWalker_200px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbG5x2p2KvEj2aLLf7rBaFzuXojUJSv1j9CUfNn8bV2OoX7kKaiuJbtxuW4Uq8Es8fOIQogToqVm8UsQJCZAwkp1gDauHVLroR5OzNPZWP7V8PqJLHGYJY372avqORwNj3ju0k/s1600/AllysonJames_NightWalker_200px.jpg" /></a>However, throughout all this, I've been steadily writing <i><b>Nightwalker</b></i>. I work on it every morning for at least an hour. Today I reached page 115 (about 31,000 words). The book is projected to be about 75-80K, which is give or take another about 200 pages. I type fast, so it won't take that much time (weeks, not years!).</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
After that, the book will be revised and edited, then proofread. Add another 2-3 weeks for that.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
I'm not going to project a specific release date. I've learned my lesson. :-) Once the ms. is finished, I can better project a date, knowing how long it will take for the edit/proof/publishing process.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
But the book will be done, it will be out, and the next in the series planned. I also have a <i>Stormwalker </i>novella planned--though that may turn into the next novel...I'll see how it goes.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Because I'm currently writing five series (Shifters, Mackenzies, Stormwalker, Captain Lacey, Shareem), juggling all this has proved to be a trick!</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
I can say, in my defense, that books are coming out from me steadily, and will continue to emerge throughout the year. Books in 2012 that have been and will be released (in this order) are</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Wild Cat </i>(Shifters Unbound) (Jan)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Justin</i> (Shareem) (Feb)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The Pirate Next Door</i> (re-release) (March)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>The Duke's Perfect Wife</i> (Mackenzies) (April)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Nightwalker</i> (Stormwalker)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>A Disappearance in Drury Lane</i> (Capt Lacey)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Hard Mated</i> (Shifters Unbound short novel/novella)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<i>Mate Claimed</i> (Shifters Unbound)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
and more after that taking us to 2013<br />
<i>The Seduction of Elliot McBride</i> (Mackenzies, Jan 2013)</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Re-releases from my <a href="http://www.jennifersromances.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer Ashley</a> side, including the Immortals series will be threaded in here.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
I offer no excuse (except the illness--that's a good excuse), and I do apologize for projecting dates I had no right to project. I got excited.:-)<br />
<br />
End of Allyson James post<br />
<br />
Once I finish <b style="font-style: italic;">Nightwalker </b>and the Berkley book (<i>Seduction of Elliot McBride</i>), <i><b>Disappearance in Drury Lane</b></i> is next on my plate. I hope to release 1-2 Lacey books per year--this year will see at least one!<br />
<br />
Ashley Gardner</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-24935776427402227892012-03-03T09:07:00.000-08:002012-03-03T09:07:22.343-08:00Update on Captain Lacey<b><i>Disappearance in Drury Lane</i></b> is still in the works. I'm behind where I want to be, due to two things: 1) Spending most of this month sick as a dog (I hear many others having the same trouble); 2) Having a book overdue to my publisher (said illness slowing that down as well).<br />
<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2-ukKVXIotqUdkVzBhNLS0hbowNuVrquCmH1TV3JTD4k50LfjmJjaJXSWthvV2cQprFv2qBHchCpqTvlJvM9dp0SkgbGXjX3njq3QBxvv5wHtKsjSZ6UVlCA9vrwnVHdazi2/s1600/greenroomlagniappe2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV2-ukKVXIotqUdkVzBhNLS0hbowNuVrquCmH1TV3JTD4k50LfjmJjaJXSWthvV2cQprFv2qBHchCpqTvlJvM9dp0SkgbGXjX3njq3QBxvv5wHtKsjSZ6UVlCA9vrwnVHdazi2/s320/greenroomlagniappe2.jpg" width="240" /></a>Once I get the book turned in to my editor, I'm going to take a short break and try to get over this lingering cold. I'll indulge in my dollhouses (<a href="http://www.jennsminis.wordpress.com/">http://www.jennsminis.wordpress.com</a>), catch up on my reading, maybe take a stroll up to the mountains or over to the coast. I've been working nonstop, seven days a week, since July, and I think I need a few days off.<br />
<br />
Once I feel better, the next two things on my plate are <i><b>Nightwalker</b></i> (in my Stormwalker series), and <b><i>A Disappearance in Drury Lane</i>. </b>I'm writing books for three pseudonyms, switching off every three: Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley, Allyson James, Ashley Gardner... etc. This, of course, must be fit around my Berkley deadlines. It's tricky, but it's working thus far.<br />
