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June 16, 2013
Guest Post: John Grover
A Monstrous Evolution, or, How I Came to Love the Monster
© 2013 John Grover
My name is John Grover, I write horror and fantasy fiction and I love monsters. There, I said it. I won’t hide it anymore. Oh, who am I kidding? I never really hid that, haven’t really hidden that since I discovered Creature Double Feature on TV. If you were like me, once you saw that first show with the five hundred foot lizard breathing radioactivity over Japan or the glowing woman whose touch was death or the Atomic...
June 7, 2013
The Clockwork Companion is now FREE at Amazon!
The Clockwork Companion: Your Key to the Mrs. McGillicuddy Universe is now FREE at Amazon…and it’s already ranked #2 in the Steampunk sub-category!
Try out The Mrs. McGillicuddy Mysteries before you buy. If you like urban fantasy, I guarantee you’ll love A Clockwork Vampire and A Werewolf in Time! But if you don’t believe me, follow the link:
June 2, 2013
Listen to the Devil’s Playlist!
I have a fun new mix up at 8 Tracks–all songs inspired by the Nick Englebrecht books! I’m using the forthcoming Guide to Nick’s World as my placeholder pictures, so be aware the cover might change.
Anyway, presenting The Devil’s Playlist (The Nick Mix), which includes:
Inkubus Sukkubus – Wytche’s Chant
Guns N’ Roses – Sympathy for the Devil
Alan Jackson – Don’t Rock The Jukebox
Linda Ronstadt – You’re No Good
Nuclear Assault – Something Wicked
Pussycat Dolls – Magic
Vanessa Mae – The Devil’s Trill S...
May 25, 2013
The Clockwork Companion & ARE
Download the Clockwork Companion Free!
The Clockwork Companion: Your Key to the Mrs. McGillicuddy UniverseBehold the final cover upgrade for the Mrs. McGillicuddy books, The Clockwork Companion. Chock full of over 30K of steampunk/steamnoir-related material, including an awesome intro by author Louise Bohmer.
I figured while I was at it, I would change the title to remove the word Free, not because I don’t want to offer it as such, but because some outlets, like No...
May 24, 2013
Why I don’t write steampunk…
Actually, I consider what I write to be Steamnoir. Steampunk with a touch of pulp and mystery, sort of the mutant bastard child of Gail Carriger and Agatha Christie, if that makes any sense.
So, do you guys think I can launch my own new genre?
May 23, 2013
A Werewolf in Time makeover
A Werewolf in Time (Mrs. McGillicuddy #2)
Cover by The Job Octopus.
And on the heels of yesterday’s post, a new cover reveal for A Werewolf in Time! Plus a lower summer price. Grab them while you can and be sure to dive into The Mrs. McGillicuddy Mysteries: The Series, starting with Episode 1: So You Want to be a Vampire.
A Werewolf in Time Sample (146 KB)
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May 22, 2013
A Clockwork Vampire gets a cover upgrade
A Clockwork Vampire (Mrs. McGillicuddy #1)
Cover design by The Job Octopus.
I felt it was time that the old cover gets an upgrade. I mean, you need to dust these things off and make them purty again, and the second ebook cover was more of a quick fix, after I had a falling out with my original cover models.
If you haven’t started on my steampunky paranormal series, now’s a great chance to do so! I also reduced the price for all you summer readers. So download and enjoy Mrs. McGillicuddy’s univ...
May 21, 2013
A Story of Survival Part 2
Hi Everyone
My name is Cameron Von St. James, some of you may remember me from my guest post that Karen allowed me to post here on her blog a while back. Seven years ago, my wife, Heather was diagnosed with an aggressive and deadly cancer called mesothelioma, just three months after giving birth to our only child. It was a tough battle, but in the end Heather was able to defy the enormous odds against her and beat the cancer. Now, we work to raise awareness and support for others going through...
May 20, 2013
Opening Lines
Nick Englebrecht is featured in Great Opening Lines with The Devil You Know. You will need to scroll down a tad to find it. Bonus: You get to read the first line of The Devil Dances (Nick Englebrecht 32):
http://darkedgedromance.blogspot.ca/2013/05/great-opening-lines.html
May 15, 2013
The Devil goes down to Pennsylvania
Today was quite an awesome day. I’m knocking chapters out of The Devil Dances (Nick Englebrecht #2) faster than a fat kid eats Pringles. I admit that’s a strange anthology, but you’ll have to excuse me. A publisher loved my pitch of a new Young Adult book I’m writing with my partner, Louise Bohmer, so that makes around four series I need to juggle now and my brains feel a little bit like the consistency of Reddi Whip.
In any event, the reason I’m excited is because up here in the Pocono Mount...
