June 23rd, 2010 by Neal

I know it’s been a while, and there is a reason. I’ve been twisting myself stupid over the new book and a few more exciting prospects. I dealt with a bout of what appears to be emerging depression based around shit I can’t and won’t go into. I also got lazy, which is rare with me, so I indulged it, given that I’ve had a hard time being lazy in the last few years. Well, that and I wrote three books in a year and a damned half, and I’m not even scheduled to start the next novel at my breakneck pace until the beginning of next month.

Hal 4 is started, and it’s called “Live in Hope.” I can’t really say anything about what happens in the book without completely blowing the third book’s payoff, which sucks, but it’ll also help me keep my lid shut.

I will, in the next few days, be posting previews of the new comic. It’s going to be available for the iPad, and it’s looking to come out (as far as I know) on the tenth of next month. It’s also got… wooo… diamond distribution, which is a good good thing.

I am (God help me) more prevailent on the twitter of late. As I get this book going (and I’m only at about the 5,000 word mark of yet, but that should rapidly increase as I get the flow), I’ll be updating more. I’m just posting to let you all know I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth, and that if you keep watching, you’ll have preview pages soon.

I’ve seen this whole book, and I think it’s quite honestly the thing I’m most proud of that I’ve had published thusfar. I think you’ll love it.

June 8th, 2010 by Neal

I am alive, yes, and all is well. I am pre-writing Hal 4, believe it or not, though I don’t know how my mind isn’t recoiling in horror at the prospect of yet another novel in such a short period of time. Must be a work ethic. Or insanity. Regardless…

Just yesterday I saw the final version of my next comic, The Anti-War Museum of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as featured in the Nightmares of the Macabre anthology, and I am quite proud of it. The art, by Barry Montgomery, is insanely good, and it features a painted cover that just blows me away:

Cantrell is my rad editor and the creator of the anthology.

We’re trying to nail down the release date. It will either come out near the Fourth of July, or a week after, but very soon. Rest assured, you’ll know where here. Since it will debut before Jet City, you will likely be able to get a copy there.

The BEST thing you can do is go to your retailer, right now, and ask them to carry the book. If they want more information on how to, they can contact me or Creator’s Edge Press. I’m also more than willing to do signings, and point of fact I’ve already lined up one, but I’ll give you more on that as it develops. Until then, bask in that cover awesomeness and anticipate! Woo!

Expect a few pages of preview, shortly!