Tax Time Escape

So, it’s tax time yet again for Americans and this season usually produces a lot of stress and anxiety.

I’m happy to report that I and a select group of caring, compassionate authors are here to help with our very own Tax Time Escape program.

What exactly is the Tax Time Escape program? It’s very simple: we’ve slashed the prices on some of our novels to the cheapest possible price allowed on Amazon and Barnes & Noble – 99 CENTS each.

That’s right, great reads from an amazing group of writers – and each for the paltry sum of just 99 pennies.

Whose involved in this Tax Time Escape? Feast your eyes on the writers listed below…

Obviously, I am. And I’ve chosen my supernatural thriller Vicarious to be included in this program. Here’s the brief description of this chilling little tale set in Boston. “When disgraced ex-FBI agent-turned-Boston-cop Steve Curran finds a corpse with no practical explanation for its death, the nightmares start again. Convinced the serial killer that caused his expulsion from the Bureau is once again haunting him, Curran soon learns his theories are all wrong. When the sister of the latest victim, Lauren Fields, uncovers an old journal detailing the hunt for a creature known only as the Soul Eater, she and Curran must confront the very real prospect that the killer is not of this world at all – and that his motives have little to do with killing, but all to do with something far, far worse.”

You can get VICARIOUS for the Kindle by clicking on the cover or HERE and you can also get it for the Nook by clicking HERE.

Willie Meikle is a fantastic writer of various genres and his latest is every bit a nail-biter. From Willie, here’s the description: “Patty is a cataloguer of rare manuscripts, working on part of a newly discovered journal of a 14th Century alchemist. Just another dull day on the job. But after mentioning it in her blog she gets to the office to find everyone brutally murdered. Now she’s on the run with the incomplete journal, trying to find the rest, pursued by a killer who wants the secret of eternal life it contains. ”

Grab THE CONCORDANCES OF THE RED SERPENT for the Kindle by clicking the cover shot above or clicking HERE and you can get it for the Nook by clicking HERE.

Steve Savile is one of those writers who comes up with ideas you wish you’d thought of, plus he just so happens to be a damned good friend of mine. His offering is OUTCAST and from Steve, here’s the description: “Outcast is a document humane charting the descent of an ordinary man into a murky underworld of very human monsters, grief and madness as he wrestles to come to terms with who he is and just what he is capable of in the name of love. Ask yourself this: how do you fight a monster no one else can see?”

Check out OUTCAST for the Kindle by clicking the cover shot above or clicking HERE. It’s unfortunately not available on the Nook just yet.

Twilight Scam on Facebook

There’s a massive scam happening on Facebook right now involving a Twilight Breaking Dawn game. Do NOT click on it because it apparently hacks your account and attacks your friends. Worst of all, it opens you up to ridicule from people who see that you actually like the Twilight series. 🙂

The single best way to combat this threat is to read my Lawson Vampire series. Like, say, the latest novel in the series that goes back to the 1970s when Lawson and Zero are dispatched to Madagascar to track down a skeleton in the Council’s closet with roots running back to World War II. Its awesomeness will easily trump any Twilight scam and you can be proud that reading Lawson is like saying to the world, “I rock the casbah and so does Lawson.” In fact, you can grab THE ENCHANTER just by clicking the cover here—>

And here’s another way to show your pride on Facebook: grab this anti-Twilight scam banner and fly it proud! (just right click and “save as” or Mac users can Control + click to save)

Remember: I’m here to help. 🙂

Lots of News

So, this past Friday at 9pm, we launched the all-new, all-awesome website for THE FIXER. This is THE place to go for all things Lawson Vampire – the TV show, the book series, everything. We also debuted the new 30-second teaser clip, which you can see just by clicking on the screen shot to the left.

AND on top of that, we also debuted the brand new ebook THE ENCHANTER. You might know this better as THE MADAGASCAR MATTER project that I ran as a subscription only serialized piece a year or so back. The problem was, the story took on a life of its own and blossomed into a full-fledged novel of 81,000 words. So I turned it into THE ENCHANTER and put it out. The book is a Lawson adventure from the late 1970s when he’s in Madagascar with his former mentor Zero to run down a skeleton in the Council’s closet with roots running back to World War II. Fun stuff. It’s out for the Kindle and the Nook, or you can grab it on THE FIXER website, too.

And we have much more planned. This week, I’m working on THE SHEPHERD, a special Lawson novella written for some very special folks. That should be out soon. And then we’ll be debuting the extended cut of the teaser clip out on THE FIXER website. Look for that by the end of the week,hopefully.

More media attention is brewing. I have a lunchtime interview today, so that should be fun. It comes on the heels of a nice piece in the Boston Herald a week or so back.

Tons of other stuff happening right now. I’ll talk about it when I can.

EBook Sales for March 2011

I sold 3421 ebooks in March.

To say I’m thrilled would be an understatement. And if I thought February was great, well, March was even better. I saw a 46% jump in sales in March and it’s my goal now to realize that same sales increase with each succeeding month. Is it sustainable? I think it just might be. More people are flocking to ebooks and ereaders than ever before. And my numbers, as great as they are for me personally, are still a drop in a very, very big bucket. I still have hundreds of thousands of fans to introduce to Lawson. If I can be sure to introduce new Lawson adventures each month, retain readers from each book, and drive new readers to the series, I think it’s very, very possible to make good gains each month. We’ll see if I’m right.

The vast majority of my sales in March came from my Lawson vampire series. THE FIXER alone sold 953 copies on the US Amazon site. The other three novels all posted solid triple-digit sales and even the two novellas made it into triple digits. The Lawson short stories, while not as impressive sales-figures-wise, still managed to add several hundred dollars to my bottom line. And this next week will see the addition of a new Lawson novel, THE ENCHANTER (previously known as THE MADAGASCAR MATTER before it became a full-fledged novel) as well as a new novella titled THE SHEPHERD. I’m hoping that more and more people will find the series and really enjoy what I’m doing with it. Add to that the new redesign of THE FIXER website – which will be THE place for all things Lawson (including the TV series) and you have some very cool things happening right now.

For me, this new world of ebooks sales is extremely gratifying. I’m earning a very respectable wage on ebook sales (roughly $150 bucks each day) and I couldn’t be more pleased. I get a monthly check (net 60 days) which certainly makes things a lot easier to budget and plan for. I’d like to take a moment to say thanks to everyone who has purchased ebooks over the last few months. I write for you and I hope you really have fun with Lawson.

Oh, and by the way, PREY is coming soon. It needed a bit more revision work, but it will be out within the next month.

300 Ebooks in One Day?

So, we’re getting down to the end of the month and I’ve been very happy with my ebook sales. I’ve already surpassed last month, but I want to introduce even more people to my Lawson series. So, I’m posting a bit of a challenge – feel free to play along! I’m going to try to sell 300 copies of THE FIXER today, Friday, March 25th. Doesn’t matter if it’s for the Kindle or the Nook and there are links to each out here.

But I’d like your help in spreading the word about it. If you have a few friends who you think would enjoy the series, then please pass this on to them. In a few short weeks, the official website for THE FIXER TV series will debut along with new video footage, new books, and much more. This is the time to drive new fans to the series and get them hooked on the fun-filled world of Lawson.

Get THE FIXER for the Kindle | Get THE FIXER for the Nook

So please join me today and pick up a copy of THE FIXER. If you already have it, please make sure you’ve got the rest of the series, since we’ll be unveiling new adventures very soon.

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