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February 8, 2011
A Review and a Rant!
It's sometimes a little daunting seeing nothing but 5-Star reviews being posted for one of your noir novels. And believe me, that ain't no boast because I've gotten my share of "you suck(s)" during my time as an author.
But these recent reviews for THE INNOCENT are sweeter than normal since they're for a re-released novel that used to be called As Catch Can and that was so mishandled by its original Big 6 publisher back in the late 90s and early 2000s that after paying me a boatload of money and even after two pre-pub articles in Publishers Weekly plus some nifty foreign rights sales, the powers that be allowed it to slip under the radar during a corporate restructuring. Oh, and then the publisher wouldn't let me have my rights back for years, effectively placing MY WORK (my F'N BABY!) in a cryogenic state....
Get the rest of the scoop at The Vincent Zandri Vox:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
The Innocent
Godchild
But these recent reviews for THE INNOCENT are sweeter than normal since they're for a re-released novel that used to be called As Catch Can and that was so mishandled by its original Big 6 publisher back in the late 90s and early 2000s that after paying me a boatload of money and even after two pre-pub articles in Publishers Weekly plus some nifty foreign rights sales, the powers that be allowed it to slip under the radar during a corporate restructuring. Oh, and then the publisher wouldn't let me have my rights back for years, effectively placing MY WORK (my F'N BABY!) in a cryogenic state....
Get the rest of the scoop at The Vincent Zandri Vox:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
The Innocent
Godchild
February 5, 2011
Harriet Klausner on GODCHILD!
The funny thing about newly re-released novels on Kindle and E-Book is that you can dust off some pretty tasty reviews that went largely unnoticed when the big ass publisher decided to remainder the book for one corporate reason or another...So here is a stellar review on my new release GODCHILD from the very famous Harriet Klausner!!! And it's a dandy!
Get the scoop at The Vincent Zandri Vox:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
Godchild
Get the scoop at The Vincent Zandri Vox:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
Godchild
February 4, 2011
Another 5-Star Review for THE INNOCENT
THE INNOCENT by THE BELLE OF BOISE Blog
get it plus a cool interview with the author here:
http://briclarkthebelleofboise.blogsp...
The Innocent
Godchild
get it plus a cool interview with the author here:
http://briclarkthebelleofboise.blogsp...
The Innocent
Godchild
January 31, 2011
The Art of Writing! The Business of Selling!
Back in 1922 a young writer who decided to move to Paris in order to pursue his muse was shocked to learn that many of the writers and artists who lived inside the famous city weren't really writers and artists at all. They were simply posseurs. Or posers.
People who sat about the cafes and pontificated upon the world of the arts, what was wrong with it, how they were going to somehow make a difference and turn everything that existed up until that moment onto its head. They would smoke and drink and drink and smoke, and talk and dress all in black and grow goatees and mustaches and they most certainly looked like writers and artists, but in the end they were a bunch of do nothing nobodies. Yet it was these same posseurs who came to hate the new eager young writer. In him they recognized something they lacked. He possessed drive. He possessed energy. He possessed ambition. And most of all, he possessed a talent that would only come to fruition from both hard work inside his writing studio and hard work selling himself as an adventurer and fearless sportsman to the general public. He was the real deal and for a long time, arguably "the most interesting man in the world." That young writer's name was Ernest Hemingway.
....Get the rest of the story at The Vincent Zandri Vox:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
Godchild
People who sat about the cafes and pontificated upon the world of the arts, what was wrong with it, how they were going to somehow make a difference and turn everything that existed up until that moment onto its head. They would smoke and drink and drink and smoke, and talk and dress all in black and grow goatees and mustaches and they most certainly looked like writers and artists, but in the end they were a bunch of do nothing nobodies. Yet it was these same posseurs who came to hate the new eager young writer. In him they recognized something they lacked. He possessed drive. He possessed energy. He possessed ambition. And most of all, he possessed a talent that would only come to fruition from both hard work inside his writing studio and hard work selling himself as an adventurer and fearless sportsman to the general public. He was the real deal and for a long time, arguably "the most interesting man in the world." That young writer's name was Ernest Hemingway.
....Get the rest of the story at The Vincent Zandri Vox:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
Godchild
January 30, 2011
THE REMAINS Remains a 5-Star Breakout Thriller
Here's the latest review from Cafe of Dreams Blog Critics Reviews....
get it at the Vox:
http://www.cafeofdreamsbookreviews.co...