<br />
I apologize for being a bit behind, but a few months behind is better than a six-year gap between books! Captain Lacey and I disliked that immensely. <br />
<br />
The plan is to put out 1-2 Lacey books a year, until we all think the series is done. I prefer full-length books to novellas, as I can put a lot of meat into them, but those, naturally, take a little longer.<br />
<br />
I will update my status as I go, so you'll know when to start expecting <b><i>Disappearance</i></b>.<br />
<br />
On a better note, the paperback edition of <i style="font-weight: bold;">A Death in Norfolk </i>now has wider distribution. You can order it from<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-death-in-norfolk-ashley-gardner/1035935879?ean=9781466466005&itm=11&usri=ashley+gardner" target="_blank"> Barnes & Noble</a> and through <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/hybrid?filter0=ashley+gardner&x=25&y=10" target="_blank">Indiebound</a> and other booksellers.<br />
<br />
Thanks to all who have found the Lacey series and for hanging in there with me<br />
<br />
(Photo, by the way, from a dollhouse at the Mini Time Machine Dollhouse Miniatures museum in Tucson. A marvelous museum, worth the trip.)<br />
<br />
Ashley Gardner<br />
<a href="http://www.gardnermysteries.com/">http://www.gardnermysteries.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-23995775449063078042012-01-20T09:38:00.000-08:002012-01-20T09:38:11.911-08:00Captain Lacey Mysteries first "Boxed Set"<img src="http://www.gardnermysteries.com/graphics/CL_Bundle_1_200px.jpg"><br />
<p><b>Now Available: Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, Volume One.</b> The first three Captain Lacey novels plus the short stories from <i>The Gentleman's Walking Stick,</i> are now available in one convenient ebook bundle. Currently on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Lacey-Regency-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B006YZ0OOM/ref=sr_1_11?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327079730&sr=1-11" target=0>Amazon Kindle</a> or <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/captain-lacey-regency-mysteries-volume-one-ashley-gardner/1108312415?ean=2940013690271" target=0>Barnes & Noble Nook</a>, with more platforms to come. I'm also working on Volume 2.<br />
<br />
<i><b>A Disappearance in Drury Lane</i></b> is still in the works! I will update when I have a more specific pub date. Right now it's "sometime in March."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-76301819602772465692012-01-05T11:29:00.000-08:002012-01-05T11:29:32.895-08:00Updates on the Lacey SeriesI continue to write <i><b>A Disappearance in Drury Lane</b>,</i> happy to be back in London for this one. Looks like that release date might have to move to March, but I'll keep you posted.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, I will be releasing the first six Lacey novels plus <i>The Necklace Affair</i> and the short stories as boxed sets:. I'm waiting to get the covers from my cover designer, then they'll be ready shortly after that. Volume One will comprise Books 1-3 and the short stories now collected in <i>The Gentleman's Walking Stick.</i> Volume Two will include Books 4-6 plus <i>The Necklace Affair</i>. I'm purposely leaving <i>Death in Norfolk</i> out, but it will be collected into Volume 3, as soon as I get a few more books out. If you know folks who would like to try the books or prefer to buy everything at once, let them know this is on its way.<br />
<br />
I can't express what a joy it is to work on this series again. I'll keep going as long as the stories come!<br />
<br />
Ashley Gardner<br />
<a href="http://www.gardnermysteries.com/">http://www.gardnermysteries.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-57314277643247011552011-11-17T15:40:00.000-08:002011-11-17T15:40:55.666-08:00A Disappearance in Drury LaneI have updated the Books section of the Ashley Gardner website (<a href="http://www.gardnermysteries.com/">www.gardnermysteries.com</a>) to add the cover and date for Capt. Lacey Book 8, <b style="font-style: italic;">A Disappearance in Drury Lane. </b>I'm looking at mid-February for the pub date, though I will update when the day is more specific. Thanks to all who let me know they enjoyed <b><i>A Death in Norfolk!</i> </b>Remember that Death in Norfolk is available both in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Norfolk-Captain-Regency-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B005XI6GXY/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319132743&sr=1-3" target="_blank"><b>Ebook</b></a> and<b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Norfolk-Captain-Regency-Mysteries/dp/1466466006/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320344990&sr=1-3" target="_blank">Print!</a></b><br />
<b><br />
