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Over the past weekend I was visiting the World Horror Convention 2011 in Austin, a place where horror writers from all over the country get together, share ideas, tips, experiences and lots of beer. I was on a panel on Friday afternoon, carrying the title “Fresh Blood,” during which I had the chance to relay my story as to how… Continue reading "I am back from World Horror Con"
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Well, this was a truly busy week. With the release of Curse of Kali I truly had my hands full, trying to promote the new Jason Dark mystery. As part of the promotion and my attempt to get the title at least into the Top 1,000 of Amazon’s Kindle bestsellers, I have also prepared a number of guest-post on various… Continue reading "The first stops of my blog tour"
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I am currently in the process of preparing the tenth Jason Dark supernatural mystery for release. Curse of Kali will arrive very shortly and I am trying to find ways to spread the word… maybe you can help? The book will be officially available next Tuesday, April 19, and since this is the tenth Jason Dark story, it feels like… Continue reading "Preparing for “Curse of Kali”"
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It has been some time since I last posted an update here, and I apologize, but the last weeks were just crazy full of things that required my attention. During this time a lot of things were going and I’d like to recap some of it for you here, in case you missed it. First and foremost, Fangoria issue #302 is… Continue reading "Fangoria issue 302 is out… and some other developments"
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As you probably know by now, my Jason Dark mysteries are about a homeless Leprechaun who lays golden eggs and throws rainbows at people to make them go shave their heads so they can learn to inhale soup instead of eating it… I’m just kidding, of course. I couldn’t fool anyone into believing that, but even though you know what… Continue reading "The truth about Jason Dark"
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As you may recall I recently reworked Demon’s Night, the first supernatural mystery featuring occult super-sleuth Jason Dark. In the past days I have also created a new cover of Ghosts Templar, another one of the Jason Dark mysteries. This was also an effort to make the book appeal to a larger audience, hopefully, in order to generate more sales.… Continue reading "Et tu, Brute?"
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Occasionally it seems we all are apt to ignore even our own recommendations, somehow too occupied with what we’re doing, I suppose, to stop for a moment and analyze where we are. Book covers are my case in point today. As many of you may know, I have talked about the importance of strong covers on numerous occasions on mailing… Continue reading "The Emperor’s new Clothes"
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When you are a writer, doing research is part of the job, and oftentimes it takes up a major portion of our preparatory time. If you are an author working on period stories, like I am with my Jason Dark dime novels for example, this research is typically even more encompassing. In order to ensure accuracy of the material presented… Continue reading "History can be fun… but not in school"
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If you’ve been following the discussion on J.A. Konrath’s blog before the weekend where I guest-blogged about the success of my Jason Dark series — or its lack thereof — you will have noticed that there were a large number of comments, opinions and suggestions. In the aftermath of the public bloodletting I am currently in the process of weeding… Continue reading "The aftermath of the bloodletting"
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I just wanted to make a quick update before the weekend, to point out that I have been guest-blogging on two sites today. The first one is over on thriller author J.A. Konrath’s blog where I discuss some of the strategies I have employed with my “Jason Dark” series in order to get it noticed. You can read about some… Continue reading "Guest-blog Friday and two books you have to read!"
