Gini Koch's Blog

Happy September!

And Happy Labor Day for those who celebrate. Happy End of Summer to everyone else in my hemisphere. 

I'm currently at DragonCon, but the wonders of the interwebs allow me to send this to you anyway. I know, all y'all feel lucky, right? Right?

No next set of cons recap yet - that'll happen once I'm back from Bouchercon and recovered from yet another round of two big cons back-to-back. 

But the next READ THIS! Book of the Month is here, so let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

P.S. I realize that I SAID that my SDCC and Gen Con updates were in the last newsletter...but they were not. Hey, I'm like a crazed wolverine in the short time between the two sets of two giant back-to-back cons. So ALL the recaps will be coming, most likely in the next newsletter. 

It's Alive!
Book 9, aka Alien Collective, is available now from Ginger Blue Publishing!

As per usual, it'll be easiest to go to Ginger Blue's website and choose your own adventure to get to the right version for you.

Get your copy today from your distributor of choice!
 

Read Out Loud!

Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right! Speaking of Reading Out Loud...

Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!
READ THIS!

A Book Club by Moi for All Y'all
Welcome to READ THIS! A Book Club by Gini Koch. This is my chance to introduce you to some great authors that I love and know you will, too.

Every month I'll spotlight a book and, even better...every month I'll host a live discussion with the author, that all y'all can join! I know, it's too happy to be true, but true it is!
 September 2025 READ THIS! Selection
The READ THIS! Selection for September 2025 is: 

Injustice
Push Chronicles #2
by J.B. Garner
Gini's Take: Second in the Push Chronicles series, this book picks up soon after Indomitable ends -- and races you right into more exciting superhero action. Only this time, there's more to deal with, and that more has serious fangs.

About the Author: Talented topflight author and editor Jamie Beth “J. B.” Garner has written over twenty novels across multiple genres and edited hundreds more. She writes urban fantasy, epic fantasy with noir and romantacy, science fiction, LitRPG, and pro-wrestling epics, among other things, and is always out to entertain and amaze. Reach her at: https://www.jbgarnerwrites.com/aboutjbgarner
 September 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&A So, you've read the READ THIS! selection and you want to share what you thought with the author, hang out with them and Gini, and generally talk books for an hour. Well, guess what? You can!

The third Thursday of every month will be READ THIS! Author Q&A time. The event will be held utilizing Discord, and the invitation to Gini's READ THIS! room will come out in the week prior to the chat.

And that's not all! Near the end of each Q&A session, we'll be doing a raffle and one lucky winner will get a copy of the next month's READ THIS! selection! (You must be present in the Q&A to win. Physical book prizes will be U.S. only. Ebook prizes will be worldwide.)September's READ THIS! author Q&A 
featuring Author J.B. Garner
will be on
Thursday, September 18, 2024
from 9pm-10pm Eastern.

Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!October's READ THIS! Selection
 And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!
The READ THIS! Selection for October 2025 is: 

Ghosts of Black Bear Mountain
By Marc MonroeIn case you missed it, the first 8 books in the Alien Series are now available from Ginger Blue Publishing in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback! Ginger Blue is trucking along and getting the Alien Series re-released just as fast as they can.

The situation with how the hardbacks go out is still the same - you can get the new versions in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback complete with a snazzy dust cover! The trophy hardback is from B&N.com only, as a reminder, and the regular hardback is from Amazon only.

The searching via Amazon and B&N.com remains spotty, in no small part because those two distributors still have some mass market copies they're determined to sell. So, as suggested for Touched and Tango, and as recommended for every book coming through 16/Aliens Abroad, go to the Ginger Blue Releases page, click on the cover of your choosing, and choose which option or options you want. The links on GBP's website will take you to the right spots at B&N and Amazon to get the version you want.

Confusing? Yes. Ultimately manageable? Sure. It's only adding a step to what you'd normally do.

Now for the old reviews status. On B&N all the review seem to have stuck. Not so on  Amazon -- they were there for all and, suddenly, they were not. SO, Alien Tango, Alien in the Family, Alien in the House, and Alien Research do not have all their reviews connected to the new versions. We have no idea why. Yes, they may connect at a later date, we have no idea if that will or won't happen, and if they do connect, if they'll actually remain.

SO, please review early and often on either site, but particularly on Amazon, since, as we well know, reviews matter, especially at Amazon, B&N, and Goodreads.

So, officially, now the first eight books are live everywhere! Huzzah!
Con Season Is Almost Over

My con season is just about done. Finishing up at DragonCon as you read this, and then it's off to Bouchercon and New Orleans and my last big con of the season!
Bouchercon
September 3-7
New Orleans, LA

Saturday, September 6th

9:00-9:55 AM, Galerie 3, Panel: Humor - Laughter in the Midst of Chaos

10:00-10:25 AM, Acadia, Signing: immediately following  panel  
So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!That's it for today but, never fear, another Update, including the Discord Q&A chat invitation, will be arriving in a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side!
Love, Gini

It's Almost DragonCon Time!

My local big con, DragonCon, begins next week, and it should be a great one. My schedule is here, and my fast recap of San Diego Comic-Con and Gen Con. And, then right after DragonCon ends, Bouchercon begins, and I'll be in New Orleans, solving mysteries and eating great food.

But before then, we have the READ THIS! Author Q&A which is, as always, gonna be a good one! 

So, let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

Live New Books!

The Belters, Volume 1, a mosaic novel by moi writing as Anita Ensal, and A Bug's Life, Installment 3 of The Martian Alliance Chronicles, are out in world. And so is Book 8/Alien Research! Grab your copies today!
  Con Season Continues

Halfway through Con Season! These are (probably) your last two chances to see the me this year, so don't miss out!

DragonCon
August 28-September 1
Atlanta, GA

Booth 2125 on the 2nd floor of the America's Mart is my "home base" so if you're looking for me, or my bookie wookies, at times that aren't listed, head there.

Thursday, August 28
11:30pm-12:30am, Embassy CD Hyatt
Panel - Reading Spice and Chuck Tingle: An Exploration of "How it is Done"

Friday, August 29
10:00am-3:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125 
SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING

4:00pm-5:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 1300
Signing bookie wookies with Noel Plaugher and J.B. Garner

5:30pm-7:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125
SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING

8:00pm-12:00am, International Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel
Fantasy Gather Selling Event: Come for the bookie wookies, stay for the signatures!

Saturday, August 30
11:00am-12:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 1300
Signing bookie wookies with David Boop

1:00pm-3:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125
SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING

4:00pm-5:00pm, Macon, Courtland Grand 
Panel - Weird Wild West: The Mysteries of the Frontierland

5:30pm-6:30pm, Embassy EF Hyatt
Panel - Working with Editors & Professional Readers

8:30pm-9:30pm, Embassy CD Hyatt
Panel - Delphic Oracle

Sunday, August 31
10:00am-11:00am, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125
SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING

11:30am-12:30pm, Embassy CD Hyatt
Panel - Books that Changed the World

2:00pm-3:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 1300
Signing bookie wookies with Noel Plaugher and J.B. Garner

3:30pm-5:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125
SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING

5:30pm-6:30pm, Chastain G Westin
Panel - It's the End of the World as We Know It 'n' I Feel Fine!

Monday, September 1
10:00am-12:30pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125
SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING

1:00-2:00, Embassy EF Hyatt
Panel -  Crafting or Re-Crafting Your Author Brand

2:30pm-15:00pm, America's Mart Building 2, Floor 2, Booth 2125
SIGNING, SELLING, & HUGGING


Bouchercon
September 3-7
New Orleans, LA

Saturday, September 6th
9:00-9:55 AM, Galerie 3, Panel: Humor - Laughter in the Midst of Chaos

10:00-10:25 AM, Acadia, Signing: immediately following  panel  Speaking of Getting Bookie Wookies...

