At long last, Zombie Town is here!

After much struggle and a few naughty words, I’ve finally gotten my short story collection, Zombie Town, up on Amazon and Smashwords, where you can download various formats (except for .epub, which I’m having a little trouble with at the mo). The book should filter through and be at the other major and minor retail sites Smashwords distributes to within a few days, I hope.

Rather than publish the stories one-by-one, I decided to make them into a collection. Some of the stories are rather short to put up on their own, unless I do it for free, which yet may happen. I’ve got a couple or three novels to finish first, though.

Those of you who are Constant Readers may notice that the author name is different. I’ve got a post coming up that explains my reasoning in detail (hey, don't be like that! it’s not that bad), but the short version is that I’m using pen names for various genres and keeping my real name for my nonfiction work.

I’m pretty excited to have published another book. It’s been a while, and I’m surprised at how much of the publishing process I’ve forgotten! I got pretty frustrated with getting Smashwords to accept the .epub, and still have to get that uploaded, and both Amazon and Smashwords took forever to load the files.

So that’s the latest news from my world. Upcoming blog posts will cover my re-branding as a writer, an open letter of appreciation to readers, and a program to get books into the hands of prisoners, so stay tuned to this channel.

Houston, we have a book launch!

Well, it took long enough (thank you, formatting gremlins), but the book is up at Smashwords! hoo rah or maybe that should be BOO!

That's what I'm talking about, baby. It should be live at Amazon later today, depending on how long it takes to go through.

I've got to tell you, this book whooped my behind. I had scenes in the wrong place, and like a brazillian typos that just appeared out of nowhere. I will never edit anything this long in Word again. Then it wouldn't format correctly. I think I've got everything fixed, but I'll probably find another zillion or so errors when I look at it again.

Oh, that may take a while, I tell you. I don't want to see that book for a while (but I know I'll download it and check it anyway--because I'm just odd that way). And just think, I've got another in the series outlined. arrgh!

If you want to go over to Smashwords, here's a code that will get you the book for free until the end of day November 1, 2012. When you go to check out, put in:  GE87E  It's not case-sensitive, so if you're feeling wild this wonderful Wednesday, type in ge87e

Go on, I dare you! And don't be confused by the author--it's a pen name, but it's still little ol' me.

Now, since Aunt Ammy won't let us price a book for free, I'll have it at .99 for the duration of the promotion--see the button on top of the side bar <--------. There are prizes to be had, and other great books listed on the blog and the Facebook over there.

Well, that's it for now, Gentle Readers. Keep calm, and read a book. And have a safe and happy Halloween!