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Recent Press

I've been doing a bunch of press lately, so let's start at the beginning and when we get to the end we'll stop.



First, I did a lengthy interview for the Hello, Sweetie Podcast. You can listen to it here. We covered everything under the sun, including the books and, of course, Star Wars.



Secondly, Andy Wilson over at Huffington Post was kind enough to include God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut on his list of 5 books and apps you have to try for the Kindle and Nook, saying this of the book:

"Young ...

New Short Stories and an Xmas wish...

I want to wish everyone who reads this site and my material a Happy Holiday, Christmas, or whatever else you might celebrate.



For those of you who are fortunate enough to be opening an eReader, don't hesitate to pick up stories and books from indy authors like myself.



You can check out the complete list of my books and stories and most are available for all major eReaders.



I've also published a brand new selection short stories today that you can check out:





The Accidental Date contains ...

Lost at the Con is Free for 24 Hours

For the next 24 hours, Lost at the Con will be available for free on the digital Kindle format.



You can pick it up here.



If you like it, I can't stress how much it would mean to me for you to rate and review it just about everywhere you can think of and to tell your friends about it.



There is nothing more important to the life of a book or the well-being of an author than word of mouth for their projects. Be sure to spread the word and feel free to take a gander at my other written works.

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Want to get Lost at the Con for Free?

For the next 90 days, Lost at the Con will be part of the Kindle Lending Library, meaning that you can go to Amazon and check Lost at the Con out as though it was from the library. And with their new fund for their library, I'll get paid for you to go read my book for free.



But it gets better. If joining up on Amazon Prime isn't your thing, I'll be giving Lost at the Con away for Kindle this weekend. On Saturday, December 17th, for one day only, you'll be able to get Lost at the Con digitall...

A Book Signing (Featuring Me and Tracy Hickman)

Saturday is a big day for a number of reasons. One of the biggest, though, is that I'll be at a book signing with Tracy Hickman, signing copies of Man Against the Future and Lost at the Con.



Here's the information from the press release:

SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- Eborn Books at Valley Fair Mall will be hosting a signing of science fiction authors on December 17th, just in time for the holiday season.  

Headlining the event will be New York Times Bestselling author Tracy Hickman Hickman is a...

God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut

As some of you may know, I'm a huge fan of Kurt Vonnegut. Disciple might be a better word than fan. His body of work might have influenced more than anyone else (including George Lucas).



Over the years I've been collecting short stories, letters, and essays published elsewhere that have been directly about or inspired by Kurt Vonnegut.



I've finally put together a book's worth of material and it is now available to you.



It includes:



Kurt Vonnegut is in Heaven Now - essay

To Be Me - short ...

Writing Tip #327

We all have different methods at getting us through those dark, dreary days of a first draft. They're not so dark, I find I actually have a lot of fun writing, otherwise I wouldn't do it, but sometimes you get stuck. When you get stuck, the worst thing you can do is just to give up. I'd never have completed a single manuscript if I gave up every time it got hard.



Over the years, I've come up with little shortcuts to help me get through those times that are harder than others like we all do (...

Interview with Max Allan Collins

I had the chance to do an exhaustive interview with the author Max Allan Collins about his new book from Mickey Spillane's manuscript, The Consummata. It's a fantastic read and a sequel to the top selling Delta Force.





For the portions of our interview regarding Spillane and The Consumatta, those will be appearing on The Huffington Post. For the portions of our conversation that had to do with Collins's time at DC Comics and writing Batman, they will be appearing on Big Shiny Robot. I'll li...

Television Interview

I did an interview on Park City TV's Mountain Views with Portia Early about my books and my upcoming projects.



It was a great spot and I hope you guys check it out.



We talked a lot about Man Against the Future and Lost at the Con, but we also talked about the book I have coming out next month, God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut, and my next two novels.

The Cruel Kids: Four Short Stories

I've put out another pack of short stories for the Kindle and the Nook.



For $2.99, you'll get:



The Shadow of Dream - Protecting your children can sometimes be a nightmare.

Bryan and the Case of the Disappearing Playboys - A true story from my youth.

The Cruel Kids - If you found out a kid you mistreated in your past killed someone, would it change you?

Hungry - Sometimes you can still be a kid and have lived through horrible things in this story from World War II.



The thing that unifies th...