A few days ago I spoke with Nick Stephenson, the author of the Leopold Blake series (including Panic, Departed, Wanted, and Paydown), about his books, how he got into self-publishing, and Eight the Hard Way (which is currently free via his website). Warning: I was coming down with a cold that day, so my voice sounds rather nasally during the recording. Otherwise, enjoy!
And The Name Is ...
A big thanks to everyone who entered the "Wanna Be In Legion?" contest. I wish I could include everyone, but unfortunately this time there's only room for one name. But don't worry -- I love doing these little contests, and if possible I'll try to do something like this for all of my books. Anyway, using the True Random Number Generator courtesy of Random.org, the winner is ...
Pete Tass
Congrats, Pete!
Thanks again to everyone who participated. I had fun doing this and plan to do more contests in the future.
Refuge Omnibus Edition Now Available
Refuge Omnibus Edition, which collects all five episodes by me, Jeremy Robinson (aka Jeremy Bishop), Daniel S. Boucher, David McAfee, and Kane Gilmour, is now available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. Think Under the Dome meets Sliders and it'll give you a good idea what the book is about.
Wanna Be In Legion?
I had so much fun with the last contest, I wanted to do it again, this time with my upcoming novel Legion. As before, I'm not looking to turn someone into a character. Instead I'm just looking for a name, either male or female. In the book there's a particular news article, and the name I'll pick will be the author of said news article.
That's all.
Want the name to be yours?
Let me know in the comments by Friday, January 31st.
I'll pick a random winner and announce it here the next day, Saturday, February 1st.
New Podcast: Brett Battles
Brett Battles is one of the most prolific writers I know. Not only does he publish several novels a year, he juggles several different series, including the Jonathan Quinn series, the Project Eden series (Dream Sky, the most recent book in the series, just came out), and the Logan Harper series. He writes the Alexandra Poe thrillers with Robert Gregory Browne and wrote a Wayward Pines novella called Alone. (To get a true glimpse of just how many books Brett has written, view his Amazon page here.) And despite all of this, Brett kindly took some time out of his busy schedule to talk to me about his books, how he got started in publishing and his transition into the independent sector. Enjoy!