{"id":11499,"date":"2011-11-06T08:29:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T13:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=11499"},"modified":"2011-11-06T08:29:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T13:29:21","slug":"blackbirds-now-up-for-pre-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2011\/11\/06\/blackbirds-now-up-for-pre-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackbirds: Now Up For Pre-Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Blackbirds <\/em>is a horror story, a traveling story, a story of loss and what it takes to make things right. \u00a0It’s a story about fate and how sometimes, if we wrestle with it hard enough, maybe we can change it. \u00a0Blackbirds is the kind of book that doesn’t let go even after you’ve put it down and nobody else could have made it shine like Chuck Wendig.” — Stephen Blackmoore, author,\u00a0City of the Lost<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span> and Dead Things<\/em><\/p>\n

Psst.<\/p>\n

Hey, you.<\/p>\n

That’s right, BLACKBIRDS<\/strong> is now up for pre-order.<\/p>\n

You can pre-order at Amazon<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can pre-order at B&N<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

An e-book is in the cards, of course, but you can’t pre-order that. Not yet, anyway.<\/p>\n

It’s a buck cheaper at B&N, but my assumption is that discount will also be the case at Amazon. (Amazon has that pre-order price guarantee, wherein you’ll get any price drops that occur between now and delivery.)<\/p>\n

Why pre-order? For one, it lets the publisher know of demand for the book. That’s valuable information. For two, it lets the publisher know of demand for the author<\/em> — and that’s good to know, too.<\/p>\n

Got other cool things in the works for BLACKBIRDS<\/strong>, including two special treats at the back of the book. But I shan’t talk about those — not yet, anyway.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for fiction from yours truly right now<\/em>, I might recommend:<\/p>\n

SHOTGUN GRAVY<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, about a troubled teen girl taking on some high school bullies with naught but spunk, grit, and a .410 scattergun. (Oh, and Adderall!)<\/p>\n

Or:<\/p>\n

DOUBLE DEAD<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, about a pissed-off vampire who awakens only to discover that most of his food supply has been turned to the shambling undead. He must transition from predator to shepherd to protect his food supply. This ain’t Twilight<\/strong>, folks: the only way Coburn glitters is if he kills and eats a stripper.<\/p>\n

And that’s all she wrote. Thanks, folks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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