Spring Ahead

Peeking out from under the cover of minute grammatical revisions, and I see it's almost time...

The first proof of The Devil's Jukebox is in my hands... or; in my wife's hands... and I'm revising the book cover art - hopefully with the help of a talented friend... more on this as it develops - but either way, I think I'm on track for an official publication date of May 1st, 2014. I kind of want to hit April 1st, but I think that might be pushing it.

So I've been moving ahead on the pre-publication press.. to no avail. Self-published books still hold a slight stigmata when it comes to getting advance reviews or author's blurbs. I totally understand, but it's a little frustrating.

Still, this is the path I chose. It's done.
I can always add reviews and good-words-said-about-the-book-by-famous-people to the "2nd Edition".

My plan, at the moment, is to just get this out there, have a nice little book party, send some copies to some folks, and then start pushing myself to complete novels 2, 3, and 4...

Maybe one of those will get some official publishing thing done to it. Especially if people get all happy about reading book 1. If you do read it, and like it, feel free to throw a review somewhere where people can see it. If you hate it, you can still review it, but I'll probably be not as appreciative. Unless it's a really constructive "I hate this book because..." sorta thing. Those can be good too.

Book 2, I think, is about a band on tour. With some dead things.... not zombies, but perhaps a couple of demons, and definitely ghosts. Not Scooby-Doo ghosts, but dead people ghosts. maybe vengeful spirits. Definitely a band, driving, music, and some frustrated romancing. Maybe with the dead things. This is going to be completed from the 50,000 word thing i wrote for NaNoWriMo last November.

Book 3 is about halfway done, so this might become book 2... we'll see. This one has dead things, possibly a vampire creature, and a lot of alcohol. I don't want to say much more about it, but it was inspired by a trip I took back home to Vancouver.

Book 4 is only in my head at this point, but I like the idea of it. Might be a little on the YA side, if I can keep my cigarette and cocktail references to a minimum...  all I know for sure is that it if all goes well it'll be described as a Hawaiian Gothic. Maybe I'll skip the YA and go straight for the Tiki Bar.

More soon!