How dare my mother get a sex life!

Ewww! My mother has a boyfriend. That’s like yuck. She’s old. Old people shouldn’t, you know, do that kind of thing. What about me? I’m the person who is most important in her life, except for Essa. How could she do this to me? Just because I’m grown up and don’t want her money doesn’t mean she should date…at her age…I need a box of chocolates…maybe three.

Opi Battles the Space Pirates.

Ms Opeia Gayens, head of AllEarth Corp, has a problem—her company is rotten with Space Pirates. She wants to get rid of them once and for all. An unexpected invitation to dinner challenges her plans to be the bait that will draw the nasty pirates out. It’s been forever since she’s been on a date—just been Opi. Somehow, Owain McDevitt, mild-mannered, potato farmer from the planet Islay 2 is drawn into the intrigue. Yet, no one is who they seem, least of all Owain McDevitt.

Betrayal after betrayal threatens Opi’s existence and she must discover who the traitor really is before she can find her true path to happiness.

Who would have believed my mother was so badass!

Rae

You can get your copy here US$2.99 Aus $3.99. Or if you are enrolled in Kindle Unlimited is is free for three months.

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Preview of Rae and Essas’s Space Adentures

Who knew that it’s been nearly a year since Rae and Essa’s Space Adventures came out. Wow. Time has flown. I don’t think that I’ve shared a preview of the book so I’m sharing this from my main blog.

Here

I think of writing more in this setting. I think it’s time Opi got a few things going for her in the relationship department. Who said mother’s can’t have fun and kick ass too.

Stay tuned for news on this story. Opi Battles the Space Pirates!

 

The new covers together

I thought I’d share with you the new promo postcard I put together featuring the revamped cover of Rayessa and the Space Pirates and the new book Rae and Essa’s Space Adventures.

I’ll be signing at Supanova in Sydney and Perth so come say hello and  pick up a card.

I had a very special email this week from a reader who liked the depiction of Gris and the relationship between Rae and him. It brought home to me how important it is to depict people from diverse backgrounds in our work but to also do it sensitively. While I think Rayessa and the Space Pirates is light fun, being true to characters and treating their differences respectively is still important. If you think about it Rae has a learning disability, although she is still clever. She lacked opportunity but also essential nutrients which means she hasn’t been able to reach her full capacity. This comes out a bit more in Rae and Essa’s Space Adventures.

Hopefully readers will like the sequel so I can write Opiea’s love story, which will feature corporate takeovers and jockeying and maybe a battle with space pirates. Oh and we’ve thought up a series name. What do you think of Love and Space Pirates?

Rae and Essa Space Adventures

The story continues. Once again Rae is out in space, but this time she’s chased by Essa. Both go searching for Opi, their mother and for Alwin Anton, who have gone missing.

Check out this awesome cover!

Due out on May 8 with Escape Publishing. I’ll come back with a blurb and links when they are up. No more slumming it on an asteroid. No more beans. Rayessa’s in a private school, working on her grades and practicing karate!

Life on earth

I hate to be a wet blanket, but you guys on Earth are really stuffing things up right now.

Life on Earth is making that little hollow asteroid look good. You know that’s pretty shocking really. I ate beans and hardtack for crying out loud.

So cut it out and get on with things. Stop killing each other.

I’m seriously considering spending the rest of my life in space. I think I’d rather be traveling about exploring new worlds than living with you lot and with this mess. So there are a few space pirates out there. I’m going to help deal with that.

So I’m going to study hard and make something of myself and then get the hell out of here.

Scrounging around for something to eat

I’m so tired of beans and hardtack. The vitamin pills stick in my throat and comms went down for five hours so no news, nothing. What a bore. I’m going to head to the hydroponics bay. Maybe something has grown. I swear there was a zucchini on one of the plants and maybe a tomato. Let’s hope that Gris didn’t get the munchies last time he was up there. What? Of course I’m going to share with him. (stomps off).

The mess!

I thought Outpost 311 was pretty trashy to begin with. Now that there’s been a party there’s crap everywhere. Wait till I get my hands on Gris. I swear he’s left tomato sauce smears on the power generator. And what does he mean serving drinks from the hazchem bucket. Even I know that he should have cleaned the bucket first.

Party time!

So some friends are getting together to celebrate the book about me going out into the world. For some reason they want to dress up like space pirates and Centauri slaves. I’m going to wear a sizzling hot, red ship suit, that will make me look so sleek and trim, others will just oggle me. I am never dressing like a space pirate or a slave girl. How disgusting! I’ve so been there and done that.

There’s a book about me!

I just found out that there’s a book about me and my adventures. I’m so pleased to know that I do get off this lump of rock sometime. Yay. Me!

There’s a lot of words in that book. I think I’ll have to learn to read. It’s a bit more complicated than a checklist.

Rae

Premonitions

I fell asleep watching A Slave’s Lament again last night. I woke with a jolt and hit my head on the console. I had one of those dreams, like a premonition. Something is going to happen very soon. I am sure I’m right. Five Earth days. You check back here. I’ll bet you a can of my bean ration that my premonition comes true.