Several have recently asked why we don’t do more FREE ebook promotions, with these last two being the first we’ve done in years. Yes, a free book does get out to a much wider audience, and that’s great. But there is a downside. A lot of folks see that a book is free and quickly click to download without first checking it out. Hey, free book, but it’s often not really their kind of story. They read it and are disappointed. This often shows up in ratings and reviews. On the other hand, when we offer a three-day .99 promotion, the reader usually checks out the description before downloading it. A smaller but more targeted audience, and happier readers, which also shows up in ratings and reviews.
And so… while the two free promotions that ran this past month are the last for the foreseeable future, there are several more .99 promotions on the calendar for 2026. These will announce here on the website and in the newsletter.
I wrote a novella about ten years ago called “Last Day at Sharp Park”, which itself had used a short story that I had written decades earlier as its original source.
A couple of years ago I adapted the novella to a television series pilot called “Miles Bennett”, and last year I decided to send it out to a screenwriting competition that I came across, then quickly forgot about. Well, I just got word that the project is a finalist in the competition. Cool.
You can check out the novella by clicking the Last Day at Sharp Park book image on this website's home page.
Wow! Great response to our recent Kindle ebook promotion of the scifi/fantasy novel Serpent’s Keep, with 1261 downloads of the ebook over the three day event. And this is interesting... it looks like there were downloads to seven countries.
Also, when looking at Amazon’s “Best Seller Ranking”, the title sat at #1 for Science Fiction Adventure for three days, at #2 for Epic Fantasy and #3 for Teen and Young Adult Fantasy.
Scheduling out upcoming development projects, I’m looking forward to getting back to science fiction. While I absolutely loved writing the Gordon’s Porch contemporary fiction series and Mrs. Weddington’s Yard family fantasy short novella, I’m excited to be returning to scifi and I’m ready to delve into the world of the Black Tower sequel. This will be an epic project and will likely take much of the coming year. Pulling all the notes and outlines together, development will probably start sometime in late March once Gordon’s Porch Two is published.
All eleven episodes of the Black Tower series are available in audiobook format on both Amazon and Audible. Great narration by Jeffrey Fellin. Grab ‘em an episode at a time, starting with: Episode One on Amazon or Episode One on Audible.
The fourth collection in the At Variance series has published, available in Kindle ebook and paperback formats. Large print paperback and hardcover coming soon. Info on the titles included in this volume at: AtVar4 on Amazon
The Mrs. Weddington’s Yard short novella is the latest of our titles to pick up the Readers' Favorite Five Stars award! We’ve posted the very nice review by Jenny Alexander on the Readers' Favorite page on this website. Give it a read! Thanks!
Just a reminder… For those who live in the region, paperback editions of most of my titles are available for checkout from the Timberland Regional Public Library. Be sure to take advantage of that great service.
Most of my literary titles have either been adapted to or were adapted from screenplays, and over the last few years I’ve submitted most of these screenplays to screenwriting competitions. In that time, almost every script, whether feature, tv pilot, tv movie or short script, have done very well, placing finalist or better. These acknowledgements complement well the awards their corresponding novel/novella adaptations all have received.
A general comment from someone the other day got me thinking, when it came to my writing, just how did I get from there to here? I pondered on those thoughts for a while, and then, me being me, I put a few notes together, and then those notes became a document. Yeah, I was going to let it go at that, then decided to put it on my author website and on this website. Give it a look. Select the About the Author page from the menu here on greybeard.
The tv pilot screenplay adaptation of The Storekeeper was a finalist in a recent screenwriting competition.
The novella adaptation is the recipient of the Readers’ Favorite Five Stars award and is available in ebook, paperback and hardcover format.
The stage play adaptation of The Storekeeper placed finalist in an international stage play competition, and is listed with Scriptmore, an online platform for playwrights, producers, directors, actors, anyone in the world of theater.
The properly formatted stage play script of The Storekeeper is available on the Scriptmore website (Storekeeper on Scriptmore), which is what you would want (and need) in order to produce the play. But for those who might be interested, I did manage to create and publish a paperback edition of the stage play, albeit with some necessary adjustments to format. Not the novella adaptation, this is the actual stage play adaptation inserted into a paperback. Curious? Check it out at: storekeeper stage play
A reminder that author-signed paperback, large print paperback and hardcover editions of most of my books are available on ebay. These copies come from our direct-sales inventory that we take to book fairs and holiday fairs. Note that inventory is limited. Click the ebay button on this site’s home page and check it out!
I strongly encourage you to head over to the Readers' Favorite page of this website and give the review by K.C. Finn of Readers' Favorite a read. An amazing review of one of my earlier (and most popular) books. Much thanks to K.C. Finn!
We got word this morning that the Sisters in Space Episode 1 screenplay just placed #1 scifi webseries for September and is now #4 scifi webseries for the year. Find info and links for the “Sisters in Space – the complete series” novel adaptation by clicking the title's book image on this site's Home page.
The screenplay adaptation of Yesterday’s Shadows, the title story in the Yesterday’s Shadows short story collection, was purchased by producer/director Nawaf Al-Janahi and is to be produced as a short film.
The screenplay adaptation of "The Shylmahn Migration", book one of the Shylmahn trilogy, won the Pacific Northwest Screenwriting competition.
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