Charlie Chases Crows

I've had some people comment that Charlie Chases Crows' dialog in the first chapter of my new book sounds a bit stilted.

This is actually intentional on his part, as he explains later in the book. According to him, people expect Indians to act a particular way, either like savages, or like a "noble savage, so he chooses to be eloquent...or at least try...

Red Moon Rising at Amazon

My new novel is now available at Amazon as well. You can find it at http://www.amazon.com/dp/0982897588.

As of the writing of this blog entry, Amazon has not yet reduced the price, but I'm expecting that they will...especially given the huge discount that Barnes & Noble is giving.

Red Moon Rising at B&N

Barnes & Noble now has copies of Red Moon Rising available. This is a trade paperback, and the normal list price for the book is $12.00, but at the time I'm writing this blog entry, they have it listed for just $6.94. I don't know how B&N does their pricing, but I know that price could change at any time.

I hope some of you will pick up a copy, and I hope you'll enjoy the book.

Red Moon Rising copies

For those of you who have ordered copies of my new novel, Red Moon Rising, copies should be shipping from the publisher by the end of the week.

For those of you who haven't ordered your copies yet, what are you waiting for? You can currently order them from The Genre Mall, and we should have an Amazon link very soon.

If you want to read the first chapter of the book, you can read it at http://www.jalanerwine.com/rmrch1.htm.

Sam's Dot e-books

Sam's Dot Publishing is now diving into the e-book market, with me as the e-book editor. We've released two novels so far, but a lot more are planned for the future, and we may even start releasing some of our print zines as e-books.

All of the books we are doing right now are also available as print books, so we are not trying to become solely an e-book publisher.

The two novels we've released so far are:
The Guardener's Tale by Bruce Boston
and
Red Moon Rising by yours truly

To keep up with all of the future releases, please visit our Smashwords page at: http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/samsdot.

A note about e-books

I've had several people tell me that they can't read e-books because they don't have an e-reader. This actually isn't a problem. Kindle makes apps available for pcs and a lot of other e-readers do this as well.

My older books, as well as my new book have all been set up as e-books through Smashwords. In addition to the normal e-reader formats, they also make books available in PDF, HTML, and text. Not everyone has a PDF reader (although that's hard to believe,) but everyone with a computer has the ability to read HTML (web pages) or text files, so there's no reason to avoid e-books.

So, go ahead and buy Red Moon Rising and let me know what you think.

The e-book is here

You can now get an e-book version of Red Moon Rising for $4.95 from Smashwords. In the coming weeks, the e-book will also be available from other distributors.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/40341

Red Moon Rising is here!

My new novel, Red Moon Rising is now available from Sam's Dot Publishing. At the moment, you can order copies from The Genre Mall, and they should ship by the middle of the month. In the next couple of days I will hopefully be posting links so that you can order the book from Amazon, or so that you can order the e-book version from Smashwords.

A little about the book...


J Alan Erwine takes you into a future environmental nightmare that is not only all too possible, but is in fact well on the way there. The air and seas are filthy with pollution and oil spills, the U.S. Government is an effete and toothless replica of its former self, and business decides which rules they will allow to be enforced. Corporations lie, people die.
Including Erik Singer's brother Jeromie, killed while seeking evidence against an oil company regarding their spills in the Gulf. After five years, Erik has had enough of wallowing in loss and self-pity. Emboldened by the words and visions of a Native American environmentalist, Erik is ready to act.
And he has colleagues. The reluctant mayor of Tampa. The daughter of the most egregious industrialist. And a tree-hugging terrorist. Can just four people make a difference?

You can read the first chapter for free here.

January recap

3 for 3

An Ephemeris update for February 2011

Preditors & Editors

E-book sale

Red Moon Rising is coming

Red Moon Rising back cover blurb

Red Moon Rising back cover blurb

J Alan Erwine takes you into a future environmental nightmare that is not only all too possible, but is in fact well on the way there. The air and seas are filthy with pollution and oil spills, the U.S. Government is an effete and toothless replica of its former self, and business decides which rules they will allow to be enforced. Corporations lie, people die.

Including Erik Singer's brother Jeromie, killed while seeking evidence against an oil company regarding their spills in the Gulf. After five years, Erik has had enough of wallowing in loss and self-pity. Emboldened by the words and visions of a Native American environmentalist, Erik is ready to act.

And he has colleagues. The reluctant mayor of Tampa. The daughter of the most egregious industrialist. And a tree-hugging terrorist. Can just four people make a difference?

