I thought this was pretty nifty. Brian wrote this blog post up based upon his experiences from last week’s Monster Hunter Nation BOOK BOMB.

http://www.brianniemeier.com/2016/05/book-bomb-after-action-report.html

He sent me the actual numbers. Not too shabby. Basically a BB moves about as many books as twenty good book signings (or about a hundred average ones, sadly, not an exaggeration).

For all the authors who ask me about doing BBs for them, believe me, I’d love to. However, I can’t for a few reasons.

I’m limited in time. One reason these work is that I don’t over do it. I try and limit the BBs to no more than one a month, tops. Anything more and they cease to be special.

Also, I have to try and pick books that I think are a good fit for the fans. I’ve picked a pretty wide variety of books on here, but I still have to read them first and go with things that I think they’ll like. One reason the BBs keep working is that I haven’t really led the buyers astray.

Normally the authors I pick are people who I am acquainted with somehow, and I know that they are in a position where the BB could help boost their career. So you can ask, but I’ll probably have to say no, just because at any given time I’ve got a gigantic stack of books people want me to read, and I can’t promise anything.

Okay, that is pretty awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Ve_FGqHYM

This should totally be a TV show.

That’s right, Junior Insurance Professionals, today is TOM STRANGER DAY.

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The Adventures of Tom Stranger is free until June 21, 2016.

©2016 Larry Correia (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Many of my regular readers here and on Facebook know Chris Byrne.

Please read this  http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2016/05/god-this-sucks.html

A while ago Chris got cancer, fought it, beat it, and then went several years cancer free. He got to live a whole bunch of life he didn’t expect to get. But unfortunately years later it came back, and now he is going through treatment again. Chris is a fighter, but it has been a huge financial and morale drain on his family.

I’ve known Chris for a long time. He’s one of my favorite people to debate with, both when we’re on the same side, or when we disagree, either way the dude is sharp as a tack. To give you an idea of what kind of person Chris is, many years ago when Mike and I were writing Dead Six, Mike was on active duty and his laptop died. He was deployed, broke, and couldn’t write. Having been Air Force himself, being a computer geek, and knowing how broke Mike was at the time, Chris organized a bunch of his friends, they built a laptop and shipped it to Mike, all to help out another vet.

So this is the kind of guy, who when in a position to help somebody, gladly does so. But right now he could use a hand. So please check out that link. There is a Go Fund Me and Paypal there if you want to kick something in for the Byrnes.