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A New Death now available for Nook and Kobo eReaders!

Posted: May 16, 2015 in Book Release, Updates
Tags: A New Death, amazon, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, E-book, ebooks, Kindle, Kobo, Nook, Savannah, Self-Publishing, zombies

Non-Kindle owners rejoice!

The first book in the Savannah Zombie Novel series is now available for both Barnes & Noble’s Nook and Kobo’s line of eReaders!

A New Death is no longer Kindle-exclusive, so now more people can get in on the Savannah Zombie action!

Click on the Books link above or on the links below to go to your preferred eReaders site!

The rest of the series will be making its way soon! And if you can’t wait until then, don’t forget you can always buy the paperback versions!

Tybee Island Book Festival

Posted: April 26, 2015 in Author Blog, Savannah, Updates
Tags: author, books, fiction, Georgia, Savannah, self-published, south, Tybee Island, writer, writing

Ok, so I didn’t just submit my book to the Tybee Island Book Festival.

But I did do so in the last week.

Pretty excited about a local book festival that includes both traditionally published and self-published authors. We have the Savannah Book Festival here every year, but as of right now, they only except traditionally published authors.

Which is kinda funny to me, because two years ago, they had Hugh Howey, who is one of the more well-known self-publishers. In fact, his self-publishing career is what led to him getting a traditional type publisher, but I digress.

I don’t have too many details on how I’ll be envolved with the festival, but I will keep everyone posted.

Josh

Where I’ve been, what I’ve been up to, and how to get free stuff!

Posted: April 17, 2015 in Book Release, Updates
Tags: A New Death, amazon, Amazon Kindle

Jeez, I might need to work on that title. That is not a sexy blog title. Hmm, oh well…

Anyways, here’s the deal: I got a promotion at my “day” job, so I’ve been working crazy hours. (I clocked in nearly 58 last week.) These crazy hours have left me crazy tired, but I haven’t had much time to rest.

You see, my wife and I are expecting a little girl next month! We have been very busy trying to get ready for her arrival, but life keeps getting in the way! Here’s the quick rundown: wrecked our car, moved into new apartment, apartment infested with fleas, killed all the fleas, unpack everything, set up nursery, look for new car, try to get loan for said car, finally get loan for car, all on top of working 55+ hours a week, getting maybe 4-5 hours of sleep at night.

All while trying to publish my next short story.

Well, needless to say, you know which one fell to the wayside.

BUT…

It’s finally done!

Lexx’s Story is now available on Amazon!

My apologies for taking so long, but when you’re a one man show, you gotta know when to say “It will just have to wait.”

So here’s my proposition:

The cost of Lexx’s Story is 99 cents, BUT you can get it for FREE!

All you have to do is email me or tweet a screenshot of your review for ANY of the other three Savannah Zombie Novel books and I will send you a free ebook copy of Lexx’s Story.

Sound good?

Cool, my email is beencalled (a) gmail (dot) com. Send me screenshot or link to your review and I’ll send you Lexx’s Story.

Want to be super trendy and tweet it?

Tweet: “Check out my review of @SavZombieNovel” with the link or photo of your review and I’ll DM you the copy of the book. (I think you have to be follower for me to DM you.)

You can just buy it for 99 cents. That works too. (Did I mention I was about to have a baby?)

Click on the cover below to go straight to the Amazon page.

Get A New Death for FREE!

Posted: March 10, 2015 in Savannah, Self Publishing, Updates
Tags: A New Death, amazon, Amazon Kindle, apocalypse, books, E-book, ebooks, fiction, free, horror, promo, zombies

Right now you can get Book 1 in the Savannah Zombie Novel Series for FREE on your Amazon Kindle!

This promo will last for FIVE days, so now would be a good time to pick it up if you haven’t read it yet! If you have, then now would be a great time to tell your friends!

Here’s what some readers have said about A New Death on Amazon:

“When you read A New Death,I think you will be shocked to learn that it is the authors first novel. The story is well written and has a good quick pace. It is surprisingly upbeat for a zombie apocalypse novel. I enjoyed it and definitely recommend it.” -J. Meister

“I can’t believe this is the authors first book. Very well written and flowed great. You Mr. Vasquez are a gifted story teller. I really enjoyed the character development, I could not put this book down I think this is the fastest I’ve read a book.”- Jesse E.

