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#FILLTheVOID - the IndieGoGo campaign

#FILLTheVOID The IndieGoGo fund-raising campaign starts in two weeks...

We are currently working on setting up a crowd funding campaign to turn the latest book, the JackPort Killer into an audiobook! I will bring you the funding link when it goes live on 25th and it's going to be all over Facebook, Twitter and Google+ for the next while as we try to raise £2,500.  For now, here is the press release and the campaign video.

Please start saving and support the campaign however you can.

A damaged serial killer is stalking the city streets.

Bodies left at random.

Ritualistic in their method.

Brutal.

Can Detective Lobo find the JackPort Killer before events get too close?

Too personal?

Welcome to The Endless, Sprawling, Neon City beneath the broken EverNight.

Welcome to the world of The Wolf.

Acclaimed author Kneel Downe released the first of his Detective Kurt Lobo case files, The JackPort Killer, in May this year to great critical reception and his VirulentBlurb universe grew bigger. Starburst Magazine picked up on the teaser trailer for it and reviewed the book, saying “you will soon find yourself completely immersed into the bizarre, cyberpunk, dystopian world Downe has created, and find yourself wanting more” and TheCultDen gave it 10/10. Now the universe is set to expand again as, for the first time, the Wolf gets a voice when The JackPort Killer comes to audiobook!

Kneel was born in 1967 and raised in the middle of countryside and silence where he immersed himself in books and fantasy. After trying several writing styles, Kneel began tweeting short fragments of fiction. A meeting with his idol, Jeff Noon, made Kneel realise that these short bursts could make up a whole universe of fiction and so the VirulentBlurb projects began.

The world-weary wolf-spliced Detective Kurt Lobo first appeared in Kneel's debut book, VirulentBlurb:Fractures, along with the other characters from the ever-evolving VirulentBlurb. Amelia received the first solo character outing last year in the next book Amelia's Song but, whilst Amelia's journey was a beautiful change of pace and very well received by fans and critics alike, it was the wolf-spliced detective that readers of Kneel's books were clamouring to hear more from and the first casefile was released.

We have struck a deal with London-based award winning studio Spokenworld Audio, winners this year of both an Audie and a New York Award for their work, and the production and distribution costs are sorted. What is left is the need for £2500 to finalise all other costs and get all the parties into the studio, so we are loading up the perks and crossing our fingers.

The search then began across the globe for a voice actor to bring Lobo to life in a way that excited both Kneel and the fans. After an extensive hunt, actor Greg Patmore of Big Finish fame was approached.

Greg is from the industrial heart of England, son of a soldier and a nurse, with a childhood background in brass bands and community theatre. A working class boy, his expectations were set pretty low until he discovered music and theatre almost simultaneously in his mid teens. He recently appeared with Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton as Good 'Lias Hatfield in the hit US series 'Hatfields & McCoys' which won 5 Emmys, and this year appeared with Bradley Walsh in the current series of 'Law & Order UK'. Subsequent appearances include 'Vera -The Deer Hunters' alongside Brenda Blethyn, and a role in new US TV series The Assets. He has appeared in several episodes of Coronation Street as thug Jonny Smith and has featured in David Morrissey's directorial debut film Don't Worry About Me and alongside John Henson and Neil Fitzmaurice in the British comedy feature Charlie Noades RIP. He will next be seen on stage at the Edinburgh Festival with Anne Archer in Terry Jastrow's hard-hitting play 'The Trial of Jane Fonda'.

We were all delighted when Greg read The Jackport Killer and loved it. He has excitedly agreed to the role and plans have been started to go into production of a full audio book. All that is left now is to find the funding required to finish the project off and get all the parties in to the studio. This requires £2500. So we have loaded up the perks and crossed our fingers...

This is where you come in! Between the fractured glass and the white noise is a void that needs filling. The silence is unbearable. The wolf must tell his tale... Help us to give a voice to Detective Kurt Lobo.

