A Special Deal...and *ahem* an announcement

First, apologies for being MIA for over a month. I've been busily working on several novels and moving one, Carniville, ever closer to publication.

Second, I want to tell you about a special deal I've cooked up for all of my readers (and everyone else in reader-land). If you'll allow me to stand atop my soapbox for just a moment. I promise I won't take long and I'll make this as painless as possible...

I've slashed the prices of all of my books at every one of my distributors. This includes Amazon, B&N, and Smashwords. Every book and story I have available is a meager $0.99. Heck Starbucks coffee is more than that! What could be better than grabbing a novel (or two or three) for a buck or less than five bucks?

In addition, if you purchase a digital version from Amazon, you can also get the paperback copy for an extremely reduced rate (or maybe even for free, depending on the book) through Amazon's Matchbook program. I promise to sign it for you if you see me and want me to. It would be my pleasure.

This special pricing is for a limited time only, so act now. This is a great opportunity to try my writing if you've never read any of my work before. Also, if you're not into horror stories, but enjoy crime fiction, or you like southern literature but hate science fiction, then you're in luck! I write across several different genres. I have books in horror, crime, science fiction, southern literature, and more. Maybe you've read my horror and wonder whether I can pull off writing southern literature? My advice is to part with 99 cents and find out. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

I also have to mention that I reduced these prices today and one distributor in particular hasn't reflected the price change yet. This is Barnes & Noble. They should have the newer, lower prices within a day or two if you insist on getting a copy for your Nook. Since Smashwords distributes my titles to iTunes, Kobo, etc., it will take a few days (or maybe even a week) for prices to trickle out to those retailers.

Oh, I almost forgot, I also have another promotion that I mentioned a while back that I want to reiterate here. I currently have a BOGO free offer for two of my novels over at Smashwords. Details can be found here.

Okay, I'm off my soapbox now. See? That wasn't so bad, was it? Now for the other announcement:
I have already dropped out of NaNoWriMo! Yes, that's right. I'm a big fat quitter. I had an idea and started off okay, but, quite frankly, I have way too many books in the hopper that I'm currently working on. Most of you probably weren't aware that I was even participating and, therefore, you probably don't even care. Instead of just winking out like a match in the dark, I decided to make my withdrawal formally, here on my blog. Maybe I'll pick up the story later. Maybe I'll put it aside and work on it during next year's NaNoWriMo. Time will tell. In the meantime, I plan to continue working on Carniville, the next novel slated for publication. In addition to Carniville, I'm working on What Goes Around and Consuming Darkness.

I hope you'll take advantage of my reduced pricing or, if you've already read my books, please tell a friend who might be interested. Stay tuned for more information about the release of my murder mystery, Carniville. And, as always, thanks for stopping by!

Buy One, Get One Free!

I decided to give book readers a special early Valentine, a buy one, get one free offer. Beginning today, if you purchase either An Adverse Anthology or Majoring in Murder, (digital versions only) you will find a special promotional code in the book that allows you to purchase the other novel for free. That's right, FREE!

This is my thank-you to my readers and potential future readers for picking my books from the multitudes of choices out there. As a reader myself, I realize many people appreciate a good deal. Someone suggested I add a bonus short story, but that didn't seem very appealing to me. Any author can throw in a short story that's lying around. Instead, I decided to give the reader something bigger and better, another whole book.

The offer is valid from now until February first next year (Expires 2/1/2014). Again, simply purchase either An Adverse Anthology or Majoring in Murder (digital versions only). The free coupon code for the other book is at the end of each story. All you have to do is enter the code during checkout to get the book absolutely free.

But wait, there's more! Act now and I'll throw in a complimentary set of steak knives capable of cutting through Titanium and remaining sharp enough to slice through this tomato! Okay, just kidding about the knives. But, seriously, I understand there are some cunning people out there who might purchase the first book, download the second, and post both coupon codes to the interwebs so all their friends can get two books for free. After all, the coupon idea I came up with isn't foolproof. So, I encourage you to share this offer with friends and family (hopefully, you'll enjoy the stories, tell them, and they'll at least buy one copy), thus helping me spread the word. However, if you insist on undermining my super-fancy security, then so be it. All I ask is this: please, if you download the book(s) and read them, return to where you got them and leave an honest review. Reviews are the only feedback I get from my readers. I always enjoy hearing what you think of my work, even if it is critical.

So, what are you waiting for? Go get your free book. I hope you enjoy them! And, remember, please leave a review when you're finished reading. Thanks for stopping by.