THINGS THAT MAKE ME SCRATCH MY HEAD!

Really? $1,000 for a novel you can buy for $12?

It's things like this that make me scratch my head. I ran across this on a site called Thrift Books. One of the novels I wrote, Alexandra Holzer's Ghost Gal: The Wild Hunt is being offered at $1,000.00. Now, granted, I know the book is unavailable at the moment, (Alex and I are working on it and hope to have a plan in place soon to rectify the situation), but come on! $1,000?

I have been selling copies at cons for $12.00. I have one left. Anyone want to offer $500? HA! HA! No, really. Only $12.00. I'll even sign it for free. :)

Bobby

ALEXANDRA HOLZER'S GHOST GAL: THE WILD HUNT GOES ON TEMPORARY HIATUS!

Cover art: Jamie Chase

Change is coming! 

It is with a heavy heart that Alexandra Holzer and I announce that the novel, Alexandra Holzer's Ghost Gal: The Wild Hunt written by Bobby Nash is going out of print effective immediately. 

At least until it can rise again. 

See what I did there? Yeah. I know. It was corny. Moving on. 

Alex and I are both committed to the character and hope to have news about Ghost Gal's return very soon. This is simply the first step toward making it happen after our original publisher, Raven's Head Press' Michael Hudson passed away. Michael got the Ghost Gal ball rolling for us. Now, Alex and I will keep it rolling. 

Stay tuned here for news as soon as we have some to share.

Bobby

WE LOVE READER REVIEWS! ALEXANDRA HOLZER'S GHOST GAL: THE WILD HUNT GETS 5 STARS!

A big THANK YOU to Amazon Customer Lon Webb for his 5 Star Review for ALEXANDRA HOLZER'S GHOST GAL: THE WILD HUNT. Your kind words are appreciated. 

"Just a cool, fun read! Pick this paranormal gem up!"

As always, reviews are absolutely appreciated. Reviews are like gold int he rankings and help our books reach a larger audience. Thanks again, Lon.

Bobby

Click Read More... to learn more about ALEXANDRA HOLZER'S GHOST GAL: THE WILD HUNT.

NEW GHOST GAL REVIEW!

Check out the ever amazing Kimberly Richardson's cool new review of  Alexandra Holzer's Ghost Gal: The Wild Hunt novel that I wrote.  

You can read the full review here.

Thanks so much for the kind words, Kimberly.

Bobby

GHOST GAL GETS A NEW 5 STAR REVIEW AT GOODREADS!

"I was instantly hooked!"

Big thanks to JD Kammerer for leaving a 5 Star Goodreads review for the novel, Alexandra Holzer's GHOST GAL: The Wild Hunt, written by me and published by Raven's Head Press. You can read Jack's full review here.

What are you waiting for? Join the hunt today!

Bobby

READY TO READ?

Amazon has made it possible for me to add sample chapters to my website I have added some to the novels, ebook, and anthology tabs above. I haven't added them to all yest as some of the anthologies that gets tricky as others are involved, but I hope to add more soon. For now, please check out these sample chapters below.

If you like what you see, there's a handy "buy" button on each preview as well as a "share" button so you can tell your friends. Anything we can do to get the word out helps and is appreciated.

Note: Not sure why the old Evil Ways cover is showing here. Weird.

 Bobby

 Read a sample of Evil Ways here--

   

Read a sample of Deadly Games! here--

   

 Read a sample of Snow Falls here--

   

 Read a sample of Freelancer: The Traveler Sanction here--  

 Read a sample of Alexandra Holzer's Ghost Gal: The Wild Hunt here--  

 Read a sample of Fight Card: Barefoot Bones here--  

 Read a sample of Earthstrike Agenda here--

   

 Read a sample of Samaritan here--

   

 Read a sample of Frontier here--

 

GHOST GAL GETS A NEW 5 STAR REVIEW AT AMAZON!

"A spooky start for what will be a fun series."

Big thanks to author Seth Tucker for leaving a 5 Star Amazon review for the novel, Alexandra Holzer's GHOST GAL: The Wild Hunt, written by me and published by Raven's Head Press. You can read Seth's full review here.

What are you waiting for? Join the hunt today!

Bobby

WE LOVE READER REVIEWS! A FEW I MISSED! THE GOODREADS EDITION!

I have been trying to stay on top of sharing reviews, but my focus has been mostly on Amazon. Today, I checked some of the other sites where reviews are left and found a few I had missed at Goodreads. Instead of several posts, I thought I would share them all here with a big thank you very muches to those who took the time to write a review.

