Welcome to my first newsletter
2024 Recap and Rise of the Creepers
2024 was a great year for me in terms of book sales and Kindle Unlimited reads, particularly Flight Unknown which really took off! I intensified my advertising last summer and received a lot of positive responses. I started advertising in other countries which helped me reach more readers. Thank you to everyone who left a review or rating on Amazon and Goodreads. It really helps! I also received a very nice review from Readers’ Favorite.
The big news is RISE OF THE CREEPERS, book two of the Zworsky’s Children series, will be available in February. Thank you to Lynda at Easy Reader Editing for the copy edits. And thank you to Stuart Bache for designing such a kick-ass cover!
New Books I’m Working on
The third and final book of the Zworsky’s Children series has been written, and I hope to have it available toward the end of the year. It’s called The Metachromes. There are other stories I wrote connected to the Zworsky universe. In the future, I hope to release them as well.
I am currently working on a mystery / sci-fi / coming of age story called A Lovely Dark Summer. Those of you who enjoyed Charlie One and/or The Mansion might like this one. I’m almost certain that I’ll release it in 2026.
Favorite Books I’ve Read in 2024
I listed some of the books I read last year. A lot of great reads. I also discovered some new authors such as Ronald Malfi and Keith Rosson.
Academic News
I wrote an article on Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. I’m planning to send it to journals soon. This is the second article I’ve written on Hitchcock. My first one was on Rope which became a chapter in Cinema of Confinement. It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since I published Cinema of Confinement and Capturing Digital Media.
Academic books tend to be expensive. But both of my publishers, Northwestern University Press and Bloomsbury Academic, often run sales, sometimes with discount codes. I go under the name Thomas J. Connelly to separate my fiction writing from my non-fiction / academic writing.
I also peer-reviewed a new book coming out this year called The Contemporary Survival Space. It was the first time I got to contribute a book blurb.
Well, that’s it for me. I’m looking forward to sharing more news as it comes along.
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