There are only a fews days left in the voting, so be sure to run over here and vote in Urban Fantasy Land's Reader's Choice Awards while there is still time. To vote for your favorite debut author you'll have to leave a comment (and if that's me, great, but if it isn't that's cool, too), but whomever you wish to vote for, make sure to let your vote count. It appears that prizes may be awarded to voters, so who knows, you just might win something for the effort. :)
Cheers,
Jeremy
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
New League Post
I posted at the League of Reluctant Adults today.
Vampires + Musicals + Barack Obama
http://www.leagueofreluctantadults.com/2009/01/barackula-musical.html
Vampires + Musicals + Barack Obama
http://www.leagueofreluctantadults.com/2009/01/barackula-musical.html
Friday, January 16, 2009
ReVamped Gets PW review
/happy dance
That's not the review, just my reaction to it.
In fact, please pardon me while I bury the lead.
Let me take you back to early 2008 when a soon-to-be-published author, yours truly, was frantic for reviews. I still am. I don't know if that ever goes away, but we're not talking about me now, we're talking about me then, the author who hadn't figured out how Google alerts worked, the author who is waiting for someone, anyone, to say something (again... ANYTHING) about his book.
Picture him, if you can. He wakes up each morning and does a Google search for variations of his own name, the title of his book, and the word "review." Then, in case the search hasn't picked them up, he goes to various review sites that he hopes will review his book and searches and pours and frets. He does the same thing at lunch and when he returns home from works and in the middle of the night...
Lets leave him there fretting. He looks amusing hunched over his laptop at Krystal fighting with their free wireless network, brow furrowed, as he squints through the glare. He's nowhere near as fun to watch once the Library Journal review comes out. He's still obsessive, but the frantic nature of his OCD has lessened.
One of those places I checked every week (if not every day) was Publishers Weekly. So imagine my surprise when this time around, I get this... before I'd even thought to look for it:
"ReVamped J.F. Lewis. Pocket, $15 paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4391-0228-2
Vampire fans who like their blood and gore leavened with humor should enjoy the campy sequel to 2008's Staked. Eric Courtney, strip club owner and operator in Void City, is coming to terms with existence as a ghost vampire after dying in an explosion that totaled his place of business. His former fiancée, Marilyn, tells Eric that his best friend betrayed him, but the demon J'iliol'lth collects her soul before she can explain further. Worse yet, Eric's beloved Mustang somehow gets turned into a vampire. Eric accepts a commission from J'iliol'lth to find the Stone of Aeternem, which enables its holder to raise the dead, in exchange for immortality and the return of Marilyn's soul. The jokes are far from subtle, but Lewis's creativity elevates this above similar outings. (Mar.)"
I'm not sure what the pull quote would be, but I'm tickled pink to have the book favorably reviewed. :)
That's not the review, just my reaction to it.
In fact, please pardon me while I bury the lead.
Let me take you back to early 2008 when a soon-to-be-published author, yours truly, was frantic for reviews. I still am. I don't know if that ever goes away, but we're not talking about me now, we're talking about me then, the author who hadn't figured out how Google alerts worked, the author who is waiting for someone, anyone, to say something (again... ANYTHING) about his book.
Picture him, if you can. He wakes up each morning and does a Google search for variations of his own name, the title of his book, and the word "review." Then, in case the search hasn't picked them up, he goes to various review sites that he hopes will review his book and searches and pours and frets. He does the same thing at lunch and when he returns home from works and in the middle of the night...
Lets leave him there fretting. He looks amusing hunched over his laptop at Krystal fighting with their free wireless network, brow furrowed, as he squints through the glare. He's nowhere near as fun to watch once the Library Journal review comes out. He's still obsessive, but the frantic nature of his OCD has lessened.
One of those places I checked every week (if not every day) was Publishers Weekly. So imagine my surprise when this time around, I get this... before I'd even thought to look for it:
"ReVamped J.F. Lewis. Pocket, $15 paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4391-0228-2
Vampire fans who like their blood and gore leavened with humor should enjoy the campy sequel to 2008's Staked. Eric Courtney, strip club owner and operator in Void City, is coming to terms with existence as a ghost vampire after dying in an explosion that totaled his place of business. His former fiancée, Marilyn, tells Eric that his best friend betrayed him, but the demon J'iliol'lth collects her soul before she can explain further. Worse yet, Eric's beloved Mustang somehow gets turned into a vampire. Eric accepts a commission from J'iliol'lth to find the Stone of Aeternem, which enables its holder to raise the dead, in exchange for immortality and the return of Marilyn's soul. The jokes are far from subtle, but Lewis's creativity elevates this above similar outings. (Mar.)"
I'm not sure what the pull quote would be, but I'm tickled pink to have the book favorably reviewed. :)
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Holiday Antics in Guild Wars
Whatever you celebrate, I hope you have a wonderful time. At the Lewis Household, we've been baking, fruitcaking and all kinds of stuff. Heck, we've even found the time to fight off a cold or two. And in between, we've even had time to play a little Guild Wars and help keep
Wintersday safe from the grenches.
Grenches are mean little guys who work for Grenth, the Guild Wars equivalent of all the nastiest gods in various mythologies.
Fortunately, TJ, my warrior, is up to the challenge. With peppermint shield and sword in hand, Yule Cap (which looks deceptively like a Santa Hat) firmly on his head, he sets out to the Secrete Lair of the Snowmen to save Wintersday. Hey, it's for the kids! :)
Heh. I call this last shot: To me, my Snowmen.
Happy Holidays, Everyone!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Dragon Page Cover to Cover Interview (or Mike Stackpole says you should buy my book)
I've spoken before about The Dragon Page Cover to Cover podcast and how much I love the show. Well, the guys were nice enough to have me on for an interview. We don't talk about the Staked or ReVamped much, but we *do* talk about the recent unpleasantness regarding the personal attacks I've gotten as a result of the publication of both books.
There is also some very interesting chat between Mike & Mike about beliefs after the interview.
There is also some very interesting chat between Mike & Mike about beliefs after the interview.
Cover Art for ReVamped
Well, as some of you may have notice (Hi, Jerry) Amazon has some cover art up for ReVamped. Currently, that version has the wrong quote, but this one doesn't:
The cover artist is Gene Mollica this time around and I think he did a great job! :)
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