I’m a tri-brid author!

So what’s up with me?

I’m about to be officially a tri-brid author. Yes, I did make up that word. It means I’m:
1) e-published,
2) traditionally published, and
3) about to go indie (self-published.)
I’ve got several backlist books returned to me as well as two brand spanking new books I’m editing.
Here’s a comprehensive list:

	TITLE	Word Count	Genre	Tagline	Status	Links
GBLT books by Storm Grant
1	Re-Inventing Love	60,000	Steampunk historical, new adult, gay romance with paranormal elements	The road to love is paved with good inventions	NEW–to be e-published	Coming soon!
2	Lost Boys 2.0: Book #2 in The Chronicles of B.O.O. series	66,000	New adult, gay, contemporary, paranormal multicultural mystery with romantic elements	A man trapped between life and death must partner with Secret Agent Peter Pan to save a new generation of Lost Boys.	NEW–to be self-pubbed Summer 2014	Coming soon!
3	Shift Happens: Book #1 in The Chronicles of B.O.O. series	80,000	Contemporary Fantasy m/m–Won a Rainbow Award	A change is as good as a quest.	reprint–to be self-pubbed Summer 2014	Coming soon!
4	Tart & Soul	15,000	Humorous m/m contemporary	It’s a business doing pleasure with you.	reprint–to be self-pubbed Summer 2014	Coming soon!
5	Assume the Position (formerly “Lust in Translation”)	9,000	Sexy, humorous m/m contemporary	Can false arrest lead to true love?	reprint–to be self-pubbed Summer 2014	Coming soon!
6	Gym Dandy	56,000	Humorous m/m contemporary	A gay tale of seduction and denial, humor and sweat.	reprint–to be self-pubbed Summer 2014	Coming soon!
7	Dual Citizenship	1,000	Humorous m/m contemporary	Putting the “B” in LGBT! Available in the Best Bi Anthology	Available from Circlet Press	Link
8	Sucks & Blows	4,500	wacky urban fantasy	No greater love has a vampire than for his dentist.	Available from Riptide Press	Link
9	Few Are Chosen	13,000	urban fantasy, multicultural, YA–Won a Bookie Award	Sparks fly between virgin teenage demon hunters when the Chosen One turns out to be… the Chosen Two?	Available from Riptide Press	Link
10	Be Prepared	1,100	m/m romance	In the Coming Together with Pride anthology	Available on Amazon	Link
“Straight” books by Gina X. Grant / Storm Grant
11	The Reluctant Reaper: Book 1 in The Reluctant Reaper Series	62,000	wacky urban fantasy	Death is what happens while you’re making other plans.	Available from Simon & Schuster	Link
12	Scythe Does Matter: Book 2 in The Reluctant Reaper Series	46,000	wacky urban fantasy	Be careful what you wish for, it just might get you!	Available from Simon & Schuster	Link
13	Esprit de Corpse: Book 3 in The Reluctant Reaper Series	50,000	wacky urban fantasy	Hell is where the heart is.	Available from Simon & Schuster	Link
14	One Scythe Fits All: Book 4 in The Reluctant Reaper Series	30,000	wacky urban fantasy	So a Grim Reaper, an insane murderer and a 700-year-old poet walk through a portal. Stop me if you’ve heard this one.	WIP	Coming soon!
15	Creep	6,000	m/f erotic romance, horror	Typical folk tale—only the narrator remains to tell the tale.	Available from Excessica Publishing	Link
Freeeeee! Stories by Gina & Storm
16	A Wolf in Cheap Clothing	700	Contemporary Fantasy	A naked werewolf story	Free!	Link
17	Click Click	300	Autobiography	An alarmingly abridged autobiography	Free!	Link
18	Continental Divide	1,200	Future History	A future history of sorts	Free!	Link
19	Grapes	300	Contemporary Crime	A dark tale of murder by inaction	Free!	Link
20	Lost and Found	750	Contemporary paranormal	A spooky dog story	Free!	Link
21	Sea Monsters	750	Contemporary paranormal horror	A horrific tale of seduction and body-snatching	Free!	Link
22	Wheels	175	Contemporary m/m not romance	A sad tale of insecurity	Free!	Link
	PSSST. Stormy Stormheller’s fanfiction is available here:			Sentinel, Due South, Stargate Atlantis, etc.	Free!	Link

 

#1 with a bullet

This is what the Amazon listing pages for THE RELUCTANT REAPER look like for both the US and Canada: (I added the red burst.)

