Nice Work (If You Can Get It)
by Denise Weeks
Price: $1.99 USD. 163170 words.
Published on December 30, 2010. Fiction.
Jacquidon Carroll thinks she has problems after she's diagnosed with diabetes and is laid off from her job the same week, but that's nothing compared to becoming a suspect in the murder of her ex-boss Yancey two days later. Can she get access to the evidence she needs to prove that Yancey was killed by his new employee, a young woman he "recruited" from an Internet sex site--before they kill her?
Location: United States
Member Since: Nov. 02, 2009
Denise Weeks
Biography
Denise Weeks (Shalanna Collins) has been a writer since she could hold a crayon. She is a graduate of Plano Senior High and Southern Methodist University, and worked as a software engineer for several years.
Like many homegrown Texas humorists, Shalanna is not funny. Novelist, pianist, belly dancer, baton twirler (but no fire batons ever again, by order of the Renner, Texas, Volunteer Fire Brigade), high priestess of Paul McCartney, and amateur radio operator, she has published many fascinating short pieces on her weblog (not a "diary"--diaries pretend to some version of the truth, and writers don't hold with strict veracity. We prefer stories. They make more sense.)
A graduate of SMU many years after Laura Bush, Shalanna has worked as a software engineer, Dairy Queen soft-serve cone maker (she perfected that little twirl on the top of the dipped cone), math tutor, and most recently head quality-control supervisor at the banana factory--but at every job, she subverted the paradigm and secretly recorded the bosses' conversations to use in her horror stories. (Okay, we made up that bit about the banana factory just to sound cool.)
She has been writing since she could hold a crayon. She started with fiction, which Mama said was "lying," so she was frequently spanked (forty lashes with a wet tortilla). Consequently, she can twist a fact in the service of her claims until it screams for diplomatic immunity. Elected a permanent member of the Cool Kids for her stellar recipe for Toasted Tangerines-avec-Brie, she is currently at work on a series of cozy mysteries as well as on various works of literary genius. Last month she experienced her big showbiz break when she shouted, "Pick me, ya croptop jarhead!" at Drew Carey from the studio audience of "The Price is Right.” She went to New York City last December as one of eight finalists in the Scotch Brand Most Gifted (Gift) Wrapper Contest and participated in the final rounds held at Rockefeller Center. While in NYC, she made a pilgrimage to the Algonquin to kiss the famed Algonquin Round Table where Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, and many other greats once sat every day at lunch. Her novel _Dulcinea_ was the first runner-up in the original 1996 Warner Aspect First Fantasy Novel contest.
She and her husband live happily in a northern suburb of Dallas, Texas, with their two beloved pets: a yappy Pomeranian and Shalanna's elderly mother.
She collects Benchley first editions and patterned paper towels. Her favorite foods are curried yak and French fries. She knows (but is not telling) a plethora of alchemical and occult secrets. Homeland Security has identified her as a person of interest.
Favorite Author(s): Shakespeare, Donald E. Westlake, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Harper Lee
Favorite Book(s): To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, The Secret History, Bellwether (by Connie Willis), Dulcinea (by Shalanna Collins)
http://shalanna.livejournal.com (more of a personal blog than a marketing tool!)
Read one of my books? Have a question? Please feel free to email me at shalanna.collins@gmail.com
Like many homegrown Texas humorists, Shalanna is not funny. Novelist, pianist, belly dancer, baton twirler (but no fire batons ever again, by order of the Renner, Texas, Volunteer Fire Brigade), high priestess of Paul McCartney, and amateur radio operator, she has published many fascinating short pieces on her weblog (not a "diary"--diaries pretend to some version of the truth, and writers don't hold with strict veracity. We prefer stories. They make more sense.)
A graduate of SMU many years after Laura Bush, Shalanna has worked as a software engineer, Dairy Queen soft-serve cone maker (she perfected that little twirl on the top of the dipped cone), math tutor, and most recently head quality-control supervisor at the banana factory--but at every job, she subverted the paradigm and secretly recorded the bosses' conversations to use in her horror stories. (Okay, we made up that bit about the banana factory just to sound cool.)
She has been writing since she could hold a crayon. She started with fiction, which Mama said was "lying," so she was frequently spanked (forty lashes with a wet tortilla). Consequently, she can twist a fact in the service of her claims until it screams for diplomatic immunity. Elected a permanent member of the Cool Kids for her stellar recipe for Toasted Tangerines-avec-Brie, she is currently at work on a series of cozy mysteries as well as on various works of literary genius. Last month she experienced her big showbiz break when she shouted, "Pick me, ya croptop jarhead!" at Drew Carey from the studio audience of "The Price is Right.” She went to New York City last December as one of eight finalists in the Scotch Brand Most Gifted (Gift) Wrapper Contest and participated in the final rounds held at Rockefeller Center. While in NYC, she made a pilgrimage to the Algonquin to kiss the famed Algonquin Round Table where Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, and many other greats once sat every day at lunch. Her novel _Dulcinea_ was the first runner-up in the original 1996 Warner Aspect First Fantasy Novel contest.
