Hello, Spring! And just in time! While tulips are coincidently blooming across the state of NC, so is The Tulip Factory which is now in 17 bookstores across the United States! I can’t wait to meet, greet and sign copies of my book this summer at some of these amazing local indie book shops! Something else kind of cool... Barnes and Noble recently picked up my book as well!!?! (attempting to maintain composure) So you can also preorder/purchase The Tulip Factory from their website. Thank you ALL for helping me get to where I am today. The readers, sharers, shoppers... My friends, family and genuine book lovers... And those not so much into books but who supported me anyway... THANK YOU!  xxo

It’s here! I’m pleased to release the official cover of Welcome to Deadland! I hope you all love it and can’t wait for you to be able to hold it in your hands and dive into it’s pages! I’d like to thank David Drummond for his design work, the awesome folks over at Nerdist, Inkshares, and Girl Friday for their help and input reaching this monumental step! This was a great group effort! 

Thank you all for your support! Only a few more months to go!

-Zac

6 Days to Launch - Updates Various

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Dear friends, 

If you haven’t heard, I’m thrilled to announce that THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM is finally here! I can’t thank you enough for the support and patience and I’m excited to announce the upcoming events to celebrate the book. I’d love to see you at any of these and I’d appreciate you passing this along to people you know who might be interested either electronically (email, Twitter, etc) or the old fashioned way (actually talking to humans). 

Gratefully yours, JB

ART OPENING TO SHOW ART FROM THE BOOK AND NEW WORK

April 28, 2016: 1320 Main Street Gallery (1320 Main Street)— Venice CA (6pm-10pm)   

BOOKSTORE EVENTS Q&A 

1) April 7, 2016: Books Inc. (Opera Plaza) — San Francisco, CA (7pm) -- In conversation with Jason Ritter 

2) April 14, 2016: Greenlight Bookstore — Brooklyn, NY (7:30pm) -- In conversation with Ebon Moss-Bachrach 

3) May 1, 2016: Diesel, A Bookstore —Brentwood, CA (3pm) -- In conversation with Titus Welliver

Hey Folks,

So it was a crazy week complete with adrenaline rushing and completing life goals and stressing over parties and not sleeping.

News! News! News!

My Sword and Laser interview came out today. Tom and Veronica were great and I was so happy to be on their show and I only used about a third of the practice interviews I’ve done while sitting in traffic listening to episodes. Plus, I discovered that they are partially responsible for the book I wrote, having appeared in Vampire Secrets: a history channel documentary that I had seen that inspired certain sequences in my book.

Also last Friday, An Unattractive Vampire had its launch party at Bucket O’ Blood Books and Records and it was fantastic. Books were sold. Wine was drunk. I didn’t have to read a gosh darn thing and my nephew asked adorable questions like "Who are the good guys?" and "How many vampires are there?" ("Come on Uncle Jim, it’s your book. Shouldn’t you know?") Thank you to my many friends who came out to support me, because you are awesome people and also to Jeni and Grant for hosting it.

So what now? Well, hopefully you are all enjoying your time with An Unattractive Vampire. When you are done with that go over to Amazon and leave a review. Also, spread word. Tell friends about it. Push extra copies on relatives. If you don’t have a copy yet, Goodreads is currently giving some away to twenty lucky individuals. So far, over three hundred people have signed up to win copies. I will continue doing my best on my end to promote this thing, but spreading word and leaving reviews are the best way you can help.

Anyway, that’s all for now. Thank you all so much. It really has been a ride. Now...off to cookies and writing. 

Before and After