All of these are available now from Ginger Blue Publishing and available at your preferred retailer. If you haven't grabbed these yet, now's the time!
  Watch as it all gets real... What's the worth of one life? You're invited to a party to die for! Welcome to the Belt...proceed with caution The Jumping Game is on! Come for the scandal, stay for the explosions. Welcome to Washington, check your Poofs at the door...The future looks utopian...until you look just a bit closer... And baby makes...the bad guys rue the day they made Mama Kitty angry...Love, engagement, Poofs...and intergalactic war. What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas... More Kitty, and don't miss the gators! The Book That Started It All is alive again! Meet Kitty...all over again! My first book of movie and TV reviews, and, as I may have mentioned a few times, it's an Amazon #1 bestseller, too! (Hey, a girl likes to share the coolness when she can!) The re-release of the first book in The Martian Alliance Chronicles. Things aren't what they seem when Princess Olivia of Andromeda jumps aboard a spaceship to escape a loveless marriage. A group of mystery-solving grandmothers, a daring granddaughter, a surf bum, homeless men, and a mysterious stranger all involved in a series of brutal murders in a sleepy seaside town... The re-release of my first humor collection, now with bonus funny! Despite what you may have heard or believe, all the stories are true...well, almost all... The story of the Old West's most notorious female outlaw, the infamous Belladonna. Available in Hardback, trade paperback, and ebook. Read the story that started it all... Stacey Weir didn't mean to become an amateur sleuth. But when her adoptive father's accused of murder, there was only one thing for her to do... Friends to lovers romantic suspense set in and around New Orleans, now with an (extended) epilogue! (Re-release.) Mosaic post-apocalyptic novel set in the far future that's reverted to Old West ways, where love, friends, and family are what get you through. A collection of paranormal tales, with new bonus stories and an introduction from the author of BITE CLUB. (Re-release.) A collection of all my humorous SF/F/P (non-Alien series) stories, together in one place for the first time!August 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&AAugust's READ THIS! author Q&A with 
Author E.S. Magill
will be on
Thursday, August 21, 2025
from 9pm-10pm Eastern.

Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!

You do not need to be a Discord member/user to attend:
Use this link https://discord.gg/GYpzD25JvW to go directly to the chat room!

(You also don't need to have finished the book to join in the fun. We authors know that everyone reads at their own pace and we just want to hang out with you guys and have some good times!)

Once in, you'll get to join in the fun of asking authors about their "process" and more. PLUS, one lucky winner will get September's READ THIS! selection for FREE! I know! It's too happy to be true! But true it is, so don't miss out!

(You must be present in the chat to win.
Physical copies U.S. only; ebook copies worldwide.)August 2025 READ THIS! Selection The READ THIS! Selection for August 2025 is: 

Magica: Rise of the Cult
by E.S. Magill


Gini's Take: A different take on magic and how it works, in a fascinating contemporary setting, loaded with family drama and characters you'll root for.

About the Author: E.S. Magill is a dark fiction and fantasy author, best known for the Magica series about a powerful witch protecting her family from supernatural threats. Her work includes published short stories and edited horror anthologies. Magill holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in English. Now a retired middle school English teacher, she spends her days working with her writing group Wily Writers. Magill is also a mental health advocate and nonfiction author. She currently lives in Phoenix with her also-retired husband. Visit www.esmagill.com for book info and to sign up for her newsletter.September's READ THIS! Selection
 And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!
The READ THIS! Selection for September 2025 is: 
   Injustice
Push Chronicles #2
By J.B. Garner
A Big-Little FYI...

Due to all the things happening with the Alien Series and other things, Deck the Falls is going to be a little late. Sadly it's more than a little late now, but the end is near and I'm currently hoping for a September release. But Book 3 (Cruise the Falls) should be right back on schedule for March 2026. And, as soon as Deck the Falls is finalized, all y'all will, as always, be the first to know!

Read Out Loud!

Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right! Speaking of Reading Out Loud...

Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!
So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!That's it for today, but, never fear, another Update, including details for the next READ THIS! selection, will be arriving in a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, hope this year continues to give all of you much joy and goodness, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch all y'all on the flip side!
Love, Gini

Happy August!

It's also Happy Anniversary to me and the Hubs. And, as seems like almost always, we're not together - he's at the Manse and I'm at Gen Con. But such is the glamorous life of an author, right?

No con recap yet - that'll happen once I'm back from Gen Con. But the next READ THIS! Book of the Month is here, along with two new releases - one coming in a few days, one coming in two weeks, so let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

It's Alive!
Book 7, aka Alien in the House, is available now from Ginger Blue Publishing!

As per usual, it'll be easiest to go to Ginger Blue's website and choose your own adventure to get to the right version for you.

While the B&N reviews appear to have stuck on this one,  the Amazon reviews have not. So, as for Alien Tango and Alien in the House, please remember that reviews (just stars without comment is enough, brief comments are fine, long comments are fine, whatever suits you) really matter to moi and to every other author you like, so please leave reviews for all the bookie wookies, particularly those whose reviews are few or, in this case, whose reviews are no longer there.

Reviews or not, get your copy today from your distributor of choice!
 

Read Out Loud!

Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right! Speaking of Reading Out Loud...

Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!
READ THIS!

A Book Club by Moi for All Y'all
Welcome to READ THIS! A Book Club by Gini Koch. This is my chance to introduce you to some great authors that I love and know you will, too.

Every month I'll spotlight a book and, even better...every month I'll host a live discussion with the author, that all y'all can join! I know, it's too happy to be true, but true it is!
 August 2025 READ THIS! Selection
The READ THIS! Selection for August 2025 is: 

Magica 1: Rise of the Cult
by E.S. Magill
Gini's Take: A different take on magic and how it works, in a fascinating contemporary setting, loaded with family drama and characters you'll root for.

About the Author: E.S. Magill is a dark fiction and fantasy author, best known for the Magica series about a powerful witch protecting her family from supernatural threats. Her work includes published short stories and edited horror anthologies. Magill holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in English. Now a retired middle school English teacher, she spends her days working with her writing group Wily Writers. Magill is also a mental health advocate and nonfiction author. She currently lives in Phoenix with her also-retired husband. Visit www.esmagill.com for book info and to sign up for her newsletter. 
 August 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&A So, you've read the READ THIS! selection and you want to share what you thought with the author, hang out with them and Gini, and generally talk books for an hour. Well, guess what? You can!

The third Thursday of every month will be READ THIS! Author Q&A time. The event will be held utilizing Discord, and the invitation to Gini's READ THIS! room will come out in the week prior to the chat.

And that's not all! Near the end of each Q&A session, we'll be doing a raffle and one lucky winner will get a copy of the next month's READ THIS! selection! (You must be present in the Q&A to win. Physical book prizes will be U.S. only. Ebook prizes will be worldwide.)August's READ THIS! author Q&A 
featuring Author E.S. Magill
will be on
Thursday, August 21, 2024
from 9pm-10pm Eastern.

Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!September's READ THIS! Selection
 And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!
The READ THIS! Selection for September 2025 is: 

Injustice
Push Chronicles #2
By J.B. GarnerAnd don't forget to pre-order the next book in
the Martian Alliance Chronicles series, releasing in two weeks, on August 12th!
  Is the cost of a few innocent lives worth risking everything?

When the crew of the Hummingbird discovers Pilla Colony recently destroyed by the Diamante Families, they’re faced with the smart choice of leaving or the dangerous one of searching for survivors – and Roy and DeeDee aren’t in agreement about their course of action. But the real question is: why would anyone be going out of their way to destroy the most helpless, fragile, and noncombative race in the galaxy?

Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.In case you missed it, Touched by an Alien, Alien Tango, Alien in the Family, Alien Proliferation, Alien Diplomacy, and Alien vs. Alien are now available from Ginger Blue Publishing in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback! Ginger Blue is trucking along and getting the Alien Series re-released just as fast as they can.

The situation with how the hardbacks go out is still the same - you can get the new versions in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback complete with a snazzy dust cover! The trophy hardback is from B&N.com only, as a reminder, and the regular hardback is from Amazon only.

The searching via Amazon and B&N.com remains spotty, in no small part because those two distributors still have some mass market copies they're determined to sell. So, as suggested for Touched and Tango, and as recommended for every book coming through 16/Aliens Abroad, go to the Ginger Blue Releases page, click on the cover of your choosing, and choose which option or options you want. The links on GBP's website will take you to the right spots at B&N and Amazon to get the version you want.

Confusing? Yes. Ultimately manageable? Sure. It's only adding a step to what you'd normally do.

Now for the old reviews status. On B&N all the review seem to have stuck. Not so on  Amazon -- they were there for all and, suddenly, they were not. SO, Alien Tango, Alien in the Family, and Alien in the House do not have all their reviews connected to the new versions. We have no idea why. Yes, they may connect at a later date, we have no idea if that will or won't happen, and if they do connect, if they'll actually remain.

SO, please review early and often on either site, but particularly on Amazon, since, as we well know, reviews matter, especially at Amazon, B&N, and Goodreads.

So, officially, now the first seven books are live everywhere! Huzzah! The Belters
Volume 1

A mosaic novel set in my Belters universe, by moi writing as Anita Ensal. 

