Thunderclap for Yuletide Immortal

Social media promotion I’m trying something a little new for the Yuletide Immortal release.  It’s a promotion through a free service called Thunderclap, and it’s really simple: when participants agree to help they are allowing Thunderclap to post a promotional announcement automatically through one–or all three–of the media listed (Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr).  Once you’ve agreed and…

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Publication Dates

Immortal at the Edge of the World Four months from today, you will be able to buy your copy of the third book in the Immortal series, Immortal at the Edge of the World.  The publication date is set for October 2, 2014. Preordering is not yet possible, but you can bookmark it on GoodReads. Hard-Boiled Immortal…

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Huffington Post article, on genres… and a new mailing list

HuffPo article In this week’s Huffington Post article I discuss genres, and why they aren’t doing me any favors. Every description of one of my novels eventually requires the use of the phrase mash-up. As in, “Immortal is a sci-fi contemporary fantasy adventure historical-fiction humorous first-person confessional mash-up.” This is mostly accurate, but makes people faint, so…

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SAPPHIRE BLUE on Netgalley

Calling all reviewers On the off-chance you are a reviewer who does follow me here or on Twitter or Tumblr or on my Facebook Author Page but did not catch the news, Sapphire Blue is now available for request on Netgalley. I’m sorry, I should make that more emphatic: SAPPHIRE BLUE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR REQUEST ON NETGALLEY! Actually,…

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IMMORTAL for the holidays, and a GIVEAWAY

A SALE For the holiday season, Immortal will be available direct from the publisher for a special discount price of $11.  Do you have anyone on your Christmas list who needs to read this book?  I think you do! Get your copy here! A GIVEAWAY To promote the holiday pricing, we will be giving away FIVE…

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Author Gene Doucette

Facebook People, I have been on Facebook for so long now that when I joined my children were scandalized by the news.  This is how you tell a social network is The Latest Thing, incidentally: if your teenage kids have to sit down and think about whether or not they’re okay with you using it.…

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Social networking, the sequel

More places to find me I have expanded the places in which you can find my random mutterings, musings and meanderings.  I had no solid reason for doing this aside from the boredom that comes with waiting for a book release and a dearth of new things to write.  (I am researching for the third Immortal book…

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Saturday is Indie Book Event Day

On the road to NYC I am packed. I am ready. I am terrified. I am on my way to NYC shortly (by bus) and will be spending all day Saturday at The New Yorker Hotel to attend the Indie Book Event as part of my continuing effort to convince all of you to read Immortal. I…

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Summertime

Brain dump A funny thing happened to me after I finished writing Hellenic Immortal: my brain stopped working. Oh, it’s not like it’s actually fully non-functional, but it’s tired.  Really, very deeply tired.  In fairness, it’s been running non-stop between the promoting of Immortal, the rewrites, and some screenwriting stuff I can’t talk too much…

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What to get the author who doesn't have everything

Birthday wishes “I don’t want everything.  Where would I put it?” —Stephen Wright As today is my birthday, I have decided to be obnoxious, which I admit is not a large step for me but here it goes. Read Immortal That’s what I want from you, on this, the occasion of my forty-third birthday.  I…

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