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May 11, 2020
White Hat Black Heart Goodreads Giveaway Update
Congrats to the winners!
All books bound for the US mainland and Canada have been mailed from Hawaii. Most US recipients should have the books by 5/18/20. Allow at least 10 days for Canadian shipments.
In June I will be hosting another Goodreads giveaway for another signed book: War With Black Iris.
War With Black Iris is Live
The wait is over, the follow up to White Hat Black Heart is live. Win a copy of the Kindle edition by entering the Goodreads giveaway that ends on the 15th. Follow this link for details: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50498446-war-with-black-iris
May 10, 2020
War With Black Iris is Live
The book has launched. The special pre-order price of 99 cents will be in effect until the 11th so get your copy today at the reduced price.
May 3, 2020
White Hat Black Heart Giveaway
April 25, 2020
Chromatic – Cyber Overture 2
In a few days, the manuscript will make it’s way to the editor. Chromatic picks up right where Sonorous leaves us. No spoilers, but Alice is leveling up her game in this installment. I expect to publish Chromatic in late May, but that depends on proofreader availability. For anyone who signs up for the Cyber Overture reader group will get an advance copy of the book when it’s ready.
April 22, 2020
Sonorous – Cyber Overture 1 Released
I had initially planned Sonorous as a full-length novel but decided to release sections early because so many people are at home with shelter in place orders. It is the first installment of a much larger work.
I’m going to be making the book free to as many people as possible. Follow my Twitter and Facebook pages for details on free offers and giveaways.
Here are the store links where you can use to pick up your copy. Remember you can get this and many other of my books at libraries for free. Just request it on your library app.
Amazonhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B087BYCQY6
Applehttps://books.apple.com/us/book/id1509029046
Kobohttps://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sonorous
Barnes and Noblehttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sonorous-d-b-goodin/1136893424?ean=2940163804597
April 19, 2020
Inspiration for writing fiction Pt. 2
As I prepare for the launch of my second full-length novel War With Black Iris, I wanted to share some more insights. I get ideas at the most unusual times. I rarely able to write them down because I’m doing things that make that impractical, but that doesn’t matter since if the idea is big enough, it will stay within until the next time I’m in the writing chair. Since I write fictional situations involving cybersecurity, I often get ideas about real situations that have happened but are so generic, and I need to breathe life into them as I write. An example of this is evidence contamination. For anyone that hasn’t worked on a digital forensics case, I will explain what that is. When an examiner seizes a piece of digital evidence, he should make an identical copy of it before performing an examination. The investigator should work from the copy (never the original). However, less experienced people in a hurry may forgo this step to their detriment. Some even know better and do it anyway, thinking it’s a calculated risk. Since I never wanted to explain to a judge why I didn’t take these steps, I would often work late into the night waiting for the forensic image to complete. I mention this because I fictionalized a similar situation in my first novel, White Hat Black Heart.
April 16, 2020
War With Black Iris Kindle Giveaway
April 18th you can enter to win an eBook.
Goodreads Book Giveaway
War With Black Iris
by D.B. Goodin
Giveaway ends May 15, 2020.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
Enter Giveaway
April 14, 2020
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Goodreads Book Giveaway
White Hat Black Heart
by D.B. Goodin
Giveaway ends May 02, 2020.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
Enter Giveaway
March 28, 2020
Update on War With Black Iris
I have been super busy preparing for the launch of the second book in the Cyber Teen Project series of books. War With Black Iris immediately continues the story of Nigel Watson, Josephine Smith, and the rest of his gang. I’m not going to include any spoilers, but the adventure takes place on several continents with more islands to explore. Copy editing is almost complete, and the proofreaders are ready. If anyone is interested in helping with a beta read I will be sending ARC copies out sometime during the week of April 13th. I will need all feedback by the first week of May. Otherwise the book is still on track for a May 19th release.