As always, they are greatly appreciated.

Learn more about these books and reviews by clicking Read More... below.

SOMETIMES I GET ASKED STUFF… PART 33-- SUPER-SIZED EDITION!

We’re back for a 33rd installment of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff… the super-sized edition. In addition to questions from fans and readers, I've also pulled questions from writing groups/blogs/facebook as well. I know I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating-- thank you for the continued questions. I love answering them. Please, keep ‘em coming. I love answering them.

You can check out all of the past installments of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff... here.

SOMETIMES I GET ASKED STUFF… PART 32-- WRITE HARDER!

We’re back for a 32nd installment of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff… the holiday edition. I know I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating-- thank you for the continued questions. I love answering them. Please, keep ‘em coming.

You can check out all of the past installments of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff... here.

Q: If you could go back in time and talk to yourself when you first started writing, what advice would you give?

I would tell younger me to make a plan and focus. I feel that my focus gets hazy from time to time and I get off track. Plus, I've had a bit if heartache by working on projects or working with publishers/collaborators that I probably would have been better off not doing. Then again, I learned some valuable lessons from those times so maybe skipping them wouldn't be the best thing. I don't know. I imagine there's a story there, huh?

Q: Have you ever written a Holiday book?

Not really. I have set stories during holidays, but I've not written anything that is specifically geared toward any particular holiday. I did have an idea involving Santa Claus once. Never got beyond thinking about it though.

Q: What are you READING? Is it similar, or completely different from your current work in progress?

I just finished Paul Bishop's Lie Catchers and I'm now reading The

Crossing by Michael Connelly. Both are crime thrillers and I do write in that genre

Q: How often do you go to the library, and/or a book store?

I don't get to the library as much as I used to, but that's mostly a result of my day job's hours. I do visit bookstores quite regularly.

Q: When did you KNOW you wanted to be an author?

I was in the 6th grade when the urge to write first hit me. Back then it was writing comic book stories (which I still enjoy doing today). In high school I dabbled with writing prose and then later dove in head first.

Q: What are the top five must read New Pulp characters or books?

If we’re talking new creations:
Derrick Ferguson's Dillon
Barry Reese's The Peregrine (formerly The Rook)
Gary Phillips' Hollis, p.i.
Van Allen Plexico's Blackthorn on Mars
Lance Star: Sky Ranger (I may be biased on this one)

If we’re talking about pre-existing characters:

Domino Lady (again, I may be a little biased here)
Secret Agent X
Green Lama
The Avenger
Doc Savage
Honorable mention to Sherlock Holmes who is used often in New Pulp.

I'll have stories featuring Lance Star: Sky Ranger, The Avenger, Domino Lady, Secret Agent X, and Sherlock Holmes in 2016.

Q: Do any of your characters cook or bake?

Some of my characters cook from time to time, but I find that a good many of them talk more about their lack of culinary skill. Ha! Ha!

Q: What inspired you to write your first novel?

In all honesty, I wanted to see if I could do it. I wanted to see if I could tell a story from beginning to end and actually finish it. I did and then I decided to do it again.

Q: Are there messages in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

Sometimes I have morals or a point to make that I slide into a story, but it’s usually a result of a character’s actions or something to that nature. I have never started a book because I had a specific message I wanted to get out and used the novel to do it. There are great writers who do that sort of thing beautifully. I am not one of them. I see my job as entertaining so my first priority is to write an entertaining story and hope readers like it. If there is a message/moral to the story, that is in there because it worked in context of the story.

Q: Does this ever happen to you? I have a full week, loaded with errands, houseguests, visits by the furnace inspector and cooking

galore ... and all I want to do is WRITE! The ideas are crazy rampant and I'm sitting at the computer long into the night. I need a nap! How do you cope with weeks like this?

When days/weeks like this happen, and they do, believe me, I work in writing time when I can. Sometimes that means just jotting down notes when real life gets in the way of writing time.

Q: If you had carte blanche to create a superteam for DC and one for Marvel based on their existing stable of characters, who would you want to write or draw for your teams?

Just off the top of my head...

DC-- I would pull together a team of characters that would work well in the Bird's of Prey/Suicide Squad style stories, especially the early ones where Oracle pulled together a group for a mission ala Mission: Impossible. Not sure who I would have behind the scenes in the Oracle role as DC doesn't really have a character in play at present that works in that type of role for me. Would love to dust off King Faraday and have him recruit players on an as needed basis. I'd love to keep Black Canary as the on the ground team lead with a rotating roster featuring characters like Katana, Huntress, and others.

