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My Experience with Audiobooks

April 17th, 2013 · No Comments

I have to admit I have always had a soft spot for audiobooks. The first experience I had with them was when I got Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger as a series of audio tapes. I took them with me on a long family vacation and played them in my walkman from the [...]

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THE DEAD PHONE – Now Available in Audiobook at Audible.com

April 10th, 2013 · No Comments

My horror novel The Dead Phone is now available as an audiobook at Audible.com.  This is now my second novel to be in audiobook format, after RIG: A Novel of Terror was released just about a week or so ago. The Dead Phone is the first story set in fictional Knorr, PA.  It is a [...]

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Just at Reminder – Books in Print – Sabotage & The Dead Phone

October 31st, 2012 · No Comments

While most of my novels and books sell via Kindle and ebooks, I have made several of my self-published works available in print for you hardcore print fans. Well, OK, I have made two of them available (I am not counting the older ones that only exist in self-published print form – and are awful). [...]

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The Dead Phone – FREE – For Kindle Starting Today!

October 13th, 2012 · No Comments

My bestselling horror mystery novel The Dead Phone is also available for free starting today.  Available now exclusively for Kindle, Kindle Fire and Kindle Apps!  Now through Tuesday. Warren Hollis is a famous true crime writer who enters Knorr, PA, to research a vicious old crime.  In the past, a man called The Boogeyman broke [...]

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An Excerpt from ‘The Dead Phone’ on Indie Books List

May 3rd, 2012 · No Comments

I released The Dead Phone last year, around Halloween.  I still feel that, as far as horror goes, it is the best thing I have written so far.  And, so far, the reception for the novel has been overwhelming and fantastic. It is available for Amazon Kindles, Nooks, other ereaders and even in print.  So, [...]

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Past the 10,000 mark in five days! Thank you!

December 28th, 2011 · No Comments

Wow. I want to, once again, thank all of you Kindle fans out there. You really made my Christmas, I have to say. Thanks to you over 10,000 people have downloaded my novels for their Kindle and Kindle devices. I have to thank Amazon.com for allowing me to put the books out there for free [...]

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The Dead Phone, Amazon.com, Kindle and a Merry Christmas!

December 25th, 2011 · No Comments

I just wanted to sincerely thank all of you out there who make what I do possible. Basically, writing is a solitary endeavor much of the time. Yes, I work with editors (Thank you Melanie, Ashley, Kim, and Dinah – all editors I work with and have worked with in the past) and marketing folks [...]

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The Dead Phone Number 10 on UK Amazon Horror List!

December 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Well, I gotta say, I am impressed by the promotion so far. The Dead Phone is now listed number 10 on the UK Amazon Horror list. Yes, the same list with Bram Stoker’s Dracula as well as other classics like Frankenstein. In the US, The Dead Phone is 23 under suspense. You ebook fans are [...]

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For You Black Friday Shoppers – Don’t Forget the Horror Novel Fan on Your List

November 25th, 2011 · No Comments

OK, so here is some more shameless commercialism!  Yes, it is Black Friday today and that means people will be shopping.  The awesome thing about my new horror novel The Dead Phone is that you don’t have to leave your couch to buy a book for the Kindle, Nook, eReader or print book fan in [...]

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Two 5-star Reviews for The Dead Phone – Thank You!

November 14th, 2011 · No Comments

Wow!  I have two 5-star reviews for my latest horror novel for Kindle – The Dead Phone.  Thank you!  Thank you, all of you who have bought the book and enjoyed it.  So far, the feedback has been amazing.  People seem to really be enjoying the book and I am quite proud of it – [...]

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