The Next Best Book Blog: Immortal Review

First Review Thanks to TNBBC for the Five Star review of Immortal. Blurb: Part science fiction fantasy, part action adventure and thriller, Gene Doucette creates the perfect balance of humor and edge-of-your-seat anticipation in this genre-defying story of an immortal man named Adam, who finds himself battling demons and bounty hunters in his eternal search…

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WiFi WTF

Accessing the Internet in 100 easy steps On Friday morning, as I was preparing for my bike ride to the office, wife Deb informed me that the Internet was down. This was not an unusual occurrence.  Our configuration was as follows: Using a Mac laptop, I reach the internet via WiFi, talking to the Airport…

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Imago Books Interview

Blog Tour: Imago Books A new interview posted today, regarding Immortal and writing in general.  Stop by, make a comment, have a drink. Imago Books Interview

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Happy to meet you too

Face-to-face networking This may come as a shock to those of you that know me only from Facebook and Twitter, but I suck at face-to-face networking. This is not for lack of trying.  I have attended a fairly large number of events in the past, but the only talent I appear to have concerns listening…

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Immortal: first blurb

First book blurb A sui generis Urban Fantasy/Historical/Crime crossover novel, in which pixies, demons, dragons, and vampires are real — though few humans know that… Narrated by a wisecracking immortal that’s worldly, noir, skeptical without bleak cynicism, and open to surprises; he’s half Gilgamesh and half Raymond Chandler. I couldn’t put it down! –Jonathan Vos…

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My latest promotional gambit

Advance Review Copies If there is a God and/or a decent mail service out there, I’ll be holding the Immortal advance review copies (ARC’s) in my hand when I get home this evening. ARC’s are book copies produced by publishers prior to a book’s formal release.  These copies go out to reviewers, writers, and otherwise…

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The Latest Column on the Future of Publishing

I am nothing if not trendy I have seen a large number of articles recently about The Future of Publishing.  This may be because I spend much of my “I’m promoting my book” time hanging out on Twitter with other writers, but that doesn’t mean the question isn’t being put out there a lot. I…

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Cleaning out the political baffles

This is just to say… There are no legal arguments to justify a ban on same-sex marriage.  The only arguments currently in play are wordy versions of this statement: “I find gay people icky.” This country was not founded by Christians; it was founded by rationalist Freemasons.  The laws in this country are not Christian…

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I need my own flash mob

I need command of my own flash mob Speaking today to a local bookseller, the question was posed: if an event were planned in the store to promote Immortal, could I get thirty or forty people to show up? And the answer is: I don’t know.  Because so far all of my promoting has been…

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