Brian L Porter's Blog (221)

'A Study in Red' released in Audio Book Format

I'm delighted to announce that my award-winning novel 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' was released today in its latest format. The book can now be obtained as an audio book from Audible.com at http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_DODR_000016&BV_SessionID=@@@@0201148793.1232818383@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccccadegfkmijjhcefecekjdffidflj.0 or in the UK from… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on January 25, 2009 at 4:16am — No Comments

'Pestilence' Nominated for New Covey Cover Design Award.

The cover of my forthcoming 4RV Publishing novel 'Pestilence' is in this months poll for The New Covey Cover Award'. Could I once again ask all my friends to make a visit to http://thenewcoveycoverawards.blogspot.com/ and place a vote for this wonderful design by the ultra-talented Graeme S Houston. Thanks again to everyone who has already supported my work, and Graeme's designs. I hope I can ask for your support once… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on January 22, 2009 at 3:30am — No Comments

The Nemesis Cell wins New Covey Award

I'm thrilled to be able to announce that my forthcoming 4RV Publishing novel 'The Nemesis Cell' with artwork by the talented Graeme S Houston, was voted 'The Most Eye Catching Cover' in The New Covey Awards December Polls. This was the first time one of my books had been included in the Covey Awards and this is a great way to start the new year. Full details can be seen at… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on January 18, 2009 at 7:40pm — No Comments

Best Cover Art 2008

First of all, I have to say a massive thank you to everyone who voted in support of my nominations in the recent Preditors & Editors Readers Award Polls. The polls have now closed and we are awaiting confirmation of the final results.

In May 2008 'A Study in Red' won the Best Cover Illustration of the Month Award from The Authors Lounge and is now included in the poll for Best Cover Design of the Year. In order to place a vote for the book,… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on January 15, 2009 at 6:23pm — No Comments

Please cast a last minute vote for Juan Pablo

With only two days left to vote in the P & E polls, my poetic 'other self' Juan Pablo Jalisco has suddenly slipped from first to second position in the Poets section. Please could I ask anyone who has not yet voted in the Poets Category to cast a vote for me under thename of Juan Pablo Jalisco at http://www.critters.org/predpoll/poet.shtml Perhaps a few more votes might help Juan Pablo back to the top spot?

Of course any further votes for A Study in Red in the thriller section… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on January 13, 2009 at 6:16pm — No Comments

Please add a Late Vote

With just four days to go in the annual Preditors & Editors Readers Polls, (voting ends on the 14th January) could I please ask any of my friends who may not have voted to please support my two nominations in the awards? My novel, 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' is in the Thrillers section at http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelthrill.shtml and I'm also nominated in the Poets category under my pseudonym of Juan Pablo Jalisco at… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on January 10, 2009 at 10:57pm — No Comments

Doing Well in the Polls

Both of my nominations in the P & E Polls are so far doing well.

A Study in Red is still at #1 in the Thriller section and my poetic self Juan Pablo Jalisco has just gone to joint #1 in the Poets section.

Please, if anyone is kindly disposed to add their votes to my nominations, got to http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelthrill.shtml to vote for 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' and to… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on January 9, 2009 at 7:19am — No Comments

Thanks to everyone, please keep voting

Just a quick thank you to everyone who has so far voted for 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' in the Preditors and Editors Annual Poll. The book is currently doing very well in the polls, so please, if you haven't voted yet, be kind enough to go to http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelthrill.shtml and place a vote for my novel. Voting runs until the 14th January so there is plenty of time left and it would be… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on January 8, 2009 at 12:12am — No Comments

Please vote for 'A Study in Red' in the Thriller of the Year Category

Voting has opened in the annual Preditors & Editors Readers Polls and I'm pleased that 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' is a contender in the Thriller category.

May I please ask all my friends here on the Ning network to cast a vote in support of the book by visiting the voting page at… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on January 1, 2009 at 7:31pm — No Comments

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

An Awesome Advance Review of 'Pestilence'

Australian publisher, author and reviewer Lutz Barz has kindly sent me an advance review of 'Pestilence' which he has recently undertaken and which will soon be published by Literature-Review.com and in other journals he writes for. 'Pestilence' will be published in the near future by 4RV Publishing and this review is, to say the least, absolutely awesome and gives me great optimism for the book's future success. For more… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on November 30, 2008 at 6:46pm — No Comments