“Josh Vasquez has done a fine job for his first effort. The characters grab your attention and pull you along with them. This is very much a character driven tale and it works well. Plenty of zombie action and questions to answer. I am looking forward to the next installment.” – Belle Rouge

“Easy to read and entertaining. Fast moving. I Looking forward to the next book! Perhaps the Bible talk may be a turn off for some but so far it was tolerable.” – Amazon Customer

“one of the better zombie books I’ve read in awhile! fast paced, great characters…Loved lexx! really hope there is a sequel!! hoping for more from this author!” – Lisa Cook

“This is a bit different from other zombie books. There are the usual slow ones and some runners. What makes it different is that the bitten change into muscle bound rage monsters. While this not the best book I have ever read it certainly isn’t the worst. It’s a good first book.” – ladyboss230

“Josh Vasquez obviously found his calling in writing a zombie novel, keep up the great work!! A can’t put down read!” – Debra Ryan

That’s just a few people’s opinion. You can make yours by either clicking the picture above or by clicking here.

I hope y’all enjoy!

Josh

New Cover, New Promo

Posted: March 8, 2015 in Author Blog, Cover Reveal, Self Publishing, Updates, Writing

Hey everybody!

A little update before I take my Sunday afternoon nap before work tonight. (I work Sunday nights 9 to whenever we finish at my “real” job.)

First off, check out the new cover for CJ’s Story:

It now matches the cover for the new Lexx’s Story that drops the end of this week. I felt like it needed some updating, plus now it matches. I like the way it looks. The text is big, it’s simple, and it features the “Savannah Zombie” tagline, connecting better to the rest of the series. Amazon is in the process of updating it now. What do you think?

Second, I will be running a free promo on A New Death this week.

Yes, I said free.

So if you’ve read book one in the Savannah Zombie series, now’s a good time to tell your friends to check it out! Or if you haven’t read it, now’s a great time for you to check it out! My reasons for giving my work away for free is twofold:

1. To get my work out there and find new readers. Being self published, I feel like this is a great way to introduce my writing to new people.

2. I’m really hoping for some new reviews. If you download it during the promo, (or if you have already read it) please consider leaving a review. Reviews really help other readers decide whether or not a book is worth checking out. In a nutshell: the more reviews, the more a book gets noticed.

Well, that’s it for now. Time to go get some sleep before tonight shift!

Josh

A New Darkness now available!

Posted: October 11, 2014 in Author Blog, Book Release, Savannah, Self Publishing, Updates
Tags: A New Death, Amazon Kindle, books, ebooks, Georgia, Kindle, novel, Savannah, self-published, Self-Publishing, sequels, undead, zombies

The next installment in the Savannah Zombie Novel is here!

Click on the cover to buy!

Busy Book Launch Week

Posted: October 7, 2014 in Author Blog, Book Release, Self Publishing, Uncategorized, Updates, Writing
Tags: A New Death, amazon, Amazon Kindle, author, blogging, books, E-book, ebooks, fiction, Savannah, Self-Publishing, sequels, undead, writer, zombies

Hey everybody, just wanted to give a quick update and let you know what I’m up to.

First, A New Darkness releases on Kindle this Saturday! You can still pre-order it and save 33% on this weekend’s price and 66% on list price. If you haven’t yet, go and get it here.

Maybe you’re like, “I still haven’t read A New Death yet.” Well, good for you, A New Death is on sale until Saturday! Get it for $1.99 here!

Or maybe you like paper. (Who doesn’t? Books smell amazing.) Well, good news for you, I’ve made some updates to the paperback version of A New Death and started work on the A New Darkness paperback this week. So both of those will be live in the next couple of weeks.

And lastly, I don’t normally do too much promotion leading up to book launch (one of my weak points) but this time around, I’m trying something new.

It’s called Thunderclap. Thunderclap works like this: You go and hook up your social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr) to my Thunderclap promotion. Then on Saturday at noon, Thunderclap will blast out a message featuring my book and link through all of our social media accounts. Pretty cool, right? The only catch is I have to get full support or else the message won’t go out.

As of right now, I’m at 14 out of 100 supporters. With only 14 people signed on, it already has a reach of 4313 people. Can you imagine if we get all 100?

I’ve done this before and have never received any junk mail from it, or any emails afterwards. It’s an extremely easy way to help support me. All you have to do is give up one tweet or status update on Saturday.

100 people is an easily reached number. We can do this. Sign up here.

Thank you so much for the support and I look forward to hearing what you have to say about A New Darkness!

Josh