“What’s ‘Happy Undead Mother-in-law Day? I know all about Valentine’s Day. That’s February 14th. What’s up with Happy Undead Mother-in-law?” you may ask.
My Undead Mother-in-law. Get it for your mother-in-law! Click here.
I’m glad you asked! It so happens My Undead Mother-in-law begins on Valentine’s Day. As the book opens, the family has dinner together, the undead zombies and the normal family members. Naturally, we celebrate it every year.
Finally, if you’re desperate, you can always do what I do when I want to read a book and not pay for it. Go to Amazon and click on the ‘Look Inside’ button and read random sections until you’ve read it all.
One more thing: here’s a Review
Why is this my favorite review? It’s from a professional author who doesn’t like zombie books, yet loved My Undead Mother-in-law..
When I started to read this book, I was leery. As far as I know, I’m less interested in zombies than anyone on the planet. How could I give a reasonable review? Turns out, it wasn’t hard at all. I’ve said before and it turned out to be true here that, if you have a ridiculous premise that’s hard to swallow, run with it, normalize it, and readers /viewers will eventually accept. And it worked. The original premise of cognizant, virtually indestructible zombies was lobbed and backed until I was a believer, actively rooting for zombies. Plenty of (bloodier than average) action, some smiling, if not guffaw humor, a nice fulfilling story arc in an easy readable length made for a fun book (if bloody action doesn’t bother you) with charm that didn’t take itself to seriously but still capable of many a tender and touching moments.
I’m glad my prejudice didn’t keep me from enjoying this out-of-the-common-way story.
Happy Undead Mother-in-law’s Day – Now What’s Next?
What’s next? I loved Diane Newby, my Happy Undead Mother-in-law so much, I wrote another novel with her as the main character, Paranormal Privateers. I put Diane and her family on a superyacht and send them around the world as privateers fighting enemies of the US with a letter of Marquis from the President.
Here’s the cover:
The cover of my third novel Paranormal Privateers. Click to get yours.
The Paranormal Privateers back cover. Click to get it.
But that’s not all! I’ve got the back cover for you, which I like even more:
Get Books Signed by Andy Zach online – In this blog post, I’ll tell you how to get autographed copies of my books online, just like in person at a book convention.
Why am I doing this? I feel sorry for the thousands of fans I have who never get to go to a book convention. I’d love to meet you all. Here’s my next convention, tomorrow:
But let’s say you can’t go? What can you do? Go here.
Get Books Signed – What Do I Mean?
What is this site? It’s my Square site. What’s that? It’s my OFFICIAL SALES website. I sell you my autographed books at LESS than Amazon AND include free shipping.
How can I do that? I cut out Amazon.
Amazon takes a 30% commission on each sale. It then deducts the printing cost of each book. That leaves me with 30% of your money.
But Square takes a 1% commission. I get most of your money even though you are paying less. That lets me
Pay for shipping for you
And then pay for taxes for you
Finally I pay for printing the book for you
And I still make more money than on Amazon! Try my first book, below.
Get your Zombie Turkeys here. You get a bushel of laughter with each book.
Get Books Signed – Here Come More
The second book in time sequence, but the most recent I wrote is the following:
I wrote this between Zombie Turkeys and the next book in my Life After Life Chronicles, a wacky parody of the zombie genre. The next book in the series follows below:
My Undead Mother-in-law cover. Click to get yours.
Note that you can read any of these books in any order. You can read each book without the others.
The cover of my third novel Paranormal Privateers. Click to get yours.
I wrote PP (as I like to call it) third, but fourth in the Life After Life Chronicles. You can get your signed copy by clicking the image above.
Finally, you can get my short story collection below.
Oops! Click to get it signed
I’ve Got Another Series for You!
I like unlikely heroes. How about 7th-graders? How about disabled 7th-graders? Now in this series, I gave them superpowers and look out world!
Secret Supers – click for autographed book
Note that these books cost only $6 each, so you get a real bargain!
Books? Yes, check out the next one in the series.
Villain’s Vacation cover
Last, But Not Least, You Can Get My Non-Fiction Book
Hold on to your chair! This book will rock your world.
The four gospels in chronological order, word by word
Here is what this book is all about:
Are you curious about Jesus Christ? Do you struggle to understand the Bible? The Gospel Medley includes the four Gospels in a single narrative, faithfully pulling the text from the World English Bible. You are now able to read all the gospel as a single, easy-to-read story.
Each Gospel describes Jesus’s life from a different point of view with different details and insights. The Gospel Medley combines every word into a single perspective with all details and events arranged chronologically.
