When I first ran across Angela Kulig a few years ago, she had posted an excerpt to her novel in progress on her blog. A girl starting art school stumbles across a boy painting swans in a pond. But the water in his painting ripples, and the swans swim and fly. I was captivated by this sample, and figured (given a sufficient amount of justice) Pigments of My Imagination would be a hit.
Time went by. Angela got picked up by Red Iris, rewrote Pigments of My Imagination to suit the darker tone of their titles, split with the publisher, rewrote it back to something closer to the original. She founded a co-op, I was invited to join, and most of the other members fell away, leaving the two of us having each others’ backs. As she puts it, I make the insides look good (editing, formatting), she makes the outsides look good (cover art, marketing). We spend a lot of time IM’ing each other.
But Pigments of My Imagination was still “coming.” It went through yet another rewrite. I’d poke her about it every once in a while. Be careful what you ask for… she got me to edit and format it. I wasn’t the only one waiting for the finished product, and never expected that I would be a major part of it getting finished.
But it’s done. It’s out.
And it delivers. And I get to be the first stop on the blog tour!
Here’s the synopsis:
A dozen lifetimes ago, Lucia started a war. Not a war with armies or guns, but a bloody war nonetheless. The path leading Lucia to the truth is hidden within lovely art that spans the ages. In this life, however, Lucia doesn’t know where to look. Lost, she turns to the one thing she knows with certainty—she is in love with Leo, and has been before.
Of the Green Envy Press titles, this is the first to have both eBook and paperback editions! To celebrate, Angela has a Goodreads giveaway of two paperback editions. Go forth and enter!
There’s also a Rafflecopter—win a Kindle Fire and other cool stuff:
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Congratulations on the kickoff!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great story, Larry, how you guys got together and had each others backs. A writer needs that, to be sure. And congratulations to Angela for the release of Pigments! It sounds like a great book and should go far.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading that snippet and it made me want to read more. It's about time the book has come out. My patience was getting thin. (Although, I have to admit, due to work, I am too tired to be sufficiently excited. Come back tomorrow after I've slept. lol!)
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