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The sequel to Keep the Ghost…

I’m happy to present one of the alternate covers for my upcoming novel, Shadow Box. Many thanks to Greg Poszywak, the artist behind all of my covers. Wait until you see the final choice for the book, because it looks even better than what you have here.

I’ve got something special with this book, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it. I’ve taken the questions and possibilities raised during Keep the Ghost and dug deeper, trying to examine what it would really mean to remake yourself in a new image of your own choosing. At the same time, I’ve crafted more of a mystery story here than I’ve ever accomplished before, with heavy nods to Raymond Chandler’s Phillip Marlowe mysteries.

I’m just at the last stages of polishing the story now. It’s been three months of constant editing, and I’m at a point where I just pick up the Kindle file and read the book every three or four days, trying to make myself happy with every single sentence. We’re getting close.

Shadow Box

I’m writing the last scene in Shadow Box tonight. I think you’re going to enjoy it. You should be hearing some more from me soon about the book’s release.

Keep the Ghost: Climb to 100

In just five months, Keep the Ghost has received 97 reviews on Amazon.com with a 4.4 average rating, making it my best performing book on the site. Thank you! Join me for the countdown to 100; this will be my first novel to break the three-digit mark on Amazon.

Keep the Ghost book two: Shadow Box

There’s going to be a sequel to Keep the Ghost called Shadow Box, and a third book after that which will complete Sean’s journey. I’m working on Shadow Box now. Stay tuned…

The [sic] paperback is now available

Good news! The paperback edition of [sic] is now available for purchase from Amazon.com. Enjoy!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008ZFYVIE

Keep the Ghost – #4 free eBook on Amazon

http://amzn.to/1KUk0xz

Well, my latest promotion/free giveaway event for Keep the Ghost is a great success. Tens of thousands of copies downloaded today, and Keep the Ghost is the #1 free Thriller/Suspense/Mystery story as well as the #4 most popular free eBook on Amazon… and rising, hopefully.

Keep the Ghost paperbacks

Keep the Ghost is now available as a paperback book! You can order one now through Amazon – click here for the link. 

Paperbacks

  

Paperback editions of Keep the Ghost will be available very soon, followed by The Blue and then [sic]. Hopefully, everything will be done by the end of the summer. 

Breaking ground

I’m getting ready to start writing my next novel. It will probably be two or three books in total, if this goes well. On the surface, it is going to appear to be a murder mystery set in a poor town in the South. But below the surface, things are going to get weird. Very weird.

I’m calling it “Endsville.” 

Self-publishing.

Six weeks have passed since I started this self-publishing adventure. I have to say, this was absolutely the right thing to do. For over a decade, I held out in hope of getting a major-press deal – and I came very close a few times, so I had reason to keep trying. But now, I’m… making money, building an audience, getting reviews, and with the state of the industry, probably closer to a major press deal than before. 

I’m tripling every dollar I spend on advertising. Why did I ever let anyone suggest my books aren’t marketable? The next time I sign a publishing deal, someone will have to demonstrate how and why they’ll increase my revenue stream. 

Thanks for supporting, everyone.