Category: Andrea Parnell

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What I’m Up To

Greetings, Loyal Reader!

I’ve had a busy summer and fall and I thought I’d bring you up to speed on what I’ve been doing, what I’m working on, and what’s ahead.

[SECRET PROJECT]

  • The makers of a fun, crazy, tongue-in-cheek fantasy-themed computer game approached me a while back about writing a short tie-in novel set in the world of their game. It sounded fun, so I said sure! I can’t tell you the name of the game quite yet, because they haven’t officially announced the book.
  • I can tell you I turned in the manuscript last week and the target release date is in early November.
  • I have also seen draft cover art, which looks amazing — and which I will share as soon as I get the all clear to do so.
  • As I understand it, the book will be available in the Amazon Kindle Store only. I know! I know! That is not how I would do it, but I’m only the hired gun on this one, not the publisher.
  • More details to come!

New books from Andrea Parnell

  • The star author of my publishing company Trove Books is not me, but my mother Andrea Parnell.
  • Over the last few years Trove has released Mom’s gothic romance novels Dark Splendor and Whispers at Midnight, the novella Dark Prelude, and the Western romance Delilah’s Flame.
  • This fall she has three new titles coming out, including two more Western romance novels — Devil Moon and My Only Desire and a Western novella. All are in the final stages of editing and production — which means I am doing a good bit of editing and producing lately!

Jason Cosmo in Audio

Royal Crush

  • Last, but not least, with the soon-to-be-formally-announced Secret Project written, I am back to writing the next Jason Cosmo book, Royal Crush. Which, at this point, looks like an early 2014 release.

Whew! I’m tired. Are you tired? But I think we’re all caught up! I will try to post more often, and with greater brevity!

Best regards,

Dan McGirt

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New Projects

Greetings, Loyal Reader!

Time to check in with you again. A few things to mention. First, my mom and I were in the paper recently. We were interviewed for an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution called “e-Books getting the words out”. The able reporter did a good job of reporting on how ebook publishing empower authors to take charge of their writing careers and connect directly with readers in ways that were not possible (or at least much more difficult) in the pre-ebook era. Whether it is re-releasing previously published books or publishing all-new works without having to wait around for Big Publishing to get a clue, this is a great time to be an author. The tools are there for those who learn how to use them–as more and more authors are each day.

As for my own authoring, my summer projects are writing a new book, Dash: Into Space! and the next Jason Cosmo book, Royal Crush (a revision of the classic Royal Chaos). I’m also editing my mother’s novel Devil Moon for reissue as an ebook. Enough to keep me busy!

I was also thrilled to be contacted by REDACTED to inquire about my interest in writing REDACTED for REDACTED. Yeah, can’t say much about it, but there may be a fun side project in the offing.

One more thing — my ebook titles are on sale at Smashwords through July 31.

Hope you’re enjoying your summer! (Or winter, south of the equator.)

Best regards,

Dan McGirt

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Hello (again) world!

Greetings!

So…yeah, this has been a very slow-moving project, launching DanMcGirt.com.  Slower even than I expected. Glacial?

Slower than that. Geologic is more like it.

Even so, I still have the grandest of intentions to make DanMcGirt.com my online home base and secret headquarters. But it will be a bit by bit process, as I’ve simply had to put this effort near the bottom of the priority list so far.

What have I been doing instead? Glad you asked! Here is an update:

  • The rebooted Jason Cosmo fantasy adventure series from Trove Books is at Book Two now, available as ebooks around the world. Book One, Hero Wanted, is also available as a print edition.
  • All of my fantasy novels originally published as Signet/Roc paperbacks are now available as ebooks at Amazon and elsewhere. To wit,  the classic Jason Cosmo Non-Trilogy of Jason Cosmo, Royal Chaos, and Dirty Work.  You can get them singly, or as an all-in-one omnibus ebook.
  • I’ve been working with my mother, Andrea Parnell, to publish her out-of-print romance novels as ebooks. We’ve produced three so far, plus a free novella, with more on the way. You can learn more at Mom’s website: AndreaParnell.com.

A lot of work behind writing, preparing, and publishing these titles! I’ll keep adding to this site. In the meantime, please visit my Jason Cosmo Update site or join my Facebook page.  You can also follow me on Twitter: @jasoncosmo

Thanks for reading!

Best regards,

Dan McGirt

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Hello world!

Updated: May 19, 2011

Greetings, Loyal Reader!

I am doing a bit by bit launch of DanMcGirt.com as my new home page. I have a lot of work to do on the site.  It will be a process of constant small improvements. I have lately been busy getting the original versions of my comical fantasy adventure novels Jason Cosmo, Royal Chaos, and Dirty Work formatted as ebooks. All are currently available at Smashwords and will soon debut in the Amazon Kindle Store.

I’m also working to finish writing Noble Cause, the sequel to Hero Wanted. Hero Wanted was book 1 of the relaunched Jason Cosmo series making Noble Cause … wait for it! … book 2.

And … I’m also editing several romance novels by my mother, award-winning author Andrea Parnell. We’re reviving her out-of-print romanc novels as ebooks. The first two, Dark Splendor and Whispers at Midnight, are now available as ebooks at Smashwords, the Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, and will soon come to the Amazon Kindle Store.

Along the way, I’ll continue to add content to this website, as it becomes my online headquarters. For now, you’ll find much more information about my books at the Jason Cosmo Update site or my Facebook page.

You can also follow me on Twitter: @jasoncosmo

My (very) occasional newsletter/mailing list is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JasonCosmoUpdate/

Thanks for reading!

Best regards,

Dan McGirt