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The Blair Witch Monster
If I had known the entire movie was going to be shot through a hand-held camera like Blair Witch Project, I might have held off on seeing Cloverfield until it hit cable rather than plunking down nine...
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Yet Another JHMD! Review
Just a brief break from my vacation to bring you another review of Jack Haringa Must Die!, the benefit anthology for the Shirley Jackson Awards. Just order it already. It rocks. As for the vacation...
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The Virus Interview
My German-language publisher, Otherworld Verlag, sent me scans of my appearance in Virus magazine. It’s a PDF file you can check out right here. The first two pages are the interview itself (you’ll...
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Big Week for The Pack
There’s a lot going on this week for my new book, The Pack: Winter Kill. First up, the first reviews have been rolling in to Amazon (both the paperback and the Kindle edition), and so far they’ve been...
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Blurbs
The Pack: Winter Kill has been available for a few months now, and I’m thrilled that people have been enjoying it. As of today, the trade paperback edition has earned fifteen 5-star reviews and one...
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An Interview & Assorted Updates
Things have been going well for The Pack: Winter Kill so far. Things have been quiet on the review front in the last few weeks after a strong start, but we’re still waiting to hear from a few...
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Reviews Do Not Make a Bestseller
I had a conversation with a writer who was mystified that her book was not selling despite good reader reviews. I agreed that it was frustrating, but reviews do not automatically equate to sales. “That...
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Photo Friday: Armor Up
I wasn’t happy with my photos from the latest East Peoria Throwdown last weekend, so Friday night after my workout I turned my camera back upon myself to shoot a quick self portrait to coincide with a...
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Reviews Are Not a Form of Protest
My man Shawn has his Goodreads and Twitter accounts tied together, and this popped up today: Marked as to-read: Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers bit.ly/MiXtNA — VanHalen1970 (@VanHalen1970) July...
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The Deadliest Ad
The remastered and relaunched version of my debut novel, Deadliest of the Species, has been out a few weeks now. Response has been good, but things have been quiet on the review front. My publisher...
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New Winter Kill Now Available
The new edition of Winter Kill is now available in trade paperback on Amazon. If you’re into crime and/or horror, I think you’ll dig it. New cover! Oooh, ahhhh. This edition of the book has a new...
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