The following message is from Kathy Jackson:

Well, it looks like Baen is going to publish the thriller that I wrote with Mike Kupari. It is called Dead Six.

There’s actually a very fun story behind the creation of D6. Mike (who goes by Nightcrawler on gun forums) had started a little online fiction thread called Welcome Back, Mr. Nightcrawler. http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=207390&highlight=corriea  I started reading it, enjoying it, and got the crazy idea that it would be fun to jump in on his story. So I asked permission, and wrote a single stand alone part from another character’s perspective of one particular scene.

People loved it. So we said, what the heck, and kept it going. Somehow it turned out really good. I used the traffic from the Mr. Nightcrawler thread to promote the original self published release of MHI. The rest of that is history.

So about 2 years ago, Nightcrawler and I decided to write a sequel to the Mr. Nightcrawler thread. (called Swords of Exodus) We were just going to put it online, but after I put 100,000 words into it, I figured that we should just clean up the first one and then try to get the whole thing published.

So we took Mr. Nightcrawler and tweaked the living crap out of it. I mean, we really really really worked that thing over. By the time we got done, it was twice as long, way more complex, and much better. I’m please to announce that Baen is going to publish it. I don’t know when the release date is going to be.

So now I’ll have 4 different series (assuming D6 sells well enough to warrant the sequels, which is up to you guys): Monster Hunter, Grimnoir, Untitled Space Opera with John Ringo, and Dead Six. So I’m now a fantasy, sci-fi, thriller writer. This will be my 10th book under contract.

So this is how it is stacking up now:

1. Monster Hunter International. 2. Monster Hunter Vendetta. 3. The Grimnoir Chronicles: Hard Magic. 4. Monster Hunter Alpha. 5. Dead Six. 6. The Grimnoir Chronicles II. 7. Monster Hunter Legion. 8. Ringo Project. 9. Ringo Project. 10. Monster Hunter Nemesis.

Those are the ones that are sold.

After that I’ve got plans/outlines for (not in any particular order): 11. The Grimnoir Chronicles III. 12. The Grimnoir Chronicles 1908. 13. The Grimnoir Chronicles 1870. 14. Monster Hunter VI. 15. Monster Hunter VII. 16. D6 2: Swords of Exodus. 17. D6 3: Project Blue. 18. A stand alone epic fantasy novel that is epic badass. 19. A stand alone sci-fi thriller I’ve been calling the Africa book.

In addition I’ve been commissioned to write a couple of shorts. I just finished did the entire Tanya MH short story, then I’m going to do a TGC short, and I’ve been asked to collaborate on another anthology for a short and I’ve not even had the time to look at that one yet.

Whew! That should keep you guys entertained for a bit! 🙂

There is going to be an article about me in the December 1st The Blue Press.  The interview was done by gun writer and all around good guy, Duane Thomas. 

For those that don’t know, The Blue Press is put out by Dillon. It is part catalog, part magazine, all fun, and FREE. It has hundreds of thousands of subscribers (literally).  If you want to get a free subscription all you have to do is call 1-800-223-4570 or you can request it here http://www.dillonprecision.com/

And no. I will not be on the cover. That is reserved for good looking women, rather than large, lumbering, James Gandolfini look alikes. The Dillon cover is always an attractive girl with a gun. (running joke, if you identify the gun on the cover of The Blue Press before you notice the girl you might be a gun nut). I’m sure that this helps keep the subscriptions up. 🙂

It is that time of year again, and what makes a better present than a copy of Monster Hunter International or Monster Hunter Vendetta?  (well, a new Ferrari, or an iPhone, or some really good cheese ball… well a pet hamster would be pretty sweet… okay, never mind. You get the idea)

MH novels are the ultimate stocking stuffer. You know that one guy that you feel like you kind of sorta should give them something, but you don’t want to spend too much, but you don’t want to look like a cheap bastard. MHI is only $8! That’s in that happy medium grey area. You can’t possibly go wrong. So get to your local bookporium of choice and buy lots of copies of MHI! Yay!

If you want something autographed by me (for that special someone), click on the Buy Stuff tab for details.

I’ve got to take a bunch of books and patches to the post office this afternoon, and while looking at the pile of packages here it made me think of something that I totally forgot about last year. If you want to get any autographed copies of MHI or MHV or patches to give as Christmas presents, order them SOON.

I’m slow. (not in the dimwitted congressman way but in a kind of lumbering large-mammal way) Plus, I’m a one man organization (except for when I draft my daughter to be my “administrative assistant” but that usually means fetching Daddy more Coke Zero) so going to the post office to mail stuff is a pain. I usually procrastiante it and do it about every 2-3 weeks. Going to the post office really really sucks in December, but because I love you guys, if you are ordering anything to give as Christmas presents, please let me know when you order and I’ll try to get the stuff out in a timely manner.

Bravo, Alan Pollack. Awesome. Simply awesome.

And the creatues? Nailed them. Absolutely nailed the monsters. Imagine that thing, bobbbing along like a giant pelican. And all that white stuff is dangling and swaying like loose floppy skin, like a fat man that had lost too much weight too quickly. The garden trowel hands are for digging… Deep in the earth, where man shouldn’t go. And they eat you. Whole.

The background is Michigan. This looks like a Christmas story, what with all the snow. 🙂 

And spoiler alert, you guys that have read the first books. Ya’ll know who the werewolf is. The red head? You’ll like her.