tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18509420127708872742024-02-07T18:43:21.045-06:00 Tripping The TriggerFeaturing the Crime Fiction of Jim WilskyJim Wilskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909318251288842856noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850942012770887274.post-37592416576767704562019-07-20T09:33:00.003-05:002019-07-20T09:38:34.681-05:00Switchblade - Issue 10<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My story, Losing Streak is the sixth episode and final edition for this season of A Grifter's Song is available starting today. You can get it <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R5B7J2J/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i11">right here</a> or</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #000120;"><u> </u><a href="https://downandoutbooks.com/bookstore/wilsky-losing-streak/">here.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I visited her <i>My Little Corner</i> many, many times down through the years. Sandra helped me and everyone else find writing opportunities more times than be counted. I always tried to thank her and tell her how great of a service she was providing her fellow writers. I tried to express the gratitude I felt and my admiration of how unselfish she was. I just wish now I could tell her those things one more time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">She was an extraordinary person, one of a kind, and will be greatly missed.</span>Jim Wilskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909318251288842856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850942012770887274.post-45777947187369659162019-05-29T10:46:00.003-05:002019-05-29T10:48:23.159-05:00Wrong Place, Write Crime<span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Frank Zafiro has posted an audio interview with me on his very cool <i>Wrong Place, Write Crime</i> podcast that he hosts. Frank was kind enough to include me and I consider myself lucky to get a spot, considering the talent level of the other folks he's had on the podcast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out my interview <a href="https://soundcloud.com/frank-zafiro-953165087/episode-45-open-shut-w-jim-wilsky-losing-streak">right here</a> where Frank and I discuss the writing of <i>Losing Streak</i> as well as it's June 1 release by Down & Out Books. While you're there, be sure to check out the past interviews he's had with truly outstanding writers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next up starting with April, will be <i>The Movie Makers</i> by Gary Phillips, May will feature <i>Lost in Middle America </i>by Colin Conway and June will offer the first year finale, <i>Losing Streak</i> written by some shmuck that you've never heard of - unlike the other authors. <u>Season Two</u> which is already lined up, will feature more of the same. Terrific stories written by some great authors; Eric Beetner, Holly West, Eryk Pruitt, Asa Maria Bradley, Scott Eubanks and Frank again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a long, <i>long</i> publishing ordeal, an anthology of Military Fiction that I contributed to is now available on Amazon. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P166W93/">The Odds Are Against Us</a> is a collection of great stories dealing with virtue, bravery and valor. Stories of life and death conflict. Tales of survival and struggle, both armed and emotional. I'm a little biased but I think you'll like it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's always a pleasure to be involved in a project with writers I know and respect greatly. Both Frank Scalise and John Floyd are writers that fit that mold perfectly. It's an honor to have my name alongside theirs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oren Litwin who masterminded and edited this project from the very beginning deserves a lot of praise for seeing this through to a successful conclusion. He never gave up and there were plenty of times where some might have. Pick up a copy today! You won't regret it. - JW </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">He has written book reviews of the previous Ania Series books and my deep gratitude goes out to him for his recent comments regarding <i>Harbinger</i>. You can find that post, along with a wonderful blog called Rough Edges, right</span> <a href="https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjamesreasoner.blogspot.com%2F2018%2F12%2Fharbinger-frank-zafiro-and-jim-wilsky.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C7b44d621c0684b13ceb608d66da27f17%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636816942011860554&sdata=vlz5BFVpCpxfJy8rO8mVexQWGLzZHW2B932TFB9dpIg%3D&reserved=0"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">here.</span></a>Jim Wilskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909318251288842856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850942012770887274.post-86123976702333703582018-12-26T13:46:00.002-06:002018-12-26T13:51:55.029-06:00Harbinger - The Ania Series Prequel<a href="https://d188rgcu4zozwl.cloudfront.net/content/B07HDWRR3Y/resources/333309699" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; clear: right; color: #0066cc; float: right; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><img border="0" height="640" name="coverimage" src="https://d188rgcu4zozwl.cloudfront.net/content/B07HDWRR3Y/resources/333309699" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; cursor: move; font-family: &quot; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" width="419" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Set on the sunny Gulf coast of Florida, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Harbinger-Ania-Book-Frank-Zafiro-ebook/dp/B07HDWRR3Y/ref=zg_bsnr_7130625011_71?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=XG4V5N11T346F477Y9D6">Harbinger</a></i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> <i>centers around two lifelong friends and fishing