She and her husband live happily in a northern suburb of Dallas, Texas, with their two beloved pets: a yappy Pomeranian and Shalanna's elderly mother.
She collects Benchley first editions and patterned paper towels. Her favorite foods are curried yak and French fries. She knows (but is not telling) a plethora of alchemical and occult secrets. Homeland Security has identified her as a person of interest.
Favorite Author(s): Shakespeare, Donald E. Westlake, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Harper Lee
Favorite Book(s): To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, The Secret History, Bellwether (by Connie Willis), Dulcinea (by Shalanna Collins)
http://shalanna.livejournal.com (more of a personal blog than a marketing tool!)
Read one of my books? Have a question? Please feel free to email me at shalanna.collins@gmail.com
Where to find Denise Weeks online
Website: http://home.roadrunner.com/~Shalanna/
Twitter: Shalanna
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://shalanna.livejounnal.com
Twitter: Shalanna
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://shalanna.livejounnal.com
Books
April, Maybe June
by Denise Weeks
Price: Free! 44840 words. Published on November 3, 2009. Fiction.
NaNoWriMo 2009 book. Last updated 2009-11-11 21:41:29
YA/paranormal adventure in the vein of books I love, like _Harriet the Spy_. April and June Bliss are sucked into their elder cousin Arlene's troubles when Arlene runs away to escape a teen BootCamp and leaves her majickal journal with June. Hopping an Amtrak train to Chicago, the girls flee from Arlene's evil coven--which is now after April's math talent to sell it-& into the battle. Brainy romp.
Price: Free! 44840 words. Published on November 3, 2009. Fiction.
NaNoWriMo 2009 book. Last updated 2009-11-11 21:41:29
Camille's Travels: or Travels Without Charley
by Denise Weeks
Price: $1.99 USD. 65710 words. Published on November 2, 2009. Fiction.
Camille MacTavish is a seventeen-year-old runaway escaping an abusive home life with a stolen magic dragon in the pocket of her jeans. Actually an entity from another dimension, the dragon is no toy.Philip, the sorcerer she took it from, pursues her, but the dragon works magic Camille can't control.She and friends on the road must defeat the dark forces before the very fabric of spacetime is torn.
Price: $1.99 USD. 65710 words. Published on November 2, 2009. Fiction.
Camille MacTavish is a seventeen-year-old runaway escaping an abusive home life with a stolen magic dragon in the pocket of her jeans. Actually an entity from another dimension, the dragon is no toy.Philip, the sorcerer she took it from, pursues her, but the dragon works magic Camille can't control.She and friends on the road must defeat the dark forces before the very fabric of spacetime is torn.
Murder by the Marfa Lights
by Denise Weeks
Price: $1.99 USD. 115460 words. Published on November 2, 2009. Fiction.
An Ariadne French Mystery. Cozy soft-boiled mystery set in Marfa, Texas, among the Marfa Mystery Lights and a cast of eccentrics. Gentle humor in the style of Joan Hess, Donna Andrews, and Anne George.
Price: $1.99 USD. 115460 words. Published on November 2, 2009. Fiction.
An Ariadne French Mystery. Cozy soft-boiled mystery set in Marfa, Texas, among the Marfa Mystery Lights and a cast of eccentrics. Gentle humor in the style of Joan Hess, Donna Andrews, and Anne George.
Little Rituals
by Denise Weeks
Price: $1.99 USD. 135710 words. Published on November 2, 2009. Fiction.
Daphne Dilbeck's life is ruled by little rituals. When everything starts going wrong, she realizes she is under a hex or curse caused by a botched ritual. Can she fix her own luck, or is she just OCD, superstitious, and delusional? Daphne's wacky investigation into the nature of luck parallels her personal search for meaning and coming-of-age as a grown-up, with a lot of help from good friends.
Price: $1.99 USD. 135710 words. Published on November 2, 2009. Fiction.
Daphne Dilbeck's life is ruled by little rituals. When everything starts going wrong, she realizes she is under a hex or curse caused by a botched ritual. Can she fix her own luck, or is she just OCD, superstitious, and delusional? Daphne's wacky investigation into the nature of luck parallels her personal search for meaning and coming-of-age as a grown-up, with a lot of help from good friends.