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March 29, 2013
Newsflash: “Wool” is seriously cool
I know, I know, if you’re the one person like me who’s been living in silo all this time and you haven’t read the stories yet, Hugh Howey’s Wool is worth the hype — and I don’t say that lightly.
The first installment in the series is not the best. The original stand-alone section has some great twists and turns. Then in what amounts to chapter two, the story takes off. After you sink your head into chapter three, there ain’t no coming out. You’re in this world to stay.
What I’ve noticed most ab...
March 22, 2013
BookBub Book Buster
I have a writer friend who’s seen great success with BookBub, an ebook promo site that’s recently hit 1,000,000 subscribers. Since I’m a wild-eyed e-revolutionary now, he convinced me to give ‘em a try. See what you think.
Crazy Carlson’sThe Frozen Sky is featured now! 
March 15, 2013
New “Name Game” Contest – Typo Bounty Hunters
By now, everyone knows The Frozen Sky was self-published. That means it didn’t receive the benefit of a professional copy editor parsing through each and every sentence. The book did receive the benefit of several professional writers providing their eyeballs. But this is how those conversations did not go:
New York Times Bestselling Author: “Jeff, I really like this book.”
Jeff: “Wow. Thank you.”
NYTBA: “I’d be happy to endorse it. The main character is great. Love the action. Love the aliens....
February 22, 2013
Look what I found! INTERRUPT available for pre-order!!!
The page is spare indeed at the moment. Cover art is the works. We’re playing with the Book Description and choosing among many awesome advance blurbs. I didn’t even know the page was up! But I was excited indeed to hear from a fan who’d spotted it.
Look! It’s a book!
The ebook edition is here. Print is here. And the audiobook is here.
July, oh July. I can hardly wait. Interrupt is at least as cool as all three Plague Year novels and The Frozen Sky combined…
BayCon 31 in May
Jeff will appear as a panelist at BayCon 31 in San Jose, CA from May 24 – 25.
More info as scheduling become available!
February 15, 2013
Fun TV/net interview with “Cult Pop”
The good “Double J” team at Cult Pop just released my third interview on their fun, awesome show.
Always a pleasure!
Cult Pop host Jim Hall and studio master Jerry Jesion bring their passion, deep knowledge of sf/f, and some trick questions to the program. And I drink too much coffee. Aha ha ha.
You can find the new episode here…
February 8, 2013
February 1, 2013
Right in time for the Super Bowl!
My nephew Keenan Mahler is a smart, talented, relentless bruiser who started on both sides of the line for the Concord Minutemen.
Keenan played defensive end, defensive tackle, and all three positions on the offensive line, leading his team in tackles and sacks in 2012. He was also unanimously voted to the 2011 and 2012 All Diablo Valley Athletic League.
Controlled violence is the name of his game! Check it out:
January 29, 2013
Crisis Averted! Amazon to the rescue again! :)
The good folks inside the Amazon machine have hunted down and fixed the glitch like Vonnie dragging her friends to safety on the fracturing surface of Europa! O Happy Day. The Frozen Sky is live again on Kindle.
FROZEN SKY *WILL* BE AVAILABLE ON KINDLE ASAP
For some reason, this morning the Kindle edition of The Frozen Sky became “Currently Not Available.”
I don’t know why. I didn’t take it down. Print, audio, Nook, and Kobo editions remain for sale. Kindle editions of my other titles are still up, too. Me thinks there’s a glitch in the Amazon machine? I’ve called and emailed. Ideally, the problem will be fixed soon.
Please stand by!
