Big News: The Julian Year, Killer Rack on IndieGogo, and PW Reviews The Frenzy Wolves
But first a personal update: my daughter left a cup with a little bit of water in it near my laptop, and the cat must have gotten thirsty during the night; I awoke to a non-working Toshiba resting upon a wet tabletop. I've been blowing fans on the damn thing, which has worked in the past, but so far, no go. I'm keying this in on a MAC set up in my office, which is where I wish I'd kept the laptop.
THE JULIAN YEAR
My novel The Julian Year, Medallion Press' first TREEbook, was released on Sunday, June 1st. I believe it's my best book, and it's the first of its kind, so I have high hopes for it. Readers download the Medallion Media Group app for free from iTunes, then purchase the novel through the app for $9.99, and use the app to open the book and read it. The story has several pre-determined branch points, and each reader's individual reading habits trigger the branching technology, which is seamless and organic; the whole point id for a reader to be unaware the story has changed on him until a tree graph appears at the end of the book; at that point the reader can bounce around the other branches, experiencing entirely different events and outcomes, at will. My story posits that over the course of one year, every one on earth gets possessed on his birthday; at the end of one year's time, there should be no one recognizable left...depending on which branch(es) you follow. I think it's an original concept, one that suits the possibilities offered by the technology. Because the technology is so new - developed by Medallion - the roll out will be slow. We're still waiting for reviews (it will take reviewers a while to fully explore the alternate story lines I created), but one fellow novelist did tell me he thought the novel was fantastic. You can read more about it in the "spotlight" literary section of the new issue of Rue Morgue, and you can read excerpts from the novel, and follow a link to download the MMG Sidekick, here: http://thejulianyear.com/signup
KILLER RACK
Several weeks ago, I posted a blog about the Kickstarter for my next film, KILLER RACK, a comedy about a woman who discovers her new breast implants are actually Lovecraftian monsters hell bent on taking over the world. The screenplay was written by my friend Paul McGinnis, and it may be the funniest thing I've ever read. We hoped to raise $25,000 to make the film, but only mustered $6,600 - which means we see none of it. Man, I spent a month working around the clock on that. Still, we found 101 backers, which isn't bad. Our Plan B was to launch an IndieGoGo campaign fo ronly $7,000; on IGG, people can pay by credit card or Paypal. We've raised $2,960 so far, and are 42% funded. At IGG we keep what we raise regardless of whether or not we meet our goal, but IGG takes a bigger cut if we fail. We only have 11 days left! Please consider giving the Boobs a helping hand: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/killer-rack/x/78828
THE FRENZY WOLVES
The third and final volume in my Frenzy Cycle won't be published until October, but Publishers Weekly has already given it an excellent review. I've been fortunate with PW; they've given every book of mine they've reviewed a positive review except for CARNAGE ROAD, which they awarded a mixed review. Here's the new review:
Lamberson’s third and final Frenzy Cycle installment (after The Frenzy War) is an engrossing tale that can stand on its own. NYPD captain Anthony Mace has won acclaim for prevailing against the Brotherhood of Torquemada, an organization known to the public as a terrorist group but in reality is an ancient sect dedicated to wiping out suspected witches and werewolves. In a contemporary New York secretly home to a pack of lycanthropes, Mace is tasked with tracking down the Full Moon Killer, an escaped murderer who has recently discovered his inner wolf, while the authorities try to suppress mounting evidence of the monsters. Mace thinks the lycanthropes pose no inherent threat to humans, but a war for supremacy among them may undermine their natural indifference. Mace is a sympathetic and thoroughly modern protagonist who agonizes over how to define terrorism in a complex world even as he longs for suburban surcease from his sorrows. The story unfolds smoothly, and, while some unwieldy characters never come alive, the plot is riveting. (Oct.)
