Last Signing Events for the Year and other updates

I am too lazy to link everything from my website post to Blogger, so I'm just going to link the entire article here.

Thanks for all of the support.  I heard a rumor that Blogger may go the way of the dodo at some point in the next couple of years, so it is a good thing I have this website blog now.  I'll keep posting duplicate posts or linked posts here as long as it is active.  I started my writing career on Blogger, so I won't be abandoning it.  It is in fact, a lot better than my Wix blog in a lot of ways.

Thanks for the support and stay tuned for more updates.

Jake dh

Pics from 2017 Events Thus Far... link

So, I posted this to my website's new Blog... um... yeah, there are a lot of pictures, so I'll just give you the link.  Sorry for being lazy, but this took a long time to put together being that the pics came from like 6 different sources.  Also my website's home page has information about the last two events I'll be attending this year.  Enjoy.

CLICK HERE

Update: Author Events!

Hello again,

I told you I'd start to blog more often.  Of course, this isn't the normal frequency that I'll be posting.  I'm on vacation for the moment, so I've got a lot of extra time on my hands. 

In any case, let's get to what you're here for: All of my Upcoming Author Events!

Franklin Street Bazaar

Evansville, Indiana

August 12, 2017

Starts at 9am

Though I don't have an exact location for this as of yet, when I have it, I'll let you know.  For the time being, just know that I will be there.  If you're looking to snag a copy of The BulletProof Ghost: In Spades, then you'll be out of luck.  Since the release of In Spades is on August 19, I will only have copies of the second edition of The BulletProof Ghost: Prototypes.  I'll also have merchandise such as button pins, t-shirts and bookmarks.  If you've held off on getting a copy of Prototypes until now, this would be a great opportunity to catch up on the saga.

Update: I will be at the Number 22 spot. :)

The BulletProof Ghost: In Spades Launch Event

Barnes & Noble

Evansville, Indiana

Saturday, August 19, 2017

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

I already posted about this, but if this is the first you've heard of it...

I'm going to be releasing my second book, The BulletProof Ghost: In Spades at the Evansville, Indiana Barnes & Noble!  I'll be selling and signing copies of both books.  I'm pretty sure I can't sell my merch here, so it will only be books for this one.  Sorry.

Evansville Museum Geek & Comic Con

Evansville, Indiana

Saturday, August 26, 2017

11AM - 3 PM

I'm excited about this event because I'm going to be on a panel with other local authors.  Whaaaaat!? Yes!  I'm not sure on the time yet, but not only will be able to get both books and swag, but you can ask me and other authors questions about our work, the process of writing or anything else you want.  That's pretty nerve-wrecking... I mean it's great.  It is great.  Not nervous at all.

Tri-Con

Holiday Inn by Evansville Airport

7101 US-41, Evansville, IN 47725

Friday noon-midnight
Saturday 8am – midnight
Sunday 9am – 5pm

Tri-Con is a multi-genre nerd culture event.  Scifi, fantasy, horror, literature, comics, cosplay, anime and much more convene in Evansville for a weekend of awesomeness. 

So this is a big one.  Three days, much like Geek Galaxy a few years ago, but much bigger.  More people.  Long hours.  This is fine for me.  I love big events like this.  At this event, I will just be a vender with my books and swag.  I hope to have the compilation book and/or the hardback version of Prototypes & In Spades on sale by then.  I also may launch the first Dreadful short story on the first day of Tri-Con.  More information on that as I work the specifics of BPG Hardback/Dreadful Launch.  I may have an other surprise or two for the event, so keep an eye on Twitter @thebproofghost and this blog.

These are all of the events that I've 100% confirmed.  I wanted to talk about several of them for a while, but I needed to make sure I wasn't giving out bad info if they were out of room or my book/swag didn't meet their requirements. Thanks for your patience. 

I'm also aware all of these events are local.  In Evansville, Indiana.  Honestly, it just sort of worked out like that.  The Bazaar, the museum and Tri-Con were bunched up together in less than a month's span.  Releasing In Spades locally makes sense as far as supporting the community.  Not to mention it makes maxing out the potential attendance of the event.

I will schedule events later in September that take place further away from home.  In fact if you don't live near southern Indiana and would like to have me at an event or come to your local bookstore for a signing.  Send me an email at jakedh@bulletproofghost.com .  I'll see what I can do.

Thanks for the support and I'll keep the updates coming.

-Jake dh

Finally, A Release Date for The BulletProof Ghost: In Spades

It has been longer than I honestly should be comfortable with since I last blogged.  To touch on some personal matters, I was switched to first shift at my job-job in October.  I only recently in the last few weeks, was switched back to nights.  When I'm on days, time to blog just kind of falls to the wayside.  I concentrated on my fiction since I barely had time to write.  I also didn't have a lot to report on since I last wrote.