In the far future, humanity has colonized the solar system, but only because the Belt - and those who live and do the dangerous work there - always provides...

Preorder now via Ginger Blue Publishing. Releasing super soon on August 5th.
 
Con Season Continues

My con season is in full swing. Keep checking this space for where I'll be and all the different ways and places where you can see the me!

Gen Con Writers Symposium
July 31-August 3
Indianapolis, IN

Thursday, July 31st

4:00-5:00 PM, Marriott Ballroom 2, Panel: Finding Your Character's Voice

5:00-6:00 PM EDT, Marriott Ballroom 2, Panel: The Panel That Gets Everybody Sued

6:00-9:00 PM, ICC: 144-145, Signing Event: Meet the Pros
($4 entry fee, ticketed event)

Saturday, August 2nd

1:00-2:00 PM, ICC-Exhibit Hall I, Authors Avenue Marketing 101, against the back wall, Book Signing and Meet and Greet with Erik Scott de Bie, Gini Koch, and J.B. Garner

3:00-4:00 PM, Marriott Ballroom 3, Panel: Marketing 101


DragonCon
August 28-September 1
Atlanta, GA


Bouchercon
September 3-7
New Orleans, LA

Saturday, September 6th

9:00-9:55 AM, Galerie 3, Panel: Humor - Laughter in the Midst of Chaos

10:00-10:25 AM, Acadia, Signing: immediately following  panel  
So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!That's it for today but, never fear, another Update, including the Discord Q&A chat invitation, will be arriving in a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side!
Love, Gini

It's Almost San Diego Comic-Con Time!
I'm literally about to be leavin' on a jet plane from Hotlanta for the far less humid climes of San Diego. And then come home. And immediately leave again for Indianapolis and Gen Con. 
But before then, we have the READ THIS! Author Q&A which is, as always, gonna be a good one! 
We also have my SDCC schedule, and my Gen Con schedule, and my BoucherCon schedule. Can my DragonCon schedule be far behind? (No, no it cannot. LOL) Along with other cool things like cover reveals, lots of new Yap, and a preorder.
So, let's get to it, shall we? We shall!



It's Preorder Time!
The Belters, Volume 1, a mosaic novel by moi writing as Anita Ensal, is almost here and can now be preordered from your preferred distributor via Ginger Blue Publishing. Don't delay, preorder today!

Releasing on August 5th.
 Speaking Of Preorders...

The next installment of The Martian Alliance Chronicles is available for preorder now! Order your copies so you can fly with the crew of the Hummingbird while they take on the galaxy's most awful crime family, one con, caper, and rescue at a time! Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.
  Is the cost of a few innocent lives worth risking everything?

When the crew of the Hummingbird discovers a Pilla Colony recently destroyed by the Diamante Families, they’re faced with the smart choice of leaving or the dangerous one of searching for survivors – and Roy and DeeDee aren’t in agreement about their course of action. But the real question is – why would anyone be going out of their way to destroy the most helpless, fragile, and noncombative race in the galaxy?

Coming August 12, 2025.
THE YAP IN CHARGE!
We've got some new yapping over at ConTinual!

Check out Advice for New Writers, Social Media in 2025, Fantasy Civilizations, SciFi Westerns, 80's Cartoons, Hot Off the Press #139,  Favorite Movie Monsters, Lovecraftian Horror, and Beating Writers Block wherein my fellow panelists and I have a lot of fun while sharing a lot of learning and our wild and varied opinions!

And don't miss the other Yaps over at The Yap In Charge.It's Cover Reveal Time Again!
  Kitty vs. the PTA -- It's Clobberin' Time!

Learn as much as possible about every alien race in the galaxy, fend off the advances both business & personal from a variety of Hollywood types, deal with the assimilation of various alien races, navigate the Embassy Daycare kids' first day of "real" school -- oh, and deal with new attacks, nastier enemies, and a variety of murders, all while dealing with a new nemesis. Kitty's got this. Sorta.

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.
  Time for an Impromptu Galactic Road Trip. Don't worry -- Kitty's Driving.

The President and First Lady, aka Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, aren't supposed to be on the Distant Voyager spaceship’s maiden mission, but what looks like a snafu during a political photo op turns out to be a call for help from a planet that might be Earth's salvation...or its destruction.

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.Speaking of Getting Bookie Wookies...

All of these are available now from Ginger Blue Publishing and available at your preferred retailer. If you haven't grabbed these yet, now's the time!
  The Jumping Game is on! Come for the scandal, stay for the explosions. Welcome to Washington, check your Poofs at the door...The future looks utopian...until you look just a bit closer... And baby makes...the bad guys rue the day they made Mama Kitty angry...Love, engagement, Poofs...and intergalactic war. What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas... More Kitty, and don't miss the gators! The Book That Started It All is alive again! Meet Kitty...all over again! My first book of movie and TV reviews, and, as I may have mentioned a few times, it's an Amazon #1 bestseller, too! (Hey, a girl likes to share the coolness when she can!) The re-release of the first book in The Martian Alliance Chronicles. Things aren't what they seem when Princess Olivia of Andromeda jumps aboard a spaceship to escape a loveless marriage. A group of mystery-solving grandmothers, a daring granddaughter, a surf bum, homeless men, and a mysterious stranger all involved in a series of brutal murders in a sleepy seaside town... The re-release of my first humor collection, now with bonus funny! Despite what you may have heard or believe, all the stories are true...well, almost all... The story of the Old West's most notorious female outlaw, the infamous Belladonna. Available in Hardback, trade paperback, and ebook. Read the story that started it all... Stacey Weir didn't mean to become an amateur sleuth. But when her adoptive father's accused of murder, there was only one thing for her to do... Friends to lovers romantic suspense set in and around New Orleans, now with an (extended) epilogue! (Re-release.) Mosaic post-apocalyptic novel set in the far future that's reverted to Old West ways, where love, friends, and family are what get you through. A collection of paranormal tales, with new bonus stories and an introduction from the author of BITE CLUB. (Re-release.) A collection of all my humorous SF/F/P (non-Alien series) stories, together in one place for the first time!July 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&AJuly's READ THIS! author Q&A with 
Author Jose Pablo Iriarte
will be on
Thursday, July 17, 2025
from 9pm-10pm Eastern.

Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!

You do not need to be a Discord member/user to attend:
Use this link https://discord.gg/GYpzD25JvW to go directly to the chat room!

(You also don't need to have finished the book to join in the fun. We authors know that everyone reads at their own pace and we just want to hang out with you guys and have some good times!)

Once in, you'll get to join in the fun of asking authors about their "process" and more. PLUS, one lucky winner will get August's READ THIS! selection for FREE! I know! It's too happy to be true! But true it is, so don't miss out!

(You must be present in the chat to win.
Physical copies U.S. only; ebook copies worldwide.)July 2025 READ THIS! Selection The READ THIS! Selection for July 2025 is: 

AJ Torres and the Treasure of Captain Grayshark
by Jose Pablo Iriarte


Gini's Take: Another fun and charming Middle Grade adventure from an author quickly becoming a real force in this age category.

About the Author: José Pablo Iriarte is a fantasy and science fiction author. Their fiction has been finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Locus and Sturgeon Awards and reprinted in various Year's Best compilations. Their debut novel, Benny Ramirez and the Nearly Departed, was published in April 2024 by Knopf Books for Young Readers and was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award. The follow up, AJ Torres and the Treasure of Captain Grayshark, is available now.August's READ THIS! Selection
 And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!
The READ THIS! Selection for August 2025 is: 
    Magica: Rise of the Cult
By E.S. Magill Con Season Continues

My con season is in full swing. Keep checking this space for where I'll be and all the different ways and places where you can see the me!

San Diego Comic-Con
July 23-27
San Diego, CA

Wednesday through Sunday, Dealer's Hall Hours, Booth D-9, in the 600 Section of the Dealer's Hall, selling the bookie wookies and handing out hugs!

Sunday, July 27
2:00PM - 3:00PM, Room: 29AB
Panel: The Intersection of Words & Art

Writers create the words and the worlds, artists bring those to visual life, and nowhere does this happen more than in comics and graphic novels. Our panelists Jonathan Maberry (Burn to Shine, NecroTek), Deborah Daughetee (Gates of Midnight), Robert Roach (The Roach, Menthu), Gary Montalbano (Memories Within Dreams), Johnny C (Surrounded by Death), and J.B. Garner (3 Seconds to Legend, Push Chronicles) discuss the unique challenges and joys of their collaborations and give you tips for how you can break in and get started. Moderated by Gini Koch (Alien/Katherine “Kitty” Katt, Media & Me).


