Crump Freebies

A couple of announcements:

FIRST, Crump, the lowest-rated, and most hated thing that I've ever written is FREE on Amazon Kindle through 8/17. Get a copy today!

SECOND, Crump 2 will be out soon! In fact, you can PRE-ORDER the next installment of Crump now. But while you're waiting for the epic follow-up to come out, get your ass on Amazon and get a FREE copy of the first book!

FINALLY, if you want some free Crump stickers (highly collectible), check out the freebies page.

Psalms of the Apocalypse

My novel Psalms of the Apocalypse is now up for pre-order on Kindle! The paperback edition will be available soon. THE PAPERBACK EDITION IS AVAILABLE NOW. If you like fucked up dystopian urban science fiction, graphic violence, intense sex, psychological thrillers, government conspiracies, drug-fueled killing sprees, or just want to help me pay my bills, you should definitely go pre-order a copy NOW.

In case you're wondering, this novel wraps up the series of novelettes that have been coming out sporadically since March 2017 and includes the final two books that have never been published. This book is full of subtle and not-so-subtle plot changes from the original novelettes, so even if you've already read the other stories, I recommend just starting on page one with Psalms of the Apocalypse. Enjoy!

Updates

Just a quick post to let everyone know that YES, the final Psalms of the Apocalypse book will be out soon. I've been swamped with a variety of projects and life-happenings, but rest assured that everything has already been written and is currently working its way through the publishing machine.

That said, the final book will NOT be released as a stand-alone edition but rather all five books will be combined into a re-worked, re-edited collection titled simply Psalms of the Apocalypse. If everything goes to plan, this book should be out in early May 2018. Make sure to follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, etc for chances to win early-release signed copies and other cool schwag.

Additionally, YES, the second book in the Prisoners of War series is in the works and should be released sometime in the relatively near future.

Finally, the first book (or should I start calling them parts?) of Psalms of the Apocalypse is available for FREE on Kindle from now through Friday, March 9. If you haven't had a chance to read any of the Psalms of the Apocalypse books, consider this a sneak peak for the full novel that'll be out in May. When the full collection is released there will be some considerable plot changes, so it might be fun just to read things through and see how the story and characters have changed.

Thanks for following, reading, commenting, rating, and everything else! New books are on the way ✌

Kindle eBook Updates

One of the coolest features of Kindle eBooks is that they can be updated to correct distracting formatting or publishing errors, to add new content, or to fix gaping plot holes. These updates happen automatically for many of Amazon's reading devices and apps (and is the default option for some platforms).

I highly recommend that you turn on these updates so that you always have the most up-to-date version of your eBooks. As an example of new content that you would be missing, if you didn't have automatic updates enabled, I've recently started to update all of my books to take advantage of Amazon's X-Ray feature. Without automatic updates, you wouldn't be able to see all this new content!

I grabbed these instructions from Amazon on how to enable automatic updates for your eBooks. Turn it on and stay up to date!

To receive updates to your eBooks automatically:

1. Turn on the Annotations Backup* for your Kindle device or Kindle reading app. This will sync your notes, highlights, eBookmarks, and furthest page read 
2. Go to the Manage Your Content and Devices page 
3. Select "Automatic Book Update" under the Settings tab
4. Select "On" from the dropdown menu

Note: The Automatic Book Update feature might not be available for markets outside of the U.S.
*The devices listed below automatically enable the Annotations Backup. As a result, you won't be able turn off the Backup.

• Fire HD

• Fire HDX

• Kindle for Android

• Kindle for Windows 8

• Kindle for BlackBerry 10

Upcoming Releases

The summer has really been flying past this year and it feels like I haven't been getting much done. But in fact, I've got a few new releases scheduled for late summer/early fall!

The first will be the third book in the POTA series, available for pre-order now and release (on Kindle) at the end of August.

The second book will be the start of a new series called Prisoners of War. This will be a super gritty military scifi series set in a future where mass incarceration is used to recruit soldiers for use global combat. I'm really excited about this series because I'll be dissecting a bunch of important social and political issues. Book one of the series, Shanghai Shuffle, is set to be released in late September but is available for pre-order now.

The third book will be the start of another new series called Black Star. With the Black Star books, I'm stepping away from the violent realism I've been doing in POTA and Prisoners of War to take a shot at a softer, hopefully funnier sort of science-fiction. Black Star will follow a bounty hunter, employed by the mutli-system conglomerate Starfield Corporation.

That's all for now. Stay tuned for more updates and don't be afraid to pre-order these books!

Analog

I spent most of April and the first couple weeks of May with no ready access to a computer (and battling a pretty gnarly chest infection). I had all these grant plans about writing by hand to keep up with things, but that never happened. Not having a computer really, really knocked the wind out of my sails with regards to writing and even now, after having been more or less back to normal and re-computerized, I'm still struggling to get my fingers back to work.

Fortunately, the ideas are still flowing freely and I've got a ton of stuff lined up. I'm just not hitting the daily word counts that I'd like to be hitting. This has set back the publication of the third Psalms of the Apocalypse book, the first installment of Blackstar, and a few other projects that I've got in the oven. You've probably also noticed that I've been slacking on the SciFiSunday posts. Anyway, long story short, I'm working on getting back up and running at full speed and should be publishing/posting more regularly from now on.

On a slightly related note, I was just reading a post from George R.R. Martin on Goodreads. This guy is so busy. His workload and output make me feel like a total slacker.