Marvel-- With the Fantastic Four out of play, Reed Richards leads a team of explorers from the Future Foundation on a scavenger hunt around the world in an effort to clean up the various bits of alien, mystical, and down right dangerous tech that is scattered across the globe after years of skirmishes and battles in the skies over Earth. They would seek out anything that seems remotely out of the ordinary to investigate and stop if necessary.

I've often thought teaming up She-Hulk and Spider-Woman as private investigators for hire would be a good series idea. One's a lawyer, the other a p.i. Seems a perfect fit to me.

Q: When do you KNOW it's The End? Are you always sure the story is complete and finished when you type those two little words?

I generally have a good idea of the end of a story when I start. I don't always end up exactly there, but I'm usually close. That helps me know when to wrap it up. Often, publishers set word limit restrictions so that also helps me know when to start wrapping things up.

Q: Do your dreams play a role in your writing?

Sometimes. I have had dreams that have kicked off story ideas. One of Pro Se Productions in 2016 started out as a dream. There are other times when scenes or sticky plot points work themselves out in my subconscious through dreams and sometimes daydreams.

my upcoming Signature series e-books from

Q: What's your favorite Christmas story?

There’s a lot to be said for the first Christmas story as we follow Mary and Joseph, shepherds, and wise men into Bethlehem to witness a miracle. It’s a powerful tale. Oh, and then there’s Die Hard.

Q: If Santa gave writerly gifts, and you were small enough to sit on his lap, what would you be asking for this year?

Time. Writing time would be one of those things I never seem to have enough of these days. I wouldn't mind a “New York Times Bestselling Author” tag before my name either, if y’know, we’re being greedy.

Q: Were you good at English in high school?

Some would say I’m not so good at it now. Ha! Ha! I did okay in school. I was a solid A/B student as I recall.

Q: What are your ambitions for your writing career?

You saw the “New York Times Bestselling Author” answer above, right? (laughs) I joke about it often, but this is honestly a goal, one of many. I would love to be able to make a living with my writing. Sadly, I’m not there yet so there’s still work to do to make that happen.

Q: Some writers describe themselves as planners, while others plunge right in to the writing. Would you consider yourself a planner or a plunger?  Do you work from any kind of a plan?

I’ve never heard it called “planner or plunger?” before. I’ve always heard “pantser or plotter?” Either way, I fall somewhere in the middle.

I’ve gotten variations on this question often and it’s probably the most often repeated question in this column. I have a plan/plot when I start. It’s usually pretty loose, but I know the high points I have to hit to get the story where I need/want it to go. I also leave myself a good deal of wigggle room for the characters to take us in interesting directions. So, while there is a plan, like combat, the plan does not always survive contact with the enemy, in this case the characters. If the characters don’t like the plan, it will either have to change or will feel forced because it will be.

Q: What is your favorite technique for getting yourself out of a

writing corner?

A sledgehammer.

Okay, in all seriousness, I don't really have a specific technique for getting out of jams like this. Getting bogged down in details is a good way for me to run into that particular corner. Usually, I just decide it’s time to move on and so I do, which helps me bypass those particular traps. Other times, the characters will provide me an out, which is almost always to the betterment of the story I’m trying to tell.

An example: In my novel, DEADLY GAMES!, there is a section where our protagonists are being hunted and chased through the woods. I had intended for them to stay in the woods a certain amount of time, but it started to feel repetitive in the writing so I just decided that they were near the edge of the woods and escaped out onto the road where other problems were waiting for them. Making that decision to get the story moving earlier than planned actually made it more interesting in the long run.

Q: Show, don't tell. What does it mean to you?

As a writer, we should see the action happening instead of telling the reader it happened. I can tell you that Detective John Bartlett in DEADLY GAMES! is a man of action, a badass if you will. Or, I can show you the character in action so you can see through his actions that he is indeed something of a badass.

 

Q: What are your top 3 TV shows of the year?

Person of Interest, Supergirl, The Flash. That's the first 3 that popped into my head. Rounding out the top 5, not that you asked, would be Justified (which ended this year) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Q: What do you do to get book reviews?

I ask. It’s really as simple as that. I ask readers, to leave comments and reviews at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. What I don’t do is pay for reviews. It’s just a bad idea.

Q: Of all the characters you've created, which one taught you the most about yourself?

