Why not as many big blog posts lately?

I’ve still been posting, but they’ve mostly been small things or book updates. There hasn’t been any little fiction, reviews, or political rants lately, mostly because I’ve got an absolutely killer deadline to meet for Grimnoir 2. (MHA & D6 are done and in).

A slot opened up much earlier than expected and my publisher offered it to me. This wasn’t the kind of thing that you turn down. However, when I agreed that I could have the whole novel written in 4 months, I kind of forgot about the multiple cons in there, some events, a few booked weekends, and two annual audits at my day job (got to love the 1st quarter!).

I will have the book done in time. For example, I wrote 14,000 words this weekend, so I am on track. However, that’s cut into the blogging time. So I’m still here, and I still love you all. (in a strictly platonic sense of course) 🙂

Why the Monster Hunter Nation is so awesome

Yesterday I posted that Dead Six had gone up on Amazon for pre-ordering. The cover isn’t even there. Heck, my co-author doesn’t even show up on it yet. (I will get that fixed) It was at ranked at one and a half million and something out of five million books.

Today:

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #13,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

He he he… And I don’t even know what Men’s Adventure is!  But our book that isn’t out for 7 months is in the top 100 of it. 🙂

EDIT: Just looked, apparently “Men’s Adventure” is where they put Clive Cussler, Conan, and Fight Club. Okay, I can handle that. Though it looks like we’re actually #76 if you scroll down the list.  Hmm… to get into the top 100 on fantasy I need to be in the top 4,000 or so overall. This genre must not be as competitive.

EDIT: Looks like I book bombed myself.

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #11,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)