Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Kirkus Review of Horror Novel

Kirkus Reviews

Hallow Mass Well-Recieved 

"A university gets ensnared in a paranormal battle over a dangerous book in this debut horror novel."

The waiting is over—for me.

Kirkus Reviews has delivered the verdict on Hallow Mass and it is positive. The venerable book reviewing magazine has found that "Wit and humor color the novel . . . ."

Yes, there are a few dings, but overall a wholesome accounting. Read the rest here.

What happens from this point is any one's guess, but the book remains on track to publish next Friday, April 29. The eBook version is available now for pre-order.

The paperback edition, with appropriate quotes from the review, will be ready by the release date. Or,  should you feel fortunate, Goodreads is conducting a giveaway of 15 signed copies, slated to end next Thu. April 28. Try your luck for a book written with "wit and humor."

But don't take it from me. I'm just quoting someone.


Goodreads Book Giveaway

Hallow Mass by J.P. Mac

Hallow Mass

by J.P. Mac

Giveaway ends April 28, 2016.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.
Enter Giveaway
A word about Amazon.com publishing. In using their pre-order function, you must upload the final manuscript ten days before release. For me, that was yesterday at the stroke of midnight. The penalties for missing the deadline are stark: all your pre-orders are cancelled, plus you are banned from the pre-order function for a year.

Due to a simple error, the deadline was missed by several hours. I contacted them and explained the situation. They were decent enough to give me a one-time pass on the dire consequences. If they hadn't, I'd be typing here, bitching like crazy. In fairness then, I should use this space to compliment Amazon for its discretion and generosity.

Forward into the rest of the day!









2 comments:

Authors 4 Characters said...

Congrats on the great review AND of getting past a seriously dicey deadline issue with Amazon. Yeah, they seem to be a great group to deal with, when you're in a fix. Thankfully, those don't happen to me, as a rule, but I came close to ordering two copies of the same book once. A mistake I rectified before I got to the e-check out.

I do hope I win that contest so that I can read your witty and humorous work. A good laugh would do me the world of good right now.

JP Mac said...

Here's hoping you snag a copy.

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