Gen Con Writers Symposium
July 31-August 3
Indianapolis, IN

I'm featured at the Gen Con Blog! Take a look and read my interview and check out the other awesome authors who were also interviewed!

Thursday, July 31st

4:00-5:00 PM, Marriott Ballroom 2, Panel: Finding Your Character's Voice

5:00-6:00 PM EDT, Marriott Ballroom 2, Panel: The Panel That Gets Everybody Sued

6:00-9:00 PM, ICC: 144-145, Signing Event: Meet the Pros
($4 entry fee, ticketed event)

Saturday, August 2nd

1:00-2:00 PM, ICC-Exhibit Hall I, Authors Avenue Marketing 101, against the back wall, Book Signing and Meet and Greet with Erik Scott de Bie, Gini Koch, and J.B. Garner

3:00-4:00 PM, Marriott Ballroom 3, Panel: Marketing 101


DragonCon
August 28-September 1
Atlanta, GA


Bouchercon
September 3-7
New Orleans, LA

Saturday, September 6th

9:00-9:55 AM, Galerie 3, Panel: Humor - Laughter in the Midst of Chaos
10:00-10:25 AM, Acadia, Signing: immediately following  panel  
A Big-Little FYI...

Due to all the things happening with the Alien Series and other things, Deck the Falls is going to be a little late. Sadly it's more than a little late now, but the end is near and I'm currently hoping for a September release. But Book 3 (Cruise the Falls) should be right back on schedule for March 2026. And, as soon as Deck the Falls is finalized, all y'all will, as always, be the first to know!

Read Out Loud!

Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right! Speaking of Reading Out Loud...

Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!
So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!That's it for today, but, never fear, another Update, including details for the next READ THIS! selection, will be arriving in a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, hope this year continues to give all of you much joy and goodness, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch all y'all on the flip side!
Love, Gini

Happy July!

Summer's here in this hemisphere, and so are 4 major cons for me. Later this month it's the Grandaddy of Them All, San Diego Comic-Con. This will be my 15th year and I'm looking forward to it and I hope to see many of you guys there, too!

The next READ THIS! Book of the Month is also here, along with a new cover reveal, my LibertyCon recap, and more! So let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

It's Alive!
Book 6, aka Alien vs. Alien, is available now from Ginger Blue Publishing!

As per usual, it'll be easiest to go to Ginger Blue's website and choose your own adventure to get to the right version for you.

Neither the Amazon nor the B&N reviews stuck on this one, so please remember that reviews (just stars without comment is enough, brief comments are fine, long comments are fine, whatever suits you) really matter to moi and to every other author you like, so please leave reviews for all the bookie wookies, particularly those whose reviews are few or, in this case, whose reviews are no longer there.

Reviews or not, get you copy today from your distributor of choice!
 

Read Out Loud!

Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right! Speaking of Reading Out Loud...

Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!
READ THIS!

A Book Club by Moi for All Y'all
Welcome to READ THIS! A Book Club by Gini Koch. This is my chance to introduce you to some great authors that I love and know you will, too.

Every month I'll spotlight a book and, even better...every month I'll host a live discussion with the author, that all y'all can join! I know, it's too happy to be true, but true it is!
 July 2025 READ THIS! Selection
The READ THIS! Selection for July 2025 is: 

AJ Torres and the Treasure of Captain Grayshark
by Jose Pablo Iriarte
Gini's Take: Another fun and charming Middle Grade adventure from an author quickly becoming a real force in this age category.

About the Author: José Pablo Iriarte is a fantasy and science fiction author. Their fiction has been finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Locus and Sturgeon Awards and reprinted in various Year's Best compilations. Their debut novel, Benny Ramirez and the Nearly Departed, was published in April 2024 by Knopf Books for Young Readers and was a finalist for the Andre Norton Award. The follow up, AJ Torres and the Treasure of Captain Grayshark, is available now.
 July 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&A So, you've read the READ THIS! selection and you want to share what you thought with the author, hang out with them and Gini, and generally talk books for an hour. Well, guess what? You can!

The third Thursday of every month will be READ THIS! Author Q&A time. The event will be held utilizing Discord, and the invitation to Gini's READ THIS! room will come out in the week prior to the chat.

And that's not all! Near the end of each Q&A session, we'll be doing a raffle and one lucky winner will get a copy of the next month's READ THIS! selection! (You must be present in the Q&A to win. Physical book prizes will be U.S. only. Ebook prizes will be worldwide.)July's READ THIS! author Q&A 
featuring Author Jose Pablo Iriarte
will be on
Thursday, July 17, 2024
from 9pm-10pm Eastern.

Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!August's READ THIS! Selection
 And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!
The READ THIS! Selection for August 2025 is: 

Magica: Rise of the Cult
By E.S. Magill Three Card Monte is Live!

Thanks to everyone who preordered this release! If you didn't get your copy, don't delay, order from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing today!
And don't forget to pre-order the
next book in the series!
  Is the cost of a few innocent lives worth risking everything?

When the crew of the Hummingbird discovers Pilla Colony recently destroyed by the Diamante Families, they’re faced with the smart choice of leaving or the dangerous one of searching for survivors – and Roy and DeeDee aren’t in agreement about their course of action. But the real question is: why would anyone be going out of their way to destroy the most helpless, fragile, and noncombative race in the galaxy?

Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.In case you missed it, Touched by an Alien, Alien Tango, Alien in the Family, Alien Proliferation, Alien Diplomacy, and Alien vs. Alien are now available from Ginger Blue Publishing in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback! Ginger Blue is trucking along and getting the Alien Series re-released just as fast as they can.

The situation with how the hardbacks go out is still the same - you can get the new versions in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback complete with a snazzy dust cover! The trophy hardback is from B&N.com only, as a reminder, and the regular hardback is from Amazon only.

The searching via Amazon and B&N.com remains spotty, in no small part because those two distributors still have some mass market copies they're determined to sell. So, as suggested for Touched and Tango, and as recommended for every book coming through 16/Aliens Abroad, go to the Ginger Blue Releases page, click on the cover of your choosing, and choose which option or options you want. The links on GBP's website will take you to the right spots at B&N and Amazon to get the version you want.

Confusing? Yes. Ultimately manageable? Sure. It's only adding a step to what you'd normally do.

Now for the old reviews status. On B&N and now Amazon all the reviews seem to have stuck for Books 1-5, but NOT for Book 6. No, we have no idea why. Yes, they may connect at a later date, we have no idea if that will or won't happen.

SO, please review early and often on either site, since, as we well know, reviews matter, especially at Amazon, B&N, and Goodreads.

So, officially, now the first six books are live everywhere! Huzzah!And now it's time for
A Cover Reveal!
The Belters
Volume 1

A mosaic novel set in my Belters universe, by moi writing as Anita Ensal. 

In the far future, humanity has colonized the solar system, but only because the Belt - and those who live and do the dangerous work there - always provides...

Preorder coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing. Releasing on August 5th.
  It's time for my LibertyCon recap. Which is short. I had a great time, got to see several Members of the Alien Collective in Very Good Standing (waves madly to Paul, Shari, and Matt in particular), ate well, plain had fun, and can't wait for next year. What I didn't do was take a lot of (any) pictures, because I was too busy actually doing all the things, eating all the good food, and relaxing. I know, my bad LOL. Anyway, I shall try to have more for you for the next cons, but I make no promises because one never knows when I'll take a pic and when I won't, do one?
Con Season Continues

My con season is in full swing. Keep checking this space for where I'll be and all the different ways and places where you can see the me!
San Diego Comic-Con
July 23-27
San Diego, CA

Gen Con Writers Symposium
July 31-August 3
Indianapolis, IN

DragonCon
August 28-September 1
Atlanta, GA

Bouchercon
September 3-7
New Orleans, LA So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!That's it for today but, never fear, another Update, including the Discord Q&A chat invitation, will be arriving in a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side!
Love, Gini

It's Almost LibertyCon Time!
My main con season officially starts in Chattanooga these days, and I'm really looking forward to another fun LibertyCon.
This month, due to LibertyCon, the READ THIS! Q&A will be run by longtime Guest Host Hal Bodner, which ensures hilarity, plus the book's another good one you don't want to miss, so I expect all y'all to have a blast while I'm gone.
The Summer Solstice is also upon us, I have yet MORE cover reveals, a reminder of an upcoming release later this month, the Yap is once again in charge, PLUS the READ THIS! Author Q&A is happening THIS Thursday, and it's going to be another fun one you don't want to miss.
Now, let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

It's Alive!
Alien Diplomacy is alive and out in the world! Get your copies from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing now!
 
