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NEWS
May 2008 - More reviews now available for Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles and Willing Sacrifice.
April 2008 - The Lorelai Signal has released A Time To...Volume2 anthology with my story "Mentor for Hire". More info available at Lorelei Signal. The first review for Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles can be found at the Mist and Stars blog.
March 2008 - Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles is now available in Trade Paperback!
February 2008 - The first review of Willing Sacrifice is out at My Shelf.com. The E-book version of Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles has been released and can be found at Fictionwise.com. The Trade Paperback version should see the light in another month or so. Also the Best of the Bubba Anthologies will be seeing release in August.
January 2008 - New press release for Willing Sacrifice. Chapter of Willing Sacrifice is being highlighted at the Start At the Beginning Blog Spot. New interview over at Teensreadtoo!
The Cover for Willing Sacrifice won Best Cover of 2007 on the Editors and Preditors Poll. Houston We've Got Bubbas made it on the Finalist list there as well.
December 2007 - Vassal
of El is being sold in the new Amazon Kindle format! Also added yet another story on Supernatural at Fanfiction.net called Of Grief and Guilt. (Yeah looks like I lied from what I thought would happen back in October - doh!) October 2007 - New
interview! This one is at Podio
Media Chat. What should be the last Supernatural Fanfic for some
time (I need to get back to other stuff!!!) Broken
Idols is up. Willing Sacrifice is
OUT! Finally - yay! So far it is only showing up at fictionwise.com,
but should already be in the Ingram database disseminating to Amazon and
others. Time to get the marketing going and spamming the world!
Booyah! September 2007 - One more
Supernatural story is up called Our
Separate Ways. August 2007 - Houston:
We've Got Bubbas has been released from Yard Dog Press! Second fan
fiction story for Supernatural is Jess. Price
of Mercy has received a contract from Zumaya
Publications! This will be my fourth book with them. July 2007 - Cross-eyed
Dragon Troubles finally has a release date!!!! E-book version should
be out sometime in Dec 2007 and the print version about a month after.
HUZZAH! Added a link for Sera
Gamble, awesome TV author/editor and largely responsible (along with the
other writers and actors) for my current obsession. June 2007 - Have added two new convention links - Lazy
Dragon Con and Shimakon
both in TEXAS! Booyah! Also, to follow the degrading slope of my new
obsession with Supernatural
I have now added a sort of hidden page to the
website for info I am compiling from the eps and also a few other useful links.
Willing Sacrifice chapters have been updated with
what may well be the final edit. Pen name for fan fiction is up and so is
a story for Supernatural called Sacrifice
of the Heart. May 2007- Have added my
very first obsession to the links pages - the TV show - Supernatural!
If you've never seen it, I highly recommend it! April 2007 - I have now
become part of the Rambles.net
group of book reviewers. Have also added links for them and the House
of Dra, which is a home made clothing group with the coolest embroidered
shirts ever, in the links page. My short story "Mentor for
Hire" will be appearing in the July-Sept Issue of the Lorelei
Signal web magazine. Woot! March 2007 - The Madten
blog (which includes moi) will be doing a contest during read an e-book week
March 4-10th. Come read the blog and the posted book passages, answer the
question after in the comments section, and you are instantly entered! I
believe Zumaya will also be doing something for E-book week, and I will post the
details when I get them. February 2007 - Have just been confirmed as a guest for Conestoga
11. Yard Dog Press always makes a big splash here and after getting
put on Lynn's list 3 times last year I figured I am meant to go! lol. Added David Hopkins
to the links list. Prolific comic book author and father. Met him at
my niece's birthday party. Nice to meet you David! Also added Christopher
Stires, Jinx
Schwartz, and Pepper
Smith - Read some awesome books by these folks! January 2007 - Jennakay
Francis has been added to the links list. She is a Fantasy author.
She will be having some interview questions and an excerpt from "Vassal of
El" in an upcoming newsletter.
