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A Man With A Gun Kindle Edition Preorders Are Live!

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The Kindle Edition of A Man With A Gun is now available for preorder! If you’re inclined to do your reading via Kindle, you can pick it up now and it will be auto-delivered upon release on March 30th, 2021.

Go grab it, ya’ll!

Off the beaten path. Under the radar. Off the grid.

As a young man Virgil Cain fought with the resistance to restore liberty to an America sliding into tyranny. The resistance lost. Three decades later he runs guns, ammo, electronics, books, all the little things the government has banned. He’s been keeping a low profile – smugglers live longer that way. If you’re small time they might overlook you for a while… maybe for a lifetime.

When a woman in a federal inmate’s uniform literally falls from the sky and into his path all that caution is put in jeopardy. Marilyn is trouble, but not helping would be as good as killing her himself. Now Virgil has found himself embroiled in events bigger than he could have imagined, in a fight more deadly than the resistance ever was. Feeling his age, outgunned, outnumbered, among old friends and new enemies, Virgil is in for a hell of a ride.

The paperback edition will be along as well, likely releasing around the same time, at the end of March. However, there isn’t a preorder option for that via Amazon. If you’re like me and prefer your books tattooed on the corpses of trees, stay tuned. I’ll be sure to announce the paperback release here as well as on my Facebook page.

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A Man With A Gun – Coming Soon?!

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As teased recently on my Facebook page, the cover art for A Man With A Gun is ready to go! In fact, not only that, but the preliminary formatting for publication is also underway and a proof is on order for final approvals. Pretty soon, the book will be available for pre-order – finally!

So, without further ado, have a gander at what my next novel release will be wearing out and about:

Dig them pulpy vibes!

This lovely bit of work comes by the blood, sweat, and tears of Nicholas May. Be sure to check out his portfolio on his site!

Once the final adjustments are approved, print and eBook formats will be up for pre-order. Watch this space, or my Facebook page, to stay in the loop, and please be sure to tell your friends!

Starting 2016 With A Bang – Frostwalker Audiobook And 2015 Wrap-Up

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So, it seems that all of the time left in 2015 has leaked out and now we’ve got a whole other year ahead of us. That went fast!

To kick off the new year, how about we start with a major announcement? After two and a half years since initial publication, the Frostwalker audiobook is almost here!

The audiobook will be narrated by the inimitable Jack Wallen. Many of you will know him, either through his own fiction, the numerous audiobooks he’s narrated, or possibly even from his stage career. Principle production is complete and now we’re into the nitty-gritty of polishing up the final product.

While the final release date for the audiobook is still undecided, it shouldn’t be too far off. For now, here’s a look at the audiobook version of the Frostwalker cover art:

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Looks kinda familiar…

So, that’s pretty cool! But what else is going on?

Well, the short answer is: Not much. As I discussed previously, my employment situation changed and the new job has utterly devastated my productivity. The good news on that front is, I’m beginning to adjust a bit, and I do think I’ll be able to eventually start devoting more time to this whole author thing again soon. It likely won’t be much, but with luck, it will be enough to make progress on my various projects. Slow and steady wins the race, right?

Unfortunately, no further progress has been made on any projects since the last time I posted. My final word count for 2015 came to 95,795. If you recall, my goal set at the beginning of the year had been to average 500 words per day. In the end, I only managed a smidge over 262 per day, on average. The first half of the year had seen daily averages well above target, but after faltering during the middle of the year, then getting this new day job, that was doomed.

I’m not sure how feasible setting a goal like that is for this year. With the situation as it stands, I’ve held off on setting a concrete word count goal. But, there are things I plan to get done!

One particular item, A Man With A Gun still needs to be finished up and prepared for publication. Technically, the manuscript is still in the first draft stage, and there are still copies out with beta-readers. The focus for now will be on getting A Man With A Gun through the editing process, and ready for release.

A whole new year is set out before us. A lot can happen in a year, as the previous one has shown. Here’s hoping for a productive and successful 2016!

the semicolon project

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I don’t often reblog things, and usually the things I do reblog are writing related. This is not, but you still should read it. Read it and understand.

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FullSizeRender-1FullSizeRender Today I went to a tattoo artist, and for $60 I let a man with a giant Jesus-tattoo on his head ink a semi-colon onto my wrist where it will stay until the day I die. By now, enough people have started asking questions that it made sense for me to start talking, and talking about things that aren’t particularly easy.

We’ll start here: a semi-colon is a place in a sentence where the author has the decision to stop with a period, but chooses not to. A semi-colon is a reminder to pause and then keep going. 

In April I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. By the beginning of May I was popping anti-depressents every morning with a breakfast I could barely stomach. In June, I had to leave a job I’d wanted since I first set foot on this campus as an incoming freshmen because of my mental…

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Brandon Luffman ~ About writing, about himself, and his new release ~ Frostwalker

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Check out this fun interview I did with Laura Thomas over at her blog! We talk about Frostwalker, my phobias, and lots of other things!