Red Moon Rising is coming

My new novel Red Moon Rising will be released by Sam's Dot Publishing in February. You can now read the first chapter of the book on my website by going to http://www.jalanerwine.com/rmrch1.htm.

Let me know what you think.

E-book sale

Two of my books are on sale as e-books through Samshwords. You can get Seedlings on the Solar Winds for just $1.48. Simply enter the code ZH36J when you check out. You can also get The Opium of the People for just $2.48. Simply enter the code TT88C when you check out. Both of these books will be on sale for the rest of January.

My third book that Smashwords has available, Marionettes on the Moon is always available for just 99 cents.

Preditors & Editors

The annual Preditors & Editors readers poll has begun again, and although I've become a bit disillusioned by this poll over the years, there are still opportunities for people to vote for me...so of course I'm going to push for those votes.

Here are the categories you can vote for me or my stuff...

Author

Zine Editor

Book publisher...in this case, Sam's Dot Publishing

Bookstore-The Genre Mall

Magazine-The Martian Wave

Voting ends on Jan. 26th...

An Ephemeris update for February 2011

It's been a while since I've updated this blog about what's going on with the game, so now seems like a good time.

I'm currently finishing up The Bandit's Sourcebook, and we should have it out by the middle of February. Our second print title has also come out. You can now get The Ephemeris Species Compendium from DriveThruRPG. We will also soon be releasing Ephemeris: Critters and Pests in print as well.

A couple of other creators are also working on projects, so we will hopefully have those available in the coming months. We're still thinking about what kinds of projects to start on once all of the character sourcebooks are out, so if you have any ideas, please feel free to post them on the Ephemeris message board.

3 for 3

My story, "And the Lamb and the Lion Shall Not Lie Down Together" has been accepted for the A Taste of Armageddon anthology that will be released by WolfSinger Publications. As I mentioned previously, I only wrote three short stories in 2010. This was the third one that I was waiting to hear back on...so that means that I went three for three in 2010.

All of the stories will be published later this year, and I'll post more information when they come out.

December recap

Another light month of blogging with the baby trying to adjust to Rebecca being back at work, and me trying to adjust to having a day job again.

Anthology rough draft

Anthology story

Great holiday gift idea

Sleep deprivation

Merry Christmas

2010 in review

2010 in review

What a year it's been. In May, Rebecca and I were finally able to get married after so many delays. Then in November we welcomed our new baby, Alexis. Our two older girls are thriving in school and growing up so fast. On a personal level, 2010 was the best year I've ever had.

On the writing front, it was a pretty good year as well, although not as productive as I would have liked. I finished (not wrote) two novels. One of them, Red Moon Rising will be released by Sam's Dot Publishing in February. The other is getting some serious consideration from another publisher...so hopefully there will be some good news in early 2011. I only wrote three short stories this year. Two of those stories will be published in 2011, and I'm waiting to hear back on the third.

I did a lot of writing for the Ephemeris RPG, and although sales on the game haven't been booming, we have seen fairly steady sales year round.

So, overall, I would have to say that 2010 was a damn good year!

Merry Christmas

Around here, we don't celebrate Christmas as being the birth of a god, or the birth of a son of a god. Instead, we just celebrate it as a time to be with family and friends. So, to all of my family and friends, Merry Christmas.

Here are a few Christmas songs you might like...

Sleep deprivation

I'm having a lot of trouble adjusting to having the baby in the house and working early in the morning. My new job starts at 6 am every day, so I have to be up at 4:30, and of course, anyone who has ever had a baby will tell you that they don't sleep through the night.

At first, Rebecca was doing a lot of the staying up with her because she was still on maternity leave, but she went back to work last night...and Alexis was not too happy about it. We had a very rough night with her basically screaming for hours on end. So, I didn't get to sleep until Rebecca got home at midnight.

Tonight's been a much better night so far. Normally she wants to be held whenever she's sleeping, but I've been splitting time between that and putting her in the car seat next to my desk and gently rocking her. She hasn't had any fits yet, and she seems quite happy...so it seems to be working.

Needless to say, trying to adjust to her and the job has meant that my writing and editing have suffered a lot, but I'll get back into the swing of things in the next week or two, and then everything will be back to normal...or as normal as it ever is in my life...

Great holiday gift idea

If you're looking for a great gift idea for the science fiction or fantasy fan on your holiday list, might I suggest the Sam's Dot Publishing calendars? Not only do these calendars feature the usual holiday dates, they also feature important dates like the birthdays of some of your favorite authors, the dates of major literary and scientific achievements, and much more.

There are two varieties of the calendars, and here is the cover art for each:





You can find them at The Genre Mall. Just scroll down to the Sam's Dot Calendars.