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The 2012 Revised Edition of John Pilate Mystery Series Book One: Pilate's Cross is complete and available for order from Lulu!

http://www.lulu.com/shop/j-alexander-...

This edition features a higher-quality edit--correcting some minor typos and smoothing out a few rough spots. The story is not significantly changed. I just wanted the quality of the book to be equal to that of the second and upcoming third books in the series.

However, I did include the first three chapters of Book Two: Pilate's Key as a bonus.

Please note that for now it is only available from Lulu. It will be available to order from leading online and retail book outlets (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.) within the next 6-8 weeks. (If you want to buy it anywhere besides Lulu, make sure it says '2012 Revised Edition' somewhere on the listing before buying it.)

Until then, Lulu has it and offers it at a very competitive price--less than Amazon, etc. will charge. Lulu also has a nicer royalty structure for your starving author!

Thanks for reading my work. I'm honored that you take some of your valuable leisure time to spend with John Pilate & Co.

My interview with Indie Reader is available now:

http://indiereader.com/2012/05/indie-...

It was a very challenging and thought-provoking series of questions from Loren Kleinman. She really gets to the root of things.

Also, the final chapter of the serialization of Pilate's Key is available free on Wattpad:
http://www.wattpad.com/story/1162485-...

That's about it for now--busy busy on the first draft of "Pilate's Ghost" and some other projects. Thanks to all who signed up for the recent book giveaway, too. The winners should receive their autographed copies by Friday or so.

CONGRATS to Pilate's Key Book Giveaway winners Katey P. of AZ and Marybeth K. of MI!

Thanks also to all 563 entrants--I hope you will add the book to your "to read" shelf.

We'll do another giveaway soon--how about the the revised 2012 version of Pilate's Cross?

My new novel Pilate's Key is featured free for a limited time on Wattpad. It has had 23,000+ reads as of this writing.

http://www.wattpad.com/story/1162485-...

My award-winning short story Obsidian was featured there and has racked up more than 60,000 reads and hundreds of comments.

They also gave me room on their blog (where the legendary Margaret Atwood has also guest posted!) for an essay about why I write:

http://blog.wattpad.com/post/22383514746

I invite you to check it out, whether you're a writer looking for exposure or a reader searching for the occasional hidden gem. There's some great stuff there (and frankly a lot of stuff by young people trying to write their version of 'Twilight'), but it's overall a magnificent site.

About Wattpad:
Toronto-based Wattpad is a totally new form of collaborative entertainment that connects readers and writers across all genres of creative storytelling. We're the world's largest community of readers and writers... And, the best place to discover and share stories on the web and across every mobile device!

Wattpad by the Numbers

3.2 million stories posted with another 300,000+ added every month
Over 1 BILLION minutes spent on Wattpad each month
8 Million unique monthly visitors
1 comment posted every second
Many popular titles have over 10 million reads and more than 10,000 comments.

You can get a free Kindle download of my short story Skin and Sand on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

Just visit http://www.amazon.com/Skin-and-Sand-e...


Description:

In this short story, an older man obsessed with Hemingway and his own shortcomings meets a younger woman seeking relief from her disappointing marriage. The unlikely pair confront their frustrations and desires on the beaches of Key West.
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I hope you'll leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads.

Thanks for reading.

What with all the superhero movie hype these days, I suppose it's fashionable to present an "origin story."

As luck would have it, the folks at Wattpad asked me to do just that--tell why I became a writer and what happened along the way from my humble beginning to my exceedingly modest present.

If you'd like to check it out, just go here:

http://blog.wattpad.com/post/22383514...

There are some cool photos in the post, too.

The REVISED version of Book One: Pilate's Cross is now available as an ebook on Smashwords and Amazon.com! (The paperback version will be available everywhere shortly. Stay tuned.)

If you purchased your original copy on Smashwords, just go there to download this latest version free: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

Amazon makes it a little trickier to get the new version, but I'm told that there is a way to do it: http://www.amazon.com/Pilates-Cross-P...

This version includes a stronger edit and features a sample of the second book in the John Pilate Mystery series: Pilate's Key.

Thanks, readers, for your patience, and for giving this book a second look.

Thanks for being a reader, friend and/or fan. Have a great weekend.

It's Friday the 13th, so I'd like to offer you 13% OFF of "Book 1: Pilate's Cross" on Smashwords (will give you the book in ANY ebook format)!

Promotional price ONLY $1.73!

Use Coupon Code: RQ95P HURRY! Expires: April 14, 2012

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

Words cannot describe how honored I am to have a promo for my novel Pilate's Key featured in episode 44--the penultimate episode, I might add--of the award-winning "Underwood & Flinch" podcast by Mike Bennett.

If you aren't a Mike Bennett fan yet, you should be. So check out his work--and when you get to the end of episode 44, have a listen to my corny promo spot!

Click here or subscribe on iTunes--search for "Vampire Novel: Underwood & Flinch."

Not only is Bennett a fantastic writer, he's also a talented voice actor. Great fun.

Muhahahahaha.