Brian L Porter's Blog – December 2008 Archive (10)

Link Problem - New Covey Cover Awards Voting Page

A number of people have contacted me after my previous blog post 'A Late Plea for Votes' to inform me that the link to the New Covey Cover Awards led them to a Biblical site that has nothing to do with the awards. Why this should be so I have no idea and must apologize to those who have gone to the trouble to try and place a vote for my cover of 'The Nemesis Cell' in this month's awards.

I've checked the link myself and teh onformation contained… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 29, 2008 at 7:53pm — No Comments

A Late Plea for Votes

With just a few days to go to the end of the month, please may I ask any of my friends who haven't yet voted to support 'The Nemesis Cell's' nomination for this month's New Covey Cover Awards.

The superb artwork is by the hugely talented Graeme S Houston and the book is due for publication by 4RV Publishing. As always I sincerely appreciate every vote that comes my… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 27, 2008 at 10:46pm — No Comments

A Study in Red wins Movie Deal

What a Christmas present. I'm over the moon to be able to report that my novel 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' is going to be made into a movie! I was contacted by a Los Angeles Motion Picture Production Company who expressed an interest in the Motion Picture/TV rights to the book and after a series of negotiations, I'm pleased to say that a deal has been agreed and Thunderball Films will be responsible for turning my… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 23, 2008 at 5:14pm — No Comments

A Hat-Trick of Number Ones

With just a few days to go to Christmas I'm delighted to report that, after achieving number one positions in the Jack the Ripper (Thriller) rankings at both Amazon UK, and Amazon.com(USA), my novel 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper has just achieved the same position in the rankings at Amazon.ca (Canada). Although there are far fewer books in the category at the… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 19, 2008 at 3:08am — No Comments

Number 1 Bestseller at Amazon.com (1,175 books in category)

My award-winning novel 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper is today listed as the number 1 bestselling Jack the Ripper Mystery/ Thriller at Amazon.com. there are 1,175 books listed in this category, so I can only say that I'm delighted, surprised, and very thrilled. The listing can be viewed at… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 16, 2008 at 7:27pm — No Comments

About 'The Nemesis Cell'

Since I placed my 'plea for votes' for 'The Nemesis Cell' in the current New Covey Cover Awards, I've had a few e-mails requesting more information about the book, as the title seems to have caught a number of people's imaginations, which is rather nice. So, I thought I'd just post this short blurb about the book to give eveyone an idea of what my forthcoming novel is all… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 15, 2008 at 6:23pm — No Comments

A Plea for Votes from my Friends - New Covey Cover Awards

The cover of my forthcoming novel 'The Nemesis Cell (4RV Publishing) is one of the books listed for the December New Covey Cover Award. The artwork is by the hugely talented Graeme S Houston who will share the award with me if successful. I hope my friends, you won't mind me asking for your support by visitng the voting page and if you like my cover, please cast a vote for The Nemesis Cell at… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 12, 2008 at 5:58pm — No Comments

'A Study in Red' - More Good News from Canada

I'm delighted that my award-winning novel 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' continues to do well on Amazon (Canada). Out of 197 books listed on the subject, this morning 'A Study in Red' was listed as the number 11 best selling book in the category,… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 7, 2008 at 10:53pm — No Comments

I'm a Consultant!

I'm so pleased that my good friend Graeme S Houston who is responsible for the fantastic covers of many of my books has opened his new publishing house. Mythica Publishing is now accepting submissions in all categories and genres and I'm so happy to be able to say that two of my works have been slected by Graeme as the first two books to be published by Mythica. As I've previously announced 'Arcadia 22 Heavy - Mayday' by Harry Porter and 'Of… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 6, 2008 at 3:00am — No Comments

Mythica Publishing - Contract Signed

I'm delighted to have sold my YA short story 'Arcadia 22 Heavy - Mayday!' to the newly formed Mythica Publishing for e-book publication. Mythica is owned by my good friend Graeme S Houston, and I'm thirlled to be able to support his new venture by having one of my works published by his new company. As usual, Graeme has designed a wonderul cover to go with the book, as you can see here. Mythica is open to submissions and can be found at… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 2, 2008 at 9:04pm — No Comments