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Paperback of Death in the Wastelands is (finally) Live!

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I have been continually wrestling with Amazon’s new paperback layout software for awhile know. But the battle has been won.

They changed over from Createspace recently, and the transitions wasn’t exactly seamless, but hey we got there!

So if you’re one of the readers who’ve been waiting for a paperback, here it is in all it’s glory.

Ah, the trials and tribulations of self-pub. To be honest, I love it. Having creative control and being at the helm of the ship so to speak is just so much damn fun. I think i’d be bored if I just sent it off to a publisher and twiddled my thumbs.

Anyway, I hope y’all have a great weekend. STAY AWAKE, STAY ALIVE!

-Evan

Death In The Wastelands Now on Kindle Unlimited!

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Launching a book is always so exciting. I love it. All that hard work come together to finally be manifest into reality.

I’ve been trying to decide on whether to pub Death In The Wastelands on all outlets or Kindle Unlimited, and after some deliberation, I’ve decided to go KU.

I think there’s just a ton of upside. Most of which involve Amazon visibility.

So if any of y’all are enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, you can now check out Death In The Wastelands for free!

I’ve got a handful of reviews so far, and I’ve got more coming down the pike. The feedback has been awesome, I think people are really enjoying this one. KU will get some more eyes on this bad boy and we can get this train rolling downhill!

Have a good week, all.

-Evan Pickering

OFFICIAL RELEASE OF DEATH IN THE WASTELANDS.

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It’s official. We out here.

Death in the Wastelands is now published, ready for your reading pleasure.

I’m really tired, lol. But I am so very excited to announce this. Because I’ve worked incredibly hard on this, and I think it’s going to be everything my readers ever wanted from a origin story for the American Rebirth Series.

It follows Rob, Taylor and Whiskey from the very beginning. And good goddamn was it fun to write.

WERE BACK BABY!

It’s live on Amazon, just click the picture above. It’s live on some of my other distributors too, but it’s just taking a little while for some of them to publish it. I’ll post links to it later on when they’re all live. And the paperback should be live soon, too.

For all the readers, fans, friends and loved ones that have supported me all the way, this is for you. I appreciate you more than I can put into words.

I truly hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

I love y’all.

Stay Awake, Stay Alive.

-Evan

DEATH IN THE WASTELANDS Release Date: 8/7/19

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We’re just seven days away, now. August 7th is the day.

Today begins the 7 day countdown until the release of DEATH IN THE WASELANDS: AMERICAN REBIRTH ORIGINS

Ohhhhh boy.

I’ve been editing and working with my beta readers, and I think it’s just about ready. I’m going to continue to comb through it all the same.

This book is going to blast people’s fucking faces off. I know that’s far from the humble take but I don’t care, I poured my heart and mind into this shit and I think it slaps, as the kids say.

I can’t wait to get this thing out there. It’s the most fun I’ve had writing a book to date.

And I can’t think of a better thing to say about it than that. It’ll be released on Kindle/B&N/Kobo/iTunes/Google Play, and all the lil guys.

Get fucking hyped.

-Evan Pickering

Cover Reveal: DEATH IN THE WASTELANDS

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I’ve been working with Jeff Brown on the cover for Death in the Wastelands, American Rebirth Origins and I’m really psyched to say it’s completed.

Hell Yeah.

He’s a pretty special artist. If you want you can check him out here at
Jeff Brown Graphics. It’s been fun seeing it come to life, but most exciting of it all is that it’s another milemarker closer to getting the book out there.

Getting the cover made is a big part of the story feeling like it’s coming to life. I’m editing it right now, and hopefully it’ll be ready by early Summer.

Man, I can’t wait. I think y’all are gonna like it.

-Evan Pickering

From Me to You in this Universe, While We Are Still Alive.

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Maybe you’ve suffered great tragedy.

Maybe your life has been blessed beyond measure.

Maybe you’ve lost all motor functions.

Maybe all your dreams have come true.

Maybe you died years ago.

Maybe all of these things are true, in different universes, different timelines, in the great multitude of possibilities everything has happened. Or maybe time goes on forever and matter is finite, so you have existed endless millions of times before, and you will again.

But regardless, you are here. And in being able to consider these vast theoretical possibilities, we can consider what our lives are now. Maybe there is no other life, no other universes. Maybe this is all we have.

If so, it’s even more beautiful. As fucked up or as blessed as your life may be, it is your life. It’s yours. Take a moment to embrace that.

