Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Author Of The Month

I'm a regular lurker at the Absolute Write forums and I stumbled across a horror writing contest in the non-paying markets forum.  So I cleaned up a copy of "Blood Donor" and sent it in and not only did they like it but they made me their author of the month!

Angstadt Content Development


It sounds like my story will appear in an upcoming horror anthology but they're still looking for more contributions.  So if anyone has a horror story (9,000 - 15,000 words), send it to Jay and his crew and you could be the next author of the month and appear in their anthology.  They're also doing a romance anthology but who likes mush when you could have blood and guts, right?

And the frosting on the cake has to be the free promotion!  They're promoting my book "Vampire Savant' on their site so that's pretty cool!

Anyway, I'll post updates as they roll in.


Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Little Monster (On Kindle!)

Not to toot my own horn...but I finally placed the children's story I wrote and illustrated onto Kindle.  I've been considering it for a while now and they sealed the deal with a new program they're offering exclusive for children's stories.

It's called the Kindle Kids' Book Creator and it's dedicated to taking illustrated books and making them look great on Kindle.  You can even add pop-up text to your story to help young readers see the important words in larger print.

Anyway, The Little Monster (Who Didn't Like Baths) is about a little blue monster who...you guessed it...didn't like to take baths.  He loved to get dirty and play but when "bathtime rolled around, the little monster could not be found".  I wrote it for my little monster, PJ, and figured other parents might enjoy it too.  I tried to keep it economical but the lowest price I could list it at and still have it on Kindle was $1.99.  Of course, friends and family need but send me a request and I'll make sure you all get a copy for the reduced rate of FREE!


I will admit it's not the greatest illustrations but I think they get the job done so please don't judge the book by my unskilled artistic talent.  It was just a project I started working on when my wife was pregnant and while I was waiting to meet my little monster.

As always, I'm open for feedback so feel free to drop me a line via email, Facebook, Twitter or even here at the old blog.