THE YAP IN CHARGE!
It's been a minute, but we've got some new yapping over at ConTinual!

Check out Hot Off the Press #132, Hot Off the Press #133, Hot Off the Press #134, Hot Off the Press #135, and Hot Off the Press #138 wherein I yap about Natural Born Outlaws, The Royal Scam/The Martian Alliance Chronicles, Touched by an Alien/Alien Tango and what's all gone and going on with the Alien/Katherine "Kitty" Katt series, Media & Me, and A Cup of Joe, and the other authors (Layla Dorine, J.B. Garner, Ken Lange, Russ Colchamiro, Melissa Olthoff, Ariel Dawn, Elektra Hammond, and Jim Nettles) and I have a lot of fun.

And don't miss the other Yaps over at The Yap In Charge.It's Cover Reveal Time Again!
  Fem-Bots & Androids & Superbeings Oh My. It's Kitty vs. the End of the World.
The Mastermind may be outed, but Kitty & Company don't get any downtime. In addition to having to recover from Operation Epidemic quickly, the sudden reappearance of a minor adversary long-forgotten turns out to only be the tip of a deadly iceberg that could end up causing World War Three...

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.
  When the Galaxy's Invading & It Doesn't Look Good, Who You Gonna Call? Kitty.

It's a typical day of bureaucracy and stress for President and First Lady Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, made more stressful when alien spacecraft are spotted making a beeline for Earth, none of them from the Alpha Centauri system...or, what Kitty calls Wednesday.

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.Reminder About Preorders...

The next two installments of The Martian Alliance Chronicles are available for preorder now! Order your copies so you can fly with the crew of the Hummingbird while they take on the galaxy's most awful crime family, one con, caper, and rescue at a time! Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.
 
A risky gamble turns deadly when the galaxy's most feared terrorist arrives to up the ante.

When their favorite bookie pulls up stakes from Roulette and moves to Polliworld, the crew of the Hummingbird go to find out why, and hopefully get a cut of the action, but they end up caught in a high stakes game of chance that could destroy them.

Coming THIS MONTH on June 24, 2025. Is the cost of a few innocent lives worth risking everything?

When the crew of the Hummingbird discovers a Pilla Colony recently destroyed by the Diamante Families, they’re faced with the smart choice of leaving or the dangerous one of searching for survivors – and Roy and DeeDee aren’t in agreement about their course of action. But the real question is – why would anyone be going out of their way to destroy the most helpless, fragile, and noncombative race in the galaxy?

Coming August 12, 2025.Speaking of Getting Bookie Wookies...

All of these are available now from Ginger Blue Publishing and available at your preferred retailer. If you haven't grabbed these yet, now's the time!
  Welcome to Washington, check your Poofs at the door...

The future looks utopian...until you look just a bit closer...

And baby makes...the bad guys rue the day they made Mama Kitty angry...

Love, engagement, Poofs...and intergalactic war. What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas...

More Kitty, and don't miss the gators! The Book That Started It All is alive again! Meet Kitty...all over again! My first book of movie and TV reviews, and, as I may have mentioned a few times, it's an Amazon #1 bestseller, too! (Hey, a girl likes to share the coolness when she can!) The re-release of the first book in The Martian Alliance Chronicles. Things aren't what they seem when Princess Olivia of Andromeda jumps aboard a spaceship to escape a loveless marriage. A group of mystery-solving grandmothers, a daring granddaughter, a surf bum, homeless men, and a mysterious stranger all involved in a series of brutal murders in a sleepy seaside town... The re-release of my first humor collection, now with bonus funny! Despite what you may have heard or believe, all the stories are true...well, almost all... The story of the Old West's most notorious female outlaw, the infamous Belladonna. Available in Hardback, trade paperback, and ebook. Read the story that started it all... Stacey Weir didn't mean to become an amateur sleuth. But when her adoptive father's accused of murder, there was only one thing for her to do... Friends to lovers romantic suspense set in and around New Orleans, now with an (extended) epilogue! (Re-release.) Mosaic post-apocalyptic novel set in the far future that's reverted to Old West ways, where love, friends, and family are what get you through. A collection of paranormal tales, with new bonus stories and an introduction from the author of BITE CLUB. (Re-release.) A collection of all my humorous SF/F/P (non-Alien series) stories, together in one place for the first time!June 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&AJune's READ THIS! author Q&A with Guest Host Hal Bodner featuring 
Author Dawn Major
will be on
Thursday, June 19, 2025
from 9pm-10pm Eastern.

Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!

You do not need to be a Discord member/user to attend:
Use this link https://discord.gg/GYpzD25JvW to go directly to the chat room!

(You also don't need to have finished the book to join in the fun. We authors know that everyone reads at their own pace and we just want to hang out with you guys and have some good times!)

Once in, you'll get to join in the fun of asking authors about their "process" and more. PLUS, one lucky winner will get July's READ THIS! selection for FREE! I know! It's too happy to be true! But true it is, so don't miss out!

(You must be present in the chat to win.
Physical copies U.S. only; ebook copies worldwide.)June 2025 READ THIS! Selection The READ THIS! Selection for June 2025 is: 

The Bystanders
by Dawn Major


Gini's Take: Retro-Modern Southern Gothic at its finest in this ambiance-drenched mosaic novel.

About the Author: Dawn Major’s novel, The Bystanders, was the finalist for 2024 Georgia Author of the Year for Best First Novel. Major is an associate editor at Southern Literary Review and a co-editor at WELL READ Magazine where she writes a column called “TripLit with D. Major.” She lives in Atlanta, GA with her family and is currently working on a horror novella called Chronicles in Dandy Land. For publications and more visit: www.dawnmajor.comJuly's READ THIS! Selection
 And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!
The READ THIS! Selection for July 2025 is: 
    AJ Torres and the Treasure of Captain Grayshark
By Jose Pablo Iriarte Con Season Continues

Somehow, my con season is already literally here. Keep checking this space for where I'll be and all the different ways and places where you can see the me!
LibertyCon
June 20-22
Chattanooga, TN

Friday, June 20
5:00-6:00pm - Opening Ceremonies, CC Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)
8:00-11:00pm - Selling the Bookie Wookies and handing out Hugs in Artists/Authors Alley, M Plaza Ballroom Mezzanine

Saturday, June 21
3:00-4:00pm - Westerns vs. Science Fiction: Is Weird Wild West the Best of Both Worlds?, M - Plaza Ballroom C
5:00-6:00pm - Ohhhh, the Life of a Pirate for Me!, CC - Mtg Room 3 (Workshop Track)
6:00-7:00pm - What's New in Paranormal Romance?, M - Plaza Ballroom C
8:00-9:00pm - Reading: Gini Koch and Michael LaVoice, M - Signal Mountain Room (Readings 3)

Sunday, June 22
1:00-2:00pm - Autograph Session: Charles E. Gannon, Daniel Allen Butler, Gini Koch, CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

San Diego Comic-Con
July 23-27
San Diego, CA

Gen Con Writers Symposium
July 31-August 3
Indianapolis, IN

I'm featured at the Gen Con Blog! Take a look and read my interview and check out the other awesome authors who were also interviewed!

DragonCon
August 28-September 1
Atlanta, GA

Bouchercon
September 3-7
New Orleans, LA
A Big-Little FYI...

Due to all the things happening with the Alien Series, Deck the Falls is going to be a little late. Not too terribly late (I hope and pray) but it's probably going to slip into later this month, or early July, for release. But Book 3 (Cruise the Falls) should be right back on schedule for March 2026. And, as soon as Deck the Falls is finalized, all y'all will, as always, be the first to know!

Read Out Loud!

Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right! Speaking of Reading Out Loud...

Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today! So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!That's it for today, but, never fear, another Update, including details for the next READ THIS! selection, will be arriving in a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, hope this year continues to give all of you much joy and goodness, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch all y'all on the flip side!
Love, Gini

Happy June!
My con season revs up this month, as does everything else, so wheee, it's summertime and the writing is fast and furious!
The next READ THIS! Book of the Month is here, along with new cover reveals - SO MANY new covers to reveal - my LibertyCon schedule, and more! So let's get to it, shall we? We shall!
It's Alive!
A Cup of Joe, by moi writing as Anita Ensal, is live now from Ginger Blue Publishing!

When Emily smiles at David, it changes his safe, predictable world in ways neither one of them can anticipate.

When your eyes are finally opened, when the choice is everything you think you want versus what it might be you truly need, what will you be willing to risk for love?

