{"id":1205,"date":"2011-09-20T11:23:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T16:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2011-09-20T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T16:23:19","slug":"have-you-been-touched-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ajaalto.com\/?p=1205","title":{"rendered":"Have You Been Touched Yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s official!<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Today I celebrate the launch of my first novel, Touched, which you can purchase from Amazon for\u00a0your\u00a0Kindle <\/strong>here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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<This is my cover. Those are not my boobs.<\/strong><\/span><\/em>><\/p>\n

Funny, I thought when I finally\u00a0flipped\u00a0this book off my shoulders, where it has been squatting for months, something monumental would …. happen?\u00a0Like a\u00a0skulltastic\u00a0implosion, perhaps, if slightly less gory. My brain is still intact (shaddap<\/em>) and though there are many little details still to iron out–all the other formats, for example, which<\/strong> may or may not fry my grey cells–all in all, I’m doin’ OK. I think I’m even … *slaps hand all over lower face* … holy smokes, I’m smiling! Welp, there goes my Sane Grin Quota for 2011; it’s all Kooky Grimaces from here on out. Consider yourselves forewarned.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Book 2, tentatively entitled Death Rejoices, is\u00a0going through an overhaul, as I came to the conclusion that I hated the whodunnit thing I’d come up with\u00a0and wanted\u00a0to make it a “what-dunnit” instead.\u00a0You know what this means … yes! Time for more long, hot showers! Aaaaaand time to shred the water bill! Shhh don’t tell you-know-who *broad wink*<\/strong><\/p>\n

As much as I’d love to make this a winded blog about triumph and other self-congratulatory\u00a0 gobbledygook, I assume the paparazzi will take care of that for me. Besides, I\u00a0have so much work (read: video game playing<\/em>)\u00a0on my plate that\u00a0I should probably ditch the plate and get a platter of some sort. And fill it with cookies. And cheese doodles. And maybe a\u00a0carrot cake. Y’know,\u00a0just to be healthy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To those of you who have already bought Touched, I do hope I’ve offered you a bit of entertainment. To those of you who have read up to the pervy parts, I’M SORRY I’M SORRY STOPTHROWINGSTUFF!!!<\/em> To those who haven’t reached ’em yet …(lookin’ at you, mom<\/em>) uh, what pervy parts? There’s no smut. I’m a nice lady. Honest. *toddles off to make tea and get back to ‘work’*<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Marnie Baranuik: the Godzilla of paranormal law enforcement, guaranteed to tromp all over the Tokyo of your investigation. ” –Touched, AJ Aalto<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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