I had a productive 2012 despite all the emotional ups and downs in my personal life and day job. Writing definitely became a second job for me this year and after two promotional tours I'm pretty spent in that department. I know we writers must "put ourselves out there," but after discovering and rediscovering how very little interest I have in why ( Read more... )

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Answer one simple question on Horror Asylum to enter the BOTTLED ABYSS giveaway! Winner gets a signed copy of Bottled Abyss and my first novel, the Bram Stoker Award® winning BLACK & ORANGE. Prize package also includes some killer bookmarks with artwork from Gabriel Lopez. Two runners-up prizes will be offered as well. Check it out!

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Why did I write my last book? Ed Kurtz made me do it :) Also, when did the writing bug hit? I go into a deep historical account in this new interview. In no way am I getting tired of answering the same questions. I say bring them on! (again...) hehehe

The Interview with PumpUpYourBooks

Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book?

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Here's an interview I did over at Divine Caroline:

1. How have you been able to use social media (Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, etc.) to help market your book?

I used to be exclusively Facebook oriented, but I’ve been using Twitter more lately and have found it’s a great boost for spreading the word. Promoted tweets and promoted profiles can be ( Read more... )

Excerpt:

Benjamin Kane Ethridge’s new novel is the fifth release from Redrum Horror, an Austin, Texas operation of growing repute. Along with sister imprint Abattoir Press, the catalogue is growing and the future is looking bright.
Take, for example, Ethridge’s novel. At first it reads like a rehash of Pet Sematary. A couple’s marriage is on the ( Read more... )

This is pretty much how my days go, even today-- well, except for the writing part :p

It’s about 2:38 am in the morning and I get a text from my wife. The communication vibrates my phone, which rests on the nightstand. My daughter bolts upright in the bed (she has to sleep with one of us and my wife is already sleeping in the nursery with our 10- ( Read more... )

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Lawrence C. Connolly's books include the novels Veins (2008) and Vipers (2010), which together form the first two books of the Veins Cycle. Vortex, the third book in the series, is due in 2013. His collections, which include Visions (2009), This Way to Egress (2010), and Voices (2011), collect all of his stories from Amazing Stories, Cemetery Dance ( Read more... )