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My Kind of Heroine

My Kind of ( )is a series of posts about my particular taste, the things that get me wound up in narrative. I always know them when I see them; the types of characters that seem like they’re speaking just for me, the settings that send me into daydream-land for weeks, the twists and plots that make me stay up late and miss work the next day. Up next? Heroines.

If My Kind of Hero was about doubt and courage, my kind of heroine is all about loyalty. She’s loyal to herself, first. She knows who s...

My Kind of Hero

My Kind of ( )is a series of posts about my particular taste, the things that get me wound up in narrative. I always know them when I see them; the types of characters that seem like they’re speaking just for me, the settings that send me into daydream-land for weeks, the twists and plots that make me stay up late and miss work the next day. For the first? Heroes.

My kind of hero carries his emotional baggage awkwardly. He’s tortured by his past failures. He may be haunted by lost loves, misse...

An Open Letter to the Reader That Hated Rabbit in the Road As Much As The Lord of the Flies

You hated my book? THANK YOU!

Dear Annette M. from San Francisco,

Thank you for taking the time to read my book on Amazon, Rabbit in the Road.

I noticed that after you finished reading my book, you left a one-star review that said the following:

“Haven’t hated a book so much since 30 years ago in high school when they made us read “Lord of the Flies”. Terrible book, bad plot, not logical, and I didn’t care about any of the characters. Blach!”

And after that, when another reader raised questions ab...

Rabbit In The Road: Signed, Sealed, Delivered To Your Front Door!

Don’t forget. Our giveaway is this weekend! Rabbit in the Road is free today and tomorrow on Amazon. It’s been downloaded over 17,000 times already, so don’t miss out.

Ready for your signed paperback copy to arrive? Hop on twitter, follow @oliverbcampbell, and send him the following message:

For the ladies:

“I’m a #diablo3widow and I want to read #rabbitintheroad!”

For the dudes:

“I’m a #diablo3widower and I want to read #rabbitintheroad!”

We will chooseTWELVEpeople at random who use those tweets t...

Rabbit in the Road Triple Birthday Giveaway Extravaganza!

Happy Birthday!

It’s such a big event, that we have to do 3 separate giveaways this week just to cover it all!

Last time we gave away Rabbit in the Road, over 10,000 people downloaded the book and are enjoying it. So why not do it again, in the name of jubilee?

1. May 16th (Wednesday) is Danika’s birthday! Because of this, we’re going to be giving away Rabbit in the Road in ALL TERRITORIES on Amazon for the Kindle completely free that day! No catches, no gimmicks. Jump up on in there and enjoy s...

2nd Time Around the Block: Test Reading The Dusk Harbinger

I was test reading books before it was cool. And before internet.

We’re back again. So what have we been up to during our strange absence?

Well, it’s simple. We’ve started test reading again for the next book, The Dusk Harbinger. Only 6 months after Rabbit in the Road came out? THAT’S CRAZY TALK, you might say.

Surprise, I’m a little crazy.

We learned a lot from going through the process of getting Rabbit in the Road done, test read, and released to the general public. So it’s no surprise that we...

Customer Service #2: Rabbit in the Road Technical Difficulties

This is a public service announcement. An issue was just reported to me and I want to know if anyone else is experiencing it.

I’m hearing that some copies of Rabbit in the Road are corrupted on their download. Of the two reports that I’ve gotten, one was that the first page of the book repeated 75 times, and the second report is that the book suddenly ends halfway through.

Of the 12,000 units that went out, I have seen 14 units be “refunded”, and I reckon this is that issue manifesting itself.

I...

Rabbit in the Road: Over 10,000 Free Copies Downloaded on Amazon!

You’ll pardon me if I have to take a moment to be completely uncouth:

HOLY SHIT.

Okay, I’m better now. It’s still hard to believe. Our free giveaway weekend is coming to a close with a monstrous, unexpected bang of over 10,000 free copies distributed for the Kindle platform! There was no advertising, no budget, nothing. JUST pure word of mouth. This was a giveaway that wasn’t funded by a bloated wallet, or driven by big business. This was all driven by the MOST IMPORTANT PART of any book, any s...

Rabbit in the Road: 2400 Copies Given Away In 24 Hours!

And just like that, Rabbit in the Road’s first day of our great free kindle giveaway was a smashing success, pulling over 2400 unique downloads on Amazon in 24 hours! That’s 100 copies every hour!

We’re incredibly grateful and super excited to see our reading in front of so many people, and we can’t thank the most important people, those who SHARED our giveaway, enough!

Remember, there’s just one day left on our free giveaway on Amazon, so if you haven’t picked up your copy yet, I suggest you d...

Rabbit in the Road Free Giveaway Going Strong!

The Rabbit in the Road free giveaway weekend on Amazon is still going strong right now, folks!

In case you hadn’t heard, that’s right. We’re giving away the book for no charge this weekend only, no hoops, no catches. Just hop on over to Amazon and get yourself some free enjoyable reading.

Performance wise, it’s doing far better than we ever dreamed of expecting. In about 15 hours of time, we have moved OVER 1500 INDIVIDUAL DOWNLOADS!

If you haven’t gotten a chance to grab yours yet, don’t be shy...