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A New Dani Erickson story! SCHOOL DAZE

Dani’s back and she’s getting ready for her first day at Longmont High. She’s been looking forward to high school for years, but now instead of worrying about the upperclassmen, she’s wondering which classes of demons she’ll meet in the halls!

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by Deb Logan
Audience: Juvenile | Demon Hunter | Short Story

Dani Erickson is a hereditary demon hunter. The seventh child of a seventh child, she was born to battle the nasty monsters she sees infesting her small Colorado town. With the help of her best friend Allie and her sensei Warwick James, she’s getting into fighting trim — just in time for her first day of high school.

Demons beware. Dani’s on the prowl!

Electronic Edition Publication Date: March 2013
Buy Now: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Smashwords

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New Release: DEMON DAZE

Dani’s family is unusual. She’s the youngest–and only girl–of seven. Being the lone female, her family would like her to be all girly and sweet like her best friend Allie. But Dani is a tomboy born and bred, and on her fourteenth birthday she discovers why.

Life is about to get decidedly strange!

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I’ve been having a terrible time deciding where to start my latest novel. Should I begin with Dani’s discovery that she’s a demon hunter? Or should I start with an action-packed battle sequence … one where she obviously already knows who and what she it?

DEMON DAZE solved the dilemma! This short story tells of Dani’s advent: her discovery that she’s not a too-tall, gawky imitation of her very feminine best friend, but exactly who and what she needs to be :D

Now, as my father used to say, “Let’s get on with the fighting!”

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DEMON DAZE is available now at Amazon and Smashwords. Coming soon to Barnes & Noble!

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2013 is Underway!

I’m a firm believer in goal setting for my writing. How can you know whether or not you’ve arrived if you don’t have a destination in mind? Consequently, the final week of every year is devoted to reviewing last year’s goals and setting new ones for the coming year.

I’m always over ambitious, and for some, that would be a downer, but not for me. I mean, why be safe and set goals I won’t have to stretch for? I figure if I don’t aim high, I’ll never know if I can soar. I didn’t meet all of my 2012 goals, but I met enough that I’m very pleased with my progress. 2012 was a very good year, but 2013 is off to an amazing start!

This year, I’ve discovered a new guide to my goal planning. Dean Wesley Smith has done a blog series on goals setting for 2013. He started with a retrospective of publishing changes in 2012 and then moved into goal planning, so be sure to look at the whole series. I recently finished an online class from Dean and learned a ton about publishing and my own strengths and deficits, so taking his advice is a foregone conclusion for me at the moment.

For 2013 I’m following Heinlein’s Rules as closely as I can:

  1. You must WRITE.
  2. You must FINISH what you write.
  3. You must NOT REWRITE unless to editorial demand. (That means an editor who’s paying you, not one you hire. Fixing typos / mistakes is acceptable.)
  4. You must put your work on the MARKET.
  5. You must LEAVE your work on the market.

I’m also working on a word-count goal: 3,000 words/week for 50 weeks, totaling 150,000 words for the year. Dean suggested 250,000 words for the year, but 150,000 will be enough of a stretch for me! That’s NEW words, by the way. He doesn’t count revision and editing work (which I shouldn’t be doing since it violates Rule #3), nor time spent on covers and layout and publishing work.

So far, 2013 is going well. I’m excited to see the stories that come to life this year.

Onward and Upward!!

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Christmas is Coming!

The tree is decorated. The presents are wrapped. The chimney is clean so Santa won’t get his suit dusty. All is ready for the big day!

In an excess of early celebration, we went to see The Hobbit. *faints with joy* AWESOME movie! Peter Jackson and his crew have outdone themselves. If such a thing is possible, The Hobbit is even better than The Lord of the Rings trilogy. And he’s managed to take one small book and turn it into a trilogy of block-buster movies *happy dancing* Go, Peter, go!

Hope your Christmas is exciting, wonderful, and exactly as you’ve dreamed *smiles*

Cheers!!

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Have a Truly ‘Thankful’ Thanksgiving

*~*~* Happy Thanksgiving! *~*~*

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so I thought I’d stop and count my blessings!

I am always thankful for my family, but this year more so than ever as we welcome a new addition. My youngest granddaughter will be a month old in a few days, and I’m very thankful that I was able to be on the opposite coast to welcome her into the world. Snuggling with a newborn is one of the BEST experiences in the world! Mind you, singing Alphabet Train with her big brother is a close second :D

I’m also especially thankful for my vision this year. Sight is one of those things we take for granted. We know it’s important, but we don’t think about it on a daily basis. I recently had an unpleasant visual event that frightened me. Fortunately, my doctor said it’s going to be fine. No surgical intervention necessary. But still, it’s brought my vision to the forefront of my thoughts, and I’m very grateful to be able to see to write this post.

There are many other things I’m thankful for–and being able to write books to share with you is high on the list, but I think I’ll contemplate the rest in private.

What about you? What will you give thanks for tomorrow?