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June 2, 2016
A Blistery Reminder
The pre-order period for the hardcover edition of Blister is over halfway through. Oh, you still have time (it ends June 15th) but if you’re the forgetful sort, you may want to go ahead and take care of that.
For those who just want to read it but not have a glorious hardcover edition to proudly display to their adoring friends and family, there’ll be a Kindle edition shortly after the hardcover pre-order period ends.
For those who want a physical book but not a collector’s edition, Sinister Grin Press will also publish a paperback edition around when the hardcover ships in September.
You can pre-order your copy directly from Sinister Grin, or you can reserve it from Camelot Books, which has a fine selection of my other titles right HERE.
June 1, 2016
One Star Didn’t Read
There are plenty of negative customer reviews of my books that are thoughtful, insightful, and fair.
Then there’s this.
BAD FEELING For Dirt Cheap
Throughout the lovely month of June, the e-book edition of I Have A Bad Feeling About This is a scant $1.99.
This is across all platforms, so you can get it from Amazon, Kobo, or wherever you like.
At Amazon, if you buy the e-book you can add the audio book for $3.49 more!
If the thought of getting this delightful novel at such a low price plagues you with guilt, I assure you that I’m okay with you taking advantage of this amazing deal. I’m GLAD you’re getting the book so inexpensively. It fills my heart with happiness. Click away, my friend!
May 31, 2016
Waiting Game
So I finished the sample chapters of Skeeter’s Cash and flung them off to the interested editor. Now the wait begins.
The completed manuscript for The Odyssey of Harriett is with a different editor. The wait continues.
An OCD part of me wants to get Skeeter’s Cash from 8800 words to 9000…but once that’s done, my “main” project will switch over to my vampire novel Miles of Night, which I believe will be the most action-packed vampire novel EVER!!!! and I’m including my own Draculas in there. So if you hate action-packed vampire novels, you’ll definitely want to skip that one.
May 30, 2016
Welcome to Gleefully Macabre!
Welcome to my website! Whether you were brought here by interest in my work or a Google search gone terribly wrong, I encourage you to hang around and start clicking away!
My new novel, The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever, is available at bookstore near YOU! Or, if you’re on online shopper, pre-order it from Amazon.
The hardcover limited edition of Blister is available for pre-order until June 15 from Sinister Grin Press.
The hardcover limited edition of Wolf Hunt 2 is now available! Get it from Dark Regions Press or the paperback edition from Amazon. Or get it for your Kindle!
My novel, Kumquat, is now available! Get the Kindle edition or the print edition from Amazon!
(P.S.: People who leave reviews on Amazon deserve great big hugs!)
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Twisting
I usually suck at guessing big plot twists in movies. Even if the Internet is collectively giving itself a smug pat on the back over the ease with which it predicted a twist before the coming attractions were even over, I’m usually surprised. I didn’t see the twist in The Village coming, even though the movie is so bad that I spent the whole time thinking, “C’mon, get to the twist so we can end this and go home!”
But last night I watched [TITLE REDACTED] and guessed the twist at the first clue, about five minutes in. I’m not going to tell you which movie it was, because knowing that there’s a twist might spoil it for you. All I want to do is bask in the fact that in this one instance, I was ahead of the filmmakers. Ha!!!
May 28, 2016
Back on Tumblr
Last year, I decided that I wanted to start posting daily progress updates on the various things I’m working on…but I didn’t want to clog up my main blog with that much detail.
So I started a Tumblr blog for those readers who want to track the progress.
Then I abandoned it for eight months.
Now it’s back.
If you’re the kind of person who wants to know that yesterday I wrote a little over 500 words on a vampire novel called Miles of Night, that’s the place to go. If you’re of the “Just tell me when it’s done” mindset, you can safely skip it. The power is yours!
May 27, 2016
Hero Spat
Yesterday I did a “superheroes having a spat” double feature and finally saw Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil War. I basically agree with the consensus that BVS:DoJ was joyless and dull and CA:CW was unbelievably awesome.
It would be nice if movie studios were still allowed to keep some secrets. Think how much more fun it would’ve been if we DIDN’T know that [That One Character Everybody Loves] was in the movie. You would’ve been watching happily, and suddenly you would’ve went, “Holy crap! I never expected this! I was enjoying the movie already, and this wonderful surprise has kicked it up a couple of notches!” Of course, those Game of Thrones-watching bastards would then blab it all over social media, so only the people at preview screenings would be surprised, but still…
Got to hear a really great reading of my short story “Awakening” by Joe Hempel for the audio edition of The Year’s Best Hardcore Horror. He totally nailed the timing. I’m not sure when the book will be available, but I’ll let you know…
May 26, 2016
June Events
So I went through my “Appearances” page and deleted several events that are now over. The listing is significantly less robust now. Still, here’s what I’ve got in June:
June 10, 2016: B&N TEEN BOOK FESTIVAL. Tampa, Florida. Barnes & Noble locations across the nation will be hosting YA authors on the same night! Lynne Hansen and I will be at the Tampa location at 11802 N. Dale Mabry Highway, doing a reading and signing at 7:00 PM.
June 23-28, 2016. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Orlando, Florida. I’ll be doing a signing at the Sourcebooks booth Sunday at 11:30 AM, and I’ll also be hanging out at the Horror Writers Association booth.
May 25, 2016
Four Ahead
So I’m now four books ahead of what’s been published. Here’s what’s in the pipeline…
Blister (novel) – E-book edition coming next month. Hardcover edition coming later this year.
The Odyssey of Harriett (novel) – No publisher yet. Waiting for news…
Untitled YA Novel About Teenaged Illusionist – Coming sometime in 2017.
Cold Dead Hands (novella) – No publication date scheduled.
My next project is a crime thriller called Skeeter’s Cash. Since there’s no way I’ll finish it before Blister comes out, I guess I’ll remain four ahead.
