"Oh, Kaye!" has a novel coming out!

Before I say one word about me, I have to tell you to scoot over to Meanderings and Muses today.  My pal Mary Jane Maffini, author of the Camilla MacPhee series, the Fiona Silk series, and the Charlotte Adams series, is my guest.  She's talking about a new series she and daughter Victoria have coming out.  They're writing together under the name Victoria Abbott and you can read all about them at their new website - http://www.victoria-abbott.com/ .  The first book in the series, THE CHRISTIE CURSE, will be out next month.


Now then,

In case you're one of the few people on God's green earth who hasn't heard me squealing about my debut novel - well, here's my news . . . .

I have a novel coming out!

Squeeeeeeee!!!!!!


After many months of agonizing over agent querying and all that goes with it, I made the decision to self-publish.  If you're interested in my reasoning, you can read all about it by clicking this link to my Meanderings and Muses.

 

 

WHIMSEY is a novel of southern fiction with a splash of magic and a touch of fantasy, topped with a sprinkling of humor.

The magic was already there when cigar-smoking matriarch Elizabeth Calhoun established an artist’s colony on an island off the coast of Georgia and named it Whimsey.

Elizabeth’s ghost still drops in from time to time to make sure things are going as she planned.

There’s also a wicked pixie named Earlene who fancies tight-fitting designer clothes and Louboutin stilettos.

Elizabeth’s grandniece, Emma Hamilton Foley, a once-promising jewelry designer who moved away from the island, now fears her talent has deserted her.

Along with her four best childhood friends, she has been invited to be a resident artist at Whimsey’s new upscale gallery, Les étoiles. To join them, she’ll need to regain her talent, face the demons from her past and her feelings about Eli Tatnall, whom she loved as a girl.

Will moving back to the Island of Whimsey bring the magic back?
 

WHIMSEY is a story of hope and affirmation, about families and best girlfriends, connections and feelings. It’s about the things in life that make us happy and the things that scare us to death. And the people who walk through life with us.

And, here's what people are saying  - - -
 

"Delightful!"

- Margaret Maron, New York Times Best-Selling Author. Winner of the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, and Macavity Awards, and 2013 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master
 

"Kaye Barley is a treasure and a delight. Her wit, wisdom, imagination--and yes, whimsy!--shine from every page."

- Hank Phillippi Ryan, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award-Winning Author




And here's my new webpage for Whimsey: A Novel - http://www.kayewilkinsonbarley.com/

 

 

 

And - I'm excited!

I don't know the exact date it'll be available, just "soon."  Booknook.biz is doing the conversion to EBook format for me and they are real pros.  Kimberly Hitchens and her crew are great to work with and have made this whole process so much easier than it would have been if I had attemted doing this all on my own.  Right now we're in the stage where the manuscript file is being converted to a mobi file.  When that's complete, and after I've proofed it, I'll take it to Kindle Direct Publishing.  It will be available in Ebook format and as a trade paperback.

So.  I'm proof positive that it's never too late to do something you want to do.  And, honeys, I'm here to tell you - don't let ANYBODY step on your dreams.  But most of all, don't step on them yourself