Get you copy today from your distributor of choice!
 

Read Out Loud!

Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right! Speaking of Reading Out Loud...

Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!
READ THIS!

A Book Club by Moi for All Y'all
Welcome to READ THIS! A Book Club by Gini Koch. This is my chance to introduce you to some great authors that I love and know you will, too.

Every month I'll spotlight a book and, even better...every month I'll host a live discussion with the author, that all y'all can join! I know, it's too happy to be true, but true it is!
 June 2025 READ THIS! Selection
The READ THIS! Selection for June 2025 is: 

The Bystanders
by Dawn Major
Gini's Take: Retro-Modern Southern Gothic at its finest in this ambiance-drenched mosaic novel.

About the Author: Dawn Major’s novel, The Bystanders, was the finalist for 2024 Georgia Author of the Year for Best First Novel. Major is an associate editor at Southern Literary Review and a co-editor at WELL READ Magazine where she writes a column called “TripLit with D. Major.” She lives in Atlanta, GA with her family and is currently working on a horror novella called Chronicles in Dandy Land. For publications and more visit: www.dawnmajor.com
 June 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&A So, you've read the READ THIS! selection and you want to share what you thought with the author, hang out with them and Gini, and generally talk books for an hour. Well, guess what? You can!

The third Thursday of every month will be READ THIS! Author Q&A time. The event will be held utilizing Discord, and the invitation to Gini's READ THIS! room will come out in the week prior to the chat.

And that's not all! Near the end of each Q&A session, we'll be doing a raffle and one lucky winner will get a copy of the next month's READ THIS! selection! (You must be present in the Q&A to win. Physical book prizes will be U.S. only. Ebook prizes will be worldwide.)June's READ THIS! author Q&A 
with Guest Host Hal Bodner
featuring Author Dawn Major
will be on
Thursday, June 19, 2024
from 9pm-10pm Eastern.

Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!July's READ THIS! Selection
 And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!
The READ THIS! Selection for July 2025 is: 

AJ Torres and the Treasure of Captain Grayshark
By Jose Pablo Iriarte The Royal Scam is Live...and an Amazon Top 100 Bestseller!

Thanks to everyone who preordered this release! If you didn't get your copy, don't delay, order from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing today!
And don't forget to pre-order the
next books in the series!
  A risky gamble turns deadly when the galaxy's most feared terrorist arrives to up the ante.

When their favorite bookie pulls up stakes from Roulette and moves to Polliworld, the crew of the Hummingbird go to find out why, and hopefully get a cut of the action, but they end up caught in a high stakes game of chance that could destroy them.

Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.  Is the cost of a few innocent lives worth risking everything?

When the crew of the Hummingbird discovers Pilla Colony recently destroyed by the Diamante Families, they’re faced with the smart choice of leaving or the dangerous one of searching for survivors – and Roy and DeeDee aren’t in agreement about their course of action. But the real question is: why would anyone be going out of their way to destroy the most helpless, fragile, and noncombative race in the galaxy?

Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.In case you missed it, Touched by an Alien, Alien Tango, Alien in the Family, and Alien Proliferation are now available from Ginger Blue Publishing in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback! For those keeping score at home, apparently someone at Amazon is on Hook Me Up! because literally the day after I sent the fast blast explaing how we had no idea when the 'Zon would fix things up with Alien in the Family than lo and behold it was live everywhere.

The situation with how the hardbacks go out is still the same - you can get the new versions in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback complete with a snazzy dust cover! The trophy hardback is from B&N.com only, as a reminder, and the regular hardback is from Amazon only.

The searching via Amazon and B&N.com remains spotty, in no small part because those two distributors still have some mass market copies they're determined to sell. So, as suggested for Touched and Tango, and as recommended for every book coming through 16/Aliens Abroad, go to the Ginger Blue Releases page, click on the cover of your choosing, and choose which option or options you want. The links on GBP's website will take you to the right spots at B&N and Amazon to get the version you want.

Confusing? Yes. Ultimately manageable? Sure. It's only adding a step to what you'd normally do.

Now for the old reviews status. On B&N all the reviews seem to have stuck, though they're locked to the ebooks (meaning that they don't necessarily show the reviews if you're on the trade paperback or hardback selections). For Amazon, the reviews for Touched and Proliferation stuck. The reviews for Tango and Family did not.

SO, please review early and often on either site, since, as we well know, reviews matter, especially at Amazon, B&N, and Goodreads.

So, officially, the first four books are live everywhere! Huzzah!And now it's time for
MORE COVER REVEALS!
  New Jobs.
New Home.
Same New Kitty.

Kitty's brand of diplomacy isn't quite as smooth as Jeff's – parties, lobbyists of all stripes, and politicians from all over present challenges a well-stocked iPod and quirky sense of humor aren't up to handling. But when a shadowy assassination plot and new anti-alien conspirators are identified, Kitty's the diplomat for the job – in between Mommy and Me, Diplomacy for Beginner', and The Washington Wife classes.


Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.
  New scandals.
Old enemies.
New kick-butt pets for Kitty.

Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini and the rest of the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps are still recovering from their introduction to Washington D.C. politics, parties, and conspiracies. So when compromising pictures arrive, no one's too surprised. They're also the least of anyone's worries.

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.
  Parties.
Murder. Mayhem.
Kitty to the Rescue.

When a newly elected Representative is murdered while at the Centaurion Embassy, it's up to Kitty and Company to find out how and why and stop the killer, before the rest of the U.S. House of Representatives become casualties, particularly the replacement Representative - Jeff Martini.

Coming soon from  Ginger Blue Publishing .
  New Family.
New Powers.
Same Kick-Butt Kitty.

When rumors of a new super-drug surface, the FBI comes to Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini for help. But when the inconceivable happens, Kitty's focused on two things only: reviving the ACE entity before their enemies realize Earth's best protection isn't actually active...and revenge.

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.
  Kitty, and
Nightcrawler,
and Prince. Oh My!

Despite not having run for office, nor wanting to remain in office, Rep. Jeff Martini is being wooed as the Vice Presidential running mate for a charismatic senator who seems likely to win the campaign. While the Diplomatic Corps has to deal with the pressures of a political campaign sure to uncover secrets they don't want shared with the world, Ambassador Kitty Katt-Martini has other worries: a Battle Royale that's going to determine the fate of the world...and possibly the galaxy.

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.
  Double the Kitty.
Double the Fun...
and Mayhem.

Issues with Australia need to be straigthened out, so the White House sends the Vice President and his wife, aka Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, over to handle the situation, but before Kitty can make things worse, she's suddenly in another world - one where she's been married to Charles Reynolds for years and aliens don't exist. Kitty's not the only one confused, because the Kitty from that world has taken her place in this one. Can they both save their respective days before it's too late to go home to the universes they belong to, or will one Kitty decide to keep the other's life...forever?

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.
  Planets, Power Plays, and Pets. Kitty's Got This.

The Mastermind has finally been identified, but before Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini can take him down, they, their daughter, Jamie, Charles Reynolds, Paul Gower, Christopher White, and several others are zapped out of their solar system and into another. Landing them on an alien planet - and not together...

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.
  Mastermind vs.
Kitty & Company.
Place Your Bets.

It's not another Operation As Usual. This time, the Mastermind's made it very personal and either he's going down...or Kitty is.

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.
Con Season Continues

My con season is in full swing. Keep checking this space for where I'll be and all the different ways and places where you can see the me!
LibertyCon
June 20-22
Chattanooga, TN

Friday, June 20
5:00-6:00pm - Opening Ceremonies, CC Ballroom E (Main Event Programming)
8:00-11:00pm - Selling the Bookie Wookies and handing out Hugs in Artists/Authors Alley, M Plaza Ballroom Mezzanine

Saturday, June 21
3:00-4:00pm - Westerns vs. Science Fiction: Is Weird Wild West the Best of Both Worlds?, M - Plaza Ballroom C
5:00-6:00pm - Ohhhh, the Life of a Pirate for Me!, CC - Mtg Room 3 (Workshop Track)
6:00-7:00pm - What's New in Paranormal Romance?, M - Plaza Ballroom C
8:00-9:00pm - Reading: Gini Koch and Michael LaVoice, M - Signal Mountain Room (Readings 3)

Sunday, June 22
1:00-2:00pm - Autograph Session: Charles E. Gannon, Daniel Allen Butler, Gini Koch, CC - Ballroom F/G (Dealer's Room) - Autographs in Hall Outside

San Diego Comic-Con
July 23-27
San Diego, CA

Gen Con Writers Symposium
July 31-August 3
Indianapolis, IN

DragonCon
August 28-September 1
Atlanta, GA

Bouchercon
September 3-7
New Orleans, LA So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!That's it for today but, never fear, another Update, including the Discord Q&A chat invitation, will be arriving in a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side!
Love, Gini

Hey there!