I don't know if I have a specific one character that has done that, but I have, shall we say, had some characters work through certain issues that were lifted from my life. Sometimes having my characters deal with these issues is a pretty cathartic thing. Plus, it's cheaper than therapy. Plus, let’s just say that I’ve taken out my frustrations on some real life irritating people against their proxy in a book. Done that a couple times.

Q: What are your thoughts on writing a book series?

This is a great question and one of those things where I have dropped the ball. Several stories I’ve done are certainly intended as the start of a series, but I’ve gotten off schedule in getting the series flying. EVIL WAYS and the upcoming EVIL INTENT (coming 2016) are the beginning of a series featuring FBI Special Agent Harold Palmer. ALEXANDRA HOLZER’S GHOST GAL is also a series. Book 1: The Wild Hunt is out now and book 2: A Haunting We Will Go… will be available in 2016. SNOW FALLS and SNOW STORM (also coming 2016) are the tart of multiple adventures featuring Abraham Snow. Detective John Bartlett and reporter Benjamin West from DEADLY GAMES! are set to return in DEADLY FREELANCER (out now) and CRIMSON MOON (coming 2016) will run multiple volumes. Also, THE RUBY FILES Vol. 2 will be out in 2016 (that’s looking to a busy year, isn’t it?)

DEALS! (aiming for late 2016, early 2017). A couple of entries in my Pro Se Press Signature Series ebooks will continue on should sales warrant them;

There are two series that have continued. DOMINO LADY has had multiple stories by me and there are new comic and prose stories coming with the character in 2016. LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER has 4 volumes in print, plus a few comic stories. In 2016, the Lance Star: Sky Ranger novel, “Cold Snap” will premiere to coincide with the character’s 10th anniversary in print. There will aso be a collection of my tales and a collection of the comics coming in 2016 as well. (Man, when will I sleep in 2016?)

So, yeah, series are great. I’m making great strides toward getting those back on track in the new year.

Q: Not really a question, but I got this little quiz a while back, but have just now gotten around to filling it out. Seemed like a perfect addition to Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff…

26 THINGS ABOUT ME.
A- Age: 44
B- Biggest fear: a toss up between snakes and heights
C- Current time: 9:30 am on Christmas Eve
D- Drink you last had: Mt. Dew

E- Every day starts with: a damned alarm clock (sounds like a rooster crowing)
F- Favorite song: See me, Feel me… by The Who (ask me tomorrow, you might get a different answer)
G- Ghosts, are they real: In real life: maybe. In fiction: you betcha.
H- Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
I- In love with: the sound of my own voice, according to some.
J- Jealous of: no one I can think of off the top of my head.
K- Killed someone?: Only in fiction, I swear!
L- Last time you cried?: The day my mother told me she had Cancer.
M- Middle name: Edward
N- Number of siblings: 1

O- One wish: To have “New York Times Bestselling Author” in front of my name. Greedy, I know.
P- Person you last called: My brother
Q- Question you're always asked: You wrote these?
R- Reason to smile: friends and family.
S- Song last sang: Tom Petty’s “The Waiting is the Hardest Part” in the car on the way to work this morning.

T- Time you woke up: 4:30 a.m. (damn sinuses)
U- Underwear color: white
V- Vacation destination: the beach (I am long overdue)
W- Worst habit: Not saying “no” to things when I should.
X- X-Rays you've had: a few (not sure of an exact number)
Y- Your favorite food: pizza
Z- Zodiac sign: Leo

And I think that is a good place to stop for this round of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff… Do you have any questions you’d like me to answer? Post them here as a comment or send them along to bobby@bobbynash.com

and I’ll answer them in a future installment of Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff...

Also, please sign up for my mailing list. Drop me an email at bobby@bobbynash.com and I'll happily add you to the list.

If you’d like to check out my work, you can find my books at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, Smashwords, and more.

Thanks for listening to me ramble. Let’s do it again soon.

I hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays!

Bobby

A LITTLE CHRISTMAS CHEER!

I had not looked at these goodies in a while, but here's some Christmas cheer with characters I've written. I had so much fun cleaning and re-sizing them for modern social media requirements (mainly Instagram's square format) that I also decided to do a new one with Ghost Gal. Who knows, I might do more.

Enjoy and I hope everyone has a fantastic holiday season and a very Happy New Year!

Bobby

 

 

FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY! ENTER TODAY!

What better way to celebrate the holidays than with a FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY?
My thoughts exactly. That's why we're doing one. Check out the press release below.
You can also find information on all of these novels in the novels tab above and the ESO book under the anthologies tab.

