. . . and woke up this morning with heartburn, after celebrating a successful book launch and a nearly complete home remodel by eating a sicilian style pepperoni+sausage pizza and drinking a $9 bottle of pink moscato champagne. That is an unwise combo, but I had been running all day on a yogurt cup and a kind bar. I didn't even get a piece of my own cake: Isn't that awesome? We always get the book cover cakes at Wegman's, but this time we added marzipan hatchets and fingers o

Just click and comment on the video linked to the image below. Takes you to the Loudoun County FB page, where they will be selecting book bundle winners every day leading up to the festival. In today's giveaway bundle, it's THE JULIET, THE MEAN BONE IN HER BODY, AND CRYBABY LANE! #bookgiveaway #TheMeanBoneinHerBody #CrybabyLane #thejuliet #eatlocalreadlocoal #loudouncountylibrary

I got my first box of printed Crybabies yesterday, and they are gorgeous. It also appears that folks who ordered the print book, are receiving their copies as well, and it is a joy to see them post pics of the book on FB and Twitter. UnlikeThe Juliet and Mean Bone, the finish is matte, which enhances the textural look of the cover designed by Don Kramer, the art director for Pandamoon Publishing. Kramer has just launched his own book design company, Nyancept, so be sure to ta

Sometime tonight as I sleep, my fourth novel will be released, officially. CRYBABY LANE is the next book in my New Royal Mysteries series, and I’m very pleased by the early reactions, like these two amazing blurbs from Nik Korpon and E. A. Aymar. "Like a witty David Lynch, Laura Ellen Scott plunges us into the dark heart of small towns." -Nik Korpon, author of The Rebellion's Last Traitor and Queen of the Struggle "Laura Ellen Scott gleefully tramples the imaginary line betwe

My weekend was a bit exciting. In addition to watching to see if Hurricane Irma was going to wash my mommy out to sea, and working on final line edits, Pandamoon Publishing set up the pre-order link for the kindle version of CRYBABY LANE: Book 2 of the New Royal Mysteries (click image), and later today the print version should be up for order as well. Mom's doing fine and should be back in her home by tomorrow, so I can turn my full attention to freaking out about promotion p

Folks following the New Royal Mysteries might recall that Book 2 of the series was composed under the working title, The Clerk of the Orphans' Court, which was a short-lived government office title in Ohio's early history, and is the occupation of one of the main characters in the novel, Abraham Horup, the cousin to the founder of New Royal. Abraham is naive and earnest, and treats his position in New Royal's earliest administration as a sacred duty, but he makes mistakes of

Howdy all--My page has been inactive for several months as we re-haul the site and as I busily write Books 2 & 3 of The New Royal Mysteries. Book 2: Crybaby Lane is due out in September, and you can get a sneak peek of the amazing cover below. The process for designing this cover was thrilling, as Don Kramer, the Director of Sales & Marketing for Pandamoon Publishing, conducted an online video-chat workshop with me, the publisher, and a few other Pandas to experiment with bas