
Honorable Mention: Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards
Heading into the season’s final stretch (only one competition left to go!), The Nothing Within has received another award. Writer’s Digest hosts one of the most venerable competitions for self-published authors. In its 28th Annual Self-Published Book Awards, The…

Semifinalist: SPFBO
The Nothing Within is a semifinalist in the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO). A big “thank you” to The Critiquing Chemist for giving it such a positive review. Somehow I’m still pleasantly surprised every time somebody enjoys it. About the Contest In case…

NIEA: The Nothing Within Named Best SF Novel of the Year
Great news: The Nothing Within has been named the best science fiction book of the year by the 14th annual National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA). The NIEA recognizes works published by small presses, mid-size independent publishers, university presses, and…

Next Generation Indies: The Nothing Within Named Best SF Novel of the Year
Gosh. The Next Generation Indie Book Awards have named The Nothing Within the best indie-published science fiction book of the year. Some people have called Next Generation Indies the Sundance of the publishing world. Apparently a medal is on the way. Like, an actual…

Eric Hoffer Book Award
Award season is here! Late last month, I announced that The Nothing Within was named a finalist in the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. (The final announcement of winners is pending.) This week, the Eric Hoffer Book Award announced its honorees. The Nothing…

Audiobook and Author Interview Released
Back in December, Tantor Media bought the audiobook rights for The Nothing Within—and now the audiobook is out. It’s available in all the usual places: Amazon Apple Audible Audiobooks.com Google Play Overdrive I’m very happy with the production. Many thanks to…

Foreword INDIES Finalist
Cool beans. This week, The Nothing Within was recognized as a finalist for the 22nd annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. You can see the nomination on the Science Fiction category page. (Also, see that photo montage at the top of this post? Looks below and…

Audiobook Agreement with Tantor Media
Some exciting news today. Tantor Media Tantor Media is an audiobook production company. Their library includes many award-winning books and New York Times best sellers, and they work with a pool of over 400 experienced audiobook narrators. What happened Earlier this…

Six Month Anniversary: Cover History
It’s been six months since publication. Looking back… Before publication, my wonderful cover designer Jeff Brown worked with me on many iterations of the cover design. I was very impressed with the very first draft, which set out the basic pattern and color palette.…

Booklist and Amazon Best Seller
It was a busy week for The Nothing Within. American Library Association’s Booklist Booklist is the ALA’s book review journal, read by loads of librarians, library patrons, and book fans. Thanks to a partnership between BlueInk Review and the ALA, the October 15th…