Immortal review from a Girl Who Reads

A great review You might recall my talking about Girl_Who_Reads in my first blog about the Indie Book Event because she had one of the best stories about her website name I’ve ever heard, and because I did all I could to convince her to read Immortal. Well, she read it.  Here’s a little of what…

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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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Ringing in the New Year

It has been quite a year I have a bad habit of focusing on things that haven’t happened yet rather than stepping back and looking behind me at what has been accomplished.  This tunnel vision quality is sometimes very useful, such as when I’m writing a novel, but maybe less useful in other settings, such…

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International and electronic Immortal

Death of the “local” customer As I have discussed before, the e-book revolution sort of took me by surprise.  I still like paper books, but I’m coming to realize that every day I cling to them is another day for me to look like a guy on horseback on a freeway. And I’m still trying…

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Promoting Immortal

The month in summary It has been quite a good month for Immortal, the little novel that could, but only after six years of couldn’t.  On penalty of death, I can’t mention specific sales numbers, but if you count both the books bought through Amazon and from my personal supply… well, we did okay. And…

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Blog review for Immortal

Thoughts that got stuck in my head Some nice comments from blogger Sue London regarding Immortal: “He has the wit of Douglas Adams, the sarcasm of Jim Butcher, the droll plotting of Spider Robinson, and the sly twists of Neil Gaiman…” Read the blog here

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The Pigeon Post: Immortal review

New Review A new review posted yesterday for Immortal!  This one’s interesting; the reviewer raised questions I never thought to ask.  Actually, scratch that: I never thought of them as questions at all. Read it here Goodreads Also, just a quick note: There is a second giveaway underway right now at GoodReads for one copy…

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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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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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GoodReads and Real Bookstores

Shop local! I am a terrible local Cambridge resident.  This becomes more apparent every day, as I am continuously discovering things I knew were there, yet I didn’t really know were there.  Like the independently owned bookstore under a mile from my house. The store in question is called Porter Square Books, they have been…

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