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November 19, 2012
Zak Corbin featured on Kindle Nation!
Today’s featured book on Kindle Nation is … you guessed it: ZAK CORBIN: MASTER OF MACHINES! In other news, the writing continues on the second ZAK CORBIN book, tentatively titled NEPTUNE’S FURY. I intend to enter the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest for 2013 with a brand new entry: CALL OF THE KESTREL. This is [...]
October 31, 2012
Disney Buys Lucasfilm, Plans For More Star Wars Movies
Okay, I can see the smirks on all of your faces. Walt Disney bought Lucasfilm, along with Star Wars and Indiana Jones, for four and a half billion Mouse bucks. Does the world really need new Star Wars movies? Is is true George Lucas won’t be involved? Am I running a Hollywood buzz site? Well [...]
October 25, 2012
Stick A Fork In The Road – Stopping and ReThinking
This is not the first time this has happened to me. I will be writing a story, getting in very deep with the plot, the characters and the situations, when all of a sudden the well goes dry, the story fails to proceed or worse … your wife points out some serious problems. Such is [...]
October 18, 2012
New Interview – I Am A Reader, Not A Writer
I was graciously invited to submit to some interview questions from the I Am A Reader, Not A Writer blog. I was offered a slew of questions, of which I answered the top 15 which I thought were relevant or funny. For your hard work at reading, there’s a giveaway for a signed copy of [...]
October 15, 2012
More Zak Corbin Giveaways!
Yep, it’s October and I have a signed copy of ZAK CORBIN to give away on GoodReads AND through Facebook (two separate giveaways!) If you’re interested in the GoodReads giveaway, click on the magic button below! Goodreads Book Giveaway Zak Corbin by Tony Russo Giveaway ends November 15, 2012. See the giveaway details [...]
October 10, 2012
Zak Corbin Featured At GMU
Received a wonderful email from my alma mater, George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. A copy of ZAK CORBIN now sits among a rather high-brow collection of novels, poetry, short stories, essays and other works from the university’s MFA program. And here’s another, wider shot of the book under glass: It’s odd to see the book [...]
October 2, 2012
Fall For The Book Festival Panels
So I spent the weekend attending several of the panels for the Fall For The Book festival at George Mason University. On Saturday, I made the trip from just over the border in Boothwyn, PA to Fairfax, VA in time to attend the Self Publishing Panel. No surprise, but the attendance for this one was [...]
September 25, 2012
At The Fairfax Fall For The Book!
During George Mason’s Fall For The Book Festival, I will be at the Starbucks in Fairfax City (intersection of Old Lee Highway and Main Street) this Saturday, September 29 after 4:00 PM (after the Childrens Panel at the Book Festival). Drop by to chat and have a coffee! I will have signed copies of ZAK [...]
September 18, 2012
Sneak Peak! Preview of Neptune’s Fury
What’s a good book without a knockout follow-up? I was extremely excited and pleased that the release of ZAK CORBIN: MASTER OF MACHINES went so well. Many downloaded the ebook and quite a few of you have added it to the “To-Read” status on GoodReads. So since there’s been so much interest, I’d thought I [...]
September 14, 2012
Fall For The Book News
Well I’m the bearer of good news. I contacted the folks responsible for George Mason University’s Fall For The Book Festival that they run in cooperation with Fairfax City libraries and book clubs. They were excited to hear about ZAK CORBIN and were more than happy to add ZAK to the alumni newsletter and coordinate [...]
