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Next Book Bomb is on Monday: Bad Penny

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I was going to Book Bomb this last month, but it got hung up from being posted on Amazon, and then it was the holidays, and then I was in Texas. So we are going to hit this one on Monday hard.

http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=monshuntnati-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=1940427053

For those of you new to Book Bombing, that’s where we pick a good book where the author needs a publicity boost, and we get as many people as possible to buy it on the same day in order to spike it on the Amazon ratings. The higher it gets, the more new readers notice it, the more publicity the author gets, the more the author GETS PAID. 🙂

John Brown is a friend of mine. I’ll talk more about his story on Monday, but he is deserving of a Book Bomb. Our first books came out about the same time and we toured together. He is one of the most talented writers I know, an all around nice guy, but his career was stalled by his big publisher not releasing his next book.  So now John is going independant.

So mark your calenders and tell your friends. We’re going to Book Bomb Bad Penny on Monday.

Back from Texas, and now it is Sad Puppies Season 2!

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I flew in from Texas late last night. I had a good time at Space City Con. I got to hang out with some old friends, meet new ones, and the NASA tour was pretty sweet. We got the VIP treatment at NASA, played with Robonaut and hung out in Apollo Mission Control.  If I had more time right now I’d put up some pictures, but I’ve got to go wrap up Monster Hunter Nemesis and like a billion other things. Writing at a con is impossible for me.

And a heads up, it is time for Sad Puppies 2: Rainbow Puppy Lighthouse, The Huggening to begin. For those of you who weren’t readers last year, Sad Puppies 1 was my attempt to poke the humorless literati in the eye by getting MHN a Hugo nomination. When all was said and done, my entire slate for every other category got nominated except for me, and I missed the final 5 best novel noms by a handful of votes, with a final tally that would have put me in the top 3 any previous year. Which is quite the achievement, considering my regular reading audience isn’t exactly the WorldCon type. 🙂

HOWEVER, all of you who signed up last year are eligable to nominate again for this year with no additional cost. And for anyone else who wants to jump in, you just need to buy a voting membership before the end of the month.

http://www.loncon3.org/hugo_awards.php

There will be SO MUCH more about this as the month goes on, because I will tug at your heartstrings with the piteous mewling of sad eyed pulp novelists who have been abused by the literati elite.

EDIT: ( To clarify this will be for Warbound, the end of the Grimnoir trilogy, which is actually pretty damned awesome, and has already won or been nominated for other fancy awards in multiple countries, so it isn’t like I’m just pulling this whole thing out of my butt. )

Sad Puppy

This is the saddest puppy of them all, because it belongs to my publisher.

Won’t someone please think of the puppies?

EDIT: Here is last year’s saga of heart rending agony and sadness.

The Idea is Born: http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/how-to-get-correia-nominated-for-a-hugo/

The Full Puppy: http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/how-to-get-correia-nominated-for-a-hugo-part-2-a-very-special-message/

Think of the Children!: http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/how-to-get-correia-nominated-for-a-hugo-part-3-wont-somebody-please-think-of-the-children/

Think of Stephen King!: http://larrycorreia.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/how-to-get-correia-nominated-for-a-hugo-part-4-ten-ways-im-different-than-stephen-king-and-thus-deserve-a-hugo-nomination/

My Space City Con schedule

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I’m at Space City Con this weekend.

All my book signings will be in the dealer’s room.

Friday signing at 2:30-3:30.

Saturday, a reading/BS session 1-2:15 in the Garden Cay room.

Then a signing right after in the dealer’s room.

Sunday, signing from 11:30 – 12:30.

I am normally on a ton of panels but this is more of a media/fan con so I don’t think there’s much of a writing track. That means I can do what I want. 🙂 I think some gaming is going to happen.