Unlike other harmonies, The Gospel Medley doesn’t put the four gospels in columns or rows. Instead, the text is integrated word by word into a smoothly flowing narrative. Further, each paragraph references the four gospels so you can read the original citations. You also get footnotes of all the quotes from the Old Testament, giving you the context of Jesus’s words.
For a unique perspective of the four gospels, read ‘The Gospel Medley’ today.
Book Conventions – as an author. I’ve been to two conventions in two weeks and I’m going to another one this week. What’s it like as an author? I’ll let you know below.
Plus, I’ve got a new review of a fantasy book for you. Then I have my usual free book offers. And I’ll let you know about a sale, coming up this Sunday, March 20, first day of spring.
Begin With the Future – What Conventions Are Approaching?
A simple search for book conventions brings up hundreds. My first filter was, “What’s in Peoria?”
In 2016, when I published my first book, nothing.
Get your Zombie Turkeys here. You get a bushel of laughter with each book.
‘He felt great. He was full of energy, he had many hens to breed with, and he was the leader of a great flock.’
Sam Melvin is a reporter with the Midley Beacon, it’s a tiny local paper – with an online presence – run by its penny-pinching editor Lisa Kambacher. When Sam sees the two turkey hunters on the slab in the local mortuary, he knows he has a story to cover and he sets out to do so with great gusto. As the zombie turkeys multiply, Sam and Lisa are the leading media team on the ground and the Midley Beacon goes international, solving their financial woes and syndicating their work across the globe. But it’s not all good news. After all, there are those people-killing zombie turkeys heading into town…
So, I went to Chambanacon, in Bloomington. It was one hour drive from Peoria. It cost some money, but I was willing to risk it. I had fun and sold some copies of my first book.
That’s pretty much how I pick my conventions.
Book Conventions -The Next Step is Packing
What to pack? How about books?
I have seven different books (soon to be eight!) and almost two hundred copies. What to take?
Enjoy all four novels in audiobook, paperback, or Kindle format!
All of them.
What else should I take?
From the very beginning, I’ve always had a signup list for my newsletter. People who buy my books are my favorite people. What if they want more? You can sign up here and get free books.
I pile about a hundred books into my rolling suitcase and another hundred in cardboard boxes ‘just in case I need them.’
Should I take anything else? How about posters, table swag (candy, business cards, bookmarks), and decorations.
Here’s my most recent convention, showing everything I’ve mentioned so far:
Andy Zach at Quadcon March 2022, Peoria Northwoods Mall
Surely that’s everything, right? Surely not!
Surely you can’t be serious!
Looking through my most recent packing list, other things are:
tablecloth
duck tape
extension cord
computer and cord and case
two cell phones with chargers
credit card reader
book stickers
cash box
receipt book
vaccination card
mask
tea thermos
lunch box
moving dolly
Book Conventions – Being There
I get totally hyped at book conventions. I love meeting my customers and future customers. Then I get to read from my books for them. Perhaps the best of all is meeting newsletter subscribers who love my newsletter and my books. No, I think the best is when a person buys my next book after enjoying one.
But wait, there’s more!
from ‘Scary Movie’
I also get to meet and talk with other authors–and–wait for it–learn from them!
Yes, I don’t know everything. I’m always picking up new ideas and approaches to writing and promoting my books.
What’s the Down Side?
There are negatives. First, you’ve got to schlep hundreds of pounds of stuff to your booth location and set everything up.
Next, you’ll get tired. Sit down, then stand and talk. Repeat for eight hours. Before, during, and afterward, be positive. Don’t let them see you cry, moan, or complain.
Finally, you’ll lug your luggage back to your car and drive home.
I love that someone is writing fun superstories in which disabled and differently abled kids can see themselves as potentially brave and heroic. The story doesn’t just show them doing impossible things that fully abled people can’t even do; it shows them using their heads to solve problems and cooperating together to use their different gifts to change the world for the better. And it’s well told, with a youthful sounding narrator that highlights the 12-13 years of the characters.
I received this free audiobook and voluntarily left this honest review.
Note: While this is Book 2 in the series, it works pretty well as a stand alone story (tho book 1 is a lot of fun).
Once again the Secret Supers (Jeremy, Dan, Kayla, and Aubrey) combine their skills to fight evil! Well, actually, they were having a bit of a vacation and evil found them. But evil will certainly be sorry! Once again, Andy Zach gives us another delightful kids’ book. I’ve listened to his other audiobooks, including the Zombie Turkeys books, and this is a great addition to that collection.
