RED MASS is now available on Shaman's Market.com, the leading web marketplace for shamanic supplies, books, music, etc. Thank you Bryan Bigelow and the Shaman's Market crew for the support!

Purchasing from Shaman's Market is a good way to go as this is a merchant that supports the work and life of the Q'ero Indians in Peru, the sacred ancestors of the Inca. I have a great love for Q'ero, so go to Shaman's Market and spend some money for a good cause: www.shamansmarket.com

Here are some pics of the first official RED MASS Book Signing! Thank you everyone for coming out! And thank you Barbara Criswell, John, and Mark from Aquarius, such wonderful and gracious hosts!

RED Mass is now available for sale at Barnes & Noble.com: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/red-mass-daniel-e-moler/1033011918

 I will be at Aquarius Bookstore in Kansas City from 3pm to 5pm on Sunday, October 9th. I will be doing a little reading from the book, Q & A, and then signing copies. Bring a friend and you can enter a drawing to win a FREE copy!

You can RSVP on the RED MASS Facebook fan page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241166279253789

My friends Clint and Cassie Krause release their next edition of Don't Walk in Winter Wood. A short story contribution by....me. Yay! Support your local independent RPG genius by buying this game!

My good friend Clint Krause is an excellent independent game publisher and owner of Red Moon Medicine Show. His next big RPG hit is Don't Walk in Winter Wood and I was asked to provide a story/fable to contribute to the material in the latest edition. I dug up an old tale from college that was inspired by Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" (shortened to Clint's 1,000 word specifications of course). I had to rewrite it and give it a harsher ending....if I can dig up an e-copy from somewhere (original was actually written on a typewriter and much longer) I'll post it sometime soon as well. But for now, here's a nice little piece of short fiction to help you get ready for the coming Fall season!

RED MASS has an advertisement in the latest issue of Evolving Magazine, as the first attempt to officially market the book! Hopefully, this will generate a little more revenue and I can start focusing on bolstering my marketing campaign! A big THANK YOU to Connie "Crash" Humiston, Jill Dutton, and all the other folks at Evolving!


The ad can be found on page 12 of the Septmeber 2011 issue of Evolving, Volume III, Issue 7. You can see an online version of Evolving here: http://www.evolvingmagazine.com/

RED MASS is available for purchase on the CreateSpace eStore! Click on the link and add it to your cart!
https://www.createspace.com/3623977

I got my proof back from CreateSpace last week. I hated the way the cover looked when actually printed out (which is why the option of ordering a proof is top-notch). So, I realigned some things, used a new photo of the same design, changed the tint (CreateSpace tint comes out a little darker) and resubmitted. I just got back proof #2 today and I am gasping with joy! This ... is ... it! This is my book! Three years of blood, sweat, and tears!

Look very soon for the RED MASS release! As in, a day or two....

(Happy jumps!)

My manuscript and cover submission to CreateSpace is complete and accepted! The great thing about CreateSpace is that you can do it all yourself (costs way less, practically for free). The hard thing about CreateSpace is that you can do it all yourself (formatting can be a bitch). I would like to thank especially Genevieve Margherio at Red Lemon Creative (www.redlemoncreative.com) for assisting me with the cover formatting! I could not have done it without your generous expertise, Genevieve!

All in all, so far in my self-publishing process I do recommend CreateSpace as they are very easy to use and provide a ton of options for all types of creative projects: books, comics, music, films, etc. There is alot of debate about it either way in the self-publishing community, but I gathered in my research that it is overall best to purchase your own ISBN. Mick Rooney, author of To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish? had this to say in an on-line forum on the subject of ISBNs:" The publisher of the book is the person/company whose name the ISBN's are registered in. So, you would need to buy and use your own ISBN's to properly self-publish - in effect, only an author can actually self-publish. Even creating your own internal and cover files and listing your own imprint on the title pages and back cover will still result in database and online stores listing the book as published by CreateSpace, once a CreateSpace ISBN is used." So, that's what I did. It's a bit extra money, but worth it.

The other benefits of using CreateSpace is the venues of distribution. My book will be on Amazon, the largest book distributor in the world. But, they also give you a free webpage to promote your book. I actually get more proceeds if people purchase the book through that web page, but that's fine. I can send people there first through my marketing material, but Amazon is fine too. Either way, whatever gets it out there. Here is a screen-shot of the webpage provided....authors can modify slughtly with their own banners and changing the text coloring, and background if needed:




I will send the link out once the book is completely ready. CreateSpace is printing the first copy now and sending it to me for proofing. I have a chance to look at it in its final form and make any last minute changes if necessary. Can't wait to see it! Over all, I'm enjoying the CreateSpace experience and would recommend it to anyone.

Stay tuned for the Red Mass release. There will be a book signing/release party at Aquarius Bookstore in Kansas City soon....will get that date out there as soon we get it pegged down! Cheers!