charter boat partners, Boyd Tomlin and Hicks Ledoux. Boyd is the serious one
who always makes sure things get done, and Hicks is the carefree one who always
makes sure everyone has a good time. </i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="float: none; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large; margin: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;"><i>But times aren’t so good. They are struggling to get charters, and bills
are coming due. In desperate need of money, they consider smuggling drugs to
make ends meet. By chance or fate, they meet two beautiful sisters who will
change everything—a young Ania and her kid sister Karolyn. Hicks is immediately
attached to the brash, confident Ania while Boyd gravitates toward Karolyn. </i></span><br />
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the world of illegal drug trade, romance, danger and violence lurking around
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Harbinger-Ania-Book-Frank-Zafiro-ebook/dp/B07HDWRR3Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1544902714&sr=1-1">Harbinger</a></i> - Available now! The new prequel to the Ania series. The fourth & final book. Some folks like to start with a prequel, some like to end a series with it. But whether you read them in the order they were released or in the order they take place in time, this story works both ways.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sort-Em-Out-Later-Darkness-ebook/dp/B07DCWVCP6/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1544902772&sr=1-4">Sort'em Out Later</a></i> - A new collection of my short stories. The book contains a wide spectrum of places, people and crimes. 28 stories in all, some are long and some are quick hits. I think you might enjoy this collection, or at least I hope so.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Ania-Book-1-ebook/dp/B07BDKQXL2/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1544902831&sr=1-3"><i>Blood on Blood</i> </a>- The first book released of the four book Ania series. You can start from the beginning with this one, followed by Queen of Diamonds, then Closing the Circle and end up with the prequel Harbinger - which contains some surprises and explains some things.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So be one of the first three to comment to this post below and I'll send you one of these kindle books. I'm trying to figure out if I'm just talking to myself on this blog! - JW</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Over at Frank Zafiro's place, I have a new interview up on Wrong Place, Write Crime. Open and Shut Episode #21. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Frank and I discuss our new book, titled <i>Harbinger,</i> as well as the extreme difficulty and negativity I encountered while working with him. It was a nightmare. I did everything I could to get along with him but he's just impossible to deal with. You can find the tense and strained interview right <a href="https://soundcloud.com/frank-zafiro-953165087/episode-21-open-shut-w-jim-wilsky">here.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As always, a big thanks goes out to Frank for all the opportunities he has provided and continues to provide. He's the ultimate writing partner, friend/and mentor a guy like me could have. Thanks also to Eric and all the crew at <a href="https://downandoutbooks.com/">Down & Out Books</a>. They do a fantastic job and are great to work with, simply the best. </span>Jim Wilskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909318251288842856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850942012770887274.post-63894282546329239382018-12-01T10:10:00.002-06:002018-12-01T10:19:39.776-06:00Interview<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Recently Frank and I did an interview with PJ Bodnar of The Big Thrill. In the run up to the coming book launch for our latest addition to the Ania series. The prequel novel <i>Harbinger </i>was the focus of discussion. Pardon the cheesy remark but it was indeed a big thrill and a big thanks goes out to PJ and The Big Thrill folks for the opportunity and support. You can find the interview right <a href="http://www.thebigthrill.org/2018/11/harbinger-by-frank-zafiro-and-jim-wilsky/">here.</a></span></span><br />
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Sam and Rachel are lifelong grifters in their late thirties. Their past is as shadowy as their present, but we know that they pulled a major long con on the mafia in Philadelphia, and now they are on the run. While one or the other may speak longingly of that quiet life in a beach house somewhere at the end of the rainbow, we all know that the likelihood is that they will never leave this life, unless it is in a box. They are who they are, and so they continue to find and exploit marks, trying to stay one step ahead of the mobsters bent on vengeance.<br />
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• <em>The Concrete Smile</em> by <a data-auth="VerificationFailed" href="https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2FDownAndOutBooks.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3Da16c87e13f5aaa94b45fd4e72%26id%3Df2b5c9a550%26e%3D9113213909&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cab6875d3729e4d3aa26a08d62df08588%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636746908377739320&sdata=JunZben%2FvKIRTt52Y6ZzkSU7zeMSlD9xQ%2F77u3sCsvM%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://DownAndOutBooks.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a16c87e13f5aaa94b45fd4e72&id=f2b5c9a550&e=9113213909" rel="noopener noreferrer" shash="irIAWqr8LNCAlq/21jRULWnEL8tatw6lCY4kGYrx8LfIKraJcCDB67h/PAWmmWUP4V2FHj1EbxGR8b4uqeQYNDue7eeXFAKDTMtay7EjYijrel/2OrNyXqJxXwa8funZMF9OKTJbcxqF9+DqYtG8ohTIGNmR6PVe6GR7aAllw9o=" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank" title="">Frank Zafiro</a>,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A reminder, <i>Harbinger</i> the prequel to the Ania series co-authored by Frank and I will be launching and available in December. But right now and I mean...