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  • Updates, holidays and a drunken Santa

    Happy holidays everyone! I hope everyone enjoys that time with their loved ones, all the children enjoy their gifts and everyone stays alive and not incarcerated. Our last promotional contest of the year wrapped up today on Facebook. It was a photo contest featuring photos of my book and promotional products in any creative…

  • From the trenches of the recording studio

    As the hour passes the 5 am mark and my legs ache from the inactivity they have endured over the last 11 hours, I can do nothing but shake my head and shy. We are in between tracks we are recording for the audiobook version of Ghost in the Reflection-Letters to Erin. Progress is…

  • This week in the mix

    I have spent this week working out the kinks in my marketing strategy and getting the book uploaded to distributor and various other places. I’m definitely more of a fan of the writing process then all this business jive. T-shirt sales have been very steady. We have frozen them until after New Year Day…

  • What to expect from new collection and a sneak peek surprise fist to the face

    As the writing process came to its end, the compiling, organizing and self editing process began. As the manuscript became formed, the external editing and revising process began. As the final draft became solidified, I find myself now in the endless beginning of the marketing process begins. This part is both the most stressful…

  • December Contest

    This month until noon on Christmas Eve, I will be hosting a pretty simple contest. Top three qualifying entries will receive an eBook version of Ghost in theReflection-Letters to Erin. Objective is snap the most creative picture possible featuring one of my books, tshirts or other swag and post it on the Planet Productions…

  • Chance for an ARC

    Want a copy of the book before it hits stores or sells online? I’m offering up Advanced Reader/Review Copies in exchange for book reviews. Follow me in the Booksprout app!You can now hear about my new releases and deals in the Booksprout app. Just download it, search for “James F. Miller II” and click…

  • Happy Butterball & stuffing day

    Although this is the month historically that I know the most loss in, this year being no exception, I wanted to make sure to take a moment to thank everyone for their support and to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving. Take the day and make the most of that rare time with the…

  • Finally…

    It brings me great pleasure to announce that after an absurd amount of attempts over a crazy stretch of time, the paperback version of Ghost in the Reflection-Letters to Erin collection is available for PreOrder on Amazon.com!! Whew, I was getting nervous that I wouldn’t get that cover approved by the release date. With…

  • Maybe Today Was Different

    Well, maybe today was the day. Wouldn’t that be a breath of fresh air after all the chaotic static of a failed attempt after a failed attempt? Have I finally conquered the Amazon KDP Paperback Covers Formatting dirty, nasty, bitter, nazi grading standards? I will not get my hopes up I swear to myself.…

  • Can It Be Possible?

    Attempting to get this paperback available on Amazon.com for a presale has been nothing short of a challenge. I want to apologize for my every premature assumption that each time I got it to accept the submission that I had it formatted correctly and there wouldn’t be any issues or delays. I think we…

  • Ghost in the Reflection-Letters to Erin Presale Ebook & Paperback Available

    It has taken this much additional time, but I have finally gotten the paperbook uploaded and approved to Amazon and the presale for it will begin within the next 72 hours. Both are at a discounted price until the release date of Friday, February 14, 2020. Be sure to take advantage of the great…

  • Poetry in Stereo

    I have spent evening or midnight hours locked in a room recording a very long, difficult to smoothly read newer poem entitled The Blurring of Lines.The poem will be the opening piece in an unpublished chapbook manuscript titled A Lesser Man.Not really sure what I plan to do with this recording, but lots of…

  • Progress

    As winter creeps ever nearer, the release date of Ghost in the Reflection-Letters to Erin grows closer to its release date. The manuscript is about ready and I am eager to send it off to the editors. So much great material there to be shared. The presale promo has begun on Amazon.com, be sure…

  • Ghost in the Reflection-Letters to Erin presales

    Presales for Ghost in the Reflection-Letters to Erin have begun on Amazon, ebook presales start today, paperback Presales will begin sometime between tonight and tomorrow night.

  • In the wild world of…

    Sorry for my absense, seems everything has kept me away from this site and blog, my apologies. Tonight, I will be for a few hours releasing a glimpse at one of the poems from my new manuscript, Ghost in the Reflection-Letters to Erin. It will only be online for 4 to 6 hours on…

  • Sorry for the absence

    Been having a few issues with my internet service and wanted to take a moment to touch base on all the things happening around here… A Footnote for Tomorrow is now available for $0.99 an ebook and the paperback will drop.down to around $11 or 12 in the coming weeks on Amazon. Ghost in…

  • August already?

    Where has this summer went? I feel like I have blinked and everytime it has changed to a new month. I didn’t realize how much I have neglicted posting on this site until just today. SO that said, let me begin by trying to get everyone caught up to the chaos that is my…

  • New Poems Posted

    Be sure to check out the new poems posted today on my channillo.com series called Ghost in the Reflection. This series serves as an idea building grounds for the upcoming book. Definitely worth reading. If you haven’t signed up and subscribed to my series on channillo yet, you can do so to follow it…

  • In the works…

    In about a week my exclusitivity agreement with Kindle expires. To celebrate I will do a promotion or two reducing the price. I will also be finally getting distribution set up and explore a few different avenues in addition to Amazon of course. At the start of the year I will be unveiling a…

  • Recent interview

    In case you wanted the know the answer, here you go. Check this out. Interview conducted by Cheryl Holloway.