Suvudu Universe

My final stop this week ends with a bang. I’m invading Tossing It Out, run by one awesome Arlee Bird, founder of the A to Z Challenge. Lee is one of my very first friends I made here online, back when I had less than twenty-five followers. He’s a rock of stability, which is ironic since he likes to toss out interesting and sometimes controversial things on his blog. Which is why this week ends with a bang – in keeping with the spirit of his site, my guest post is on morality in writing. Visit Lee to see what I have to say about it! Lee – thanks and you are The Man!

And CassaStorm’s release week kicks off with prizes every day! Comment between September 16 and 20 to enter. (Ends 6:00 pm EST Sunday, September 22.)
Prizes include:
Cassa mousepad
Cassa Universe poster
Cassa magnet
Cassa mug
Autographed copy of CassaStorm
One person will be randomly selected each day and the five names will be drawn from a hat – first person gets first choice and so on.

Others are announcing CassaStorm’s release, and almost every post features a unique interview question. List of participants on the CassaStorm Page and all links have been updated. So join the fun!

So many! It’s been an incredible week. CassaStorm is in the top 100 of Space Opera now! A million thanks. Here are the highlights from the past few days:

I was the featured author in Elizabeth Craig’s Writer’s Knowledge Base Newsletter! You can view it on their site HERE

Bryan and Brandon at A Beer For The Shower made an attempt to write science fiction following the ship CassaBeer. You have to read it to find out what happens next!

Roland Yeomans gave his most amazing tribute yet – and I smashed a guitar!

Retro Jeremy created a really cool animation. You the man, Jeremy!

Pat Hatt created a video that announced CassaStorm’s release to the world and it’s done in true Pat and Cat fashion. (And for the record, I don’t sing that bad.)

Robyn Engel at Life by Chocolate has always been fascinated with Byron and she wondered what his personal ad would look like…

Cassie Mae let you know what you should be prepared for if I listened to her notes. (She’s my critique partner.) It involves curves and fourty…

And finally, Samantha Geary honored me with a plug on her Audiomachine’s Tree of Life post.

A.J. Walker is seeking feedback on his cover and synopsis – visit his site to help him!

Charity Bradford just released Stellar Cloud, a short story anthology tied in with her book, The Magic Wakes. Get it now!!

According to Blastr, 50 couples will get married in celebration of Dr. Who's 50th anniversary

Peaches Ledwidge released a prequel to her first book this week - Day Laughs, Night Cries: A Woman Tonight.

Jessica Bell announced that The Six Senses in a Nutshell is going to be available by the end of October at the latest.

Literary Rambles announced: “Thurber House is now accepting applications for the 2014 Thurber House Children's Writer-In-Residence, a four week paid residency at Thurber House for a published author of books for middle grade and/or young adult.” See their site for details.

The premier was Monday. I was excited to see Clancy Brown. And then sad to see him die so early…
It’s a cool concept, weaving in the occult with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. (Certainly not Scripturally sound, but just roll with it.) So far it’s a fun show with a good mix and humor and suspense. I look forward to next Monday’s episode. (And if the football game sucks, it will be a welcome alternative.)

I wanted to share my dedication in CassaStorm with everyone:

To the readers and the dreamers
and the friends I’ve made along the way.
Byron’s journey would never have come this far
without your support and encouragement!

And it wouldn’t have. This week has been incredible. CassaStorm hit the top one hundred for Space Opera on Amazon. There were so many posts announcing its release and so many encouraging comments. Thanks, everyone. I can’t begin to tell you how humbled and grateful I am. I am truly blessed.

Ready for some controversy? Did you catch those amazing posts? Excited about the news? Catch Sleepy Hollow? Any feedback on the tour? Really like to know what went right…

Be sure to visit Lee at Tossing It Out!