It’s here!
It’s been a long time coming, but my
first direct-to-ebook original is finally here!!
These last several months have been
tough for me for a great many reasons. Output has been slow and distractions
have been at an all-time high. Because of that, this book has taken me a lot
longer than I thought it would. And the longer it took, the longer it seemed it
was going to take before it was finally done. I was going to update the blog
more, but there’s already been too many “it’s almost here” sort of posts and I
know you guys were sick of hearing it. At least, I was sick of writing it.
Well…no more!
The book is called
1935
The Great War has been over for
eight years, but shockwaves from that global conflict can still be felt.
Airships roar in the skies. Converted DeSotos glide on elevated bi-rails.
Cities are filled with suspicious characters like mad scientists and robots
controlled by shady foreign spies.
Doesn’t sound like the 1935 you’ve
heard of?
Welcome to the world of Jake
Gillis.
Jake was a Marine in The Great War
when things took a turn for the weird. Mines clattered to life and burrowed
underground. Tanks began to hover. Robotic infantrymen charged into gunfire
without twitching. After being reassigned to the Navy’s Special Sciences
Division, Jake got a front row seat as the world was introduced to a
dimensional gateway known as the Altersphere. Once the Altersphere was
breached, things from alien worlds and futuristic societies found their way to
Earth. Scientists rolled up their sleeves and figured out how to use what they
could, dismantling the rest to give birth to a new reality.
Now, Jake works as a private
contractor in the burg of Cincinnati
where his skills are still in high demand. An especially nasty trinket from the
Altersphere has burnt a trail across Europe .
Special Sciences is working off the books on this one. They need someone to
follow the path of destruction back to its source. While Jake is always a
sucker for serving his country, the big-time payday offered by the G-Men
cinches the deal and he answers the call to duty.
….Sounds cool, right? I’ve been
working on this project in some form or another for the better part of a year.
Basically, I took an idea for an alternate reality, set it in one of my
favorite time periods so I could include gangsters, G-men, spies and private
eyes and mixed it with a dash of Indiana Jones for flavor. Pretty much a pulp
adventure goulash of my favorite things. I won’t go into my whole ebook plan
again, but I will stress that it is something I’m very committed to and will be
using that format to publish many more projects. Including Skinners, naturally!
When will the next Skinners be coming out? I’ll start working on it very soon.
Part of my plan is a new website
which will be launching within the week. It’s a gathering spot for me and a
couple other like-minded authors who are leaping into the ebook ocean. I’ll be
maintaining this blog of course, but will also give a link to the new site when
it’s ready. It won’t be long, I promise.
It feels like I’ve been ranting
about striking out on my own for a while and now that it’s here, it feels
really good. When I put this book onto Amazon.com, I thought, “Wow, that was
easy.” Then I remembered all the writing, editing, fixing, thinking, revising,
and other stuff that’s been keeping me up at night for so long. In the words of
Han Solo… “Easy? You call that easy?”
I truly hope you guys take Paris is Melting out for
a spin. It’s funny, retro science fiction chock full of thrills, spills and
shootouts. All the stuff that made me want to be a writer in the first place.
It may have been tough getting this far, but this book was a joy to write. I
did my best to make sure that joy shines through in every page. For now, it’s
out on Kindle and Nook. Here are the links. If you don’t have an ebook reader,
there are free apps for tablet computers, smart phones, desktops, laptops, and
robotic personal assistants. Ok, so they don’t have the robot butlers yet but
they SHOULD! If you like the book, tell a friend. And if you don’t like
it….maybe lie to a lesser-liked acquaintance so they’ll buy a copy. Click here to check it out on Amazon. (B&N link coming soon) It’s only
$2.99, for cripe’s sake!
Enjoy!!!!
