Paperback Writer

Today, the paperback edition of BLOOD OATH will hit stands everywhere.

This is kind of a big deal for me because in the dark ages before Borders, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com, my main bookstore was the paperback rack at the local M&W. For years, that and the public library would sustain me between the all-too-rare trips to the bookstore downtown. (My hometown, due to a mix of poor urban planning and geography, didn't even get a mall until I was a sophomore in high school.) I was introduced to many of my favorite authors because they were slotted into spaces on the wire racks by the comic books and magazines. There was something so great about discovering a new book in the Fletch series or getting scared just by reading the back of a Stephen King novel.

I really hope someone else has that same feeling when they see this at the local grocery store:

In other news, I can see that I've been neglectful in my relentless ego-surfing and self-promotion. Here are a few spots around the Internet where my name has popped up lately.

Robin Bradford has a great, insightful post about BLOOD OATH and the inherent problem of bloodsuckers falling in love with their food source. It also has a brilliant title: EAT PREY LOVE. If that had been the name of the Julia Roberts flick, I might have even gone to see it with my wife. Thanks for all the kind words, Robin.
The Terrebonne Parish Library system is going to have a discussion of BLOOD OATH on March 2. The reason this geeks me out: that's located in Houma, Louisiana, which, as every fan of Alan Moore will know, is the home of the muck-encrusted SWAMP THING. In my mind, that's almost a team-up between him and Cade.
Super-Powered Fiction Files has some very flattering things to say about BLOOD OATH, too. Thanks.
And I will be guest-blogging all month at LitFest Magazine. I promise 90 percent original content. Or at least 70-85. Somewhere around there.