Did you ever see one of those 'old Yankee' carved kids' toys where the arms of a character go flying around or the bicyclist pedals like mad when the wind blows? Sometimes, I imagine myself balanced on a fencepost with both arms flailing in the wind as I try to keep my balance on the narrow ledge where I'm anchored.
Especially this month when I've been in winds ranging from 20-50 most of the month. There's an old joke here about how Laramie, Wyo was founded. Some settlers coming west over the mountains were hit by an incredible blast of wind coming across the plains. They sought shelter down by the Laramie River where they decided to wait until the winds died down. They're still there.
And I'm here! Laramie, Wyoming, setting of Devon Layne's trilogy of Erotic Paranormal Romance Western Adventures. I've managed to acquire a bottle of Wyoming Whiskey (and will probably get another before I leave the state) and have been getting reacquainted. I even went over to the library that was so helpful in researching my books and signed and gave them copies. As Devon Layne. This is a town where I have to keep my identity straight. Alas, Devon's research assistant, Aubrey, has moved on to greener fields since I was last here three-and-a-half years ago.
I plan to move on west on Friday when temperatures are expected to be above freezing and the pass to be clear. With luck, Friday night I will be down to about 6,000 feet elevation and might start to get warmer.
Tonight, City Limits chapter 4, "Whirl-a-Gig" will post on SOL. So imagine you've got a mysterious ticket to the County Fair that not only gives you admission, but a free ride on the Whirl-a-Gig. A carnival ride where the arms spin around as you are buffeted in the wind. Would you go?
How about if it was the only clue you had as to what your identity might be?
Gee Evars, the man without a memory, follows the urge to investigate and steps into the middle of an attempted kidnapping. But is he the hero or the scapegoat? Tonight will tell.
And City Limits is progressing on other fronts. Review copies in both eBook and paperback will be available in limited supply in mid-May. If you are or know of a reviewer with a forum (book blog, website, magazine, newspaper) who might be interested in reviewing City Limits when it is released June 20, please let me know or have them contact me.
But wait! There's more!
Usually I'd let Devon announce this, but he's not likely to write a blog post until the weekend when it happens. He'll be releasing Wonders of My World 2, American Backroads on Kindle and Nook Saturday. Only $3.00. And what do you get by buying the book that you wouldn't get by reading it for free on SOL? Well, it's been edited and cleaned and scrubbed. And forty photographs have been added.
Of course, I've had to read the book a couple of times in the past two weeks and can only be complimentary about the skill and experience Devon brings to the second volume of the memoirs of aroslav, the avatar of the pseudonym of the alter ego of the author. Though I wouldn't trust anything he says as true, it's remarkable how much some of his adventures remind me of mine.
And, yes, volume one U.S. Highways is also available.
Well, I have a client with a fiction story to edit today. I could use the money, so I'd better get hopping-or reading.
Enjoy!