My publisher, Lorina Stephens at Five Rivers announced the pre-order and a contest for Mik Murdoch: The Power Within today. You can find out more at: http://www.fiveriverspublishing.com/2014/06/mik-murdoch-power-within-contest-and.html
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It’s Time to Start Promoting Mik Murdoch: The Power Within
I constantly ask myself when I should promote a story or book. Do I wait until the it is actually available for pre-order, order or do I use some other criteria? I guess the question is more important to me because I grew up in the era when computer software was always being announced and promoted months and even years in advance. Sometimes the software actually appeared but often it did not. It was called promoting vaporware and I hated the practice. I simply don’t want to do that to my readers and followers. When I tell you a book or story is coming, it is coming. I can talk about Mik Murdoch: The Power Withing with a lot of […]
Read moreCover Reveal – Mik Murdoch: The Power Within
Things are moving fast and furious now with Mik Murdoch: The Power Within. My Publisher, Lorina Stephens from Five Rivers Publishing confirmed that all edits are accepted and the book is into layout. The cover is also complete and approved. All this means the book will be available August 1. I am happy to be able to share the cover with you today. Here it is: It is so amazing to be this close to having the second book in the series available. Next step for me will be to review the ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) and proof it. Let me put this out to you all now: any of you who are interested in doing a review of the […]
Read moreBig News!
As you may know, J.R. Murdock and I collaborated a couple years ago on a book. We wrote what we hoped would be the first book in a new YA/Steampunk/Superhero series. Writing as a team was a real learning experience with ups and downs, but we managed to finish the book, currently titled “Jack Kane and the Statue of Liberty”. J.R. wrote the protagonist POV and I wrote the antagonist. The story went through several editorial iterations before we felt it was ready to submit. And submit we did! And today, I am very pleased to announce that we have signed a book deal with Champagne Books. The book should be out in the fall of 2014. And, in case […]
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