#1 with a bullet

THE RELUCTANT REAPER IS NOW #1 on Amazon Canada’s contemporary fantasy list! I’m on the same page as greats like Neil Gaiman and Patricia Briggs!

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon.ca Bestsellers Rank:
#101 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#1 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Contemporary
#1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Contemporary

And at Amazon.com:
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #366 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#5 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Urban
#7 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Humor & Satire > General Humor
#7 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Contemporary

Climbing the ranks with a bullet!

Thanks to YOU, THE RELUCTANT REAPER is shooting up the Amazon ranks!

Amazon.com Best Sellers Rank:
#1,492 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#20 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Humor & Satire > General Humor
#20 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Urban
#22 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Humor

 Meanwhile, in Canada:

Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#242 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#3 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Contemporary
#3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Contemporary

Woo-hoo!

Here’s my agent’s proposal that sold RELUCTANT REAPER

Patrick at QueryTracker graciously included me in his “Success Story” series. Thank you, Patrick.

At the end of the fun interview, I included both my original query letter, and also, with her permission, the proposal my agent wrote that sold the 3-book series to Simon & Schuster.

(Warning: Contains spoilers for the first two books. And also, bear in mind the book was substantially rewritten between the query and the proposal.)

I think you’ll find this of interest. I know I’d never seen a proposal before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#SFWApro

Dead or alive or somewhere in between…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From The Quote Factory

 

COVER REVEAL, THE SEQUEL: SCYTHE DOES MATTER

More stripper music… ta dum dum da! Here’s the cover to book 2 of The Reluctant Reaper series… SCYTHE DOES MATTER!

Coming to an online retailer near you July 17, 2013!

BLURB: Kirsty’s afterlife gets even more Hellish in this second installment of The Reluctant Reaper series when her soul-stealing ex-boss targets her beloved aunt. Her only chance to stop him? Becoming a Reaper herself. Fortunately, her hunky new boyfriend, Italian-poet-turned-Reaper Dante Alighieri, is there to help.Still trapped in the bureaucratic inferno known as Hell, Kirsty d’Arc redoubles her efforts to escape back to the Mortal Coil when she learns Conrad is after the soul of her beloved aunt. To save Aunt Carey, Kirsty must enroll at the Reaper Academy and earn a scythe of her own. Studying topics like Exor-scything 101, Riding the Death Cycle, and Reincarnation for Dummies is strange. But then, so are her classmates: a fallen angel, the Death Valley girls, and Kali—the ancient god of death, destruction, and those little earring backs that always go missing.

Now time is running out thanks to a temporal crisis she may have accidentally created. Can she graduate, rescue her aunt, take down Conrad, and save Hell and every other dimension—before the clock stops ticking?

As the saying goes in Hell, “Be careful what you wish for; it just might get you!”

 

Mexico in pictures!

When I had a day job, I looked forward to vacations and days off (even surgery!) as time to write. So for the first time in ages, I’m on vacation and I’m not writing. In fact, I’ve hardly been writing emails and I have only written one blog post.

This morning I off-loaded our pictures from the camera and so now I will share with you a couple a day.

1) Here’s a shot of Jean from Minnesota (left) and me outside St. Paul’s Episcopalian Church.

2) And this is the tennis court where Mr. Grumpy played three times a week.

More tomorrow!

Not-my-real cover. Let me show it to you: Now with 100% more scythe.

I’m (im)patiently awaiting cover art for my Reaper series.

Yesterday, Alex Beecroft shared a faux cover she’d made for fun.

As soon as I saw it, I had to make my own. (And you can, too.)

Surprisingly, it’s not the time-waster you’d think. Took me only a few minutes to make the cover, below.

So not-my-real cover. Let me show it to you: Now with 100% more scythe.

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