Kicking The Odds Is Out Early

I hadn't noted this on my blog yet, but I will now. Those of my readers who were interested in purchasing Kicking The Odds, you can now buy a copy on Amazon right now. CLICK HERE.  Plus, if you live locally come out on Saturday April 28th and get something good to eat, meet the authors, and buy yours copy of Kicking The Odds and get it signed. We have a  Facebook event page set up for it. HERE.

We are just getting the ball rolling on some media promotions efforts. I'm trying to do my version of pulling out all the stops. I still have a lot to learn about the process of book promotion--particularly when an effort will be effective and yield results and when it's a waste of valuable time.

Just today, Brett Sheldon appeared on a television news station out of West Lafayette, Indiana. You can follow the link RIGHT HERE to read the story and watch both videos on WLFI's website. I'm also including one of the videos here.

Fountain Central grad, Brett Sheldon, is "kicking the odds": wlfi.com

Kicking The Odds: A New Book Coming Soon

Hi folks, just wanted to pop in here to announce that my newest book, Kicking The Odds, which I co-wrote with Brett Sheldon is coming out very soon. Go over to www.foundershousepublishing.com to read the announcement for the upcoming April 27, 2012 release. You'll get all the details there. 

It's great news. I've had a great year so far with the release of two other books preceding this one. First there was second book I wrote with co-author Ken "Cruiser" Gentrup, Remember The Ride: The Story Of North Vermillion Girls Basketball's Sensational Four-Year Run,  followed by On The Path: Lessons From A Freelance Writer, which I wrote myself and which collects several of my best posts directly from this site. 

Stay tuned for more announcements on upcoming books and other news from this writer's life. Thanks for stopping in.

A Few Adjustments

I've been considering a few things lately as I've been trying to get a new book into print. It's taken my focus off writing a bit. I've gotten behind on Free Fiction Friday and I am also trying to assess what it is I'm doing in the next few months. I have one book nearly read for publication, with two more directly in the pipeline.

When it comes to my short stories, I wanted to give other markets a shot. So, rather than writing then putting them  up here, I am going to write the stories, then put up a note here when I've made progress on the completion of said stories. Then, once I've given them a proofread, I will be sending them to traditional short fiction markets.  Now, at the same time, I will be putting stories up from time to time so Free Fiction Friday won't be an every week kind of thing. I will be noting stories upon completion because I am counting them towards the tally on my 50-story challenge for this year. 

With that last point in mind, I finished Challenge Story #12, Death To The Messenger. I won't be putting it up. I plan to send it to a market.  Big point to keep in mind: This pendulum may swing back the other direction.

What else am I doing besides putting books together for print? Well, I am still going to focus on writing longer fiction in the form of novellas and novels. Wish me luck, folks. I still want to have a productive year.