Behind the Scenes: Deep River Reckoning
…Wednesday
Deep River Reckoning is a Reckoners short story newly available on Kindle: the journey of a woman recently passed strikes close to home for Garrie and Trevarr, as living and dead clash over the mysteriously damaged spirits of the Rio Grande.
I wanted an excuse to write a Reckoners story, so I ran a contest…the winner shared a few details to allow me to jump start the ghost. Of course, as uncontrollable as my muse is, she quickly did as she wanted to with those details. It was a great start, and a pleasure to work with the ghostly namesake!
And, of course, this is the cover with which discussions here, on Facebook, and over on SFF have been of such help. Look down to Monday’s post…and then take a good look at the cover here! 
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A sudden acrid scent trailed across the back of Garrie’s throat…a gurgle of resentment through her mind. She cast around for the source of it, instantly dropping into reckoner mode. An oily splash, her eyes stinging—
She blinked hard, realized she was still walking—heading right off the edge of the path with the steep bank directly before her and Trevarr’s hand on her shoulder, stopping her.
She snorted dark amusement, tugging at the spiky-short hair behind her ear. “And that would be why I don’t like to do these things alone.”
Tags: Behind the Scenes, kindle, snippet, The Reckoners, Writing
July 7th, 2010 at 05:55
really really like the cover
July 7th, 2010 at 08:54
Glee, glee, glee!!!
Thanks to a little help from my friends!
July 7th, 2010 at 09:27
brr, shiver- yep this cover worked.
July 7th, 2010 at 09:29
*does the dance*
Kada’s inspiration!
July 7th, 2010 at 13:08
Yup! That works just slick!
July 7th, 2010 at 13:28
I’m so pleased!
July 7th, 2010 at 13:41
SI (is this where I mention this)
I like the new cover best and the story sounds really good. I would pick it up to peruse from a bookstore shelf.
July 7th, 2010 at 14:23
Hi, Joy! Yup, this is the place!
And thanks for mentioning the new story cover. Boy did that turn my head inside out–but everyone here got it back on track!
July 7th, 2010 at 16:34
Hey!! I had the idea too!!! *pouts* Kada wanted the red eyes, I said combine ‘em…*pouts more*
July 7th, 2010 at 16:58
That’ll do the trick! Nice blend. (Too bad I don’t have a Kindle.)
July 7th, 2010 at 17:00
Lady Jade, did I get mixed up? So VERY likely! If so, my apologies! Such details are important!
July 7th, 2010 at 17:01
Caryn–it’ll go to a whole slew of formats within the next month or so. I’m just getting familiar with the Kindle process before I move to Smashwords.
July 7th, 2010 at 19:32
Still loves ya!
July 7th, 2010 at 19:42
Lady Jade, hugs to you!
And great teamwork, nonetheless.
July 9th, 2010 at 13:22
I was gonna say! When I read back through the comments after posting, both Lady Jade and I had the idea to superimpose the images together.
Wish I’d had time to comment sooner!
Am just glad you were able to find a solution to make you happy.
July 9th, 2010 at 15:16
Kada, I’m glad to have been set straight!
July 17th, 2010 at 23:44
Um, what about if you don’t have Kindle but still want to read the story? Is there like a plan B?
“SI!”
July 18th, 2010 at 12:11
Hi, Samantha! And hey, thanks for asking! There are a couple of Plan Bs, actually. There are the original anthologies in which the stories first appeared; those are paperbacks. And I’ll be putting these stories up at Smashwords also, for those who use other formats. Finally, I do think the Kindle format can be converted to other formats.
The stories won’t be available individually in hardcopy at this point, though.