Showing posts with label The Red Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Red Church. Show all posts

Monday, September 2, 2013

Kindle Serial McFALL by Scott Nicholson launches with Kindle Fire giveaway

Visit my new website to enter a contest to win a free Kindle Fire and other prizes!

(I'll be moving my blog over there eventually. Here's the "official third-person press release")

McFALL

International bestselling author Scott Nicholson returns to his supernatural roots in the new serialized novel McFALL, launching Sept. 3, with new episodes releasing every six weeks.

The supernatural thriller, from Amazon’s 47North imprint, features characters from THE RED CHURCH, a Stoker Award finalist and alternate selection of the Mystery Guild Book Club, and DRUMMER BOY, a ghostly coming-of-age tale. The stories are set in the rural Southern Appalachian Mountains where Nicholson lives and are inspired by actual local legends.

“I enjoyed working with Amazon’s Thomas & Mercer imprint for my Fear series, and I had been mulling a return to the world of my first novel,” Nicholson said. “When 47North offered the opportunity to write a serial, I jumped at it. I am always eager to experiment, and Amazon is proving progressive in its digital publishing approach. I’ll still be writing McFALL as it goes live so it’s a bit like walking out on a tightrope in flaming underpants over a canyon full of cobras. Or perhaps it’s just another day in cyberspace.”

Although it’s exclusive to Amazon, McFALL will be published in paperback and audiobook later this year.. New episodes are automatically emailed to the Kindles of those who order the first episode. Learn more about the project at http://www.hauntedcomputer.com/mcfall.htm.

The serial is $1.99 at Amazon.

McFALL



"If Evil had fortified secret strongholds across the globe, the red church was certainly one of them."

When wealthy developer Larkin McFall moves to the small Appalachian Mountain community of Barkersville, generations-old tales of supernatural phenomena, sudden deaths, and odd disappearances resurface. Larkin laughs off the stories as superstition, while promising to bring a bright new future to the dying town.

Sheriff Frank Littlefield senses a diabolical motive in McFall’s good intentions. High school friends Bobby Eldreth and Ronnie Day also suspect that an evil menace has invaded Barkersville, but both soon fall under McFall’s spell. Has the sinister presence that once infiltrated the abandoned—perhaps haunted—red church spread to the community as McFall turns the family property into a luxurious subdivision?

When those who oppose Larkin McFall’s ambitions begin to die horrifically—or even worse, become the man’s biggest supporters—Sheriff Littlefield’s investigation uncovers a man with no past and no fingerprints.

A man who destroys people by giving them exactly what they want. 
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Listening to The Red Church

Currently proofing the audio files for The Red Church, which will be released through SpringBrookAudio as soon as I finish the proof. SpringBrookAudio is distributor, while Perfect Voices has an interesting co-op production model in which the author subsidizes some of the cost of the talent and then shares royalties on an escalating. The book is read by Aaron Tucker, who I hope will read more of my books.

Under the Perfect Voices model, there are four tiers--the more you pay upfront for the voice talent, the higher your royalty rate and the faster your payback period, assuming you connect with the audience. SpringBrook distributes the book through various sites like audible.com, and rights eventually return to the author. So it's a half-indie, progressive model in which the author has a lot of choice but also some investment.

It's odd to hear your own book being read, especially when the reading has dramatic quality. At times I forget I wrote it and get caught up in the story, and feel the movement instead of just intellectually analyzing it. The truth is, I often forget books after I write them and get startled when someone points out a line or phrase. I go "Huh, did I write that? Well, it's pretty cool. And it sort of sounds like something I would write."

Now time to write more. I am getting more interested in writing the third book in the series, ARCHER McFALL, which I have been thinking about for a year or so. Just a few chapters to go on the CHRONIC FEAR sequel before I decide what to write next.
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Czerwony kościół by any other name


Through the wonders of Facebook, I have learned The Red Church has now been published in Polish. Way cool. Great cover. Looks like it's been out since spring and I haven't seen copies or a check so I didn't even know it existed. Thanks to Mateusz Bandurski for the heads up. Maybe I can do a trade to get the translated edition for digital release. The title also seems to be the name of an actual village in Poland. Hmm, guess I will have to learn more.

In the meantime, I have translators working on French and Italian editions, and a Spanish edition was supposed to be published in paper this year. It's very exciting to see all these markets opening up. A midlist writer may soon be able to earn a blue-collar income sitting in sweatpants at home...

Shout outs to Lost for Words, Inside of a Dog, and Larissa's Bookish Life for hosting spots on the Kindle Giveaway Blog Tour. As you can see on the sidebar, it's nearly two-thirds full now and about to gear up with a vengeance. Please pass around the press release because the better the tour does, the more stuff I can give away. Hooray for everyone!