On June 15th a book that means a great deal to me will finally be available for sale. That book is Scouts of the Apocalypse. You might point out that I have made similar statements about all my books (in regards to them being important to me) and you would be right. Every book I write is important to me. I have heard writers refer to their books as their children and I suppose that is a reasonable comparison. But this one is different and here is why: the story started out as something for my Scout troop. My Scouts were part of the story right from the very beginning. Every time I read the story I remember sitting around […]
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June is Chock-full of Awesome
2015 has shown itself to be a banner year for me. Jeffrey Hite and I started our new imprint, Evil Alter Ego Press, our first book, Dimensional Abscesses was released and there are a number of big wins at work and at home. And then June rolled around and upped the ante by a considerable margin beginning right on June 1st when Jack Kane and the Statue of Liberty (Amazon.com link) was released by Champagne/Burst Books. Jack Kane and the Statue of Liberty (Kobo books link) is the first in the Jack Kane series written by JR Murdock and me. The book is a YA/Steampunk/Super hero/Adventure/Comedy mashup that was an absolute blast to write. I can honestly say it was one of the most fun writing […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 155 – Jack Kane is Coming
A few years ago someone had the brilliant idea that JR Murdock and I should do a project together. The reasoning was, our writing had a lot of similarities. We both wrote science fiction where humour played an important part. Our styles of writing were similar. What would happen if we joined forces? We met one night via Skype and talked about the idea. Before the call was complete some two hours later we had a firm idea of what we wanted to do, when we wanted to do it and how. And now, on June 1st, that project will finally be available for everyone to enjoy. Burst books is publishing our book and it will be available as an […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 152 – Scott Roche Changes Gears
Hey there! Welcome to ‘Get Published’. I’m your host, Mike Plested. I am on Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets a lot. That’s because I’ve seen how many cool people also use those mediums. My participation in them has allowed me to meet and make friends with and interact with some of those people. I get to hear about new projects, successes, failures and talk about some of my own. I get and give ideas to help with writing and promotion. Every once in a while I see a post and I know I have to talk to the poster about it in more detail. Such a posting came from Scott Roche a few weeks ago. Scott talked about […]
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