Fun things happening this week

I've been talking about myself for a few days now, so I thought I'd give a couple of blogs a shout out. Both of the bloghops below are on Friday - I'm signed up for both, are you?

Click here for linky list

Kyra and Clare want us to tell them what makes us happy, those small things that happen in the course of the day and week that make us smile.

Click here for the linky list

M Pax, Suze of Subliminal Coffee and Nicki Elson are teaming up for the Back from the Future Blogfest. What would you send back to yourself from the future?

And Misha Gericke is asking for votes for her Paying Forward Awards. You have until 28th February to vote for some really great bloggers, so please follow the link and check it out.

Publication Day

That Sadie Thing and other stories is now available on Kindle.

I know I said tomorrow, but it's there now and I can't wait another 15 hours to share it.

Buy it: Kindle, Kindle UK,
Like it: Goodreads

I'm now going to have a glass of wine to celebrate!

CassaStorm Cover Reveal

Look at this gorgeous cover - isn't it amazing?

Huge congratulations to Alex!


CassaStorm by Alex J. Cavanaugh
http://alexjcavanaugh.blogspot.com/

A storm gathers across the galaxy…

Byron thought he’d put the days of battle behind him. Commanding the Cassan base on Tgren, his only struggles are occasional rogue pirate raids and endless government bureaucracies. As a galaxy-wide war encroaches upon the desert planet, Byron’s ideal life is threatened and he’s caught between the Tgrens and the Cassans.

After enemy ships attack the desert planet, Byron discovers another battle within his own family. The declaration of war between all ten races triggers nightmares in his son, shaking Bassan to the core and threatening to destroy the boy’s mind.

Meanwhile the ancient alien ship is transmitting a code that might signal the end of all life in the galaxy. And the mysterious probe that almost destroyed Tgren twenty years ago could be on its way back. As his world begins to crumble, Byron suspects a connection. The storm is about to break, and Byron is caught in the middle…

Release date: September 17, 2013
Science Fiction - Space Opera/Adventure
Print ISBN 9781939844002
E-book ISBN 9781939844019

That Sadie Thing cover reveal

Yay! I've finally got something new to talk about! This is my new collection of short stories. I'm super excited and just a bit nervous. These stories have been hidden away for a very long time, so they're a bit shy.

I'm over on Misha Gericke's My First Book today sharing a few facts about the collection, so please pop over and say hello.

But before you go, I just want to give a huge shout out to Kyra Lennon. You all know Kyra, and if you don't you should! Last week she went from being the awesome Kyra to the indispensible Kyra by designing this wonderful cover for me. I love it. I keep looking at it and getting a huge thrill - it's just so perfect. Thank you, Kyra.





A couple break up on a rainy night; a runaway longs to go home; a woman finds comfort from eating lunch as her best friend lies in hospital; a teenager feels oppressed by her father. All of the characters in these stories are trying to find their place in the world, attempting to find connections that matter with the people around them.

This collection brings together prize-winning and published stories from the past twenty years: the ‘greatest hits’.

That Sadie Thing and other stories will be available on

Kindle from Monday 25th February 2013.

The post without a title

This was a very warm day - despite the clouds.
Downderry, Cornwall.

I am feeling summery today. The sun is shining, it's the school half-term holiday, and I'm lovely and warm because the heating is on.

Yes, you've spotted the problem - it isn't summer. It's still the middle of winter. The roofs are frosty, and if I actually opened the back door I'd be greeted with an icy blast.

Plymouth Hoe

So, to make myself feel better, I delved into my archives and found some previous summery pictures!

Almost certainly Dawlish

What are your plans for the week? Are you desperate for a change in the season? Are your summer dresses/t-shirts mocking you from your wardrobe? Are you planing to cover yourself in fake tan to kid yourself it's summer really?*

*ahem! Not that I'm doing that, of course!

My next project

Hello again. I bet you thought you wouldn't hear from me for a while, didn't you? Sorry, but I've got all excited about my new project and couldn't wait to share it.

But now... well  I'm a little bit nervous now. This project has been at the back of my mind for a while - and to be honest, I've mentioned it on some of my comments on other blogs - but there's a different between thinking and mentioning and actually announcing.

So...

... my next project is a collection of short stories called That Sadie Thing and other stories. 

This is my greatest hits collection - each of the stories has been published and/or placed in competitions.

Some of the magazines I've been published in (just very slightly before the rise of the internet - no sarcastic comments about my age please!) had a circulation of about 15 people - and I have the unfortunate distinction that my first four stories heralded the end of the magazines they were published in.

After spending so much time writing these stories, I think they deserve to be a little more widely read. I'm very proud of them all.

If anyone would like to help with my cover launch on the 21st and 22nd February, please email me: annalisacrawford.writer [at] gmail.com  (People who took part in my blog tour are let off the hook!)

Thank you, lovely bloggers! 

The last day of the tour

I've done it. This is my last post of 11. Yes, it's quite a random number, but I really don't think I could have found anything else to write about.

Thank you to everyone who has followed the tour, or just popped in and out. And a huge thank you to everyone who has bought a copy because of this tour.

I am going to be with Livia at Leave it to Livia today. I'm talking about film, not a film that I've seen, but one I'm definitely going to be in the queue to see as soon as it's out.

Any ideas which film I'm talking about?