P.D. Singer

This is why I should practice more

PD Singer — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:39:49 +0000

The Rare Event has a cover!

PD Singer — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:20:29 +0000

The wonderful Anne Cain has been terribly busy trying to turn my visions into a real cover, and OMG look what we have now!

That is so Ricky! Edits just got easier to do, because now I’m the last hold-up on getting this project put together. March 30th!

Six Sentence Sunday: Fall Down the Mountain

PD Singer — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:57:20 +0000

From Fall Down the Mountain–Mark McAvoy, the ski patrol, is awake in the night when he’d really rather not be.

The building was quiet at two a.m., the hall lights almost too bright as I padded the length of the third floor to the central stairs; one flight down and then about halfway across the other wing of the building brought me to their door. Maybe this time I wouldn’t get punched.

Because I had to knock on that door. I needed to see for myself that the men who lived on the other side were alive and well, and then I might be able to sleep again. If not tonight, then some other night, but the need to see them both, to touch them and feel the warmth of life, pulled my hand up to the wood, and I knocked. Three soft raps on the door, and only then did I realize I had no idea what to say, how to explain being on their doorstep in the wee hours.

Find the rest at at Torquere, Amazon, or ARe.

Wonderful timesink

PD Singer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:22:08 +0000

I’ve spent so much time over at Live Science in the last few days that it’s getting a little embarrassing. So I tell myself I search for plot bunnies. I stumbled on the place when looking for a picture of the Northern lights (this is what I found) and stayed. And stayed.

Where else can you find anything from discussions of acoustic illusions as a basis for Stonehenge to the drinking habits of fruit flies?

This is the sort of place that appeals to my jackdaw mind; I’ll be heading back from time to time.

Houston, we have a blurb

PD Singer — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:11:12 +0000

For some reason, the blurb is the hardest couple of hundred words in the whole project. Distilling down the essence of the story to answer the question, “Why read this?” is tougher than plotting out a 60k word novel. The sweet folks at Dreamspinner help (thank you, Gin! Have chocolates!) but even so, nails get bitten past the quick.

So I am a happy girl that we have a blurb for The Rare Event now. What do you think?

Hedge fund trader Ricky Santeramo has it all: money, looks, and fellow trader Jonathan Hogenboom. The two couldn’t be more different: Jon is from old money, while Ricky clawed his way out of blue-collar New Jersey. Jon hedges his positions; Ricky goes for broke. Jon likes opera and the Yankees; Ricky prefers clubbing. Jon drinks wine with dinner; Ricky throws back a beer. Jon wants monogamy… but Ricky likes variety.

Bankrupt airlines are facing strikes, the housing market is starting to crumble, and Jon can’t wait any longer for Ricky to commit. One last night alone and one last risky trade make Jon say, “Enough.” Then Jon’s old friend Davis comes to New York City, ready for baseball and forever. The whole world is chaos, but there are fortunes to be made—or lost—and hearts to be broken—or won.

Faced with losing it all, Ricky must make the savviest trades of his life and pray for a rare event. His portfolio and Jon’s love are on the line.

Spelling Game

PD Singer — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:45:57 +0000

I love words. (Oh rilly, Pam? We wouldn’t have guessed.) They are the best toy in the world, silly putty with sound and ideas. That’s not to say that I don’t also love me some spell check.

So when I found the Oxford Dictionaries Spelling Challenge, I was all over it. I’m competitive as all get out on some things, so when I learned to play the game on the “Tricky” level, I was miffed to miss two words. When it gave me corrections, I realized I had heard something the game hadn’t said. Missed two on “Difficult” and was provoked, because those were flat out errors. Didn’t keep me from moving on to “Fiendish.”

It’s fiendish all right. My scores there were all over the map, and a few rounds don’t bear discussion, although I finally stopped after a round where I discovered that I could no longer see the difference between m and n.

You try it. (Heh heh heh) Dare ya.

Winner!

PD Singer — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:41:36 +0000

One last limerick for Melanie Marshall:

Chocolate kisses are sweet on the lip
Coaxing sweethearts to unzip,
If a BDSM scene
Is not where you lean,
Eat the licorice; don’t use as a whip.

And with that, our blog hop is officially concluded, but you are all welcome back any time. Thanks to those who opted to follow the blog: I will have little goodies now and then that you will see first, and maybe exclusively.

For the winner, a drum roll please: JulielHayes!

Vintage Valentine WTF | Retronaut

PD Singer — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:12:32 +0000

My, tastes have changed. I can’t imagine staying in the same room with anyone who’d give me a card like this now.

A restraining order, maybe. And this is far from the only love token from the era that this site offers. If you’re ready to be terrified by definitions of love, click this link. But don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Vintage Valentine WTF | Retronaut.

Valentine’s Day Sales

PD Singer — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:38:12 +0000

Here’s a sweetheart of a deal: both my publishers are offering discounts in honor of the day!

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It’s Valentine’s Day! To celebrate, we’re offering 15% off your purchases from now through the end of day Sunday! Just put ‘val2012′ in the coupon code box any time you check out at Torquere Books (www.torquerebooks.com) before Sunday at midnight to get 15% off your order.

Sale good now through Sunday, February 19 at Midnight (est).

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with some books from Torquere Press today!

Torquere Press, Inc.

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Dreamspinner:

For the day itself (Eastern time) everything on the site will be 20% off. In addition, we will have a Hearts and Flowers scavenger hunt, with a heart graphic hidden in various places around the web site. Each time a person finds the graphic and clicks on it, they get a code for 20% off all the publications by the author whose page the graphic is hidden on. Now through February 29!

Blog Hop Limericks; the story continues

PD Singer — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:24:28 +0000

Hi, all! Thanks for dropping by! Folks have left me some limerick prompts. It’s official, my brain is broken. Mackerel and thyme just weren’t happening, but everything else did. If the story is a little tortured, blame those who giggled and left “vinyl” and “chocolate-shaped rabbit.” I did my best for you. (Crawls off mumbling, “What else rhymes with rabbit?” As a poet, I make a really good pharmacist. :S ) Find the first two installments of this story here and here.

All who comment get entered into the drawing for your choice of my upcoming novel, The Rare Event, due March 30th, or anything from my backlist, and a PD Singer keychain flashlight. Feel free to look around.

Prompts used: Chocolate, music, parish, vinyl, Jenga, game, blindfold, feathers, Easter Rising, well, Rising didn’t happen, sorry, chocolate-shaped rabbit, tattoo,

Ned’s gift was a big box of chocolate,
Sized perfect to lie on, thought Rabbit.
When they’re warm they get squooshy,
And all comfy and cushy!
It smells good on my fur when I sit!

Noting that Bun was astir,
Ned checked where the candies were.
He did not see the merit
Of a chocolate-shaped rabbit.
“Wrong day! We need you at Easter!”

Why did Bun’s game have to be “Squish?”
Not Jenga or chess or Go Fish?
The wreck of each gift
Could well cause a rift!
He’s the naughtiest bun in the parish.

“V-day makes a big ballyhoo,
but you know my love’s lasting and true.”
Eric blindfolded Ned,
And returned him to bed,
To reveal a new heart-shaped tattoo.

They finished activities coital,
Wanted dinner and music on vinyl.
Ned put on feathers
And Eric wore leathers
They left Bunny home, and that’s final!

The winner will be announced tomorrow, so leave a comment, and follow the blog here to get an extra entry into the drawing. Our blog hop ends at midnight, but if there’s a comment when I get up in the morning to announce a winner, I’m not checking time stamps.

Lots of authors are participating; find them here. Thanks for coming by, and welcome back any time!