Archive | June, 2013

Reasons to read The House in the Old Wood, No. 3

6 Jun

You like a good laugh now and then. I laugh, or at least I am amused, a lot. I like making people laugh, or at least seeing them roll their eyes when I make a joke. As you read The House in the Old Wood, you may be amused. You may laugh out loud. You may simply roll your eyes. But you won’t be bored.

What authors make you laugh? What books amuse you?

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Reasons to read The House in the Old Wood, No. 2

5 Jun

You love your parents. I don’t understand why so many books and movies portray parents as buffoons at best, or even abusive and cruel. Sure, I had issues with my parents growing up, but I still loved them, and I knew they loved me. And I know my kids had problems with me as they grew up, and I sure wasn’t perfect. But I always loved them, and I think they knew it. I think that’s a more common experience. If you want to read a book where parents get treated like real people for a change, The House in the Old Wood is for you.

What are some of your parents’ favorite sayings? Things you heard a lot as you grew up?

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Reasons to read The House in the Old Wood, No. 1

4 Jun

You’re looking for a “page-turner.” There are not a lot of books you just can’t put down. But again and again, readers of The House in the Old Wood are commenting, “I got sucked in,” and “I can hardly put it down!” and “Started reading after dinner and I cannot put it down!” I know, I know, books like that just seem to go too fast. But aren’t books like that the reason you enjoy reading? Read The House in the Old Wood if you want a book you’ll become immersed in.

What are some books you’ve gotten sucked into?

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Let’s take over the world!

3 Jun

Zombies.

That’s right, it’s time for step two in my nefarious plan to promulgate The House in the Old Wood upon an unsuspecting world. And that involves … zombies!

BWAHAHAHAHA!

You see, everyone who has read The House in the Old Wood has now been turned into a mindless zombie, seeking only to get more people to read the book. (What? Not you? Repeat after me: “I am getting sleepy … sleepy …)

But … how will we accomplish this? I am glad you asked, my minions.

1. Spread the means of zombification

The text from the back cover of The House in the Old Wood is designed to be enticing, to encourage people to read the book. If you have a printed copy, you can show it to your friends. Or you can show it to them here on this blog.

2. Begin the infection

Once they start reading, they won’t want to stop. There’s a sample for Kindles on Amazon.com, or they can read the first chapter on this blog.

3. Facilitate the takeover

Point them to Amazon.com, where they can get The House in the Old Wood

But that’s just the beginning. Starting tomorrow, I’ll supply you daily with reasons to read The House in the Old Wood. Until I run out. I have 17 so far. One or more of those reasons will apply to people you know. Share those reasons, and then they’ll be on the road to becoming zombie minions too, and we’ll move, one slow step after another, closer to taking over the world!

Bwahahahaha!

BWAHAHAHAHA!

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