The Curious Case of Mary Ann Receives Favorable Review in Lewis Carroll Society Journal

Greetings, frabjous folkses! Now that I had a moment I wanted to share with you some amazing news. My Wonderland murder mystery, The Curious Case of Mary Ann, was recommended by the reviewer in the May edition of The Lewis Carroll Review, the reviewing journal of the Lewis Carroll Society!

To say, I'm both honored and delighted is an understatement!

If you'd like to check out the review, you can see it online here! (Mary Ann is on pages 17 and 18.)

https://issuu.com/frankendodo/docs/lewis_carroll_review_56_may_2018_on

If you're interested in a copy of The Curious Case of Mary Ann of your very own, you can snag it on Amazon in the countries Amazon serves in ebook, paperback or audiobook forms. (The link for the US one is here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0983804583/ )

I'm currently working on the next book in Mary Ann's adventures. I'm also working on the next humorous sci-fi book in the Greater Communicating Universe, a space caper following the exploits of my character, Rollie Tsmorlood.

That said, what I am still doing here? I have lots of work to do! --Jenn

The Curious Case of Mary Ann at Kirkus Reviews

I'm so pleased to announce that my most recent novel, The Curious Case of Mary Ann, got a rather frabjous evaluation from Kirkus Reviews this week. You can check out the review in its entirety here:

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jenn-thorson/curious-case-mary-ann/

One excerpt I'm particularly tickled with....

Also, calling it a "demented but internally consistent detective story" was pretty awesome, too. Little did the reviewer know, those are basically goals for all my stories. And daily life. Definitely daily life.

Anyway, I figured I'd share the good news. I'm currently writing my next novel, a work-in-progress set in the Greater Communicating Universe featuring my There Goes the Galaxy alumnus Rollie. (There'll be other characters regular readers will know, as well.) If you Like my pages on Facebook--

https://www.facebook.com/jennthorsonauthor/
and
https://www.facebook.com/ThereGoestheGalaxy/

--You can see non-spoilery excerpts and regular news on the new book. I'm currently on chapter three.

I also have an audiobook coming out for The Curious Case of Mary Ann. I'm eagerly anticipating that, and that should be out either at the end of this month or early October.

So that's about it from me. Hope you guys are all doing well and that the first day of Autumn is treating you kindly.

Beautiful Bounce from BoingBoing, Pirate Pugs and Progress

Greetings folks! Happy 2015! I hope the new year is treating you well so far. I have finally gotten over a case of the plague, and after 17 Penny Dreadful-level days of coughing and dreck have passed, the upside of being a living, breathing, non-sicky person has finally kicked in.

It hasn't hurt that Friday, a social media friend let me know that There Goes the Galaxy had been reviewed (and positively!) by BoingBoing. I do believe it's my first review by an online entity that actually has its own Wikipedia page! Anyway, you can check out the cosmic review here:

http://boingboing.net/2015/01/09/there-goes-the-galaxy-by-jenn.html

Otherwise, I have polished off the draft of chapter 16 of the third and final book in the TGTG trilogy, Tryfling Matters. I'm aiming to have the first draft done by spring. And I've had some fun doodling some pugs and other furry creatures doing things pugs and other furry creatures tend not to do. Like piracy and picnics.

It started because one of my Facebook friends, who loves bright colors and pugs, was feeling a bit down and I wanted to cheer her, if briefly. I came up with Captain Pugnatius Pugwash of the pirate ship Pugquatica... Y'know, as one does.

Then I had this need to see what the rest of his crew might look like. Thus, the mateys below.

The little doodle below is actually based on my two cats, Harry and Alice. I didn't like how the sky turned out, so I cut it out and replaced it with a French toile type scrapbook paper. Their costumes are loosely based on the famous paintings of Pinkie and Blue Boy.

Anyway, that's what's going on here in my part of the Greater Communicating Universe. I hope you all are doing well and that the various Victorian-era plagues going around have missed you and your families.

--Jenn