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Bay Area: Three Readings!

Hope you enjoyed the end of In Broad Daylight and that your New Year is off to a great start. I'll be back soon with more podcasts, but for now I just got back from the Yucatan and am PUMPED for two readings this week and another next Sunday the 22nd -- all in the Bay Area. If you're local, I hope you can make it to one (or more!)  

First up is in Sausalito Thurs night 1/12 at: 

Why There Are Words January 12 “Other Voices: Come Together”

This one's a star-studded lineup that I'm really excited to be a part of. Starts at 7:00.

Then on Friday night at Elbo Room in the Mission is Literary Death Match! Doors at 6:30!

I'm making my return reading at this event and will not go down without a deadly fight! Triad Death Match style! Believe it!

Info and tickets are here: http://www.literarydeathmatch.com/upcoming-events/january-13-2012.html

and on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/335957923082317/

If you haven't ever seen a Literary Death Match before, you're in for a rare treat. These are awesome! See a video of what goes on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Spi05hnOwE

If neither of those float your booty, I'll be at a fine event in the Portuguese Writers Colony on Sunday 1/22 at 5pm in downtown SF.

Info is here: http://portugueseartistscolony.blogspot.com/p/readings.html 

Musical guest is Ira Marlowe. Will be great!

Hope to see you out and around! I'll be selling and signing special paperback editions of THIS IS LIFE/Czechmate [COMBINED] at all events!

 

DearReader.com Thriller Book Club features Jack Wakes Up!

When this week's book excerpt showed up in my inbox, I was happy to see Jack Wakes Up featured there. Let's hope it helps create some new Palms Daddies (and Mommies)!!

Raise a Racket on Monday!! LIVE!

With YOUNG MONDAY in THREE DAYS and YJ still not available for sale at Amazon.com, it's unclear what we'll be able to do. If nothing else, we'll be rocking the social networks to get the word out about the book's impending release. Cross yer fingers that it's up on Amazon so you can drop your reviews! 

Also, Monday is a great day to hit YOUR local Bookstore and Library to make sure they've ordered the novel. You with me? Yep.

On top of that, Rhonda Carpenter and the crew over at Podio Racket.com are hosting a live call-in podcast broadcast (with chat room) on Monday at 6PM PST and 9 EST. Join us live with your questions, text chats, and all of it! We'll also be giving away free copies of my books!

I can't wait! Can you? These are always a ton of fun.

Here's the dope-man addicts link to the show. Be there!

And while we're at it, here's a hit of the YJ Avatars for you to pick up out of the feed-box! Enjoy 'em and use 'em wisely (meaning everywhere)!! For more info on these, read The Evangelism Page.

Using Scribd.com to Publicize Your Book

Today I want to talk about a great new way to publicize your work online, one that's working very well for authors Kemble Scott, Hyla Molander, and today's guest Ransom Stephens: uploading your ebook to Scribd.com. Here, lots of readers can discover your work, "read-share" it via Facebook and generally help you get the word out.

Ransom Stephens uploaded his book The God Patent to Scribd in May 2009 and since then he's seen the book rack up over 19,000 reads and 80+ great reviews. This was enough for the book to get picked up and published by Numina Press (Vox Novus) last December. Billed as "The Scribd eBook Sensation," you can read The God Patent for FREE here.  

Looking ahead to publicizing YOUNG JUNIUS next month around its release from Tyrus Books, I caught up with Ransom to ask a few questions about how I can use Scribd to help: [more after the break]

Next Reading Event: SF, Thurs, May 20th!!

Cafe RoyaleCafe RoyaleI'll be reading from YOUNG JUNIUS along with awesome SF crime writers Mark Coggins (The Big Wake-Up) and Kelli Stanley (City of Dragons) at the next Inside Storytime: Thursday May 20th!! More info here.

Event starts at 6:30PM at Cafe Royale: 800 Post St. @Leavenworth

Be there to help heckle your boy! This will be fun, under 21 are admitted, and what else... what else do you need?

Get your Twitter/Facebook Avatars Here!

Get these babies and toss them up onto your profiles to help spread the word for the YOUNG JUNIUS Special Edition pre-order launch, coming May 5th -- Cinco de Junius! It's HOT!

ALSO: check me out on This Week in Twitter -- a live video discussion -- today, 4/23 at 11AM PDT.

Video coming here soon!

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Give the Gift of Lit

It is with great pleasure I bring forth and introduce you to The Gift of Lit, a collective effort by many of the fine authors from Podiobooks. Together, we would like to share with you our diverse works and invite you to take a look at the nice selection of books we have spent hours, days, months, or years writing.

The Gift of Lit: Holiday 2009 is now here. If you are looking for a great gift this holiday season, whether it be for a family member, friend…or for yourself, take a look at the list below and give one, some, or all of these books your consideration. There are books to suit your needs this holiday season. Here, you will find fantasy, sci-fi, crime, speculative fiction, techno thrillers, and much more. Help support these authors and spread the joys of literature. Give spark to imagination.

Below, take a look at all of the different titles offered and follow the links to purchase your own copy for yourself or to give that special someone this holiday. The Gift of Lit will be sure to please all readers.   Click Here to Read More...

Akakievich.com

Okay, okay, I admit it: I am a fan of Akakievich.com. I think it's one of the coolest and fastest-blogging sites on the web. F**king Alexi Akakievich... man, you've gotta give credit to that Cossack buttknob!

"Harwood is dog." --Alexi Akakievich     "I love this guy!"  --Harwood

Podioracket: Seth Harwood and Jack Wakes Up

Live Online Interview: I'm on Podioracket this Tues!!

Seth Harwood Author of Jack Wakes Up Hits Podioracket like a Sonic Boom!
Join us on July 21 6:00 Pm Pst -- Visit Here: BlogTalk Radio or Call in at (347) 996-3319
We have seen Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction and much more on Podiobooks.com, but never has there been a explosive Crime Mystery like this.

"Drug deals, murders, gun fights, car chases, betrayals, and strip clubs - everything you expect from a high-octane, fast-paced action story," says a recent review.

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Bodies in the Library - Litquake Mystery Fundraiser this Thursday!

Litquake’s First Mystery Fundraiser

Thursday July 16, 2009 6-8 pm
Mechanics' Institute Library, 57 Post St.
San Francisco, California

 

Come and enjoy this intimate evening with us.

 

I hope to see you this Thursday night as I'll be appearing at this event to sign, talk about the book and participate in a few panels. It'll be a great, fun party event where they'll be auctioning off a signed copy of JWU AND a free one-hour session of one-on-one talk with me about social networking, new media and Book Publishing 2.0 / Author Boot Camp.

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