Chest pain. You know it when you feel it. When you're fifty-years old, overweight and have a family history of heart disease, it can certainly get your attention. When I woke up in the middle of the night my chest ached. I mean it ached enough to make me forget my knee and I was …
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This past weekend proved an event can be personally rewarding, while being a huge pain in the @&%*. By all measures Hydra Publications had a fantastic weekend. Sales were up and the publishing house managed to make a nice return on investment. Personally, my novel, The Hand of God, did incredibly well, finishing as one of the …
The final Sunday of FandomFest started with a church services hosted by Dave Mattingly of Blackwyrm Publishing. No better way to start the last day of a convention than going to church with new friends. Afterwards it was back to the table and selling books. I ended up selling about 34 copies of The Hand of …
People. Lots and lots of people. There were so many people at FandomFest today, the fire marshal cut off any more ticket sales. I'm thinking they were all trying to get to the Hydra Publication table, but that's just a guess. The Hydra table was almost as packed at the hall, with wonderful writers from …
Today is the first day of the FandomFest Comic and Toy Expo, at the Kentucky International Convention Center and Galthouse Hotel. I will be featured at the Hydra Publications table signing The Hand of God. There will be plenty of big name celebs during the weekend. Scheduled guests include William Shatner, Stan Lee, Gillian Anderson, Gene Simmons, Alan …
This past Saturday I attended an all day book signing of The Hand of God, at Karen's Book Barn and Java Stop in LaGrange, Kentucky. I was there to celebrate Oldham County Day and was joined by another Oldham County author, Rachael Rawlings I'd like to start by thanking Karen and the rest of the …
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My debut novel, The Hand of God, just hit number one on the Amazon Kindle Free Fantasy list, during the Hydra Summer Bash. The event, hosted by my publisher, Hydra Publications, is a free two day giveaway promotion. My novel hit number one in both Fantasy and Occult. My thanks to everyone who downloaded my book and …
I'd like to thank Marty, Tim, Brad, Georgette and Austin for making my book signing of The Hand of God, at Barnes and Noble at the Summit a fantastic success. I almost doubled my expected sales and the fine folks at B & N could not have been nicer. They put me right up near the …
Now that I’ve had my first novel published and am working on the second, I’m not quite a newbie anymore. Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of things I have to learn about writing and the publishing business as a whole, but I’m not nearly as green as I used to be. Now …
My how things have changed. Years ago, if I wanted to go to a restaurant and write, I took a notebook and a pen. A few years ago I started taking a laptop and chose restaurants which had an electric plug for my computer and away I typed. Tonight, I’m at Bistro 42 in Prospect, …
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