Ginger Blue Publishing continues to barrel along getting the Alien series back up and out there...and, as before, we have yet another bit of a confusing situation...


Alien in the Family is live and SHOULD be able to be brought into your homes and e-readers, but...
This time it's Amazon with the challenges. B&N, Kobo, and Apple Books all have the bookie wookie in their various forms. Amazon, though...

Amazon, for THIS book, the third book, has decided that I'm stealing my own book. Now, before we get mad at the 'Zon, this is them trying to protect the publisher and author. BUT, said author has sent them the rights reversion contract AND the new re-release contract (2 weeks ago) and they are still "investigating" the situation.

MEANWHILE, Alien Proliferation has sailed through and is available everywhere, including at Amazon.

The situation with how the hardbacks go out is still the same, currently for Proliferation and one day for Family, too (though we have no clue when that day will be).

SO, you can get the new versions in ebook, trade paperback, hardback, and trophy hardback complete with a snazzy dust cover! The trophy hardback is from B&N.com only, as a reminder.

The searching via Amazon and B&N.com remains spotty, in no small part because those two distributors still have some mass market copies they're determined to sell. So, as suggested for Touched and Tango, and as recommended for every book coming through 16/Aliens Abroad, go to the Ginger Blue Releases page, click on the cover of your choosing, and choose which option or options you want. The links on GBP's website will take you to the right spots at B&N and Amazon to get the version you want.

Confusing? Yes. Ultimately manageable? Sure. And B&N may get itself fixed and Amazon, too. Or not, and we'll be doing this for 16 books. Mambo Number 1-16 B&N/Zon, as I'm now going to call it.

Now for the old reviews status. On B&N all the reviews seem to have stuck, though they're locked to the ebooks (meaning that they don't show the reviews if you're on the trade paperback or hardback selections). For Amazon, the reviews for Touched and Proliferation stuck. The reviews for Tango did not. And, of course, we have no idea yet for Family.

SO, please review early and often on either site, since, as we well know, reviews matter, especially at Amazon, B&N, and Goodreads.

So, officially, we have no clue about Alien in the Family at Amazon but otherwise...Alien in the Family is 3/4 live to the world and Alien Proliferation is live everywhere!
  So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, and Aliens Like Them. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!That's it for today but, as always, more's on the way. Have great weeks, stay warm and dry or cool and comfy, depending on where you are in the world, and let's be readers out there! Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side!
Love, Gini

Summer's on the Horizon!

Hope everyone who does The Mom Job -- whether as mother, grandmother, aunt, cousin, stepmother, adoptive mom, and all the guys who fill the mom role -- all had wonderful weekends and were celebrated. If you weren't, I'm sending you all the love and hugs from me, Kitty, and the rest of the gang from my head.

There are plenty of other holidays left in the month, and Memorial Day is almost here and, with it, at least in my mind, the start of summer.

I have yet ANOTHER cover reveal/upcoming release PLUS the READ THIS! Author Q&A is happening THIS Thursday, and it's going to be another fun one you don't want to miss.

Now, let's get to it, shall we? We shall! 

WE'RE (still) NUMBER 1!
My (first) big book o' reviews, Media & Me: My Love/Hate Relationship With Hollywood has released and even before release it scored an Amazon #1 release in 3 different categories! Thank you so much to everyone who preordered! If you didn't, get your copies from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing now!
 
IT'S COMING SOON!
Alien in the Family is (hopefully) going live sometime this week, and therefore the Poofs will belarge and in charge! Head over to the Ginger Blue Publishing website to choose which distributor and version (ebook, trade paperback, hard cover, or trophy hardcover) you want to have for your very own!It's Cover Reveal, and Preorder, Time!
A Cup of Joe, by moi writing as Anita Ensal, is coming from Ginger Blue Publishing!

When Emily smiles at David, it changes his safe, predictable world in ways neither one of them can anticipate.

When your eyes are finally opened, when the choice is everything you think you want versus what it might be you truly need, what will you be willing to risk for love?

Releasing on May 27 from all the usual suspects. Preorder today from your distributor of choice!
  Speaking of Preorders...

The next two installments of The Martian Alliance Chronicles are available for preorder now! Order your copies so you can fly with the crew of the Hummingbird while they take on the galaxy's most awful crime family, one con, caper, and rescue at a time! Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.
 
A risky gamble turns deadly when the galaxy's most feared terrorist arrives to up the ante.

When their favorite bookie pulls up stakes from Roulette and moves to Polliworld, the crew of the Hummingbird go to find out why, and hopefully get a cut of the action, but they end up caught in a high stakes game of chance that could destroy them.

Coming June 24, 2025. Is the cost of a few innocent lives worth risking everything?

When the crew of the Hummingbird discovers a Pilla Colony recently destroyed by the Diamante Families, they’re faced with the smart choice of leaving or the dangerous one of searching for survivors – and Roy and DeeDee aren’t in agreement about their course of action. But the real question is – why would anyone be going out of their way to destroy the most helpless, fragile, and noncombative race in the galaxy?

Coming August 12, 2025.Speaking of Getting Bookie Wookies...

All of these are available now from Ginger Blue Publishing and available at your preferred retailer. If you haven't grabbed these yet, now's the time!
  More Kitty, and don't miss the gators! The Book That Started It All is alive again! Meet Kitty...all over again! My first book of movie and TV reviews, and, as I may have mentioned a few times, it's an Amazon #1 bestseller, too! (Hey, a girl likes to share the coolness when she can!) The re-release of the first book in The Martian Alliance Chronicles. Things aren't what they seem when Princess Olivia of Andromeda jumps aboard a spaceship to escape a loveless marriage. A group of mystery-solving grandmothers, a daring granddaughter, a surf bum, homeless men, and a mysterious stranger all involved in a series of brutal murders in a sleepy seaside town... The re-release of my first humor collection, now with bonus funny! Despite what you may have heard or believe, all the stories are true...well, almost all... The story of the Old West's most notorious female outlaw, the infamous Belladonna. Available in Hardback, trade paperback, and ebook. Read the story that started it all... Stacey Weir didn't mean to become an amateur sleuth. But when her adoptive father's accused of murder, there was only one thing for her to do... Friends to lovers romantic suspense set in and around New Orleans, now with an (extended) epilogue! (Re-release.) Mosaic post-apocalyptic novel set in the far future that's reverted to Old West ways, where love, friends, and family are what get you through. A collection of paranormal tales, with new bonus stories and an introduction from the author of BITE CLUB. (Re-release.) A collection of all my humorous SF/F/P (non-Alien series) stories, together in one place for the first time!May 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&AMay's READ THIS! author Q&A with 
Author Sharon Skinner
will be on
Thursday, May 15, 2025
from 9pm-10pm Eastern.

Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!

You do not need to be a Discord member/user to attend:
Use this link https://discord.gg/GYpzD25JvW to go directly to the chat room!

(You also don't need to have finished the book to join in the fun. We authors know that everyone reads at their own pace and we just want to hang out with you guys and have some good times!)

Once in, you'll get to join in the fun of asking authors about their "process" and more. PLUS, one lucky winner will get June's READ THIS! selection for FREE! I know! It's too happy to be true! But true it is, so don't miss out!

(You must be present in the chat to win.
Physical copies U.S. only; ebook copies worldwide.)May 2025 READ THIS! Selection The READ THIS! Selection for May 2025 is: 

Collars & Curses
by Sharon Skinner


Gini's Take: A feisty shifter teen, a teen witch, and a suspicious elf deal with curses and high school...and saving the world, too.

About the Author: Sharon Skinner holds a BA in English, an MA in Creative Writing and is a Certified Book Coach and freelance editor, who helps writers weave their words into stories that shine. She mainly writes fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, and the occasional steampunk, for audiences of all ages. Sharon is an active member of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and serves as the Regional Advisor for SCBWI AZ. She also served aboard the USS Jason, the first US Navy vessel to take women to sea (WestPac cruise). But that’s another story. To learn more, visit sharonskinner.com or bookcoachingbysharon.comJune's READ THIS! Selection
 And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!
The READ THIS! Selection for June 2025 is: 
    The Bystanders
By Dawn Major Con Season Continues

Somehow, my con season is already literally here. Keep checking this space for where I'll be and all the different ways and places where you can see the me!
LibertyCon
June 20-22
Chattanooga, TN

San Diego Comic-Con
July 23-27
San Diego, CA

Gen Con Writers Symposium
July 31-August 3
Indianapolis, IN

I'm featured at the Gen Con Blog! Take a look and read my interview and check out the other awesome authors who were also interviewed!