</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Right Now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Buy this short story collection of mine. Please. I'm not above begging...or groveling. Thanks so much to the editors that originally accepted these stories and of course thanks to Eric, Lance and everyone else at Down & Out. I can't say enough good things about D.O.B. to do them justice and I couldn't be more pleased with the relationship we have. Go <a href="https://downandoutbooks.com/bookstore/wilsky-sort-later/">here</a> and then look around some more. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span><br />Jim Wilskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909318251288842856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850942012770887274.post-61835661619353969402018-09-23T14:16:00.004-05:002018-09-23T14:16:49.538-05:00Una Cosa Más<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">One more post before I get this thing cranked up to a coughing start, or at least get the engine to turn over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've always been happy to tell anybody that would listen, that I was never really cut out for this whole Writing deal. I love it, don't get me wrong but I'm just not very good at it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, on one hand it can swallow me whole sometimes and there are periods where its all I can think about or all I want to do. Sometimes I'm even pleased with a piece. On the other hand though, there are too many times that I lose focus, I lose the fire, run dry of ideas and get to a point where writing a single paragraph is like writing a chapter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I understand that most writers go through stops and starts but that's not what I'm talking about here. I'll use the car analogy again. I'm not talking about running out of gas sometimes. Oh no, I'm talking about having four flat tires, a radiator blowing smoke, a blown engine, dead battery, doors and hood wide open on the side of a two lane road in West Texas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm too streaky. I can go like hell for a while and then I can stop on a dime. Worse than that I don't promote well, don't market myself - or my books/stories worth a damn. I'm a social media 'no show' which is a surefire recipe for failure these days. I don't attend the events I should, I don't hang with the right people - although I'm lucky as hell there are exceptions to that. People like Frank and the Down & Out crew, all the great short story editors and writers out there that I've been fortunate enough to get to know down through the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">In terms of my boundless ability to sabotage my own writing efforts, I think the reason behind that could possibly be my background. I spent a long, grinding career in Sales & Marketing ironically. To be honest, I got to be pretty good at it over time. Maybe even a step above pretty good. I could sell screen doors to a submarine commander as the old saying goes. I was in a role where I met with mid-level buyers and/or Senior V.P.'s, all across North America and a few times in Europe and Asia. Across a desk in a small office or in a boardroom scene right out of Mad Men.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I could relate to people from any region, position or status. You wanted confidence almost to the point of being brash? There I was. You wanted a calm confidence mixed with a quiet assurance, there I was. You wanted somebody to not talk but just listen, I was your man. I could be a "good ol' boy" (which is basically all I am) or a buttoned-down serious as hell, or West coast laid back. I talked and met comfortably with clients and accounts anywhere from Manhatten to Florida to Iowa and California - in their own unique markets, language and culture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bear with me here because this is not a brag fest by any means, in fact its the opposite. Its an outline of why I fail so miserably at the business end of writing. Everything I did then (retired now) was done in person, live and with 'cameras rolling' so to speak. Sure, there were detailed and splashy media presentations, formal proposals and contracts that I had to prepare...but the 'sell' was a personal thing. It was connecting to a person or people sitting in the room. A real room, with people staring at you, people that needed to trust you and be convinced of something. As a writer trying to sell my own books, I don't have that situation and experience to fall back on very often - except for a rare book signing maybe. That shtick that I used to be able to employ just doesn't work anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">So I think all of that shines a light, a very bright and hot light, on the fact that carrying over skills and abilities from one profession to another is not a given by any means. It's a hard bridge to build and cross, at least for me. In my opinion, being a successful writer (by whatever definition and measure you prefer to use) is one of the most difficult things I know of to achieve. I'm fortunate enough to know a few successful writers and seen firsthand the other necessary skills they possess, in addition to the wonderful writing talent they have. Unfortunately, I'm fairly sure that I'll never have that depth, that reach and that extra something to get over the hump. Hell, I'm a poster boy for the writer bio that whispers "just didn't have quite enough"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You know what though? I'm okay with that. I write because I love it and I enjoy it (most of the time). Simple as that. And hey, if three or four other people enjoy it too, well that's just a bonus. Alright...I'm done. Finally, right? If you've somehow read this entire post then all I can say is you're pretty amazing, not to mention being a person who has extraordinary patience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Enough of this self analysis bs...huh?