Connor Coyne

As of today, my novel Hungry Rats is available for purchase! Buy your copy at a launch event (Chicago on 9/10, Flint on 9/16) for a modest discount, or order online today!

More at http://hungryrats.com.

As you may have noticed, I have a book coming out. My novel Hungry Rats will be published on September 1st. This is just a quick note to readers that while I will be using this blog to help promote the book — which has plenty of the Gothic (Radcliffean and Lewisian) in it — I will also be posting more generally Gothic-themed content for the same time. So don’t be distant!

First news first. And it’s good news! A suspect has been arrested in the Flint Serial Killer case. If you want you can read the news here.

But I’m also writing today with a HUGE announcement about Hungry Rats. Mark your calendars!

Wed. 9/1/2010:
Hungry Rats will be available for order from Lulu.com.

Fri. 9/10/2010:
CHICAGO, IL launch party.
Details TBA.

Fri. 9/17/2010:
FLINT, MI launch party.
328 N. Grand Traverse
810.237.GOOD
12-1 PM — lunchtime book signing
7-9 PM — launch party

Late 10/2010: Hungry Rats will be available for order from Amazon.com and retail booksellers (Barnes and Noble, Borders, independent booksellers, etc.)

A few other dates/events:

10/2010 ongoing: I will be touring the Midwest for readings and book signings.
Late 2010 or Early 2011: I will be hoping to make a quick tour of the Bay area, California.
12/31/2010: All profits I earn from Hungry Rats by this date will be donated to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.
Early 2011: I will be making a quick tour of the New York area.

As of today, the pace of things is going to pick up quickly. Remember, I don’t have a conventional marketing apparatus: this is all grassroots and DIY, and I’m counting on you! 5-6 times a week for the next couple months, I will be posting little things you can do to help me bring this book into the world: it might be sharing a link or recommending a bookstore, but it’s all important and I can’t do it without you.

If you are very interested in helping me out and wouldn’t mind receiving a short optional activity in your or Facebook email Inbox each day, please message me or email me at connor [at] connorcoyne [.] com.

I will be posting all of these activities on the Gothic Blog as well as on the Facebook Group Friends of Hungry Rats.

It has been a long road for this novel — 7 years — but the end is in sight! In fact, we can see it from here, and it’s only a few weeks away.

Your friend,

Connor

This novel did begin with a body of sorts, but it happened in August 2003.

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