Please feel free to share this information or these handy social media friendly ads around.

Good luck and happy holidays!

Bobby

PRESS RELEASE:

Author Bobby Nash, in conjunction with New Legend Productions, BEN Books, and The ESO Network, is holding a holiday book giveaway that includes a copy of EARTH STATION ONE: TALES OF THE STATION autographed by the entire creative team (Joe Crowe, Michael A. Gordon, Mike Faber, Bobby Nash, Van Allen Plexico, Dr. Scott Viguie, and cover artist Mark Maddox) and a copy of one novel by Bobby Nash, signed by the author. Titles include EVIL WAYS, DEADLY GAMES!, EARTHSTRIKE AGENDA, FIGHTCARD: BAREFOOT BONES, DOMINO LADY: MONEY SHOT, and ALEXANDRA HOLZER'S GHOST GAL: THE WILD HUNT.

To enter, all you have to do is email your name, address, and your novel choice to bobby@bobbynash.com. It's that easy. Also, let Bobby know if you would like to join the Nash Newsletter mailing list for even more goodies.

The winner will be drawn on Christmas Day, December 25, 2015 and announced at www.bobbynash.com as well as on Bobby's social media sites: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+.

Good luck and Happy Holidays!

A GHOST OF A TEASE...

The author at >ahem!< work.

I posted a couple of teases to my social media pages over the weekend while I was writing. I wanted to share them here. If you'd like to keep up with me on social media, please check out my pages on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+.

Post 1. Saturday. Stepped out of the office to do some writing today. Sometimes you just need a change of venue. Borrowed my parents camper as my office for the day. And yes, the image is blurred on purpose. Can't show off much today.

Post 2. Sunday. Back at work in my parent's camper today. I was so productive yesterday, I decided to work here again today. It's quiet and comfortable. Sorry again for the blurry screen, but... spoilers.


Here's a tease though. I just wrote these character names. Some of you will recognize them from a previous novel of mine. Alexandra, Jacob, and Samuel.

Post 3. Sunday. After posting two blurry teases, I was asked if I could post something clearer. Okay, how's this? Today's tease.

For those who haven't pieced it together, this is a tease from a work in progress on Alexandra Holzer's Ghost Gal: A Haunting We Will Go... coming in 2016 from Raven's Head Press.

More news on this new novel as soon as we have it.

Of course, Book 1-- Alexandra Holzer's Ghost Gal: The Wild Hunt is still available in paperback, ebook, and audio book.

ALEXANDRA HOLZER'S GHOST GAL: THE WILD HUNT
A novel by Bobby Nash

2015 PARANORMAL FICTION AWARD WINNER!

Alexandra Holzer is just your average young paranormal investigator out to show an early 1960s New York City she knows a thing or two about ghosts. Join Alex's alter ego, GHOST GAL, and her fiancé, Joshua Demerest as they do battle with a very ancient ghost and his pals who have a score to settle with her famed father, ghost hunter, Hans Holzer.

Alexandra Holzer's Ghost Gal: The Wild Hunt by Bobby Nash is the first book in a series of new horror/adventures novels from Raven's Head Press.

Includes a forward by Ghostbusters' Ernie Hudson.

Alexandra Holzer's GHOST GAL: The Wild Hunt novel by Bobby Nash has been included as a nominee in the best novel category for the 2015 Paranormal Awards. The Awards will be streamed live September 26th at 8:00PM EST.

ALEXANDRA HOLZER'S GHOST GAL: THE WILD HUNT can be purchased at the following:

Amazon US (paperback)
Amazon CA (paperback)
Amazon UK (paperback)
Amazon DE (paperback)
Amazon FR (paperback)
Amazon IT (paperback)
Amazon ES (paperback)
Barnes and Noble (paperback)
BookAdda India (paperback)
Bookwire (paperback)
Books-A-Million (paperback)
CreateSpace (paperback)
Amazon (Kindle) ebook
Amazon CA (Kindle) ebook

Amazon UK (Kindle) ebook
Amazon DE (Kindle) ebook
Amazon FR (Kindle) ebook
Amazon IT (Kindle) ebook
Amazon ES (Kindle) ebook
Barnes and Noble (Nook) ebook
Nook UK (ebook)
iTunes (ebook)
Scribd (ebook)
Payhip (ebook)
Audible (audio)
Audible Mobile (audio)
Audible AU (audio)
Itunes (audio)

The South Branch Scribbler posted an excerpt from Alexandra Holzer’s Ghost Gal: The Wild Hunt.
You can read it here.