OBSESSED?

I was actually there when they filmed the scene the attached photo is from. I'm sitting at a desk on the other side of the door (just out of sight, naturally). I am very excited for the premiere of The Following starring Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy on FOX this coming Monday. I was on set for three days playing an FBI Agent and got hooked on the story so I'm excited to see how it plays out.

Here's me as FBI Special Agent Robert Edwards (a character I created and named so he might just show up in one of the Harold Palmer novels) backstage of the command center set.

Learn more about The Following at http://fox.tv/WelcomeToTheFollowing

And here's a look at the appropriate for all trailer.

And the Intense trailer.

Bobby

RISE LIKE A PHOENIX!

The Alabama Phoenix Festival has released the art for their new promotional postcards for this year's show. I'm one of the '& many more" guests who will be at this show. Hopefully, I'll see you there.

Bobby

HOW TO HELP YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR

It's true. Writing reviews at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. helps a lot.

MOONSTONE BOOKS FOR MAY

Moonstone Books has released solicitation information for books arriving in stores May 2013 and I have stories in two of them, which is pretty darn cool. Give 'em a look.

Bobby

DOMINO LADY/SHERLOCK HOLMES #2
Written by Nancy Holder (with Bobby Nash), art by Nick Diaz, colors by James Brown, cover by Mark Sparacio.

A two-part murder mystery set against the backdrop of ancient Egypt! Domino Lady and Sherlock Holmes team up to solve the riddle of the Sphinx... ok, not really, but they do solve this riddle of passion, identity, and antiquity!

32 pages, $3.99.

You can see preview pages from Domino Lady/Sherlock Holmes here and here.

THE SPIDER: EXTREME PREJUDICE
Written by Will Murray, Ron Fortier, C.J. Henderson, and more, cover by Malcolm McClinton.

New short stories of prose starring pulpdom's most violent and ruthless crime fighter ever: The Spider! More just than the law, more dangerous than the Underworld...hated, feared and wanted by both!

One cloaked, fanged, border-line crazy denizen of the dark force-feeding hard justice with a pair of 45's! Guest starring: The Black Bat, The Green Ghost, and Operator 5!

Featuring stories by Will Murray, Mel Odom, C.J. Henderson, James Chambers, Ron Fortier, Bobby Nash, Howard Hopkins, Eric Fein, Gary Phillips, Don Roff, Matthew Baugh, I.A. Wilson, and Rik Hoskin.

Softcover, 288 pages, $19.95; Hardcover, 288 pages, $29.99.

Here's a few places already listing the title for pre-order.

Barnes and Noble (paperback)
Amazon (paperback)
Book Depository (paperback)
Powells (paperback)


Learn more about Moonstone Books at www.moonstonebooks.com

EVIL INTENT'S PAGE 77 EXCERPT

Thanks to Derrick Ferguson for sending this along on Facebook. It was fun so I played along and posted it to my Facebook page and Fan Page. Thought I'd post it here as well.

Bobby

A bit of fun for writers: Go to either page 7 or 77 of your manuscript. Count down 7 lines, then copy the next 7 lines to your status. (We'll call these "sentences.")

Here’s mine.

From Evil Intent:
The biggest concentration of pain was his head. Mostly, this was a result of taking the stocky end of a rifle to the face, but he couldn’t discount that the men arguing nearby were adding to the pain. He was ready to take another hit to the face if it would make them tone it down a little. The medic treating him, a young agent named Amy Lake was taping a bandage to the side of Harold’s head where blood had been pouring only minutes earlier. Between the handful of Ibuprofen and the shot of Lydocain she had given him to deaden the pain, he wasn’t in as much discomfort as before, but he was still a bit off balance. Thankfully, the ground had stopped spinning back and forth like some kind of weird carnival ride so he was able to stand up.

FRONTIER IS HERE!

I received my proof copy of FRONTIER, the new collection of sci fi tales I wrote from BEN Books. I think it looks pretty good so you can expect to see it available in print at Amazon any day now.

Frontier is now on sale as an ebook for Kindle and Nook. It is also as a paperback from BEN Books direct, which can be found here. Paperbacks will be available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble within a week.

About Frontier:
Frontier collects 9 sci fi short stories from Bobby Nash, author of Earthstrike Agenda, Evil Ways, and Deadly Games! Some of the rare tales presented in Frontier are reprints and others are in print there for the first time. The stories that make up Frontier happen on Earth, on alien planets, and in the deepest recesses of space. There’s action, adventure, horror, and even a little romance.