First off, everything regarding the launch of my next book was completely driven by money. Not the money that I was going to make, but the money I didn't have for the various costs for release.  Editing, formatting the interior, formatting the exterior, printing costs, merch costs and not to mention having an honest to gawd launch event.  Well, since October, I received a couple of bonuses from my job and most of this went to cover these costs.  Hooray! 

Other than write in my other projects, which I should blog about in the next few weeks, I haven't really accomplished anything to type about.  Not a full blown blog post anyway.  Check out my Twitter feed @thebproofghost to see all of my tiny updates and various thoughts.

I also would like to give a shout out to the Evansville Local Authors and the Midwestern Writers Guild.  I joined these two groups hoping to make much needed connections.  I wasn't even sure there was a local author community in Evansville, Indiana, but low and behold, there is.  I really didn't care to look before, again, socially different introvert.  I was insanely nervous when I went to my first meeting, but I've gone to several since.  I even helped run a presentation on copyright law at the Oaklyn Branch of the Vanderburgh Library.  I guess I've come a long way since joining the groups.

Thanks to all of the local authors I've met and who have helped me thus far.  I'll be sure to write some blog posts where I talk about them individually or one fat post laying out what each author is about before the next joint event.

Sorry that I'm being long winded, there is just a lot to get to before the main event which is the release of the second BulletProof Ghost novel, In Spades.

The BulletProof Ghost: In Spades

will be released on August 19, 2017.

There will be a launch event at Barnes & Noble on Green River Road in Evansville, Indiana.  I'll be there from 1:30p - 3:00p selling and signing copies of both The BulletProof Ghost: In Spades and the second edition of the previous book,

The BulletProof Ghost: Prototypes.

The Address is 624 S Green River Rd, Evansville, IN 47715

In case you didn't want to Google it.

Boom!  Thanks to Barnes and Noble, Evansville for having me.  Thank you to Mariana Mudd, that location's Business Development Manager, specifically for saying yes to this event.

I'll put up another post after this detailing other events I'll be at in the next two months.  There's a lot going on, so if you want to drop by and get some action packed scifi novels, then that would make you a really cool person.  Just saying.

Thanks for the support so far.  There's a lot of distance to cover before I'll be satisfied.

-Jake dh

The BulletProof Ghost: In Spades' Rough Draft is done!

So I know it had been a while since I've had anything resembling a decent update, but as of about twenty minutes ago, the second book in The BulletProof Ghost series in its most basic form, is done.  The BulletProof Ghost: In Spades is longer than Prototypes, which is part of the reason it took so long to finish.  There were other reasons, but there are previous entries in this blog to explain that.

The synopsis of the new book begins with the fallout from Prototypes (spoilers for Prototypes ahead).  After Kyle Richard was forced to kill four of his five bullies due to William Kintaxin's rage program being activated in Kyle's brain nodes (cybernetic nervous system enhancement); he has to figure out where he fits in the world.  The guilt of his actions (though more or less against his will) weigh heavy on the young cyborg.  Four leaves town to secure funds for creating a base of operations so the two don't have to squat at Kevin Hedwin's house.

Kyle comes into conflict with a criminal organization known as The Spades.  They are run by Mayor Rudolph Vyle, who is also the murdered Nick's father.  Vyle's rampage to find who killed his son puts Kyle's friends, Al and Irene into the crosshairs.  Kyle must not only save his friends, but the soul of his hometown.

I don't want to ruin too much, but I'll have a preview up within a month or so.  I know, waiting sucks, but I want the book to be good.  Honestly, even in rough draft form, I think that In Spades is better than Prototypes.  All of the origin story and technology explaining is out of the way and I felt free to just tell a story.

I'll be ordering a new cover soon so my posts will have a picture to go with them.  I'm not going with the same artist I did last time, so I'll have to shop around... as it were.

If you haven't read The BulletProof Ghost: Prototypes, then you should go to The Website and order a copy or get the digital version.  There is a preview on Amazon, Smashwords and this blog.

Once I get the second draft finished and editing begins, I'll hold a pre-order program for In Spades, sort of.
 I'm going to run a GoFundMe in order to:
                          A. Fund a possible release tour for The BulletProof Ghost: In Spades
                          B. Allow a psuedo pre-order system

This means that I might have a prolonged tour for the release of In Spades (fingers crossed), but also that anyone who wants to put money down can reserve their book early AND get a signed copy of not only In Spades, but the 2nd edition of Prototypes as well.  There will be other rewards of course, but those will be announced later.

Thanks for the support so far.  I will try to get over my social anxieties and do local events in Evansville and Owensboro (and possibly a couple of other places) sans crowd funding, provided people will go to get signed copies of the books.  Maybe I'll be allowed to do a Q & A if you want something like that.

The BulletProof Ghost will emerge again.

-Jake dh