Jerusalem Falls - Limited Preview

As I prepare to publish my second novel, Jerusalem Falls, I'd like to offer a handful of serious readers a limited advance preview of the book in exchange for honest criticism and a short review that I could include in the initial marketing push.

In exchange for your time and your honest and meaningful feedback, I'll send you a free Kindle copy of the final release of Jerusalem Falls, and a signed hard cover edition.

If you're interested in participating, please contact me through my website. I'll send a limited number of respondents Part I of Jerusalem Falls for the Kindle. I only ask that you commit to providing me with honest, meaningful feedback in a timely manner so that I can publish Jerusalem Falls without much further delay.

Thanks in advance!

Free Kindle Version of The Pict (Limited Time)

The Kindle version of The Pict will be available FREE on Amazon for three days, from Monday, 1/9/2012 through Wednesday, 1/11/2012.

I have also made it available through the new Kindle Owners Lending Library. Amazon Prime members can now check it out and read it without buying it. To borrow The Pict from the Lending Library, navigate to the Amazon store on your Kindle, search for The Pict, and click on the "Borrow for Free" button (just below the "Buy" button). More detailed instructions here.

As always, if you do read The Pict, enjoy!

My Interview on the Historical Fiction e-Book Website

The Historical Fiction e-Book website publishes author updates, background information, and interviews with the authors whose books are featured on the site. Check out their latest interview (with me), and while you're at it, maybe you'll find another good book or two to add to your e-book collection.

3,000 Copies Sold!

In August, The Pict exceeded 3,000 copies sold. By far, Kindle sales have eclipsed both paperback and hard cover sales. It seems that a lot of people got Kindles for Christmas last year, because sometime in March the Kindle version bypassed print, and it hasn't looked back since.

I'm glad. Electronic publishing has done a great deal to bring readers and writers together, and opened the floodgates on what kind of books are available, and at what price. Writers are no longer constrained by mainstream publishers on plot lines or character development, and readers can choose for themselves what they prefer to read instead of being told by the publishers what's worth reading.

As I've said before, as the world of book publishing evolves into a more free and independent medium, the success of that development will depend largely on readers' willingness to publicly review what they read. Wherever you buy your e-books, please take a few minutes to post reviews so that others will have a better idea of the quality of what they're buying. I'd far rather have a handful of happy readers than thousands of disappointed ones.

Jerusalem Falls is finished, except for the editing. I can finally, realistically say that it will be published before the holidays. Once again, for all who have been waiting for it, thank you for your patience. I think you will not be disappointed, and that you will consider it worth the wait.

Jerusalem Falls - Coming Soon...

In August, four years almost to the day after The Pict was published, I finished the last chapter of Jerusalem Falls. Edits are coming along nicely, and as they do, I grow more pleased with how the story has turned out. It's been a long road, and it felt pretty good to type that final paragraph.

I'm debating publishing the e-book edition first, and then doing the typesetting and everything else that's involved in producing the print version. Kindle and other e-book sales seem to have far surpassed the printed formats anyway, and since e-books require no typesetting, the processing time for them is much shorter.

Jerusalem Falls is far from the typical crusading Templar tale. Rather, it's a complex, epic tale of moral struggle, religious conflict, and political intrigue framed in the history and drama of those noble, crusading knights. I have a feeling it will make for an enjoyable holiday read.

Closer Still...

I have only to polish up the final chapter of Jerusalem Falls before final edits and typesetting. It's immensely gratifying to get to this place after such an arduous journey. It's so close I can almost taste it...

50% off the eBook version of The Pict, at Smashwords! (Until 7/31/2011)

From now until July 31, 2011, get your e-book version of The Pict for half price ($2.98) at Smashwords. Enter the code SSW50 at checkout to receive your discount.

While you're there, browse around for other great titles priced at a discount for the duration of Smashwords' July Summer/Winter Sale (for half of us, it's winter now). Happy shopping!