Updates

I just finished figuring out how far my St. Patrick's Day Giveaway reached. As I stated on my Facebook page, we gave away 1275 copies of Animus for Kindle last week all around the world. Now on one hand it makes me sick that it means that I gave away what amounts to $3,800 worth of material, but on the bright side, that's 1,000 people around the world who will tell their friends about the book. That's also 1,000 people around the world who will see my other books and say "Hey, the last one was pretty good. Let's check this one out." Or at least, that's what I hope.

Now that the giveaway is over, I'm gonna focus on promoting Bloid News. I had a lot of fun making the little trailer for it, which can be found here, that I decided to do a couple of commercials for it. Now how does a broke as a joke starving artist (writer) make a commercial? Simple. I beg my friends to read scripts that I write while videoing themselves from their webcams. Will this work? Who knows. But at least we're gonna have some fun trying it.

Speaking of having fun. I've been doing some research on the Marines for my next book, Always a Marine. Did you know that R. Lee Ermey, better known as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from Full Metal Jacket is the only Marine to ever receive a promotion after retiring? I've been doing a lot of research for this book, and I have to tell you, the more I learn, the more I respect the men and women who make up this most honored branch of the military.

Now, a side note: In about a week and a half, autism organizations around the world will be hosting an event called Light It Up Blue. This event calls for everyone to show their support for autism awareness by shining a blue light on the night of April 2. Since my granddaughter was diagnosed with autism a few years ago, our house has lit a blue light every year. This year will be no different. However, I'm also going to have all of my avatars across all of my social network pages (google+, twitter, facebook, etc.) as well as my author's profile on Amazon displaying a blue autism puzzle piece for the entire month of April. If you or someone you love lives with any of the disorders on the autism spectrum, I encourage you to light it up blue in honor of them.

That's all for now folks. Until next time, happy reading.