Black Friday in Great News Town

All you sale seekers out there take heed! Lulu is having a 30 percent off sale through Tuesday, Nov. 27. So if you've been intending to buy a copy of Great News Town, now you can get big savings on the brand new Xtra edition (with discussion questions for your reading group and a preview chapter of the sequel, One Shoe Off). This is the biggest sale I've ever seen at Lulu. And the sale on photo calendars is even greater. To get the sale discount, go to lulu.com, choose the books you want, just type in DELIRITAS,  all in caps, at the check out. And enjoy!

It's a Shoe in!

Great News Town has a baby sister! One Shoe Off officially hits the bookstores December 1 with a book signing at Schuler Books and Music in Grand Rapids, Mi. from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. But fans will find it's already available at Create Space. Just click on the book cover at left. In this sequel, city editor Josie Braun finds a shoe that reopens the mystery of Zelda Machinko, a crime-fighting editor who disappeared 30 years before. As the spirit of Zelda reveals her tale, the problems of the past intertwine with the people and places of the present. The gritty gangsters of Zelda’s world in the 1950s collide with the government graft uncovered by the Jordan Daily News in the 1980s.

Lost "Shoe"

Got a call today from a fan in Illinois wondering when the sequel to Great News Town will be available. At a book signing in Joliet last October, I had told people to expect One Shoe Off to hit the shelves about June or July. Well, I was a little off. Looks like it won't be released until November. But don't worry. It is coming. More about that later!

Book Club Extras

Had a great visit last week with a book club in Jenison. The ladies  had read Great News Town and gave me lots of positive feedback. They agreed a Book Club Edition with a list of characters and discussion questions would be helpful so I plan to work on that right away (in between work on the new serialized edition. )

Clydesdale Cogwheels!

Duke's creative cursing challenge is really picking up steam. Here's a few entries that have already made it into my sequel: One Shoe Off.
Dragon Drool.
Son of a poodle's paramour
Turtle Curdle
And here are a few Duke originals: gnat scat, spider spindle and iguana guano.
Top that, creative cursers everywhere. If you have a curse word to suggest for Duke, just post it here in the comment section. If I use it in One Shoe Off, you get a free copy of the book and recognition in the book credits!

Leap of Faith

Great News Town received so much interest in its first free day on Kindle that we've scheduled a second one for Leap Year Day, February 29. That's right, all day Feb. 29 the Kindle version of Great News Town is absolutely free at Amazon.com. Take a leap of faith and try a new author. For free!

Welcome, readers!

About 1,000 people downloaded Great News Town on Monday, as part of the Kindle Select FREE day program. So, welcome new readers. Look around the site, find out a little of the background of Great News Town, enter the cussing contest, and send me your comments. I'd love to hear from you.

Free !

If you've got a Kindle you can get Great News Town absolutely free. As part of the Kindle Select program, the Kindle Store will provide the Kindle version of Great News Town for free on January 30. So what are you waiting for?

Kindle a fire for free

The explosive Great News Town can be downloaded free for your Kindle on Jan. 30, 2012. It's part of their Kindle Select promotion. Just go to your Kindle store. Don't miss this hot new mystery/thriller.