So I’ve got another 200 MHI patches that should be here shortly, and I think I’ve got enough books in finally to fill the rest of the pending autographed orders. I’ll try to get those out as quick as I can.
Man, editing with a deadline consumes your life!
And you know you want one of these:
Hat tip to Jack Clemons for the Abomination jpg.
And you also know you want one of these:
The winners of the 2009 Monster Hunter International Patch-Off are:
Utah County got the most votes. But it wasn’t really a fair fight. This patch was designed by the son of a member of Reader Force Alpha, Bob Westover. Bob has one of those Mormon families where he’s got like 16 kids, who had 16 kids, each of whom married somebody with 20 brothers and sisters. When Bob calls in a favor, he gets a FAVOR. A wagon train rolled up, voted, built a barn, and then moved on. Congratulations, Utah County. Eric, shoot me an e-mail so I can get you your autographed copy.
There is now an MHI team stationed in Utah. That is offical. UC-MHI will appear in Monster Hunter Vendetta.
Next up:
Back off man, they’re scientists. Congratulations to the Atomic Nerds. Their patch had the 2nd most votes, and I really liked the patch and the backstory. Because I’m the writer, I can do whatever I feel like, so I decided that they win too. It is good to be me.
Los Alamos will also have a cameo in Monster Hunter Vendetta. In fact, I think I might have just the thing. I’ll have to talk to the Atomic Nerds to see if they mind their entire team suffering a horrible fate worse than death, well, and then death, mostly by mincing and chopping. But that is the life of a Monster Hunter.
And the author’s choice award goes to:
This one stuck out for one main reason. There is a story element that I want to explore in future MHI novels. This may or may not be in Monster Hunter Vendetta because of the universe’s timeline, however, it will be playing a part in something else. One of the things that I mentioned in MHI is that there are other competing companies, but I never discuss them much. There are other companies out there collecting PUFF and competing with MHI. MHI, being capitalists, will either compete with these other companies, or purchase them outright.
I’ve spoken with the creator of this one, and he’s cool with it.
Thanks to everyone that entered a patch. They were absolutely awesome. I loved them. I’m proud that I was able to create a world that other people can play in.
We will be doing something like this again. I’ve got a lot more books to write, and I’m far too lazy to come up with everything. 🙂
Sugarhouse Barnes & Noble, will include panel and multiple SF/Fantasy authors.
Logan Borders, 6-8pm
435-787-0678
Orem Barnes and Noble, 4-6pm
Layton Barnes & Noble, 12-2pm
West Jordan Barnes & Noble, 3-5pm
Books Inc., Mountain View, CA
301 Castro St.
Mountain View, CA 94041
650.428.1234
Bay Book Company in Half-Moon Bay
Or
Barnes & Noble, Fairfield, CA
1600 Gateway Boulevard
Fairfield, CA 94533
707.435.0484
We’ll also be hooking up with editors at World Fantasy in San Jose.
Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, CA
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
Suite #302
San Diego, CA 92111
858.268.4747
Borders
3700 Torrance Blvd
Torrance, CA 90503
Phone: 310.540.7000
Locations TBD
These are off of John D. Brown’s blog. http://johndbrown.com/ His novel Servant of a Dark God http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765322358/ref=s9_simz_gw_s2_p14_t1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=11FR74JVAP1F2NACWDVC&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846 comes out in October and we’ll be touring with Dave Farland, well-known author of Runelords and a mess of others. So if you come to any of these signings, it will be like 3 awesome authors for the price of one!
There will also be some Texas ones on the 16th-17th of October, but I’m still working on that.
http://www.cafepress.com/monster_hunters
Check it out. These were designed for me and they came out awesome.
Cafepress is a site that makes clothing, mugs, mousepads, etc. on demand. So you order the products directly from them on their page.
In the future we will be doing runs of other limited edition patches, logos, etc. More details to come on those.
If you’ll notice in the titles, every single item is TACTICAL! Because that’s how we roll.
And yes, these are official, and I do get money for them. Yay! 🙂