JULY 2015 NEWSLETTER

July 2015 Newsletter

July, 2015 A couple of things I want to talk about today. First: Episode 5 of SONG OF ARIEL Just a short note to let everyone know that the fifth installment of Song of Ariel (Chapters 13-17) Episode 5, is now up on Amazon. Just click on the link or the book cover for more information. I want to thank those who have downloaded the first four installments. Publishing a book this way was sort of an experiment for me. But I have to say, so far it has been received rather well, and I’m thrilled. Let me explain how this all came about. When I set out to write Apocalypse Island I did not have even the slightest notion that there would be a sequel. I thought it would be a tidy little stand-alone novel that would begin and end with the stories of Danny Wolf, Laura Higgins and Rick Jennings, and that would be that. That’s not the way it turned out. Somewhere along the way this strange entity known as the Blue Light intruded into my consciousness and made its way onto the pages of Apocalypse Island. By the end of that novel I knew that the Blue Light would have to continue in one form or another, one way or another. I wasn’t sure how then, but I knew that it was so. You see, I liked the blue light. But even more, I felt a strange attachment to it, as if it had a life of its own that had somehow escaped the imagination of its creator and found its way into his heart. Sometimes that happens, and I don’t have an explanation for why. By the time Apocalypse Island was published I was more than halfway through another novel entitled Soul Thief, which up until then was also destined to be a stand-alone novel. But something happened with Apocalypse Island that I didn’t expect. It became a best seller. A minor bestseller when you compare it to the likes of King or Patterson, but a bestseller nevertheless. And the one thing fans of Apocalypse Island kept coming back to was the Blue Light. I got a lot of mail from fans, as well as a ton of reviews, and the thing they talked about most was the Blue Light, What is it? Where did it come from? Where is it going? Please don’t hurt it. Please don’t kill it. I’m addicted to the Blue Light. I think I’ve fallen in love with it. Seriously? Seriously. Even one bestselling author made that claim. Somehow, I had unwittingly created an entity, not a human being, but an entity, without form or substance that readers have become attached to. Go figure. Well, that next novel, Soul Thief, pretty much wrote itself from then on. The two books became the beginning of Blue Light Series with ideas for at least two more novels. Once Soul Thief was published I began to see the same sorts of comments from readers I’d seen with Apocalypse Island. “Loved the Blue Light.” “Can’t wait to see the next one in the series.” “Want to know what happens to the Blue Light.” Will Doug and Annie and Ariel be all right. Will they survive? I want to know what happens to them and the Blue Light. Will the characters from the two previous novels come together in the third?” You get the picture. And that brings me back to the original reason for this post. The third novel in the series will not be complete for another few months, so, in an attempt to appease those who want more now, I’ve decided to release it as a series of .99 shorts, a chapter or a section at a time, depending on how it all fits together. Some releases will be shorter and some will be longer. Of course all of my books are always free to those who are members of Kindle Unlimited. Thanks for your patience, dear reader. I’ll see you on the other side of the Blue Light. Second: THE HAUNTING OF SAM CABOT The all new extended version of The Haunting of Sam Cabot is now available in paperback. Of course it is also available as an ebook as well as an audio book. I recently got the rights back to The Haunting of Sam Cabot from my publisher. Hurray! The original version of the book was a 98 page novella. In the preceding months I extended the novella into a full blown novel of just over 200 pages. The basic story did not change. I added more depth to the characters and had fun with some of the scenes and situations. Now on to the product description. There are places that hold evil, houses so vile, so tainted, that people refuse to live in them. Farnham House is one of those places. Once an inn, this majestic old New England manor house is back on the market, and the price is very reasonable. Sam Cabot is a man tired of moving. Now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life in the country with his wife and young son. Little does he know that he will soon begin a long, slow descent into madness and that he will spend his summer living with dead things. Third: I have updated the cover art for my novel  Soul Thief SOUL THIEF (The second book in the BLUE LIGHT SERIES ) That’s one of the great things about being an independent writer. If the cover art isn’t working change it. If the book description isn’t working, change it. Try to get a legacy publisher on board for such changes. I’ve tried and it’s almost impossible. Trust me. Considering the great success of Apocalypse Island, I was surprised that Soul Thief (which I believe is every bit as good as Apocalypse Island) wasn’t selling as well. I changed the cover art about a month ago and I’ve seen a dramatic uptick in sales. Again thank you dear reader. Now in Audio! (Note:  you can download any of the below FREE by becoming an Audible member on a no-risk 30 day trial basis) APOCALYPSE ISLAND (BLUE LIGHT SERIES 1)         SOUL THIEF (BLUE LIGHT SERIES 2)         THE FEAR          The Haunting of Sam Cabot (Ghost Horror)         Your comments are welcome (if you’re reading this post in my newsletter you can click here and you’ll be taken to the blog post) Thanks and be well, Like my Facebook Page Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend APOCALYPSE ISLAND HAS REACHED YET ANOTHR MILESTONE The digital version of Apocalypse Island (the first novel in the Blue Light Series) has had more than 200,000 downloads on Amazon. com. This number does not include all those Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Prime members who downloaded it as part of their subscription memberships. Thank you so much for the tremendous support.

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