Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause preview, part 5

April 7, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Continuing our preview of NOBLE CAUSE. First read parts 1, 2, 3, and 4. The action continues now: Malik’s sword bent in two. Though my enchanted armor, a hauberk and pants-of-mail combo, lacked a proper legendary name, it too was a relic of the Mighty Champion, bestowed upon me by The Gods. [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause preview, part 4

April 2, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Following preview one, preview two, and preview three, we continue with Chapter 1 of NOBLE CAUSE: Dark of skin and grim of eye, Malik wore the loose, flowing robes of a desert tribesman. He bore a curved sword in his right hand and a hooked dagger in the left. “To the death?” [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause preview, part 3

April 1, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Following preview one and preview two, we continue with Chapter 1 of NOBLE CAUSE: “So, then, who wants to kill me today?” I shouted. A clamor arose from the gathered killers. They volleyed as much vituperation at each other as at me. The only thing uniting this motley crew was a desire [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause preview, part 2

March 30, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Another peek at the current draft of the first chapter of the forthcoming Jason Cosmo: NOBLE CAUSE. Picking up directly after the first preview: “Getting killed can wreck one’s schedule,” said Merc. “You have no idea,” I said. “At first it was but an ambush here, a drive-by crossbowing there. But it [...]

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Jason Cosmo: Noble Cause preview

March 25, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Just to prove I haven’t totally abandoned Jason Cosmo to make a career of flogging Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter, here is the most current version of the opening lines of NOBLE CAUSE. That said, I’ve revisited Chapter 1 dozens of times, so this could all change before publication, and probably will! The [...]

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Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter

March 13, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Time to come clean. My ebook Twinkle was but a ruse, intended to lure you to your doom. Like the glittery vampires that infect so much of current fiction, Twinkle offers the promise of love and romance, lulls you into a false sense of warm security–and then, when  you least suspect it, [...]

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Twinkle: Vampires My Way

March 5, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader: Twinkle launched this week. The story has already received a few good reader reviews and is moving up the charts. For those who missed the previews, Twinkle is my take on the romantic vampire craze, offered as free ebook mini-novel. Here is the Smashwords blurb: Twinkle. A small town with big secrets. [...]

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Twinkle: new preview

February 26, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! My vampire mini-novel Twinkle launches March 1 on Smashwords. I’ve shared one scene over the last three days. Today I have a new preview. New scene. We join Stella running through the woods: SMACK! Stella slammed into a tree for the fifth or sixth time. “Why are there so many trees in [...]

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Twinkle: excerpt three

February 25, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! On March 1, it’s vampires my way, with the debut of Twinkle on Smashwords. Until then, here is a third excerpt. If you haven’t read excerpt 1 and excerpt 2 go read those first. This picks up right after excerpt 2, when Edmund says: “And is it what you want? What you [...]

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Twinkle: second excerpt

February 24, 2010

Greetings, Loyal Reader! Below is the second excerpt from my vampire mini-epic Twinkle, coming March 1 as a free Smashwords ebook. Vampires my way!  If you haven’t read the first excerpt yet, go read that first. This picks up with the very next line: “I dream about you when I sleep, except I don’t sleep. [...]

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