Step by step

Wow. Havent been on here in about 3 weeks or so. I can't say that I'm much of a blogger. It was suggested by my publisher that I do this and I figured it would be a good way for people to get to know me and to know my product. I also figured i would use it as a diary of sorts to keep you posted as the release date of the book approaches...

But life does get in the way. There are issues and priorities and distractions and before you know it, you have lost the desire to do anything and you say to yourself, "Bah!! (I say bah alot) I'll do it tomorrow. And you know what happens when tomorrow comes, right? "Bah! I'll do it some other time." And so on and so forth.

Luckily, being that a few weeks have passed, I actually have a few things to talk about. Firstly, I have a release date for the book. Amazon.com allready has a pre-order page for A Distant Battlefield It will be available on September 15th.
WooHoo!! (I say Woohoo alot)

I was told by my wonderful indie publisher Wheatmark, that it will also be availalbe on the Books-A-Million page as well as physical copies for Barnes and Noble, Target and Walmart. (that rules) I have a bit of a marketing strategy in place, and there are many spots in the 5 boroughs of NYC that I plan on approaching to promote in person.

The last 3 weeks have seen alot of interesting activity. My sunburned family came back from Puerto Rico all happy and healthy. (did I mentioned sunburned?)

I received my first shipment of sample books. A box with 10 wonderful copies of my novel were awaiting my pleasure when I came home from work. (and of course my family members descended on said box like a plague of unwashed locust and lifted a number of copies.) I still have one copy for myself though.

My wonderful niece Amy Mendez rounded up a handful of her friends and this last Saturday we shot a number of photos with the lovely ladies modeling the Distant Battlefield Tees as well as a number of the books.

The intelligent and quite capable Darius Vick blessed me with his photography skills and the irrascable Phillip Shung provided the remaining resources. It was a fun 2 hour shoot with lots of laughs and good times.

All of it in an effort to get the world ready for A DISTANT BATTLEFIELD!! my first novel and part 1 of an amazing trilogy. It is full of sci-fi action but also has tons of cool characters as well as drama, intrigue, comedy and a dash of romance.

In the Fall there is more to do. I am arranging for a book signing event in Lower Manhattan, I plan on doing some marketing at the New York Comic Con in October and in between there will be some more tidbits and appearances.

A big thank you for all of you who have been reading and following, and an even bigger thank you to those of you who have assisted me either physically, mentally or spiritually.

I love you all.