Stories included in Frontier:


SAMARITAN
In deepest space, a research vessel rescues a survivor who asks to be returned home. The catch: her planet lies at the center of a black hole.

DREAMWEAVER
Nathanial “Doc” Dresden wakes up in space, free floating above the moon. But he is not alone.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE MONSTERS GONE?
Nathanial “Doc” Dresden and his team investigate bizarre happenings.

MIDWAY
A meteor storm damages Midway station, a museum storage facility and frees an ancient creature from its icy tomb.

JUST ANOTHER SATURDAY ON OUTPOST 9
When war breaks out between neighboring worlds, the Outpost 9 space station is caught in the crossfire. Dr. Erin Moonshadow tries to save lives as chaos reigns around her.

THE DROP
War. Ground troops are dispatched. Dropped from their starship, the troop transport is attacked and one of the soldiers is lost. Then things get strange.

NIGHTMARE IN AMBER
Are a young man’s dreams of an interstellar war a product of his imagination or a prophecy of things to come?

THE GARDEN
A survey crew discovers a veritable Garden of Eden. Is this paradise or is there a serpent in hiding, waiting to strike?

A JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
A one-page story that was doubled as an advertisement for a convention where Bobby was a guest. A fun experiment.

Illustrations in Frontier are by Bobby Nash and Jeff Austin.

FIRST CONVENTION OF THE YEAR!

Me and George Perez (I'm not very photogenic in this one)

I was a guest at the Atlanta South Comic Con today (January 13) in McDonough, GA. This was a smaller show, but there was an enthusiastic crowd at the show, quite possibly the result of the show’s main guest, George Perez. I was fortunate enough to sit next to George and watch him draw most of the day, which was fun. Sadly, sales of my admittedly limited amount of books (still not replenished after my bag of books was stolen at Dragon*Con) wasn’t what I would have liked. That said, I had a good time hanging out with folks like Mike Gordon, Jason Flowers, Nikki Nolte, J.R. Mounts, Rodney Hall, Mike Seals (an ESO listener), Jim Massara, Jer Alford, Rick Fortenberry, Kyle Putkammer, Sheldon Drum, and George Perez. Plus many more that I’m probably forgetting.

This was a fun day hanging out with some creative people.

My table (slim pickings)

Always a good way to spend a day.

Here are some photos to mark the event. Please click on images for a larger view.

Okay, so now that I’ve gotten the first con of the year out of the way, it’s time to start looking toward the future. This was my only show scheduled for January. I have the Atlanta Comic Convention (ACC) on Sunday, February 3rd (that’s Super Bowl Sunday for those who keep up with that sort of thing). On Saturday, February 9th, I’ll be visiting the Atlanta Science Fiction Society for their monthly meeting as a guest for the month. Always a fun time chatting with this group.

Inter-company Crossover in the making.

My table neighbor, Mike Gordon (we co-wrote Strong Will, BTW)

The walking Dead's Madison Lintz (photo courtesy Jim Massara)

I'm looking slightly evil here. (photo courtesy of Jim Massara)

I survived.

WHAT LURKS BEYOND THE FRONTIER?

January is almost halfway over? How did that happen so fast?

I put the finishing touches on Frontier today. That means the book should be available in paperback and ebook formats within a few days, but I wanted to share some details early, hopefully to whet your whistle for the BEN Books release.

About Frontier:
Frontier collects 9 sci fi short stories from Bobby Nash, author of Earthstrike Agenda, Evil Ways, and Deadly Games! Some of the rare tales presented in Frontier are reprints and others are in print there for the first time. The stories that make up Frontier happen on Earth, on alien planets, and in the deepest recesses of space. There’s action, adventure, horror, and even a little romance.

Stories included in Frontier:

SAMARITAN
In deepest space, a research vessel rescues a survivor who asks to be returned home. The catch: her planet lies at the center of a black hole. [Note: Samaritan is also available as a stand-alone ebook novella]

DREAMWEAVER
Nathanial “Doc” Dresden wakes up in space, free floating above the moon. But he is not alone. The first prose story featuring Doc Dresden: The Immortal.

WHERE HAVE ALL THE MONSTERS GONE?

Doc Dresden: The Immortal returns. Nathanial “Doc” Dresden and his team investigate bizarre happenings.

