Lots To Report
First, The Goodreads drawing has concluded. About 400 entered to win. I’m quite happy with that number because it was only up a week. Three winners were chosen by Goodreads and have been notified. I’ll send copies to the winners when business resumes in 2014.
Next, the Kindle version giveaway is underway. 416 copies were downloaded on Day 1. At this moment at 10 am the following morning, it’s at 475. That’s a nice pace. I don’t have all of my media in place yet, so I’m powerfully happy with the results. The book will remain free until the 29th of December.
A couple days ago my friend over at DO SOME DAMAGE, Steve Weddle, author of the savagely well written Country Hardball, put up a guest blogpost from me. It unpacks why writers need to pay attention to NOT presenting conclusions to readers.
My brother from another mother Brian Lindenmuth (somewhere within the last 250 years, we’re related) over at SPINETINGLER put up a 3700 word excerpt of NOTHING SAVE THE BONES INSIDE HER. The excerpt shows the conditioning and testing of a fighting dog named MAUL that plays heavily into the destiny of the badman, a country fount-of-evil named Angus Hardgrave. Thanks-many-thanks to Brian!
Today, Jedidiah Ayres over at Hardboiled Wonderland put up a guest post of mine: NOIR: HUMANITY’S GAG REFLEX, in which I take a look at why and how Noir Saves Lives. I should mention that in the article I wager Jed’s left nut. You’ll have to read the post to find out if you’d take the bet. I should also mention that Jed is the author of PECKERWOOD. If you haven’t read it yet, you should. He’s a magician with noir and establishes total control over your story mind within about two paragraphs. Highly recommend PECKERWOOD.
Last, THANK YOU to everyone who has helped: the result of your help, plus a couple other things like tweeting, facebooking, a couple of ads placed on free kindle sites, has produced this:
I have a couple more items in the push lined up. A key ad should go into place today, and an email blast on Saturday. I’m hoping to push that 764 down to under 100. I’d love to give away about five thousand copies (even more if possible), so if you have a contact that would like a book, or a channel through which you could share the message, I much appreciate your help. I’m humbled and grateful and indebted to so many people already. I’d love to be humbled and grateful and indebted to you!
