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Frost Moon: Back at the Editor

Frost Moon is back in the hands of the editor. We’ve gone over the first 12 chapters together and we’re both on the same page. Things are looking good… -the Centaur P.S. Unfortunately their fall schedule has filled, so the … Continue reading

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First draft of Blood Rock complete

141,786 words, 66 chapters. Almost one and a half times the size of Frost Moon. Next draft in progress. That is all.

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Join the Dakota Frost Email List

At this point, the publisher is working through a line edit of Frost Moon which, if I approve it, will be the final step before a signed contract and a firm publication date. Until then, I’m collecting an list of … Continue reading

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Dakota Frost in the Flesh

I recently attended some Bay Area conventions – SuperCon, Baycon and Fanime – and put out some flyers on the freebie tables. (See the flyers, front and back). I did the above portrait of Dakota for the flyer, but to … Continue reading

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Frost Moon: Chapter 1 Excerpt

Each time I entered the National Novel Writing Month, I posted a good chunk of the start of each book on the Nanowrimo site – but it was never a complete excerpt. Now, however, all of Chapter 1 of Frost … Continue reading

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Frost Moon: Coming Fall 2009

The publisher and I just talked, we’re on the same page, and assuming we are both happy with the next edit we’re working on, Frost Moon should hit the shelves in Fall 2009. There is a chance it could be … Continue reading

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Synopses of Book 1 and 2

I’ve fleshed out the synopses of Frost Moon and Blood Rock at the Books page. Hopefully this will give more context than just the excerpts. Enjoy! -the CentaurPictured: the first draft of Frost Moon, moments after I finished it and … Continue reading

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Spoiler spacer …

… since blog posts are in reverse order, and the beginning of Book 2 inevitably gives away things about the end of Book 1, I decided it was a bad idea to leave the top post of this blog a … Continue reading

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Skindancer Book 2: Blood Rock

Blood Rock is the sequel to Frost Moon, and continues the story of “skindancer” Dakota Frost, a magical tattoo artist living in an alternate Atlanta. SPOILER NOTE: The beginning of Blood Rock unavoidably gives away some things about Frost Moon … Continue reading

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Skindancer Book 1: Frost Moon

Skindancer: Frost Moon was my 2007 National Novel Writing Month contest entry – my response to the challenge to start a new novel in November and to write 50,000 words of the first draft before the end of the month. … Continue reading

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