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Simple Update

I’ve got a little bit to tell today. Lee Mather is going to post an interview he’d offered when I’d interviewed him last month. Once it goes live, I’ll link it right here —http://leemather.livejournal.com/12439.html

My publisher, Damnation Books, has got my E-books selling at 25% off through Dec. 31st, bothThe Wrong Way Down and Crossing Mother’s Graveare available. Direct links are on the respective book’s title.

Also, the free fiction website is doing very well, please visit. It is the best w...

Ten Interview Questions for the Next Big Thing

This interview was provided from my last guest, Lee Mather. To find him…

www.leemather.org.uk

http://leemather.livejournal.com

www.facebook.com/mather.lee

1) What is your working title of your book?

I am currently working on the third book in the Heretic Series. Its name is so cool I’m keeping it under my hat until I get a nod from my publisher. It is such a secret that not even my wife knows the name.

However, Crossing Mother’s Grave is getting great reviews from a plethora of sources.

2) Where di...

Seven Questions with Lee Mather

Lee Mather lives in Manchester England with his wife and new baby. Similar to Edward M. Erdelac, (my last guest) Lee is in a few anthologies being considered for a Bram Stoker Award in June 2013. Lee is coming out swinging, here is the good stuff.

1) Hi Lee. If you had three words to define yourself, what would they be?

If I could describe myself in three words I’d be a better writer than I am.

I’d only mess it up and throw in an adverb or something…

2) My first ‘Lee Mather’ experience was throug...

Seven Questions with Edward M. Erdelac

Happy Halloween! Well, almost. Today’s guest is Edward Erdelac, author of the Merkabah Rider series. He is the unchallenged champion in the category of ‘Weird Westerns’ and whose short stories are in three anthologies currently being reviewed for nomination for a 2013 Bram Stoker Award. He is a fantastic author, among the best I’ve read. Here is a link to my review on Goodreads.

JE- Hi Edward, thanks for taking the time for being interviewed.

EE- Thanks inviting me.

1) I just finished the first...

Seven Questions with Author Dina Rae

Dina Rae and I met virtually though our publisher, Damnation Books, just after her novel Halo of the Damned was released in the springtime of 2012. It is a pleasure to have this seasoned author write a little bit about her craft for us. Here is Seven Questions with Dina Rae, explorer of the paranormal, with cunning stories of both urban and historical conspiracies.

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1) Hi Dina, welcome to my little corner of virtual space. Where in the world are you? Tell us a little about yourself?

Thanks so...

A review of Crossing Mother’s Grave

Here is the first review of my second novel. Click on the link and tell me — what do you think?

http://legionwood.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/crossing-mothers-grave-by-jake-elliot-review/

The promised author interviews are still coming, plus I spoke with Edward M. Erdalac last week and he agreed to do an interview. I still need to formulate some good questions but it is going to happen.

Book Review–Echoes of the Past

I’d read Tim Marquitz’s novel, Echoes of the Past, in late spring 2012. It was an advance review copy for trusted reviewers only. I’d posted a review on Goodreads, but not here. It has bugged me for six months now.Tim has become one of my professional allies in this twisted business of books. The early reviews I’d done of the Demon Squad series were written as a fan, but that line has crossed closer to friend. I can still be honest.

Echoes of the Past is the fourth installment of the Demon Squ...

Free Samples from Mother’s Grave

I am terribly critical of my own writing. Even after it has been approved by the submissions editor, and checked closely by a content editor, and finally scanned by a line editor, I still see all the tiny flaws that I could have made better. It is all bullshit of course, just my mind torturing me. Below is the proof that it is all in my mind.

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This excerpt is from my second book, Crossing Mother’s Grave. Popalia, our heroine, has charged forward into a cave expecting to find Katia alive after...

A Naughty Little Tease

This is the first excerpt from Crossing Mother’s Grave. This is taken from the Prologue and it takes place just before Popalia and her group are arrested in The Wrong Way Down. It is a tightly written scene that wraps up a small loose end within the first book. This excerptreacquaintsus with antagonist Katia, and offers a fair bit of foreshadowing. (The Wrong Way Down was always intended as a set up for this book and the next one. Although book one had dark highlights, this book shows my love...

The New Book and a New Review

CM Saunders from the Fading Light anthology wrote a novella namedDevil’s Island. It was reviewedby an up-and-coming author, D. Robert Grixti. It was a very balanced review, so I figured Mr. Grixti to be an honest man. I offered him a copy of The Wrong Way Down, and here is the link to what he said about it. http://legionwood.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/the-wrong-way-down-by-jake-elliot-review/

I think that is awesome. There seems to be a trend here with what the reviewers are saying. Most of the...