May 25, 2015

Hope everyone's having a good Memorial Day. Sorry to interrupt it, but...

  ...Update, update, everyone's got an update...  

It's the last week for the Sword and Laser Contest. By this time next week, we will know which books get published and which do not. In our favor, we broke 300 preorders! Hooray! I honestly did not think any of the books (beyond Cinnabar, that rapscallion) would go above 300, but here we are. Thank you one and all (especially all, you'll ALL-ways be my favorite) for ordering my book and making this happen.

That said, other books have made huge jumps in preorders over this last week which means An Unattractive Vampire is now perched precariously in the 5th spot. If we can hang on here, we get published, but we could very easily get bumped down, so we need to do what we can to get more orders. If you have a few extra credits from already buying a book, throw them into a second copy for a friend. Or just spread the word. Tell people about An Unattractive Vampire. Post the link on Facebook or Twitter. Force people you're blackmailing into buying a copy. That last one I can't LEGALLY condone, but hey, I don't have to know.

Some groups that have shown An Unattractive Vampire some love this last week:

The Blurry Photos Podcast: A great podcast for monsters and mysteries, they cover everything from Baba Yaga and Spring-Heeled Jack to Tiwanaku and The Hinterkaifeck Murders. I steal so much inspiration from these guys and will continue to do so, unapologetically. You can find them on iTunes or at http://www.blurryphotos.org/

Four Humors Theater: A critically acclaimed Minneapolis comedy theater. If you are in or visiting the Twin Cities and you have the opportunity, go see a show. I cannot recommend them highly enough. You can find them (and possibly pictures of me with actual hair) at www.fourhumorstheater.com

And of course there's my comrades over at Our Fair City, without whom, I would not have been consistently writing for the past six years. If you listen to just one post-apocalyptic audio drama featuring molepeople, mad science, and bureaucratic corporate overlords, make it Our Fair City. Available on iTunes and at www.ourfaircity.com.

I will post more updates and excerpts soon. Until then, go out there and LEGALLY get people to buy my book. In LEGAL ways. That are totally LEGAL. *WINK*