Radio & Website Interviews

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On January 19, 2009 at noon (ET) I will be a guest on the Authors Read program on Blog Talk Radio.  During the 15 minute program, I will be reading a 10-12 minute excerpt of Night School.  When the time nears I will provide a link and call-in number (you can do either) to listen to the show.

Also, I was recently interviewed by Withersin Magazine.  The interview will appear online in the near future.  Once this is made available, I will let you know.

I also noticed that amazon.com is currently running a special on Night School, by taking a few bucks off the cover price.  So, if you haven’t yet picked one up, now would be a good time to do so!

A story from the past…

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While you wait for your copy of Night School to arrive (or if you haven’t yet ordered it, click here), I thought I would take this opportunity to bring back my first short story that was published, in Orion’s Child Magazine, called, ‘Gnomus.’  I don’t know about you, but these things have always scared me.

Anyway, click here to read the story.

Conventions

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Today, I was invited to be one of a panel of authors at two conventions.

Marcon 44, a full-spectrum SciFi convention.  It will be held Memorial Day weekend, May 22-24th in Columbus, Ohio.

Context 22, a literary speculative fiction convention.  This will take place the last weekend of August 2009 in Columbus, Ohio.

Both of these events are of the SciFi variety, but carry a heavy horror fan following as well, so it should be a great time.  For more information on both events (though, the Context site isn’t updated for 2009, yet) click on their names above.

Once details are made available, I will be posting them in Appearances/News.

Don’t forget…

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Don’t forget the Contest that is currently going on.  All you have to do post a question for me or a comment and you’ll have the chance to win the manuscript with my hand written notes that was used to make Night School.  If you are the 100th person to post a question or comment and win the mss, I’ll even inscribe and sign it for you. 

Good Luck!

If you want to buy a copy of the book itself, click here.

Blood Moon Rising/The Horror Writer

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Sapphire Publications, the same people that will publish my short story, ‘Thirst’ in the January 09 issue of Werewolf Magazine, also publish a few other horror related mags.  Among these are Blood Moon Rising and The Horror Writer.  In the past, The Horror Writer, has done interviews with horror genre greats; Michael Laimo & Richard Laymon.

The reason I mention this, is that I just completed an interview with the publisher (Al) and it will appear in #37 of Blood Moon Rising (online) and #10 of The Horror Writer (print). 

#37 of BMR will go live later this winter, while #10 of The Horror Writer will be out in the Spring of 2009.

As always, once both of these are available I will let you know so you can check out the interview.

And if you haven’t done so already, check out the Bookstore to purchase a copy of Night School.

Digest This…

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As the remains of turkey and stuffing continue to digest in your gut, here is some more food for thought.

Since my last post, I have been up to the following.

  • I am in the process of doing some minor editing on four short stories.  I expect to have this completed by the end of tomorrow and will begin sending them out to publishers for review.
  • I am in the very beginning stages of being a guest on an internet radio show.  During the show I will be reading an excerpt from Night School.  Once I know the date and time, I will let you know.
  • There is something BIG the works, as far as a signing goes.  More to come…
  • I am in the process of waiting on an order of business cards to come in.  On Monday, I will be placing an order for bookmarks.  The reason I mention this is because I will also be having a large quantity of flyers printed up in the near future to advertise Night School.  I will then distribute these on people’s car windows, businesses, etc.  So, if you live in the Cleveland area and would like to donate some of your time (and possibly earn yourself a pack of beer), please let me know.

That’s all for now.  I gotta get off here and continue editing a few stories.  Happy (belated) Thanksgiving!

Don’t forget to check out the Bookstore while you’re here and order a copy of Night School.

Available for Purchase: Night School

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At long last, your opportunity to purchase my novel, Night School is here. 

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It is available in Tradeback/Paperback (6×9) and can be ordered at:

Barnes & Noble

Amazon.com

You can also access the above links in the Bookstore.

If you haven’t yet read what Night School is about, click here.

A side note on the ‘release date’ that I previously mentioned.  The release date of 1/17/09, means that it will be available at all the book distributors and online retailers by that date.  But, of course, it is available now at the ones above.  So, if you order now, your copy will be shipped now and not in January.  By all intensive purposes, the book has already been released and can now be ordered by anyone; bookstores, the public, etc.

If you do decide to order a copy, feel free to drop me a line here and let me know.  Also, don’t forget to check out the FAQs to learn how you can get your copy signed by me after you receive it.

Sticker Shock you say?!  Yeah, well, what can I say…I didn’t set the price…if I had my way, it would be free for everyone.  Ok, well, maybe not.

Part 7, of ‘Jacob’s Mind’

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Click here to read Part 7, of my weekly installment of the Free Serialized Short Story, ‘Jacob’s Mind’  It can also be accessed by clicking the appropriate page to your right.

As a reminder, there is only one part remaining after this one.  Since Thanksgiving is upon us, it will be posted next week on Wednesday (11/26) instead of Friday.

Enjoy!

As a side note, I was contacted this morning by another (website) to do an interview.  The interview will take place mid-December and be posted to the website around the date of Night School’s release on 1/17/09!  Once I have done the interview and it is available, I will let you know where to go to read it!  Hint:  It is a site that is under my Links.

What’s going on, Part Deux

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As the time approaches when I will be able to tell you where to ‘pre-order’ Night School, I thought I would give you another update to what is currently going on.

1)  Arranged a book signing for mid-2009.  There will of course be others before then, but I have to wait until all the book distributors have the book in stock, so that the bookstores can order them for events.  I will of course keep you posted on these, under Appearances/News, to your right.

2)  I was asked by another magazine, today, for an interview.  Once I have done the interview and know exactly which issue of the magazine it will appear in, I will let you know.

3)  A new excerpt of Night School is now posted under Freebies.  Go check it out!

Other than those things, I have been keeping busy today with continuing to write the short story about a Mummy, I mentioned in my previous post. 

Also, remember the second to last part of ‘Jacob’s Mind’ (Free Serialized Short Story) will be posted tomorrow.