The Remains
The Remains
get it at the Vox:
http://www.cafeofdreamsbookreviews.co...
The Remains
The Remains
January 29, 2011
Feb Virtual Tour Dates Announced for THE INNOCENT
Head on over the Vincent Zandri Vox
for Details (HINT: there will be free giveaways....or is that redundant?):
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
The Innocent
Godchild
for Details (HINT: there will be free giveaways....or is that redundant?):
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
The Innocent
Godchild
January 27, 2011
GODCHILD Reviewed!
The first of what will be many GODCHILD reviews....we hope!
Head on over to the Vox to catch it:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
To grab a copy for you Kindle or Nook or whatever.....
http://www.amazon.com/Godchild-ebook/...
Cheers
Vin
www.vincentzandri.com
Head on over to the Vox to catch it:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
To grab a copy for you Kindle or Nook or whatever.....
http://www.amazon.com/Godchild-ebook/...
Cheers
Vin
www.vincentzandri.com
January 26, 2011
Competing with the Living and the Dead
That title is misleading since in the world of E-Books, there's infinite room for everyone, right? Nothing gets remaindered due to lack of shelf space, nothing goes out of print because the publisher is either board with promoting your work or not enough pennies are coming in to support the support of your published novel. No book ever goes away. Nothing ever dies. Your spot in the E-Book store is just as prominent as a major A-list writer like James Patterson.
Or is it?
Lately I've noticed something funny happening. As the E-Book versions of my novels like the special edition "Sweet Dreams"/"The Remains" enter into the Amazon bestseller lists and/or the Amazon Hot New Bestselling Release lists, that a competition of a sort truly does exist. Real competition. And not just with other bestselling independent and established authors. I find myself competing with a whole bunch of dead guys.
Get the rest of the story at the Vincent Zandri Vox!
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
The Remains
Or is it?
Lately I've noticed something funny happening. As the E-Book versions of my novels like the special edition "Sweet Dreams"/"The Remains" enter into the Amazon bestseller lists and/or the Amazon Hot New Bestselling Release lists, that a competition of a sort truly does exist. Real competition. And not just with other bestselling independent and established authors. I find myself competing with a whole bunch of dead guys.
Get the rest of the story at the Vincent Zandri Vox!
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
The Remains
January 22, 2011
Debut of THE INNOCENT Trailer!
Check it out the new trailer for THE INNOCENT:
Get it at The Vincent Zandri Vox:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
The Innocent
Get it at The Vincent Zandri Vox:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
The Innocent
January 20, 2011
Vincent Zandri: Sponsored by Budweiser!
Lately there's been talk amongst publishers, agents, and authors alike that E-Books might one day be offered to the public for free (ok, I know this is happening now, but I mean ALL E-Books). Instead of the reader paying the author/publisher, sponsors will pay in exchange for product placement inside the text. Since the books are read via electronic reader, readers will be able to link to specific product websites, and even to that author's own books should the opportunity present itself.
I wondered if a scenerio of sponsorship is realistic or if I even unintentionally mention the name of popular products and services inside the text of my books and more importantly, if I did so organically. In other words, do these products become included in the story because they belong there or because I might want them there in order to collect a payment?
Here's a small chapter of a new novel I'm working on, Moonlight Rises (the sequel to Moonlight Falls). Let's see how many instances of product placement there are without me forcing them into the text (I'm not gonna link to all of them because I'm a writer more than a blogger and I've got a lot of work to do...but you get the point!)....
Get the rest of the scoop at The Vincent Zandri Vox:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
The Remains
I wondered if a scenerio of sponsorship is realistic or if I even unintentionally mention the name of popular products and services inside the text of my books and more importantly, if I did so organically. In other words, do these products become included in the story because they belong there or because I might want them there in order to collect a payment?
Here's a small chapter of a new novel I'm working on, Moonlight Rises (the sequel to Moonlight Falls). Let's see how many instances of product placement there are without me forcing them into the text (I'm not gonna link to all of them because I'm a writer more than a blogger and I've got a lot of work to do...but you get the point!)....
Get the rest of the scoop at The Vincent Zandri Vox:
http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...
The Remains