DragonCon
August 28-September 1
Atlanta, GA

Bouchercon
September 3-7
New Orleans, LA
A Big-Little FYI...

Due to all the things happening with the Alien Series, Deck the Falls is going to be a little late. Not too terribly late (I hope and pray) but it's probably going to slip into later this month, or early June, for release. But Book 3 (Cruise the Falls) should be right back on schedule for March 2026. And, as soon as Deck the Falls is finalized, all y'all will, as always, be the first to know!

Read Out Loud!

Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right! Speaking of Reading Out Loud...

Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!
So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!That's it for today, but, never fear, another Update, including details for the next READ THIS! selection, will be arriving in a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, hope this year continues to give all of you much joy and goodness, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch all y'all on the flip side!
Love, Gini

Happy May!

May flowers are here in many places, so take some time to stop and enjoy them. I'm enjoying a month of no travel, because next month my con season shifts into overdrive. And no travel means more writing, and we all like the sound of that! 

The next READ THIS! Book of the Month is here, along with more news you can use! So let's get to it, shall we? We shall!

WE'RE NUMBER 1!
My (first) big book o' reviews, Media & Me: My Love/Hate Relationship With Hollywood has released and even before release it scored an Amazon #1 release! Thank you so much to everyone who preordered! If you didn't, get your copies from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing now!
 


Read Out Loud!

Do you have your copy of the Touched by an Alien audiobook yet? If not, don't wait! Grab yours today and start your year right! Speaking of Reading Out Loud...

Graphic Audio has renewed the contract for The Legend of Belladonna, Part 1: Natural Born Outlaws, by moi writing as A.E. Stanton. If you haven't grabbed this fantastic audiobook, don't delay, grab it today!

READ THIS!

A Book Club by Moi for All Y'all
Welcome to READ THIS! A Book Club by Gini Koch. This is my chance to introduce you to some great authors that I love and know you will, too.

Every month I'll spotlight a book and, even better...every month I'll host a live discussion with the author, that all y'all can join! I know, it's too happy to be true, but true it is!
 May 2025 READ THIS! Selection
The READ THIS! Selection for May 2025 is: 

Collars & Curses
by Sharon Skinner
Gini's Take: A feisty shifter teen, a teen witch, and a suspicious elf deal with curses and high school...and saving the world, too.  

About the Author: Sharon Skinner holds a BA in English, an MA in Creative Writing and is a Certified Book Coach and freelance editor, who helps writers weave their words into stories that shine. She mainly writes fantasy, science fiction, paranormal, and the occasional steampunk, for audiences of all ages. Sharon is an active member of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) and serves as the Regional Advisor for SCBWI AZ. She also served aboard the USS Jason, the first US Navy vessel to take women to sea (WestPac cruise). But that’s another story. To learn more, visit sharonskinner.com 
or bookcoachingbysharon.com
 May 2025 READ THIS! Author Q&A So, you've read the READ THIS! selection and you want to share what you thought with the author, hang out with them and Gini, and generally talk books for an hour. Well, guess what? You can!

The third Thursday of every month will be READ THIS! Author Q&A time. The event will be held utilizing Discord, and the invitation to Gini's READ THIS! room will come out in the week prior to the chat.

And that's not all! Near the end of each Q&A session, we'll be doing a raffle and one lucky winner will get a copy of the next month's READ THIS! selection! (You must be present in the Q&A to win. Physical book prizes will be U.S. only. Ebook prizes will be worldwide.)May's READ THIS! author Q&A 
with Author Sharon Skinner
will be on
Thursday, May 15, 2024
from 9pm-10pm Eastern.

Access to Discord is available worldwide, and everyone is invited to attend!June's READ THIS! Selection
 And Remember: One Lucky Q&A Participant can win it early!
The READ THIS! Selection for June 2025 is: 

The Bystanders
By Dawn Major The Royal Scam is Live...and an Amazon Top 100 Bestseller!

Thanks to everyone who preordered this release! If you didn't get your copy, don't delay, order from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing today!
And don't forget to pre-order the
next books in the series!  A risky gamble turns deadly when the galaxy's most feared terrorist arrives to up the ante.

When their favorite bookie pulls up stakes from Roulette and moves to Polliworld, the crew of the Hummingbird go to find out why, and hopefully get a cut of the action, but they end up caught in a high stakes game of chance that could destroy them.

Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.  Is the cost of a few innocent lives worth risking everything?

When the crew of the Hummingbird discovers Pilla Colony recently destroyed by the Diamante Families, they’re faced with the smart choice of leaving or the dangerous one of searching for survivors – and Roy and DeeDee aren’t in agreement about their course of action. But the real question is: why would anyone be going out of their way to destroy the most helpless, fragile, and noncombative race in the galaxy?

Preorder from your preferred retailer via Ginger Blue Publishing.
In case you missed it, Touched by an Alien and Alien Tango are now available from Ginger Blue Publishing in ebook, trade paperback, and hardback!

The hardbacks are a little confusing so...

You can get ebooks from Amazon, B&N, Kobo, and Apple Books.

You can get trade paperbacks from Amazon and B&N.

You can get regular nice hardbacks from Amazon.

And, because B&N is a little, um, titchy, you can get fancy trophy hardbacks from them.

The easiest way to do this is to go to the Ginger Blue Publishing website, click on the cover(s) you want, choose the version you want, and link to the distributor through them.

I know, it's confusing, but because the old versions are still "live" to most of the retailers (because they still have physical mass market copies of most of the titles), it creates issues, and this is the easiest fix.

BTW, the reviews for Touched by an Alien stayed linked at Amazon and B&N. Not so with Alien Tango, so, as mentioned and requested before, reviews for Tango, and the others as they go live, would be hugely appreciated by your author girl.

AND...Ginger Blue is expecting to have Alien in the Family going live sometime next week, with expectations for Alien Proliferation to follow later in the month, so keep the eyeballs peeled!
 
Meet Kitty. 

Marketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt joins forces with gorgeous aliens from Alpha Centauri to protect the Earth, kick evil alien butt, and save the day with hairspray and rock 'n' roll...not necessarily in that order.

Available now from Ginger Blue Publishing.

An Amazon Top 100 Bestseller! More aliens.
More intrigue.
More Kitty.

For Katherine "Kitty" Katt, Alien Super-Being Exterminator, anti-alien conspiracies, threats from outer space, and a couple of killer alligators are all in a day's work, but internal alien conspiracies bring a new meaning to the terms chaos and confusion.

Available now from Ginger Blue Publishing.

An Amazon Top 50 Bestseller! New conspiracies.
New enemies.
Same Kitty.

Planning any wedding is hard enough, but Katherine "Kitty" Katt and Jeff Martini have a lot more to worry about than seating arrangements, because multiple interstellar invasions, Alpha Team in mortal peril, and inter-alien conspiracies are all on the guest list...and the gifts they've brought explode.

Coming VERY soon from  Ginger Blue Publishing .
More conspiracies.
More danger.
New Kitty.

A new set of conspiracies, old enemies, and a dangerous new drug being tested on unwilling subjects are more than enough to deal with, but new parents Jeff and Kitty Martini have an even bigger problem...the bad guys want their newborn baby.

Coming soon from Ginger Blue Publishing.
Con Season Continues

My con season is in full swing. Keep checking this space for where I'll be and all the different ways and places where you can see the me!
LibertyCon
June 20-22
Chattanooga, TN

San Diego Comic-Con
July 23-27
San Diego, CA

Gen Con Writers Symposium
July 31-August 3
Indianapolis, IN

DragonCon
August 28-September 1
Atlanta, GA

Bouchercon
September 3-7
New Orleans, LA
So many bookie wookies, so much time to catch up on all of them while waiting for The Alien Collection, Aliens Like Us, Aliens Like Them, and the next READ THIS! selection. Check out my Bookstore for all the things!That's it for today but, never fear, another Update, including the Discord Q&A chat invitation, will be arriving in a couple of weeks!

In the meantime, stay safe and healthy, remember we're all in this together, be kind to one another, give love and support to all those who are on the front lines in any capacity, and let's be readers out there. Peace out, my li'l gangstas, and I'll catch you on the flip side!
Love, Gini