</b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDeSxd3rc8EHEmAuuoDiF4rk_QoEE2KD1PVVFrCLcwbjWLi8lcfvKWGA-dIojVVSXPqmJONmwZRVXy431WoUJff9P-dePTuAPkTdYrJt2NvWumoOvppzl-70Q_j6o3tYk3_as/s1600/AshleyGardner_ADisappearanceinDruryLane_200px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDeSxd3rc8EHEmAuuoDiF4rk_QoEE2KD1PVVFrCLcwbjWLi8lcfvKWGA-dIojVVSXPqmJONmwZRVXy431WoUJff9P-dePTuAPkTdYrJt2NvWumoOvppzl-70Q_j6o3tYk3_as/s1600/AshleyGardner_ADisappearanceinDruryLane_200px.jpg" /></a></div><b><br />
</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-40325473128608210522011-11-07T13:55:00.000-08:002011-11-07T13:55:21.963-08:00Death in Norfolk in Print!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWPde5jqn0RK94rJemTN6-XL4lE_HV88VJ0XMirrHLhHJwjykigo_rcMWfuMeAeFr1ikVcorA3YG2rWCVvjkO3UMVtj2GQp7naZC9JG3Lw8W77qk87VHUDQ2CBdw6c0NrVksf/s1600/NecklaceAffair_POD200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWPde5jqn0RK94rJemTN6-XL4lE_HV88VJ0XMirrHLhHJwjykigo_rcMWfuMeAeFr1ikVcorA3YG2rWCVvjkO3UMVtj2GQp7naZC9JG3Lw8W77qk87VHUDQ2CBdw6c0NrVksf/s200/NecklaceAffair_POD200.jpg" width="125" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtS6Sr8hLxQdkJATxzZfioEiLY3ZWfGcbAUNe__u1qyrIYkhXnUxXrEAZiclQKoc5N2zCZuPe4RdpvhLyZtLiksVPnq9M2XzczQhV2MQrD0d_8-gjd-OUVF31aJHm2IRJYYgs/s1600/AshleyGardner_ADeathinNorfolk_200px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtS6Sr8hLxQdkJATxzZfioEiLY3ZWfGcbAUNe__u1qyrIYkhXnUxXrEAZiclQKoc5N2zCZuPe4RdpvhLyZtLiksVPnq9M2XzczQhV2MQrD0d_8-gjd-OUVF31aJHm2IRJYYgs/s200/AshleyGardner_ADeathinNorfolk_200px.jpg" width="133" /></a><br />
The paperback edition of <i><b>A Death in Norfolk</b></i> is now out! <br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Norfolk-Captain-Regency-Mysteries/dp/1466466006/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320344990&sr=1-3"> Available from Amazon here.</a><br />
<br />
Also in print is<i><b> The Necklace Affair,</b></i> which has been bundled with the two stories in <i>The Gentleman's Walking Stick.</i><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Necklace-Affair-Other-Stories/dp/1466406933/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_11">Available from Amazon here.</a><br />
<br />
What's next? I'm working on <i>A Disappearance in Drury Lane, </i>which should come your way early next year. The target date is Feb or March. I plan to write 2-3 of these books a year.<br />
<br />
Watch this blog or my website to get updates on the series. Or join my newsletter group<br />
<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnermysteries/?yguid=110787106" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gardnermysteries/</a><br />
to receive updates on the series and an email the day new books arrive.<br />
<br />
Thank you and enjoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13927320.post-40824310827721259282011-10-20T09:32:00.000-07:002011-10-20T09:32:23.773-07:00A Death in Norfolk is Out!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtS6Sr8hLxQdkJATxzZfioEiLY3ZWfGcbAUNe__u1qyrIYkhXnUxXrEAZiclQKoc5N2zCZuPe4RdpvhLyZtLiksVPnq9M2XzczQhV2MQrD0d_8-gjd-OUVF31aJHm2IRJYYgs/s1600/AshleyGardner_ADeathinNorfolk_200px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtS6Sr8hLxQdkJATxzZfioEiLY3ZWfGcbAUNe__u1qyrIYkhXnUxXrEAZiclQKoc5N2zCZuPe4RdpvhLyZtLiksVPnq9M2XzczQhV2MQrD0d_8-gjd-OUVF31aJHm2IRJYYgs/s1600/AshleyGardner_ADeathinNorfolk_200px.jpg" /></a></div><br />
It is out! <b><i>A Death in Norfolk</i> </b>is now available from:<br />
<br />
Nook (B&N):<br />
<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-death-in-norfolk-ashley-gardner/1106796800">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-death-in-norfolk-ashley-gardner/1106796800</a> <br />
<br />
Kindle (Amazon): <br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Norfolk-Captain-Regency-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B005XI6GXY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319127564&sr=8-2">http://www.amazon.com/Norfolk-Captain-Regency-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B005XI6GXY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1319127564&sr=8-2</a> <br />
<br />
Smashwords: <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/97960">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/97960</a> <br />
<br />
As usual, it will take a couple of days to wend its way to the UK, German, and French Amazon sites, and a week or so to start appearing on Appil iBooks, Sony, and the like. (However, the Smashwords edition can be read on almost all devices.)<br />
<br />
The <b>print </b>version of this book will be out in about two weeks. Stay tuned!<br />
<br />
Thank you all so very much for both your patience and support which inspired me and helped me get this book written and published. I hope you enjoy it.<br />
<br />
Best,<br />
<br />
Ashley Gardner<br />
<a href="http://www.gardnermysteries.com/">http://www.gardnermysteries.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2