Tuesday, June 2, 2015

iAi Bloggers' Book of the Month: 'TAKE NO MORE' by Seb Kirby

A few words about this month's featured book 'TAKE NO MORE' by Seb Kirby:

An artistic voyage in crime – thrilling and original
When James Blake discovers his wife murdered in their London home, he is determined to find her killer. As the prime suspect, he flees England and sets out on a journey that takes him to Florence and Venice and into a dark underworld of corruption, a trail that will lead him to the killer – and the shocking truth behind the mystery.

 ★★★★★ ‘Wow! This is action-packed from page one, and the reader is instantly thrust into murder, suspense, and intrigue…… I’d recommend this to anyone who enjoys a great crime thriller! And fans of Harlan Coben and Simon Kernick will love it!’ – (Author Sibel Hodge, amazon.com)

About Seb: 

I am the author of the James Blake Thriller series (TAKE NO MORE, REGRET NO MORE and, now, FORGIVE NO MORE) and the Raymond Bridges sci fi thriller series (DOUBLE BIND).
I’ve been an avid reader from an early age – my grandfather ran a mobile lending library in Birmingham and when it closed my parents inherited many of the books. From the first moment I was hooked. Now, as a full-time writer myself, it’s my goal to add to the magic of the wonderful words and stories I discovered back then.

To learn more about Seb and his books, please visit his WEBSITE.

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Bookmarks and Autographs

Sending out bookmarks and autograph labels to Gio, a young reader who's been enjoying the paperback editions of Dragonfriend and Giantkiller. Some very thoughtful grownups in his life made the request and I'm happy to oblige.

If you'd like your own "kit," send me a photo of you and/or your reader holding the book(s) and I'll send you one, too!

Friday, May 15, 2015

Keyboard for Hire

The writing for season four of Littlest Pet Shop finished up recently so I'm looking for work (that's me in freelance-ready pose #12 with optional pipe attachment).

Please keep this scribe/actor in mind when you're staffing your new show, looking for freelance freshness on your existing one, casting a role, or a combination of any of those. Thank you!

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Spirited Away - 8 Bit Cinema Edition

If you're a fan of master anime director Hayao Miyazaki's brilliant Spirited Away and old-school 8 Bit gaming (as I am), then you should LOVE this offering from 8 Bit Cinema. It is truly inspired!


Friday, May 1, 2015

iAi Bloggers' Book of the Month: 'Rogue Goddesses' by Gary Henry

Gary Henry's newly published Rogue Goddesses (fantasy/sci fi/action adventure) is the long-awaited sequel to his 2012 release American Goddesses and I'm pleased to feature it on my blog.

About the book: Evil superwoman Melnikova seeks revenge and world-domination. Earth’s mightiest champions fall before her. Set in 2030 A.D. and 600 years beyond, Rogue Goddesses details a world in the grip of cruel women possessing omnipotent powers. Humankind’s only hope of averting this catastrophic future — one teen-aged girl desperately afraid of her own emerging powers.

“I loved this novel, it’s a lot of fun and it makes a refreshing change to read about women who are kicking ass and saving the world.” ~ E.L. Lindley, author

“Rogue Goddesses is a 15-star out of five-star read.” ~ Tammy Dewhirst, Rabid Readers Reviews
Find it on:
About the author: Gary Henry’s publications include a volume of short stories, What Happened to Jory and Other Dark Departures, and a collection of poetry, The Moon Poem and Other Strange Jingle Jangles.  

He also publishes a book review blog, Honest Indie Book Reviews.

I'd Like to Read These Books on Kindle!


Amazon has a feature available on the pages of many pre-digital age books to help them make the transition to Kindle.

I've got two out-of-print children's picture books, Nonsense! He Yelled and Road Trip,  that fall neatly into this category and, not surprisingly, I would like to see them on Kindle. Why?


Out-of-Print Books --> Books Re-Released on Kindle = Renewed Income for Author and Illustrator

Yes, it's an absurd long shot to even dream about this possibility becoming a reality as it would mean a fair amount of work by my old publisher (Dial, BFYR) -- reformatting for Kindle, specifically -- but if enough people expressed interest...who knows? It might happen.

If you have two seconds to spare and wouldn't mind spending them clicking those links, I'd be beholden to ya.

The text links below will take you to each book's Amazon page. Just scroll down until you find the Tell the Publisher! bit you see above and then click away. Thanks!


Nonsense! He Yelled












Road Trip







Thursday, April 30, 2015

Because Kung Fu + Avengers = Awesome

I love old-school kung fu movies and the Avengers so imagine my delight when this gem showed up! Go on, imagine it!

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Discovery Family Announces Season 4 of Littlest Pet Shop

Well the pets are finally out of the bag. Yesterday, Discovery Family announced Season 4 of Littlest Pet Shop with their 'DISCOVERY FAMILY CHANNEL LEAPS INTO 2015-16 UPFRONT SEASON' press release. For the uninitiated, an 'upfront' is a meeting where new shows/new seasons of existing shows are announced by a network so advertisers can buy commercial time early or 'upfront.'

We LPS writers have been working on Season 4 since last June (I had my final script of the season 'locked' last month) so it's nice to be able to share the news. I think the fans with be well-pleased with this new round of Pet Shop hijinx.

Here's hoping Hasbro/DF gets us started on Season 5 before this coming June!

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Just In Case You Want to See Me in a Commercial

Shot this funny spot back in February. It was a blast to be working as an actor again (I'm the businessman who comes in at the end and says, "Gary?"). May they run it frequently and for a very long time!

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

iAi Bloggers' Book of the Month: 'Undrastormur: A Viking Tale of Troublesome Trolls' by Roger Eschbacher

Yes! My novelette, UNDRASTORMUR: A VIKING TALE OF TROUBLESOME TROLLS is this month's featured iAi bloggers' title. It's available as an eBook through Amazon for a very reasonable $0.99.

Here are the details, in case you're interested and might want to, oh, I don't know, buy and review the book? ;)

Undrastormur: A Viking Tale of Troublesome Trolls
a fantasy/adventure novelette

"Eirik has a problem. A lot of problems, actually. While he was out gathering mushrooms, his small Norse village was overrun by nasty trolls with a taste for human flesh. Now Eirik, the last surviving descendant of Drengur Darkbeard, a powerful Viking galdrakarl or wizard, must undertake a perilous journey to find the missing half of Drengur's iron staff. Only then can he save his neighbors by calling down the undrastormur, a violent and powerful gift from Thor, the god of thunder."

Amazon US (Kindle): http://goo.gl/nOFkAR

A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Roger Eschbacher lives in Los Angeles, California, where he's worked as a writer/actor for over 30 years (read his IMDb page for the whole grisly story). These days he works primarily as a TV animation writer who's written for shows you've heard of like SCOOBY DOO: MYSTERY INCORPORATED, WABBIT, and LITTLEST PET SHOP and a few you haven't. Along the way he managed to get nominated for an Emmy. He's the author of the middle-grade fantasy adventure novel DRAGONFRIEND (winner of a 2012 BRAG Medallion) and its sequel GIANTKILLER. Roger's most recent work is UNDRASTORMUR: A Viking Tale of Troublesome Trolls, a novelette available on Amazon.

To learn more about Roger and his books please visit these links:


Blog: http://www.rogereschbacher.com/
Facebook Author Page: http://goo.gl/ugfQ7c
Amazon Author Page: http://goo.gl/Ku3FCy
Goodreads: http://goo.gl/B3zDqu
Twitter:http://goo.gl/1OWUad

Tweetables:


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Thanks to all the great blogger/authors at iAi (Independent Authors International) for their support!

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