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I'll start with the obvious. I've been gone and out of the loop for an extended period of time. This poor blog has been neglected and basically abandoned like an old farmhouse with loose shutters banging in the prairie wind. But, I have decided to turn the lights back, dust off everything and clean some things up around here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">There have been things going on in the past months that I did not post about. At least with the writing part of those mysterious sounding <i>things,</i> I will do my best to catch up on in the next few posts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">If this was a car race, you could say I've been lapped...several times. I'm so far behind, I'm ahead. I'd blame it on the pit crew if there was one. But the brutal truth is, the problem rests solely with the guy who stares back at me when I shave in the morning. So without babbling even more here, I have flipped the Closed sign to Open on the front door of this blog. </span>Jim Wilskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909318251288842856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850942012770887274.post-62318102198553000592018-02-03T12:34:00.002-06:002018-09-23T12:14:40.718-05:00New Book Covers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a sneak peek of our new book covers that Down & Out did for us. Zach McCain gets the all the credit for the outstanding job of artwork and design! - JW</span><br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Jim Wilskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909318251288842856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850942012770887274.post-16406610934005267912018-02-03T10:18:00.000-06:002018-02-03T11:19:53.664-06:00Down & Out Books - Press Release<span style="font-size: large;">Big news from <b><u>Down & Out Books</u></b>! Frank Zafiro and I have been fortunate enough to have recently come to a book agreement with Eric Campbell over at <b>D&O</b>. They will be re-introducing our Ania Series throughout 2018. Eric, Lance and the rest of the team have been nothing less than fantastic in terms of services, support, expertise and partnering. Frank already has books with <b>D&O</b> but this is my first time working with them and I'm so pleased.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">See the press release right <a href="https://www.prlog.org/12689908-down-out-books-to-reissue-the-ania-trilogy-by-frank-zafiro-and-jim-wilsky-and-new-series-prequel.html">here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">BLOOD ON BLOOD will be released in April, followed by QUEEN OF DIAMONDS in June and CLOSING THE CIRCLE in October.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then in December of this year, our new, never before released series prequel titled HARBINGER will be made available. Exciting times!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More to follow in the coming days.</span><br />
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Jim Wilskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909318251288842856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850942012770887274.post-43351094108841860742018-01-02T16:31:00.002-06:002018-01-02T16:34:18.750-06:00Harbinger<span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to have to be a little mysterious with this particular post. Definitely holding back some details but only because the time is not quite right yet...BUT...what I can tell you is that <a href="http://www.frankzafiro.com/">Frank Zafiro</a> and I have just finished the first draft of our fourth collaboration together. Luckily, Frank hasn't grown tired of me glomming onto him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Its a crime fiction novel that we co-wrote together, titled <i><b>Harbinger</b></i> and we're pretty damned pumped up about it. We have a publisher, we have a cover, but this is part of an even bigger story...well, big for me anyway and one that I can't elaborate on yet. <i>Yet</i>. As soon as I can though, I'll be plastering it all over this blog. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Jim Wilskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909318251288842856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850942012770887274.post-57119511114458306342018-01-02T15:52:00.001-06:002018-01-02T15:56:22.280-06:00Odds Are Against Us - Update<span style="font-size: large;">I spoke to Oren Litwin just today. He is the editor of a Military Fiction Anthology, titled <i>The Odds Are Against Us</i>, that he was instrumental in coordinating last year. Oren told me that the book is currently being reviewed and considered by an independent publisher. Two of the authors that will have short stories featured in this collection are my writing partner <a href="http://www.frankzafiro.com/">Frank Zafiro</a> and myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is truly an underrepresented genre that deserves more attention and writing opportunities so we were both proud to be involved with this project. Frank and I, as well as the other authors, involved are looking forward to this anthology being made available to the public in the near future. I will continue to update on publishing news and availability of this book when I receive the word. More to follow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">-JW </span>Jim Wilskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07909318251288842856noreply@blogger.com0