Thanks, sfflchamp! I'm so glad you enjoyed HOSTILE TAKEOVER.
The book is doing well for a novel from an "unknown" writer. Sales are consistent and reviews are great (phew!).
Of course, "consistent" doesn't mean "gangbusters" so the biggest challenge is public awareness. For the vast majority of readers, when they go to buy a book, they gravitate toward authors they've already read. New books (well, new authors) are heavily reliant on word-of-mouth advertising.
It's wonderful when readers tell me they liked Hostile Takeover just as much as Author X (comparisons have ranged from Dennis Lehane to Gillian Flynn to David Baldacci to Stephen King...all of those are flattering though it seems to often align with whichever author is currently in the reader's "I really like" stable). But while it's an honor to be compared with those writers, the bigger compliment (and goal) is for the reader to tell their friends/family/book-club to buy the book.
Gearing up for the release of SECOND SON early this summer (which is actually running behind since the original goal was first of the year). I've received a lot of "
where's the next book?" questions through my
website. Really looking forward to releasing it and hopefully seeing an accompanying bump in sales of Hostile Takeover.
If anyone else would like to give it a shot, please check it out on amazon here - HOSTILE TAKEOVER
And if you REALLY want to help a FBG brother out, please consider writing a review on Amazon or Goodreads once you've finished.
Or sharing it on
Facebook. Or
Twitter. Or LinkedIn. Or Pinterest. Or MySpace. Or whatever the kids use for sharing these days.