Also I have joined a number of other Zumaya authors and we're about to start a
promo group as well as a blog called It's
a Mad, Mad World. December 2006 - Zumaya Publications is having a contest to name their new upcoming Romance Imprint. They've set up a poll with ten names thought up by the authors. Poll will close on Dec 15th but everyone who votes will get a chance to win - Three will win a gift card worth $100, $50 or $25 provided by Zumaya authors, as well as some special personal gifts the authors are lining up as we speak. Not only that, we're offering five holiday-themed ebooks—three for adults and two for kids—free for the duration of the poll. To vote go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/name_that_imprint
So, even if you don't read romance, come to Name That Imprint and let us know which of the names tickles your fancy. The Sci Fi Traveling
Road Show is holding a favorite author poll for authors who have been
featured on the show. So go on over there and vote! The winning
author gets a nifty banner at the site and bragging rights. Woot! All
shows are free MP3 downloads. November 2006 - Updates and additions to websites like My
Space, Frappr,
and Tagged. October 2006 - I will be the featured guest in the weekly chat by Writing
to Publish on 10/23 9pm CST. (This has now been postponed till
11/20 as I, err, horribly forgot to show. *blush*) MD Benoit has been kind enough to add a pic of my workspace at his blog
on a real cute Zumaya Publications promo gimic. See my messy workspace
first hand! lol September 2006 - My short story "Moonbase" has been accepted
by Yard Dog Press to
be part of the next book in the hilarious Bubba anthology series - Houston,
We've Got Bubbas! Woot! Have added links for Nuke-Con, IkkiCon, and Serdar Yegulalp on the links
page. BookNibbler's
will be running a series of excerpts and discussion questions on In the
Service of Samurai starting 9/22 August 2006 - New review
for "Vassal of EL" by Dr. Bob Rich. July 2006 - "In the Service of Samurai" is now available in
serialized format as Audio MP3 files! Chapters 1-5 have been uploaded to Podiobooks.
The files are free, though the site will take donations. A new way to
read/listen to some great books! Uploaded some pics for my trip to Comic Con
2006! Blog
entry for the trip. And Ten Ton Hammer accepted a write up for the SOE
Block Party I attended while I was out in San Diego. Also have joined the mobs and added a My
Space website! A new interview is available in MP3 format from The
Sci-Fi Traveling Road Show! June 2006 - Flash Fiction reading on the Sci
Fi Traveling Show - Yes, part of the interview session is out, this one my
reading of a Flash Fiction piece. Go have a listen! Patricia McCracken, who graciously did three pieces based on my novel
"In the Service of Samurai" has been interviewed by The
Thunder Child. What's truly neat is that they found her through my
promo! lol. So I get a very nice mention at the site. Sweet~! May 2006 - New Promo push by All Stars The short story "Final Kiss" has been accepted for publication by Mundania
Press, LLC. This will be an e-book download stand alone. New
concept being tried out by the publisher. I will be interviewed and have a flash reading on the Sci
Fi Traveling Show on May 21st. Not sure when it will air, but will
keep you updated. September 2005 -- Hardshell
Word Factory has accepted my novel "Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles" as
one of their latest YA titles. Publication should be sometime around June
2006! Huzzah! August 2005 -- Amazon.com has purchased Booksurge!
With any luck this will mean Zumaya's titles will soon become available through
Amazon without having to add a markup. *fingers crossed* July 2005 -- "Willing Sacrifice" has been turned in after beta
reading and one last go round. Publisher expects the book to be available
sometime in 2007. Disabled Paypal shopping cart as there seemed to
be some issues. February 2005 -- Have been accepted to participate in the 4th Annual Plano
Book Festival on March 6th. Benefits Adult Literacy. January 2005 -- I am now an official guest at ConDFW
2005! I've also now set up a Paypal
Shopping Cart for anyone wanting to buy their books directly from me and
autographed. It will accept credit cards! And, if I get all this done on time--a major revamp of the website! December 2004 -- Vassal
of El is a finalist for the 2005
Eppie Awards! Whoop! August 2004 -- Had 3 short stories accepted for the Small
Bites anthology put together to raise funds for the medical expenses of
famed horror write Charles Grant. Preordering available before the 9/1/04
expected release. March 2004 -- "Vassal of El" has been released! Huzzah!
(Formerly titled Wings of Angels) February 2004 -- Release of Wings of Angels delayed. Hope to see it end
of Feb beginning of March. Also looks like the title will now be
"Vassal of El" and there'll be a new cover. The story "Surfing USA" has been accepted into Jeff
Turner's CD Anthology called Fundamentally Challenged. January 2004 -- In the Service of Samurai has made the finalist round for the
2004 Eppies! Yay!!!!!! November 2003 -- Sample chapters are now online for Wings of Angels. Looks
like publication date will be January 2004! Also have been added as an official guest for both Fencon
and Itzacon. Interview has been added from Sell
Writing On Line. October 2003 -- Finally have been appointed an Editor for Wings of
Angels! Should be released early 2004 for sure. July 2003 -- Publicity campaign ho! Hoping it pans out! More reviews for In the
Service of Samurai. June 2003 -- The story "Bubbas of Troy County" has been accepted
into the Bubbas of the Apocalypse anthology which will be available soon from Yard
Dog Press. May 2003 -- New reviews at My Shelf.Com
and the Washington
Science Fiction Journal. January 2003 -- Zumaya Publications has now obtained the e-book version of
their books in 5 e-book formats which are being sold directly from their website
at substantial savings for consumers and more royalties for both Zumaya and the
writers. Eternal Night has uploaded
samples of "In the Service of Samurai" and an interview. Release of "Wings of Angels" has been delayed till later in the
year. (Later renamed Vassal of EL) December 2002 -- "In the Service of Samurai" has finally been released for
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