Just a Reminder

Alison Beightol and I will be attending Spooky Mayhem in Orlando this weekend (30 May - 1 June) where we'll be meeting fans and signing books. If you'll be at the convention, please swing by our table and say hello.

What I've Been Up To, and What Lies Ahead

May has been a busy month for me because I've been working on three writing projects. 

-- I've reached 13,000+ words in the third book in the Rotter World series, tentatively titled Rotter Apocalypse. The second book, Rotter Nation, is with Permuted Press and should be released later this year.

-- The final edits are being incorporated into Yeitso, and the cover art should be finished soon; I'm anticipating a release date from Blood Bound Books sometime in July or August.

--  The dinner conversation my family had earlier this week about Nazi space zombies is rapidly turning into a novella. For the hell of it, I conducted some research last night while watching Warehouse 13 and the novella started to write itself. 

As for upcoming events, Alison Beightol and I will be attending Spooky Mayhem in Orlando from 30 May - 1 June where we'll be meeting fans and signing copies of our books. I'll be attending other conventions in 2014, but nothing has been finalized yet. Also, I'm talking with Emby Press about re-releasing The Vampire Hunters: Vampyrnomicon later this year.

We Are Off to Spooky Mayhem

Alison Beightol and I will be heading to Orlando this afternoon to greet fans and autograph books at Spooky Empire's May-Hem Convention this weekend.  If you're in Orlando, drop by and say hello.  We have plenty of books to sign.

And there is only a week left in the contest to win a copy of Machina Mortis: Steampunk's Tales of Terror, Hunger Pangs, or Dead Water.  Please be sure to enter here.

So What Have I Been for the Past Three Weeks?

Writing.  I've made some significant headway on Rotter World II.  Over the past three weeks, I have written over 25,000 words, and am hoping to have the first draft completed and out to my beta readers by the end of the month.  Then I intend to spend the next few months finishing the final draft of Hell Gate (which has already garnered interest from a literary agent I know) as well as begin plotting the last book in the Rotter World trilogy and my next series about OSS officers in World War II battling Nazi occultism (yes, there will be Nazi zombies).  

Conventio wise, me and fiance/fellow author Alison Beightol will be attending the Spooky Mayhem Convention at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida, from 24-26 May.  Sadly, Norman Reedus had to cancel due to prior commitments for AMC, but there are still plenty of other celebrity guests.  I will also be attending the Eyecon Convention at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia from 14-16 June where the focus this year will be on zombies, in particular The Walking Dead.  And if all goes well, I plan to attend the InfectScrantion convention in September plus more. 

And check back on Tuesday with this site and/or my Facebook author's page when I will be conducting a contest to win trade paperback and e-book versions of the latest anthologies I am included in.

I Will Be Attending Spooky Mayhem in Orlando, Florida, 24-26 May 2013

It's official.  Myself and fellow vampire author/fiancee Alison Beightol will be attending the Spooky Mayhem Convention at the Rosen Center in Orlando, Florida, from 24-26 May 2013.  For you zombie fans, I will be signing copies of Rotter World and the anthology Hunger Pangs: Dark Confessions, which includes my short story "The Hunger."  Vampire enthusiasts can pick up a copy of Alison's paranormal romance/vampire thriller Blood Betrayal or, if you prefer your undead more evil and badass, my The Vampire Hunters trilogy.

We hope to see you there. 

What's Coming Up in the Future

I am taking a much-needed break from filling out retirement paperwork, transitioning my replacement, and getting the house ready to sell.  Right about now I'm thinking that surviving a zombie apocalypse would be easier.  But in a few weeks, this will be all behind me and I can concentrate full time on my writing.

So what is on the writing front for the foreseeable future? 

My copies of Hunger Pangs: Dark Confessions will be arriving soon, so be on the lookout for a give away.  I will also be bringing copies of the anthology with me to the conventions I'll be attending.  If you can't wait, you can still purchase a copy on Amazon.

Publication of Machina Mortis, the steampunk horror anthology, has been delayed because the original publishing house has closed.  However, I was assured that another publishing house has picked up the rights to the anthology and will soon be distributing the book.  I'll keep everyone posted.

I'm getting into the groove again with the sequel to Rotter World, and hopefully will have the first draft done by spring.  This novel is much darker than the first book, and will deal more with the negative effects of a societal breakdown.  But for you zombie purists, don't worry.  There will still be plenty of gut munching action and terror, as well as a sick new twist to the Zombie Virus. 

I have my beta edits back for Hell Gate and will begin the final edits on that once I've completed the sequel to Rotter World.  I am really excited about this book; I think it's my best work yet.

As for conventions and book signings, those are pretty much up in the air because of my hectic schedule.  Me and fellow author/fiancee Alison Beightol will be attending the SpookyMayhem Convention in Orlando this May.  I am also planning on returning to Infect Scranton and ZombiCon in Fort Meyers in the autumn.  Plus, once I get settled in Florida, I hope to do some book signings in the local area.

And finally, I will have a special treat coming up in the next few days, something I have not done before and that will add a touch of class to my blog. 

That's it for now.  My New Year resolution is to try and post more, but I think we all know what happens to such resolutions.

I Will Be Signing Books at Spooky Empire's Mayhem Convention in May 2013

I'm excited to announce that me and Alison Beightol, my fiancee and author of the newly-released paranormal vampire thriller Blood Betrayal, have purchased a table at Spooky Empire's Mayhem Convention at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida, from 24-26 May 2013 where we'll be selling and autographing our books.  This will be Alison's first convention as a celebrity guest, and the first time we'll be sitting a table together. 

If you like your vampires as evil and bad ass monsters, or if you prefer the undead to function normally within a vampire society, we have you covered.  Or if you cup of blood is gut-munching zombies who wade through gallons of gore, we have that to.  So please mark it down on your calendar and be sure to drop by.  I'll provide more details as they become available.