Milestones!

This week marks a Milestone. As of this morning I've discovered we're over the 2k Views mark.  That may not seem like a lot to you, but it is a ton for me.  Because of this I've decided to make the books I have on Amazon free for this weekend (May 7th and 8th).

You can get a copy of my first serial, which is now up on Amazon in e-book format, or the short story collection I did with some friends.  Follow the links below or search the titles on your Kindle/e-book reader.

A Wolf in Patchwork Clothing
https://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Patchwork-Clothing-History-Book-ebook/dp/B01CHNZ6TM

Escaping Sanity
https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Sanity-Travis-Coleman-ebook/dp/B00SJF5YHW/

Fan X 2016

I will be spending the next two days at FanX in Salt Lake City.  I'm looking forward to meeting more people that are fans of the horror genre there.  Should any of you want to find me and say Hi then come by the Utah Horror Writers booth.  I'll be working blocks through out the day Friday and Saturday.

Also, if you want an e-book copy of the serial A Wolf in Patchwork Clothing then head over to Amazon. It's free for FanX just click the link below.  There should also be an update to the current serial posted tonight.

I look forward to seeing you there.

http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Patchwork-Clothing-History-Book-ebook/dp/B01CHNZ6TM

A Wolf in Patchwork Clothing is here

To anyone who is interested the first serial I did is now available for purchase on the Amazon E-book store.  I also put it together through Createspace so you could buy a print copy.  The link to the appropriate stores are below.  If you enjoyed the story, or missed the first serial, then pickup a copy and support the Author.

E-book:
http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Patchwork-Clothing-History-Book-ebook/dp/B01CHNZ6TM/


Print:
https://www.createspace.com/6014848

Chapter update and a note of delay.

The new chapter is up and I would love to hear some feedback from those of you who are reading it. Are you enjoying the story? Please comment and let me know. Did I mess up on a small obscure fact that leaves the story unbelievable? Send me an e-mail or comment that as well.  I'd love to hear about it.

Also, there has been a minor delay on the release of A Wolf in Patchwork Clothing.  The file that I'd made all my edits on has corrupted. It has added pages where they shouldn't be, mid-chapter, and despite everything I've tried I can't fix it.  It means a set back of two or three days while I get recreate the file and make the necessary fixes. It is coming though, please be patient.

Nurse Summers begins

Hello and welcome to the new serial. This is a character that I created last year for David Wellington's Fear Project, but the story seemed to take on a life of it's own. Before long I found myself deep in vampire lore and making a vampire of my own.  This is the culmination of that work. Should everything work out well (computers not exploding and what not) I should have a new chapter for you each Sunday.

A few questions I would like to address before you get started. I don't feel any of these are spoilers, more questions that came up a few times during the creation process.  Many of them will be addressed in the story, but knowing it shouldn't lessen the impact.

1) This is not Buffy Summers. I had wanted to use a name that was opposite of her grim demeanor in the first chapter. Summer seemed like the perfect opposite and it wasn't until my wife read it that she pointed out the Buffy reference.  Not that it's a bad thing, but these vampires don't dust when you kill them. The amount of blood would more aptly belong in an Evil Dead movie.  If you want to imagine this is a different Buffy for a different world you can, but I won't support it.

2) The setting is very modern times. As much as I'd like to do a throwback, the story doesn't belong there.

3) Vampires only started existing in this world about 20 years ago. Before that time they were the villains of the silver screen and novels alike.

4) These aren't your normal vampires, you'll understand as you get into the story. You will get into the explanations as the story goes on, but know that if you're expecting Bram Stoker you'll be sorely disappointed.

A final note, this is your last week to find "A Wolf in Patchwork Clothing" on the site. It'll be pulled down when I post next week's chapter. You will be able to find it online on Amazon both in print and in Ebook format.

A few days and a delay

Hello everyone. I'm posting this to let you know that I'm currently hard a work on getting things prepped for the new serial and the new release.  Well, the release isn't new if you've followed my site for a while, but it is in book format.

Announcement #1: The first chapter of the Nurse Summers Serial's will begin on Sunday the 14th with the first chapter Triage.  Each week on Sunday another chapter will be posted.  The length of this one is going to be closer to 60,000 words so it will run for a while and I'm hoping that you enjoy it.

Announcement #2: I was originally going to have the e-book and print copies of A Wolf in Patchwork Clothing available on the 14th as well. Yet due to shipping, something I won't overlook next time in the planning, there has been a delay. I'm hurrying through it as fast as I can but it could be delayed until the 21st.  Sorry for anyone who was looking for it in print.

Otherwise, I'm going to be working hard on getting everything going and probably losing more than a little sleep.

In the meantime I wanted to post a couple of other serial link's that are going right now. The first is the serial "Silence in the Willow Field" by a buddy of mine Lee A. Forman.  The second is a serial which is done by David Wellington. He got his first publishing contract through serial publication of his first novel "Monster Island." Here is a link to his newest serial "Grimbly Hall"

Cover Reveal

I posted a week or two ago that I was working on shifting things over for my next serial to start. Part of this process included getting a cover ready and available so I can do the previous serial justice.  It took about three drafts to get the cover I really wanted and here it is.

I would like to give a big thank you to the people over at http://www.thecovercollection.com/ for their amazing work.  I absolutely love this cover.

The plan as it stands it so have the book available mid-February. I'm still getting proofs ready to be sure I don't make any enormous mistakes from being overly eager as I did in the past.

Warning! Imminent take-down in the near future!

I know there are a lot of exclamation points in the subject, but it is important for anyone reading this to pay attention.  If you've been waiting to read A Wolf in Patchwork Clothing your time is now limited.  I'm planning on taking it down mid-February and releasing it into the world through Amazon and Createspace.  I know this sounds like I'm a money grubbing author, but there are several reasons I'm doing this.

1. Yes, making some money would be nice to cover some costs and perhaps get me my own domain. I'd like to turn this into something more than a hobby after all.  
2. I'm currently working on the outline for the next serial which I'm really excited for.  The problem I run into is that if I add chapters like I did for my first serial the menu will become unruly.  I don't want things to become unruly. 
3. This is one of the biggest reasons that I want to do it though, I'm a bibliophile.  I love books, love collecting books, and love to have things on my bookshelf to be able to loan out to people.  I want to hold my book in my hand, it is a satisfying feeling that I relish.  
4. The last reason is that I am going to be self-publishing a novel this year called A Patchwork of Graves which is the book I've put the most work into so far in my life. I promised myself that all stories in the Patchwork series I would self publish. A Wolf in Patchwork Clothing is a piece of the past of this story. But it still is part of this group, so I feel that I would be doing myself a dishonor if I didn't hold to my promise to myself. 

If you want to read it there is still time. If you'd rather wait until it's on E-book or in a print format I understand that as well.  Print books are awesome!  But regardless of what happens, I hope you continue to follow me and enjoy the stories I create for you.