Well, summer is here at last, after a typically dispiriting Buffalo winter. I'm currently editing the sixth and final book in The Jake Helman Files series, writing drafts of the CARNAGE ROAD screenplay for Craig Sheffer, prepping KILLER RACK and researching what will be my twelfth novel for Medallion, a stand alone eco horror novel. I've never been so busy in my life, and I've promised myself I'll never be this busy again - I'm 50 now, and I can't maintain this pace.
THE JULIAN YEAR
My novel The Julian Year, Medallion Press' first TREEbook, was released on Sunday, June 1st. I believe it's my best book, and it's the first of its kind, so I have high hopes for it. Readers download the Medallion Media Group app for free from iTunes, then purchase the novel through the app for $9.99, and use the app to open the book and read it. The story has several pre-determined branch points, and each reader's individual reading habits trigger the branching technology, which is seamless and organic; the whole point id for a reader to be unaware the story has changed on him until a tree graph appears at the end of the book; at that point the reader can bounce around the other branches, experiencing entirely different events and outcomes, at will. My story posits that over the course of one year, every one on earth gets possessed on his birthday; at the end of one year's time, there should be no one recognizable left...depending on which branch(es) you follow. I think it's an original concept, one that suits the possibilities offered by the technology. Because the technology is so new - developed by Medallion - the roll out will be slow. We're still waiting for reviews (it will take reviewers a while to fully explore the alternate story lines I created), but one fellow novelist did tell me he thought the novel was fantastic. You can read more about it in the "spotlight" literary section of the new issue of Rue Morgue, and you can read excerpts from the novel, and follow a link to download the MMG Sidekick, here: http://thejulianyear.com/signup
KILLER RACK
Several weeks ago, I posted a blog about the Kickstarter for my next film, KILLER RACK, a comedy about a woman who discovers her new breast implants are actually Lovecraftian monsters hell bent on taking over the world. The screenplay was written by my friend Paul McGinnis, and it may be the funniest thing I've ever read. We hoped to raise $25,000 to make the film, but only mustered $6,600 - which means we see none of it. Man, I spent a month working around the clock on that. Still, we found 101 backers, which isn't bad. Our Plan B was to launch an IndieGoGo campaign fo ronly $7,000; on IGG, people can pay by credit card or Paypal. We've raised $2,960 so far, and are 42% funded. At IGG we keep what we raise regardless of whether or not we meet our goal, but IGG takes a bigger cut if we fail. We only have 11 days left! Please consider giving the Boobs a helping hand: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/killer-rack/x/78828
THE FRENZY WOLVES
The third and final volume in my Frenzy Cycle won't be published until October, but Publishers Weekly has already given it an excellent review. I've been fortunate with PW; they've given every book of mine they've reviewed a positive review except for CARNAGE ROAD, which they awarded a mixed review. Here's the new review:
Lamberson’s third and final Frenzy Cycle installment (after The Frenzy War) is an engrossing tale that can stand on its own. NYPD captain Anthony Mace has won acclaim for prevailing against the Brotherhood of Torquemada, an organization known to the public as a terrorist group but in reality is an ancient sect dedicated to wiping out suspected witches and werewolves. In a contemporary New York secretly home to a pack of lycanthropes, Mace is tasked with tracking down the Full Moon Killer, an escaped murderer who has recently discovered his inner wolf, while the authorities try to suppress mounting evidence of the monsters. Mace thinks the lycanthropes pose no inherent threat to humans, but a war for supremacy among them may undermine their natural indifference. Mace is a sympathetic and thoroughly modern protagonist who agonizes over how to define terrorism in a complex world even as he longs for suburban surcease from his sorrows. The story unfolds smoothly, and, while some unwieldy characters never come alive, the plot is riveting. (Oct.)
Well, summer is here at last, after a typically dispiriting Buffalo winter. I'm currently editing the sixth and final book in The Jake Helman Files series, writing drafts of the CARNAGE ROAD screenplay for Craig Sheffer, prepping KILLER RACK and researching what will be my twelfth novel for Medallion, a stand alone eco horror novel. I've never been so busy in my life, and I've promised myself I'll never be this busy again - I'm 50 now, and I can't maintain this pace.
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