Self-Stalking, Part 3
Okay, this time I wasn’t really stalking myself. Some other people sent me this stuff, but it’s every bit as good as whatever nonsense I could find about myself on google at 3am.
Chuck McKenzie, who wrote that stellar review on Horrorscope, e-mailed me today to let me know that Dymocks, one of the biggest book retailers in Australia, was placing a bulk-order of multiple copies of The Painted Man for all the stores in their chain. That means each store will be stocking from 10-30 copies, and they will be prominently displayed in the storefronts!!!
They also included an abbreviated version of the Horrorscope review in the Dymocks Southland in-store newsletter, Dymensions, which you can subscribe to here.
In addition to that, my agent wrote to let me know that SFREvu, a prominent online SF publication, posted a review of the book, which you can find here. My sepia ARC cover is even displayed on their home page!
Also in the news, I got the full color printed book jackets for the UK hardback in the mail yesterday, and they look awesome! My editor included the gift they are sending some buyers with the advance read copies: Temporary ward tattoos! They are really sweet, and come with description cards of the demons they protect against. I’ll try and scan all that stuff soon so that I can post it.
I’ve been meaning to get a warding circle tattoo for some time now. I have had 18 unique wards designed by Lauren Cannon, and I’m ready to have them permanently attached. They’ve become something of a signature, as they appear prominently in most of the book related projects and art.
I once promised myself I would get a tattoo for every series I wrote. I have a katana with a Heart-shaped tsuba on my right forearm to represent the Aldun Orion books, and now I need to balance it with something on my left arm for the Painted Man books. It’s time.
Anyone know a good tattoo artist in NYC/Brooklyn?
If you can wait for me to graduate academy, I’m probably going to get crossed anchors tattooed to commemorate the achievement. I can swing back through NYC on the trip home and we can go together.