#FILLTheVOID

#FILLTheVOID

Enter the GOODREADS GIVEAWAY for The JackPort Killer

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Giveaway ends July 14, 2014.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win To celebrate the publication of the first of Detective Kurt Lobo's Casefiles, THREE copies of the book are being given away through Goodreads.  Click on the Enter to Win button above to get your name on the list.

Goodreads is a great place to keep track of books you are reading or want to read and it'd be great if you could leave a review of The JackPort Killer once you've read it, to encourage other people to follow the wolf.

You can also leave a review on Lulu at

http://www.lulu.com/shop/kneel-downe/the-jackport-killer-a-virulent-noir/paperback/product-21645381.html

and keep your eyes open for the paperback AND Kindle versions coming soon on Amazon!

Welcome to the world of the wolf...

THE JACKPORT KILLER IS ON THE LOOSE

Already getting rave reviews, including a staggering NINE OUT OF TEN from Starburst Magazine, The JackPort Killer is now available to buy in paperback from Lulu here

http://www.lulu.com/shop/kneel-downe/the-jackport-killer-a-virulent-noir/paperback/product-21645381.html 

The Kindle will be out next month and the paperback is also due to appear on Amazon soon.

"Welcome to the first KURT LOBO CASEFILE.

Welcome to the Endless, Sprawling, Neon City beneath the broken EverNight.

Welcome to the world of The Wolf."

The first KURT LOBO CASEFILE is coming soon

In a world of darkness and VodkaCaine, one Wolf Spliced Detective fights injustice in his own unique way...

We are going to get a glimpse into some of the cases that made Detective Kurt Lobo who he is in a series of Case File novellas.  Each novella will concentrate on one case from Detective Lobo's past leading up to the big one in Rabbit's Run, due out late this year or early next.

The cover artwork for the first casefile by Omand Original was unveiled last week and the theme will remain over the set of books, only the title and "photograph" on the front will change.

The start of the Jackport Killer can be read on the Detective Lobo twitter feed but it has changed and evolved in a dark and twisted way since then under the pen of Kneel Downe.

Prepare for the darkness...

VIRULENTBLURB:REFLECTIONS FREE KINDLE TIL 30TH APRIL

Don't worry if you didn't win the Self Publisher's Showcase giveaway, you can still get your hands on the latest book VirulentBlurb:Reflections for FREE on Kindle until 30th April.

CLICK HERE!

Book Giveaway from Self Publisher's Showcase

The great folks at Self Publisher's Showcase are running a giveaway competition just now over on their website.  The first prize is ALL THREE VirulentBlurb books.  There are also TWO second prizes of the latest book VirulentBlurb:Reflections.

Find out more about the books on the Buy the Books page or on Lulu, Amazon or Goodreads or read about them with Self Publisher's Showcase themselves.

Use the link below to go and enter - if you already "like" Blurbinfo on Facebook or follow @kneeldowne on Twitter you get extra entries too.

Good luck!

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO WIN WITH SELF PUBLISHER'S SHOWCASE.

Thank you!

A big thank you to all 132 people who picked up a copy of VirulentBlurb:Fractures when it was free on Kindle over the weekend.  Now... a favour, please.

If you have read the book, or any of the other books, please consider leaving a review on Lulu, Amazon or Goodreads.  It is very helpful to know what you think of the VirulentBlurb stories - both for the future development of the universe and so that others can judge whether or not they may like the books.  So it really does help!

If you've already left a review on one website, please try and copy it to the others if you can, so that as many people as possible will read what you thought of the books.  Even better, if you have reviewed the books for your own blog or website, or find a review from someone else, please let us know by tweeting the link to @Blurbinfo or adding it to our Facebook page.

There are more competitions and giveaways to come so stay tuned .... and clean your jackports.

Find the books (and please leave reviews!)

on Lulu - http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/KneelDowne

Amazon - author page

Goodreads - author page