John Robinson

In a nutshell, Sheaf House has hired publicist Penney Carlton to handle the launch of Heading Home on August 3rd and 4th in Nashville TN. This includes some TV appearances on the local Fox and CBS affiliates, as well as a meet-n-greet party there in town. I'm asking for prayer for this (of course), and also anyone who feels like helping a brother out to please "like" the Heading Home page she's placed on Facebook. (more…)

Okay, updates for Heading Home:

First, there's been a slight change in the cover (as you can see).

I believe I like this one better; speaks more to the actual storyline.

Next, I'm still waiting on one more endorser, then that'll be all.

Last, I received the PDF for final edits this past weekend, and they're due back to the editor this Saturday. Then it's off to the printer. The next time I'll actually see my book is when I hold it in my own hands. Tres cool! *G*

Okay, Heading Home is now officially availbale for pre-order at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. More sites will be added in the coming days, and you should start seeing it on store shelves August 2nd. Here are the links:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...+John+Robinson

http://productsearch.barnesandnoble....+John+Robinson

Thanks!

Okay, here's the long-promised update to the Heading Home publishing thread.

Today's May 4, and we're ninety days from the novel hitting the store shelves. At this point I'm still getting endorsements in (waiting on a couple of them yet), and they've all been positive (so far and thank God).

Early next week I should have the galley (a spiral-bound 8 1/2 by 11 copy of the house-edited manuscript), in my hands from Sheaf House, ready for my final read. This will be the last time I'll be able to make any changes, and for any writer, at this stage they need to be minor.

Then after a week or so of perusal that document goes back to the publisher where it will be sent to typeset. By that time the cover art will likewise be in its final stages, and then both it and the text will be joyfully married (awww! *G*).

The very next time I see it--probably sometime in late July--will be when I recieve my author's copies in the mail. And that's always a thrill beyond imagining.

Thanks again for taking this journey. My next HH post will contain snippets from the blurbs; join me!

... so said the bullfrog. Hard to believe it's been a month since my last addition here. I hope to do better with that; a countdown fits the bill nicely.

Here's what I mean. As of today, it's six months until my apocalypse-with-a-twist thriller Heading Home is released upon an unsuspecting world (much like Godzilla, or Paris Hilton). As each milestone of the book is hit, I plan to post it here.

Okay, first. The cover is already up for your perusal, both on the homepage of the site and on the "works" page. The designer nailed it, I think. She incorporated the novel's main themes, the consequences, the ticking clock, and the Vietnam backstory, in one picture ... neat trick, that.

And I know I've already said this, but if you're curious about the writing itself just click "works", then the book's title, and you can read the first chapter of it for free (the same goes for all my novels). In this case it's the first two chapters (I wanted to make sure you're good and hooked; generous sod, ain't I? *G*).

Next milestone: as of two weeks ago, the endorser copies have gone out. This is always a bit of a sweaty time, wondering if your peers will like the thing enough to put their names to it. Hope so. We'll see.

Next up (and this will be a few more weeks down the road), hard copies will be going to the review sites (Publisher's Weekly, The Library Journal, a bunch of others). In other words, sweaty palms, part deux.

But as I said, that's a little ways off.

I thank you for making this journey with me.

Just a short note to say the first two chapters of my apocalypse-with-a-twist thriller Heading Home are up on this site. Click the "works" tab to the left, and then click the title.

The thing was a ton of fun to write, and is sure to be controversial (I hope).

Enjoy!