INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!!!!

11 Monday May 2015

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OK, total bullshit. However my book has broken into several top 100 bestselling lists on Amazon, and even rubbed shoulders with JRR Tolkien. For a moment I was just one spot behind The Two Towers in the bestselling epic fantasy books. That’s pretty cool for a guy who threw his indie-pubbed book into the fray only a few weeks ago. If whoever is reading this is someone giving it word of mouth, then by all means KEEP TALKING!!!!!

Peace and love to the readers.

DB

First reviews…

02 Saturday May 2015

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There’ve been a few reviews of What Remains of Heroes posted over on Amazon, and I must say they’ve left me quite flattered. One never knows what expect when a book becomes available for public consumption, especially a debut author, and so I’ll admit to a fair bit of hand-wringing. So, it was quite inspiring to see readers take time to spread a good word about the book, especially in such complimentary terms. “A great start to what should be a compelling series,” said one. Another called it “a rare nugget of great writing.”

As I said, I’m flattered. I’m sure there will be readers to whom the book does not appeal–it is unapologetically violent in parts and contains some mature (i.e., R-rated) themes and moments–but I’m happy that some people who did appreciate it decided to share their thoughts with the masses.

Hopefully the surprises I’m presently tinkering with in Book Two will be equally well-received. I won’t give too much away here, but let’s just say that a certain misanthropic bookworm and a certain green-cloaked female Variden are about to stumble upon the most dangerous place in the world… AND that DARTH VADER IS LUKE’S FATHER!

Happy reading!

What Remains of Heroes is OUT THERE

26 Sunday Apr 2015

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This is fun. It is REALLY cool seeing my book available on Amazon, seeing it actually selling a copy or two to total strangers, holding the paperback proof in my hand, and being well past the Girl Scout Cookie stage of knowing sales are likely to family and friends. And, this morning, I went INTERNATIONAL, with my first sale to some bloke across the pond in Merry Ole England.

I know, I know. NOT a big deal in the day and age of the interwebs, but cool nonetheless for yours truly.

And, what is also cool is that What Remains of Heroes is OUT THERE in a contest, the Self Published Fantasy Blog-Off, or the #SPFBO for those on Twitter. My book is still in the running, having made its way to the top five short-list of Fantasy Book Review. If it ends up being their Chosen One, then it will be circulated among nine other fantasy fiction bloggers (each of whom will have whittled their stack of self-published fantasy titles down to one) to see which of 10 books (from an original 250+) is the collective favorite. It is a cruel yet brilliant (and quite generous) death-match courtesy of the great Mark Lawrence, author of the excellent Broken Empire series.

Blogs will be written, songs will be sung.

The SPFBO has given me the chance not only to get my book OUT THERE, but also to discover a few gems. Reading a couple of them now, and I can’t help but be impressed by both prose and plot. There is a LOT of good stuff “out there,” not just stuff published by the Big Five.

Let’s face it, the industry has and will continue to change, and there are many talented authors deciding to self-publish rather than endure the agent courtship process. And I do mean “deciding.” “Vanity publishing” is an antiquated notion reserved only for the stuff that is truly crap. Authors have a new power, a new independence in this new market. Authors decide now, and I am happy to have decided to get my book OUT THERE.

Now go flog yourself for having wasted so much time reading this.

Almost there…

16 Thursday Apr 2015

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My epic fantasy book, What Remains of Heroes, is just about ready to see the light of day after being poked, prodded and otherwise tormented in the dungeon that is my study.  The cover is done, the final edits are taking place, and I hope to have it available on Amazon in the very near future.

And then I’ll need to get back to Book Two.  Ugh.