Tuesday, June 18, 2024

It's All For One!

 

Here’s another week, and I’m still writing as fast as I can!

I’ve decided to go all-in with Amazon. I’ve delisted all of my ebooks  distributor Draft2Digital, and it has been a tough job getting them taken down from Bibliotheca and Hoopla!

But, they are down now, and are exclusive to Amazon. So, if you use Kindle Unlimited, you can find my stories there in eBook form. For free. Or, if you still like to purchase ebooks, Amazon is the place you need to go with no muss, no fuss.

Also, I’ve moved my print books from the distributor that I was using, and am in the process of putting them through Amazon as well. All of my original stories are there, but it may take a minute to get the translations that are in my control done.

But, Michael, you may be thinking…you were such a firm believer in not putting all of your eggs in one basket! What happened?

That’s easy to answer, I guess. Several of my good friends and acquaintances, are authors, like D. M. Guay, Tracy Sharp, and J. A. Konrath, and they are all-in with Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. They reach their fans easily. I finally said to myself, Why not give it a good shot?

And that’s the latest in the T. M. Bilderback world of writing. Now, as for you: are you going to…

 

Keep reading!

T. M. Bilderback (But you can call me Michael)

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Life Is A Highway!

 

Howdy.

 

It’s amazing to me how time passes, and things change. In the past four years since I published Lido Shuffle – A Justice Security Novel have been jam-packed full of…life.

 

Life sneaks up on you. Christi and I have dealt with buying a slightly larger house, losing three beloved pets, watching grandchildren grow up, and a myriad of other things. In June of 2023, I retired from the community college that I was working for, and got sucked back into radio after being gone for 23 years!

 

It was fun. A good friend of mine talked me into going back into it, and, once he told me of the vision he had for it, gave us something to work hard to build. We took a station that hadn’t been listened to very much for years and built it into a small market powerhouse. We were live, we were local, and we had help from two other great guys that shared our dream.

 

However, the owners sold the station, and the new owners decided to go with another musical format, along with automation and artificial intelligence.

 

So, as of this past May, I’m once again a former radio announcer.

 

But, back to my writing! During the last four years, I’ve written a bit here and there on four (really five) upcoming stories. Now that I’ve found some down time from life, the creative juices had begun flowing again in earnest!

 

Here are the titles that are upcoming:

1.      Bandala – A Justice Security Short Story

2.      Werewolves Of London – A Tale Of Sardis County

3.      Parnell’s Folly

4.      Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show – The Last Tale Of Sardis County

5.      Escape – A Justice Security Novel

 

And there they are.

Bandala deals with a young Guatemalan couple that needs Justice Security’s help in dealing with a Hispanic gang.

Werewolves Of London brings two things: what happens to half-angel Madeline when Nicholas Turner brings the family to Sardis County, and climactic changes with the werewolves that reside in the Sardis County town of London.

Parnell’s Folly is the story of a decidedly violent haunted house, and a small town’s efforts to deal with it.

Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show – The Final Tale Of Sardis County brings a visitor to Sardis County carrying a desire for revenge against certain residents of the county, along with the people of Justice Security. With this book, you have to remember that the Devil can wear many disguises…even that of a minister of the Word!

And, finally, Escape – A Justice Security Novel introduces triplets with unusual skills that have been hired to find out everything they can about the manufacture and distribution of drugs by a certain cartel, and to deliver the results to the new Mexican president, so that General Esteban Fernandez can be disavowed and stripped of his military commission. They team up with Justice Security to assist their mission, and ask the question, “Do you like piƱa coladas?”

 

I’m also going to continue writing blog posts as often as I can…simply so that you can…

 

Keep reading!

 

T. M. Bilderback (But you can call me Michael)

Friday, April 19, 2024

Once More Into The Breach!

Well, howdy.

Yeah, I know. If these blog posts get any further apart, I may as well stop writing them, right?

AHA! But, if you keep reading them, I will keep writing them from time to time!

I've been trying different places lately that you can purchase my stories and my audiobooks directly from me, rather than go through a storefront like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. As a result, I have them listed at PayHip and Gumroad, but I'm most proud of my store at Lemon Squeezy!

At Lemon Squeezy (here's the link: https://tmbilderback.lemonsqueezy.com/ ), I had to preface each title with the language that it's in - English, Spanish, etc. That was so that I could keep the same language items together. It doesn't offer a way to separate languages to their own section, or audiobooks separated from eBooks. That's the only complaint that I have about Lemon Squeezy! Everything else is Easy Peazy!

With Gumroad, I had to change the spelling of a couple of foreign translations to meet Gumroad's standards. Two of my translations used the word "sexy" in the title, and Gumroad wouldn't allow that. No idea why - it seems a bit Draconian to me. Also, Gumroad doesn't have a storefront. Each title, each language has its own separate page...so, I don't have a link for it.

PayHip also gave me a storefront (here's the link: https://payhip.com/tmbilderback ). I was able to divide eBooks and audiobooks into sections for each language. I like it very much.

Of the three, I guess I like Lemon Squeezy best. I hope you'll check it out soon, and pick up the Justice Security bundle of all 13 stories - exclusive to Lemon Squeezy!

Until next time, keep reading!

T. M. Bilderback (but you can call me Michael)