DUEL!

Mild mannered artist M. D. Jackson

Mean spirited but manly author Jack Mackenzie

I was invited to write a guest post at my friend, author Joshua Reynold's blog, HUNTING MOSTERS. Reynolds is the author of NEFRATA: THE BLOOD OF NAGASH and the upcoming GOTTREK & FELIX: THE ROAD OF SKULLS from Black Library.

So I decided to interview Jack Mackenzie, author of THE MASK OF ETERNITY and the upcoming DEBT'S PLEDGE from Rage Machine Books.

Jack was his usual charming self (the bastard). The interview went well despite Jack threatening to Kick my ass and being generally rude.

You can read the complete interview here.

(Wow! That's a lot of links for such a little blog post!)

I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio

COVER SALE CONTINUES!

If you're a regular reader of this blog you've seen this before but now I am offering it up for sale!

$75 bucks gets you the high resolution file and exclusive rights to use it as the cover for your e-book, paperback hardcover, what-have-you. Do you have a book that this cover will fit? If needed I can make adjustments to suit (for a fee).

Or maybe you want to write a novel that will fit the cover? Go ahead. Then you can buy the cover.

If you are interested you can email me at:

mikenfran3 (at) hotmail (dot) com

Or just leave a comment and a way for me to get in touch with you.

The cover sale continues all next week!

I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio

COVER SALE!

I'm selling this cover. It was painted for a fantasy novel but never got used, so I'm offering it up!

$75 bucks gets you the high resolution file and exclusive rights to use it as the cover for your e-book, paperback hardcover, what-have-you. Do you have a book that this cover will fit? If needed I can make adjustments to suit (for a fee).

Or maybe you want to write a novel that will fit the cover? Go ahead. Then you can buy the cover.

I have some more pieces that I will be selling like this in the next few days. Keep watching!

I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio

HERALDED BY BLOOD!

The newest collection of Ka Sirtago and Poet stories is available for Kindle! Three exciting tales in the grand Sword and Sorcery tradition!

Buy it here for only $3.04!

I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio

PRICE REDUCTION

The print edition of my book, THE MASK OF ETERNITY has had a price reduction! The Trade Paperback edition is now only $17.99. You can order it here. 

Or if you want the hardcover it is only $24.99!

Of course to get the best deal you can pick up the Kindle version for only $5.08!

I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio

DID YOU GET A KINDLE FOR CHRISTMAS?

Did you buy a Kobo on Boxing Day? Did you recently get an e-reader either as a gift or at a bargain price?

If so, may I make a few humble suggestions?

   

The Mask of Eternity and The Green Beast are both available for Kindle.

Or check out the Rage Machine Bookstore page where you can find other titles by Jack Mackenzie and other terrific writers!

Exciting fiction available at Boxing Day prices!

I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio

IMPORTANT STUFF and BAD NEWS

Well, the IMPORTANT STUFF was discussed. Sadly the news is not good.

The simple fact is that sales are down. Normally when we release an issue of DARK WORLDS MAGAZINE there is a bubble of sales which trickle off over time. With the release of issue #6 sales have not even started. It may have something to do with the economic downturn, it may be that there was too long a gap between issue 5 and this new one.    Given the fact that sales of the last anthology that Rage Machine Books offered on Amazon.com, SWORDS OF FIRE, have been equally dismal, it seems that economics may be to blame.

Either way, it is discouraging because issue # 6 was the most promoted of all the issues we have put out so far, This is the issue that had the support of the magazine's blog which has been averaging almost half a million visits a month since it began. Unfortunately those visits have not been translating into sales.

So, unless sales pick up, it looks like issue # 6 will be the final issue of Dark Worlds Magazine.

This has led us to rethink what we are actually offering and how we are offering it. Without going into too many details we have decided to narrow our focus a bit and concentrate on smaller projects rather than the larger anthologies and the magazine. We are also going to try a different delivery service that cuts out some of the middlemen. That will, hopefully, maximize returns for the authors and artists, rather than the service bureaus.

So keep watching this blog and visit the DARK WORLDS blog for new developments which we will be offering soon.

I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio

I just want to remind regular readers of this blog (or even irregular readers. I'm not prejudiced) that I also do admin duties at the blog for Dark Worlds Magazine. In case you don't know I am the co publisher of DARK WORLDS a magazine of pulp derived fantasy, horror  and science fiction. The magazine's blog has items posted by myself and the other publisher of the magazine, G. W. Thomas.

So please do give the blog a visit. There's lots of cool stuff there and at the rest of the website (www.gwthomas.org). But don't forget to come back here, because now that the summer is over I'm gonna be a blogging fool and there will be lots of neat stuff here as well!

That is all.

I've been here and there. I've drawn a lot of pictures. I've written a bit, too. I'm not good at this self-promotion thing. Look, you want to know about me? just visit these websites. Okay?
www.mdjacksonart.weebly.com
http://mdjackson.deviantart.com
http://community.imaginefx.com/fxpose/mdjacksons%5Fportfolio