MIDWAY
A meteor storm damages Midway Station, a free-floating museum storage facility and frees an ancient creature from its icy tomb to terrorize the repair crew on board to make repairs.

JUST ANOTHER SATURDAY ON OUTPOST 9When war breaks out between neighboring worlds, the Outpost 9 space station is caught in the crossfire. Dr. Erin Moonshadow tries to save lives as chaos reigns around her.

THE DROP
War. Ground troops are dispatched. Dropped from their starship, the troop transport is attacked and one of the soldiers is lost. Then things get strange.

NIGHTMARE IN AMBER
Are a young man’s dreams of an interstellar war a product of his imagination or a prophecy of things to come?

THE GARDEN
A survey crew discovers a veritable Garden of Eden at the far edge of the galaxy. Is this paradise? Or is there a serpent in hiding in this garden, waiting to strike? The Garden is a comic book story by Bobby Nash with art by Jeff Austin and Rusty Gilligan.

A JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
This one is really a rare find. It was a one-page story that doubled as an advertisement for a convention where I was a guest and ran in their mailer booklet and in the convention’s program book.

Illustrations in Frontier are by Bobby Nash and Jeff Austin.
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Publishing Frontier has been on my to do list for some time, but was constantly being pushed to the back burner as other projects and deadlines move to the foreground. Some of the stories included in the book were characters I had hoped to spin into more adventures, like Doc Dresden, who appeared in a few comic book stories I may have to dig up and reprint soon. Just Another Saturday on Outpost 9 and The Drop were also part of a shared universe, seeing events happening from different perspectives. There have been times when I’ve thought about returning to those respective universes, and I may still. Stranger things have certainly happened.

Others are one offs or bits and pieces I had lying around while others are connected in weird ways. The plot for Midway, for instance, was originally one I considered as a sequel to Samaritan, but then decided not to do. I felt that Samaritan should stand on its own and that a sequel wasn’t really warranted, but it was still a tempting idea so when a call came out for a [SPOILER] anthology, I used that plot. I put that spoiler there so as not to spoil a reveal in the story. Ain’t I a tease? Sadly, the anthology’s editor passed on Midway, but I’m excited to see it finally getting out to the masses.

Speaking of Midway, look for an announcement regarding this story real soon. It’s pretty cool stuff, I think.

One of the most fun aspects of this particular project was creating the covers for each story. I had a lot more fun creating those than I expected, so much so that I hope to do more. A lot of the art used in the covers was older pieces I had laying around from old projects Jeff Austin and I started together that, for one reason or another, were never completed. I think some of them came out quite nice. I hope you like them as well.

Look for an official press release for FRONTIER in a few days.

I look forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts on the new release.

Now, I guess I’d better get back to writing the Evil Intent novel.

Bobby

A SLOW MOVING EVIL…

I see these memes on-line often. This one made me laugh.

Coming along slowly.

I only added 1,000 or so words to Evil Intent today. Realized I’d made a mistake by having something happen I wasn’t planning. Basically, without giving away spoilers, I had a character end up in a place he was not supposed to be by simply forgetting a plot point I’d set up. I’m just glad I caught it early. I fixed that and got the characters where they needed to be then had a few disruptions that derailed my productivity. I’m hoping to do more tomorrow, but I have to help my parents take care of some stuff tomorrow so I’m not sure.

Evil Intent is moving a little slower than I'd hoped. I'm already 9 days into 2013. Time to kick it into high gear.

I did update several sites where I post information and I’ve started getting ready for my visit to the Atlanta South Comic Con this Sunday. Should be a fun time.

"My guns are always loaded."

Also, the latest episode of the Earth Station One podcast is live. You can give it a listen here.

I’m very excited by the return of Justified to TV last night. What an incredible show. Absolutely one of my favorites. I hope you checked it out as well.

Have a great night and I hope the rest of your week is productive.

Bobby

See you there Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

Earth Station One Episode 145 – The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

My Rave this week.

This week, the ESO crew celebrates the birthday of one of the most iconic characters in literature, Sherlock Holmes. Joining Mike Faber, Mike Gordon, and Bobby ash for cake, ice cream, and mystery are guests Ashley Bergner, Doctor Q, and Ron Fortier. While the World’s Greatest Detective deducts what presents we brought without opening them, we investigate his legacy and current popularity. We also chat with entertainer and musician Ken Spivey about his upcoming Time Lord Fest. Plus the usual Rants, Raves, Khan Report, and Shout Outs!

