Jim C. Hines's Blog, page 189

I'm Back!

For anyone who's had the chance to read Red Hood yet, if you felt like posting a review at Amazon and helping to knock that Harriet Klausner review off the front page, I'd be much obliged.  "Little Lady of the Red Hood" indeed…

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I'm back!  Had a lovely vacation up north.  Kids spent most of the week swimming and working on their sunburns.  Everyone stayed up way too late, and most days I got to sleep in until 9 or even 10 in the morning.

Stopped by the local bookstore, which didn't have Red...

Why Read Red Hood?

Jim is on vacation this week, and is blogging from the past!  He has very little Internet access, but will read and catch up on comments eventually.  Fun fact: Monday's blog post was written three days in the past.  But this one was written seven days in the past!  That's right, Jim is moving backward in time!!!  He promises to bring you back a dinosaur.

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[image error]So Red Hood's Revenge [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon] has been out for most of a week now.  It's a bit strange to think back to … I...

Other New Books

Jim is on vacation this week, and is blogging from one week in the past!  He has very little Internet access, but will read and catch up on comments eventually.

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So for the past two days, I've talked about Red Hood's Revenge [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon].  This raises another question:

Hey Jim, don't you ever get tired of talking about your own book?

Yes.  Yes I do.  So here are some of the other books out this week!

Rift in the Sky [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon], by Julie Czerneda. ...

Readers Promoting Writers

Jim is on vacation this week, and is blogging from the past!  He has very little Internet access, but will read and catch up on comments eventually.  Please feel free to comment and let him know whether you people of the future are zipping around in flying cars and personal jet packs yet!

Red Hood's Revenge [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon] came out yesterday.  One question that comes up a lot with book releases is how readers can help to promote the writer.  Either the writer wants to get...

Red Hood's Revenge: Out Today!!!

Jim is on vacation this week, and is blogging from the past!  He has very little Internet access, but will read and catch up on comments eventually.  Please feel free to comment and tell him what the future looks like.

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[image error]Happy book day to me!!!  Today marks the official release of Red Hood's Revenge [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon], the third book in my princess series.  Pass it on!

Preview the first two chapters

Learn about the series

Normally I try not to go overboard with my own book...

Savor the Moments

Good morning!  I'm not actually online today.  This week I'm writing these blog posts from the past!

Except for today, because I didn't actually write this one.  Today's post was written (also in the past!) by Jon Gibbs, author of the novel Fur-Face, and founder of Find A Writing Group.

Jon also maintains an interesting and useful writing blog, one I've been following for a while now.  My thanks to Jon for helping to fill in this week while I'm away.

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I've been a fan of Jim's writing and...

Vacation

So tomorrow my family heads north for vacation.  We'll be gone for a week … the same week that Red Hood's Revenge [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon] comes out.  This is going to be interesting.

Since I won't be around on Tuesday, I went ahead and drew a winner for the 8th and final book giveaway.  Congratulations to lavvyan, who wrote the following:

Han Solo: Good book? You've never heard of Red Hood's Revenge?

Obi-Wan: Should I have?

Han Solo: It's the book that made the Barnes & Noble Top 10...

Rape and the Police

It's one of the first things most rape survivor hear when they talk about what happened.  "You have to report it to the police!" or "Why didn't you go to the cops?"  Yet rape is one of the most underreported crimes in the U.S.

There are a lot of reasons for this.  Shame is a big one.  So is fear.  Fear of being blamed, of not being believed.  In Baltimore, police have been hard at work turning those fears into reality.

The Baltimore Sun reviewed FBI statistics and found that in Baltimore, the...

Yes, No, or Gazebo

In addition to me doing more around the house while my wife recovers, we're also getting ready for vacation next week, and of course I'm prepping some things for the release of Red Hood.  (Yes, when my book comes out, I will be up north where I'll have little Internet access, and where there's only one tiny microbookstore within 50 miles.  Yes, this will make me approximately 73% crazier than usual.)

Anyway, this is my long-winded way of saying life has doled out an extra dose of busy lately, ...

One Week Left (and Another Book Giveaway)

[image error]Only one week until the official launch of Red Hood's Revenge [B&N | Mysterious Galaxy | Amazon], though the book is already showing up in a fair number of bookstores.  I've been counting down to the release by giving away a free book each week.

Congratulations to last week's winner, Katherine O'Kelly.

I've seen a few reports pop up from readers who have picked up a copy of Red Hood.  Early reactions seem to be pretty positive, and so far I haven't had the anxiety dream where Darth Vader shows ...