More than likely, your life, as my life, has had both tragedy and moments of joy. I am grateful for all of it. All the pain and the love. All of it.

I know now, at 31 years old, that who I am and the love in my heart is a gift. Even though I can be jaded sometimes, I don’t let it stop me. I do my best to share it with the world, in my writing, with my students, with my loved ones, and strangers I interact with every day. And I’m proud of that. More proud of that than anything else.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

-Evan Pickering

BookBub Deal #2: American Rebirth Trilogy Boxset!

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The time has come!

Starting today, my second BookBub deal for my brand new AMERICAN REBIRTH TRILOGY BOXSET goes live!!

And I’m super fucking excited about it! Because I’m gonna sell a shitload of books. That’s just how badass BookBub is as a promotional tool.

They’re so hard to book, I’ve applied probably 20 times and I’ve only gotten two deals. I’ve heard from people who have applied hundreds of times and never gotten any. This shit is exclusive.

Hence, the excitement. Part of me wants to throw up, selling all three books of my series for 2.99$. But that’s the price of business, baby. Gotta give somethin’ to get somethin’.

IN OTHER NEWS: It’s too early to tell for sure, but I might be doing a book signing on long island sometime soon at a place called Huntington Book Revue.  I’ve never done a brick-and-mortar signing before, so it’d probably be pretty fun. Anyway, I’ll let y’all know if it happens.

Stay safe wastelanders, and happy holidays!

-Evan

VERY GOOD NEWS!! And a Moment of my Gratitude.

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First off, to those readers who took a second to write a review for my new American Rebirth Trilogy Box Set, thank you from the bottom of my heart. It is because of you, that this awesome news has happened:

I GOT A NEW BOOKBUB DEAL!!!!

I submitted the very Box Set Trilogy in question for a bookbub featured deal, figured it was worth a shot. I got my first bookbub deal last year for HOOD and it was incredible. I sold thousands of books in a day.

That’s how badass a Bookbub deal is.

AND I GOT ANOTHER ONE!

Thanks to those people who wrote the reviews. If I didn’t have reviews, I don’t get no deal. So thank you kindly.

The featured deal for the boxset will be on Nov. 29th-Dec 2nd. It’ll be on sale during that time.

It’s pretty baller. I’m psyched to get the box set rolling, it’s something I’m really proud of. Looking at all three books together just kinda made something click and I felt pretty happy while I was formatting it for release.

I’m trying not to flip out, but it’s pretty freaking awesome.

See you soon, wastelanders.

-Ev

A Humble Request to the Readers…

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Hope everyone’s enjoying pumpkin-flavored-everything season. I am, for real though. Haven’t had any pumpkin pie yet though. That’s the good stuff.

Anyhow,

As you may know, I released an eBook Boxset of the American Rebirth series, including Hood, Legends, and American Rebirth.

I wanted to reach out to my readers and make a humble request: for all those who read my books, if I could ask you to leave a review of my writing on the boxset, you’d be doing me a huge service. It doesn’t have to be long, or a work of art. Just write you how feel.

Whether you loved a book, hated it, or just meh, I don’t care, leave an honest review. Reviews are worth their weight in gold for authors.

The boxset is a very good marketing tool for me, as I can promote all three books at once using it. I will try to get a Bookbub featured deal with it. I’ve gotten one with Hood before and it was tremendous. For those who don’t know it’s the premiere marketing tool for authors. Basically, it helps you sell lots and lots of books when you list it on sale.

Anyway, that’s all. For those who want to know, I’m hard at work at the next novel. I’m really happy with how it’s coming out. I’ll post more updates about it soon.

Have a good Halloween my people.

-Evan

New Release! American Rebirth Trilogy BOX SET for Kindle

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Surprise!!

It took me a bit to get around to doing this, but I have created and formatted the Kindle TRILOGY BOX SET for the American Rebirth Series!

BOXSET TRILOGY AMRBTH

I’m pretty psyched ’bout it.

What’s Included:

  • HOOD (Second Edition, complete with 1.5 new chapters and updated content) Book 1 of the American Rebirth Series
  • LEGENDS Book 2 of the American Rebirth Series
  • AMERICAN REBIRTH Book 3 of the American Rebirth Series

All up to date, compiled and neatly tucked together in one magical compendium!

It’s on sale Now at Kindle for 9.99$, $2 savings compared to buying them each individually.

Not gonna lie, it feels pretty nice seeing them all together like that. Makes me feel like an ice cream sundae inside.

Enjoy! Share it with yo peoples!

-Evan P.