A Thanksgiving with . . . cats, rats and ghosts?

What better way to spend the Fall season than reading the tenth book in The Animal Guild Series?

Considering everything that's happened this year -- and it ain't over -- an escape into fiction might be a nice change. Try The Anwinn Ghost: a Fantasy with Magic, Adventure and Ghosts, Book 10 of the series, out in ebook format (paperback to come later).

Teaser:

What do you get when you combine teenagers, rats, and cats? Toss in an evil ghost, and you get a whopping big dose of chaos!

Our intrepid teens Pepin and Mika meet little Leo and Quenti, prince and princess of the local black rat Family, who are about to go to war because of Quenti’s forbidden love with a rat from a rival Family.

But what about the ghostly vibes in the wine cellar of Pepin and Mika’s elderly friends? And what of the mysterious rat Vault with its cryptic documents? Plus the recent sightings of brown rats, the arch enemies of Leo and Quenti? 

Both deadly danger and madcap hilarity ensue after an inconceivable encounter with a malevolent and downright yucky ghost. Mix in creepy burglars, cats with vendettas, and a Thanksgiving dinner you won’t forget, and you have The Anwinn Ghost.

The Anwinn Ghost is Book 10 in The Animal Guild Series, occurring after the events of the interlude story Fist’s Day. While the book can be read as a stand-alone, some familiarity with the world of animal guilds and Secret Guilders will help the reading experience. Enjoy!

-JS

Coffee, always

“… Mr. Butler had already had, he said, as much coffee as was good for him. Phryne, who had never had as much coffee as was good for her, poured another cup and sipped luxuriously.” — Kerry Greenwood, Queen of the Flowers

This sums up my love affair with coffee, brought to a ghastly nadir during a recent power outage, when I checked flashlight batteries instead of filling the thermos with hot coffee. 

Lesson learned. 

The energy, the impetus, the awakening of coffee! It’s what gets you writing, even by flashlight. Well, me, anyway. 

What galvanizes you? What propels and spurs you to the keyboard or the pen and paper? What have you found is the best trigger to write, or to read that next book, or . . . ?

*stopping for another sip*