Immortal
Texas Book Festival 2013
Returning to Austin I will be returning to Austin this year for the annual Texas Book Festival! You may recall last year’s trip, in which I learned exciting things like how to pronounce Chuy’s, the difference between fiction and non-fiction, and how to survive a hurricane in a hotel nowhere near the hurricane. This year I am hoping…
Read MoreBook updates
Distribution Have you ever walked into a bookstore, looked around, and said to yourself, “Why aren’t any of the novels by my favorite author, the incredibly handsome Gene Doucette, for sale in this establishment?” Of course you have! Well now you can walk right up to the nearest employee and tell them to correct this, because…
Read MoreWorking title for Immortal 3
Titles are hard I hate the idea of working on a novel whose title is Immortal 3 because we all know unless this is a movie it’s not going to end up actually being called Immortal 3. (It should be a movie though. Hollywood: give me a call! We’ll do lunch!) The problem is no title has been…
Read MoreMy next novel
So as to not bury the lede First things first: my next novel is called Sapphire Blue and it will be coming out (tentatively) on February 27, 2014. In terms of genre, Sapphire Blue is definitely two things, and possibly three other things, and the two definite things it is are things you are probably not expecting…
Read MoreImmortal Audiobook
2013 opens with a new audio edition Here’s an exciting way to start off the new year: the Immortal audiobook! Yes that’s right, someone who is not me sat down in a studio and recorded (unabridged) the entire book, and let me tell you: hearing your own written words read back to you is a damned…
Read MoreOn the third day of Christmas
One day sale You can purchase copies of Immortal and Hellenic Immortal today on a discount as part of TWCS’s Twelve Days of Christmas sale!
Read MoreA different kind of review
Immortal cover design Here’s something different: a review of the cover art for Immortal. Excerpt: The color contrast is great. I like the shades of silver and the way they complement the dark blue suit and tie, and I also like that we can’t see the model’s face. It seems like blue is a pretty common…
Read MoreHoliday Shopping
Christmas is coming I wanted to take a moment to thank the many, many people who have picked up ebook copies of Immortal and Hellenic Immortal over the past six months or so. Your enthusiasm has been remarkable, and I can’t wait until next year when you have a chance to read Fixer. In a slightly less thankful-more-commercial vein, I…
Read MoreTWCS Black Friday
Black Friday E-Book Sale My publisher, The Writer’s Coffee Shop will be having a one-day sale on all of their E-Books, which includes Immortal and Hellenic Immortal. So if you have not gotten your e-copy of my books, Friday is your chance to download them at a nice price. And if you have already bought them, take a look at…
Read MoreAustin memories (3)
Sunday is for Sandy While all of us authory/publishy types were hanging out in downtown Austin on a brisk Saturday, a hurricane you may have heard something about was aiming for the East Coast, and it was shaping up to be an issue for those of us who A: reside on the East Coast, and…
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