Join us for yet another episode of The Earth Station One Podcast we like to call: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes at www.esopodcast.com.
Direct link: http://erthstationone.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/earth-station-one-episode-145-the-further-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/

Returns this week.

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:06:51 Rants and Raves
0:34:06 Interview & Geek Seat w/ Ron Fortier
1:03:36 The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2:00:58 The Khan Report w/ Ken Spivey of Time Lord Fest Tampa
2:18:28 ESO Shout Outs
2:24:55 Show Close

Next on Earth Station One...

Ron Fortier in Geek Seat.

Next week, the Earth Station One crew chooses sides as Mike Faber, Mike Gordon, Bobby Nash, and some special guests take a look at some of our favorite super-hero rivalries from comic books, TV, movies, and anywhere super-powered heroes do battle.

ESO wants to hear from you. What are your favorite super-hero rivalries? Let us know. Also, have you visited a convention or planning one? We’d love to hear from you at www.esopodcast.com, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call 404-963-9057. We might just read yours on the show.

Follow ESO on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.
Check out ESO’s new Amazon estore here.

BOBBY’S FIRST CONVENTION APPEARANCE OF THE YEAR THIS WEEKEND!

George Perez

Author Bobby Nash will be a guest at the Atlanta South Comic Con from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Sunday, January 13, 2013 in McDonough, GA.

Learn more about The Atlanta South Comic Con at http://atlantasouthcomiccon.com.
Follow The Atlanta South Comic Con on Facebook.

Also on hand for the one-day show will be:
George Perez
Drew Geraci
Madison Lintz (Sophia on The Walking Dead)
Mike Gordon

Mike Faber
Jason Flowers
More zombies from The Walking Dead
And more.

If you’re in the McDonough area, please stop by and say hello.

Catch an interview with The Atlanta South Comic Con coordinator, Mario Russo on the Earth Station One podcast, episode 143 here.

NEVER CROSS A WRITER...

And then they'll kill you (in print, of course).
(Borrowed this one from Facebook)

It was such a liberating feeling tossing the broken pieces of my old computer into the recycle today. Somehow I resisted the urge to take a baseball bat to it for all the hassle it's given me.

Mainly because I didn't want to clean up the mess that it would have made.

Bobby

AND SO IT ENDS...

My desk looks so large without the desktop taking up all that space.

Only the hard drive remains.

My trusty desktop computer gave up it's lingering battle with working correctly yesterday. My desk looks really weird without the desktop. It suddenly seems like a very large desk. For the time being I'm working off the laptop, although all of my graphics programs were lost. Until I can get those replaced, Frontier, the collection of sci fi stories I was putting together, and the 2nd issue of the Lance Star: Sky Ranger comic book have been delayed. Hopefully, it will only be a short delay.

I'm back at work on Evil Intent novel, which is coming along nicely, if not a little slower than I had hoped.

I hope your week has gotten off to a good start.

We'll talk soon.

Bobby

CHECKIN' OFF THE TO-DO LIST!

Despite getting off to a late start and dealing with computer issues (my desktop doesn't like it when I get productive, I guess), I actually managed to accomplish a good deal today. I worked on the Evil Intent novel and added some wordage to that. I also did some production work on Frontier, a collection of sci fi short stories I wrote. If all goes well it will be on sale within a week. A little more to do in the morning on that if the computer will stay on long enough. I also updated not only this site, but my Facebook Author App, and the All Pulp news site.

All in all, it was a good day, but as we roll up on 3 a.m. I think it's time to call it a night.

Sweet dreams.

Bobby

A FEW 2012 FAVORITES

I answered a 4 question Q&A on another list and thought I would share my answers here as well. We did a similar list on episode 144 of the Earth Station One podcast this week as well. You can check it out here to hear what my co-hosts and I thought of 2012 when we put it in The Geek Seat.

And now, on with the questions...

Favorite movie:
The Avengers. This is the movie I'd been waiting on since I was a kid.

Favorite book I read this year:
The Drop by Michael Connelly

Most Memorable Event:
One of the highlights of 2012 for me was getting my first published novel, Evil Ways back into print and into ebook format for the first time. It also reignited my desire to write the protagonist, Harold Palmer's next thriller, which will be out sometime this year.

Most Underrated movie:

John Carter. This one deserved a lot better than it got in terms of marketing and support.

What were your favorites of 2012?

Bobby