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		<title>EBooks ARE a Game Changer</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2012/01/30/ebooks-are-a-game-changer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been exactly one year since I uploaded my Lawson Vampire backlist to Amazon and Barnes &#38; Noble and started selling them as ebooks for the Kindle &#38; Nook. Prior to doing so, the way I made money as a writer was as follows: 1. Come up with an idea that I was both excited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OATHBREAKER &amp; DEADLY TRIO Now Available!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Friday and it&#8217;s been a busy week. Outside, I&#8217;ve got several inches of snow (finally) and more on the way for tomorrow. In short, it&#8217;s a perfect weekend for reading &#8211; you know those days? When the weather&#8217;s blowing hard and you&#8217;ve got nothing to do but stay inside and curl up on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Fog of Fury: A Lawson Vampire Mission &#8211; FREE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, as part of my drive to find a huge bunch of new fans for all things Lawson, I&#8217;ve decided to make A FOG OF FURY, the Lawson novellas that was released in the first annual Supernatrual Ink. anthology, part of the Amazon KDP Select program for 90 days. Today &#38; tomorrow, it&#8217;s absolutely 100% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More New Lawson!</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2012/01/05/more-new-lawson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday saw the release of the next Lawson novel, THE RIPPER, which puts Lawson back in Boston trying to uncover the identity of a serial killer while dodging a Chinese assassin, dealing with Marty&#8217;s advances, counseling Niles, and dealing with Arthur&#8217;s past. It&#8217;s a chaotic mix of non-stop action and mayhem. And sales have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frosty The Hitman A Blazing Success!</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/12/29/frosty-the-hitman-a-blazing-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, at midnight on Christmas Day, as the 24th ticked over into the 25th, I launched the annual Christmas freebie that I write for friends and fans. This year&#8217;s entry was FROSTY THE HITMAN, a 5600-word story. Along with the story itself, the ebook contained 3-chapter excerpts from both THE FIXER and THE INVOKER, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Christmas List</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/12/21/my-christmas-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interestingly enough this year, a number of fans have written to ask what I&#8217;ve got on my Christmas list &#8211; that is, the things I&#8217;m hoping to receive. It&#8217;s a pretty short list, so I thought I&#8217;d share it with you. Pay attention to number 7. The fat guy with the reindeer fetish and red [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zombie Ryu: The Gathering</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/11/29/zombie-ryu-the-gathering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve launched a brand new project using Kickstarter called ZOMBIE RYU: The Gathering. This is the first in a planned trilogy of books about an elite group of warriors and a 16 year old girl who must battle zombies in feudal Japan while searching for the evil monk who unleashed them. It&#8217;s got samurai, ninja, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elite Fans Wanted&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/11/14/elite-fans-wanted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first draft of THE RIPPER will be finished by Wednesday of this week, and I&#8217;m very pleased with it. Since this book is not going to be published through a major New York house (as you&#8217;ll recall, I walked away from a deal with St. Martin&#8217;s because the numbers weren&#8217;t good enough to justify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3-Book Deal with Baen Books</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/10/28/3-book-deal-with-baen-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Publishers Marketplace:  &#8220;Jon F. Merz&#8217;s THE SHADOW WARRIOR: The Undead Hordes of Kan-Gul, which imagines a trained assassin in a world where rival factions and dark sorcery are churning a land which is on the cusp of invasion, and the assassins may hold the keys to power, for both sides; SLAVERS OF THE SILK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blog Post from Jeremy Robinson</title>
		<link>http://jonfmerz.net/2011/10/17/guest-blog-post-from-jeremy-robinson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Jeremy Robinson’s Great Kindle Giveaway and Blog Tour. “Hurray for free Kindles!” you say, but who the hell is Jeremy Robinson? Allow me to introduce myself. I’m the author of eleven mixed genre novels, published in ten languages, including the popular fantasy YA series, THE LAST HUNTER, and the fast-paced Jack Sigler series [...]]]></description>
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