My YA short story “
Cat Calls” (Candlewick, 2011) is now available for free as an e-book from Barnes & Noble.
Tiffany’s grandma sees something wild in her future — but is Tiffany prepared for the powerful shape it will take?
I’m what people call “a late bloomer.”
This May, not long after my sixteenth birthday, I finally started my period for the first time and shifted from blah to bombshell overnight.
For me, it was a relief.
My mom, on the other hand, had a full-scale panic attack. Before you could say “Xanax,” she packed me up and shipped me off to my grandmother, who at the time was predicting the future in Missouri off I-35.
Cynsational Notes
Tiff is claws-down the sassiest point-of-view character I’ve ever written, and this story radiates “animal” in a fierce, sexy, mind-bending kind of way.
You can download “Cat Calls” for free from Barnes & Noble. It’s also available for free download to Kindle readers from Amazon.com.
“Cat Calls” was originally published as a short story in Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists and Other Matters Odd and Magical, edited by Deborah Noyes (Candlewick, 2009).
This is so exciting! I am about to download it. Let us know how it works, publicity wise. I think your publisher is smart to try this promotion–how long will it run, do you know? –Elizabeth Law
Thanks, Elizabeth!
I don't have an end date at the moment, but the Kindle version has made the "free" bestseller list, and I've had a lot of positive feedback from readers new and established!
So far the only challenge has been getting across that e-book doesn't necessarily equal novel, especially since it's a short story.
OTOH, a number of folks have begged for me to expand it to novel length, so…
It's a worthy experiment–a first for me!