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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…
Read MoreYuletide and Himeros and Goodreads
Yuletide Immortal on Goodreads I’ve added the newest Immortal Chronicles short to Goodreads and updated the the Immortal Books page here. Yuletide comes out on December second, and can be ordered right now, so get on over to Amazon and do that! As a contributor to the Cult of the Immortal pointed out the other…
Read MorePublication 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…
Read MoreImmortal At Sea excerpt
A sample Providing an excerpt of a short story seems a bit dangerous, because after all the story itself is only about 12,000 words long, so giving out a thousand of them means I’m giving out about 8% of the story. But what the heck, here’s a sample anyway. Below, Adam is talking about sea…
Read MoreSAPPHIRE 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,…
Read MoreAuthor 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.…
Read MoreAmazon listing
While I’m waiting As I’m currently sitting at home waiting for time to run off on the clock so I can grab my already-packed bags and head for the airport, I thought I’d take a moment to get caught up on Tumblr. Kidding! Tumblr’s been down for going on two hours now. Instead, I wanted…
Read MorePrint edition pricing
The cost of printing As I get ready for my weekend in Austin I would like to call your attention to this press release from earlier today: The publishing house that brought you “Fifty Shades of Grey” announces better quality and lower priced books for loyal customers To summarize, the per-book cost for print editions of Immortal and Hellenic…
Read MoreSocial 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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