“Takers II: Family” Is Out On Smashwords!

After it became available on Amazon.com early yesterday morning, I am today very excited to announce that, as promised, “Takers II: Family” – the second in my “Takers” series of original novels about a new kind of vampire, is now available on Smashwords! Click here to go directly to its page to check it out!

And keep your receipt from purchasing “Takers II: Family,” no matter which site you buy it on! If you have not yet purchased my first “Takers” novel, buy the 2nd one, forward the receipt to me (authorcdavis@gmail.com) and you’ll receive a Smashwords coupon for the first “Takers” book for only 99 cents! On Smashwords you can download any e-format you desire. Everything from Kindle to Nook to PDF to a txt file and everything in-between. (And yes, Plotfish Press is currently only publishing the book in e-format!)

Thank you for your support, and if you do purchase and read my two “Takers” books, please do leave me reviews – good, bad or indifferent – on whatever site you purchased them from! Please and thank you!

Don’t miss out…you can’t beat two novels for four bucks! :-) This is a Limited Time Offer for the month of May, so quick – go click!

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“Takers II: Family” is Out on Amazon.com!

I am very excited to announce that, as promised, “Takers II: Family” – the second in my “Takers” series of original novels about a new kind of vampire, is now available on Amazon.com! Click here to go directly to its page to check it out!

My publisher, Plotfish Press, advises that the book will also become available for sale on Smashwords by midnight tonight (May 8th, Central Time) so if you need it in a format other than Kindle, you’ll be able to get it soon!

And keep your receipt from purchasing it! If you have not yet purchased my first “Takers” novel, buy the 2nd one, forward the receipt to me (authorcdavis@gmail.com) and you’ll receive a Smashwords coupon for the first “Takers” book for only 99 cents! You can download Kindle format from Smashwords, so it’ll work no matter what format you’re looking for! (And yes, Plotfish Press is currently only publishing the book in e-format!)

Thank you for your support, and if you do purchase and read my two “Takers” books, please do leave me reviews – good, bad or indifferent – on whatever site you purchased them from! Please and thank you!

Woohoo, guys! Second book is a done deal! :)

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Special Promotion for “Takers II: Family” Coming Monday at Midnight!

To celebrate my second novel which will be out by midnight tonight, Monday, May 7th (so kind of technically Tuesday, May 8th), my publisher Plotfish Press has authorized me to run a special deal for you!

If you purchase “Takers II: Family” for $2.99 from either Amazon.com or Smashwords, and forward me the receipt via email (authorcdavis@gmail.com), I will send you a coupon to purchase the first “Takers” novel for only 99 cents!

(As soon as “Takers II: Family” is available on both sites I will post again with the links directly to them!)

There’s just one catch! Well, not a “catch,” really…it’s just that it’d be kind of nice if you’d leave me a review for each book on whichever site you bought them from – good, bad or indifferent. Deal? Cool. Thank you. :-)

For those of you who haven’t got a clue what my Takers books are about, well, let me help you out there.

 Synposis for “Takers”

Police Detective Kel Langston excels at hunting serial killers in Los Angeles until one night, he becomes a victim himself. He survives, only to find out he’s been turned into a monster. A burning hunger gnaws at him, warring with his human side as he navigates his way through a new life he didn’t ask for. Stuck halfway between the living and the dead with new abilities, a new case and desire he can’t ignore, Kel is pulled into hunting something humans don’t even know exist. Something he hates…and wants…and doesn’t know how to kill.

Takers…

…your blood is only the beginning.

Synposis for “Takers II: Family”

LA police detective Kel Langston thought specializing in serial killers was complicated until he was attacked by a Taker, a creature that lives on the blood and souls of its human victims. Now stradding the worlds of the living and the dead as a Half-Turn – half Taker and half human – Kel must struggle to preserve his secret and keep the human part of him alive against the horrific needs of his monster half. In the process he locates others of his kind, and with the help of an unusual ally, a Taker with secrets of his own, uncovers shocking new truths about what and who he really is.

Former loner Kel now finds himself elected to lead his little ragtag family of two Half-Turns and a rogue Taker in the fight against Francisco, the powerful Taker who is sire to them all.

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Screenplay “The Healer” Entered into StoryPros Screenplay Contest

My first feature-length screenplay entitled “The Healer,” which was a finalist in the 2011 All Access Screenwriting Competition, has just been entered into the 5th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest. I made a few minor tweaks to the thing before submitting it to this new contest, and am crossing my fingers!

Click here to see the logline for “The Healer” as well as check out the loglines for my other screenplays.

Click here to learn more about the 5th Annual StoryPros Awards Screenplay Contest.

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Sneak Peek: The Cover of “Takers II: Family” – First Look!

Guess what? The cover for my second novel, coming out May 7th, has been finalized, and my publisher Plotfish Press has authorized me to share it with you right here on my author blog!

Synopsis: 

Kel Langston is a Half-Turn, created by a Taker named Francisco for a specific reason. Half human and half blood-and-soul-sucking vampire, the LAPD detective goes after serial killers and tries to keep his last remaining shreds of humanity intact even as he begins to learn Takers are responsible for more than just a handful of dead bodies.

Charged now with the responsibility for a teenage Half-Turn girl, a gay movie star Half-Turn and a six-foot-five Taker he doesn’t quite know what to do with, Kel battles to bring his own sire to justice and deal with shocking new truths about who and what he really is…

And…drum roll, please…here’s the cover for “Takers II: Family” – I’m very excited. :-)

I’d like to introduce you to my professional cover artist, award-winning author Travis Pennington of ProBookCovers. He’s really wonderful to work with; you should check out his website by clicking here. You can also follow Travis on Twitter by clicking here.

With “Takers II: Family” coming out in only a couple weeks, if you’d like to make sure you’re ready for it by reading the first book in the series, simply called “Takers,” click here to see where and how you can get your hands on it.

“Takers II: Family” is quite a ride…be ready for it!

Takers…your blood is only the beginning.

 

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My Screenplay “The Healer” Ended At the Quarter-Finals

Well, turns out I didn’t win the 2011 All Access Screenwriting Competition, but I made it to the quarter-finals and considering this is the first feature-length script I wrote, I think that’s pretty good! So I’ll pat myself on the back and move on.

Fractured was entered into the 2012 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Competition and I’m plugging away at getting my second ”Takers” book – called “Takers II: Family” – ready to come out May 7th!

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Sharing “Thunderbirds” Collage Set: The Voice

Right now I don’t have an “official” place to share these because I’m part of a team working hard behind-the-scenes (one of the other hats I wear) creating a family of websites to showcase anything and everything about the Gerry Anderson television series Thunderbirds.

So for those of you who might be fans of this show from the sixties, here’s a new set of collages called “The Voice” that I’ve made for you to enjoy.

Click on a picture to see it full-size.

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As I Finish Draft 3 of “Takers II: Family” – My Cat Wants Attention

And so, as I send the third draft of the second book in my “Takers” series – called “Takers II: Family” – to my editors, my 1-1/2 eared kitteh Ramses decides he wants some public attention.

Thus, Ramses haz a collage.

Pretty photogenic for a guy missing half of one of his ears, no? He thinks so!

Ramses' Collage

 

Now all I have to do is wait for my two editors to come back telling me what else needs to be worked on…because “Takers II: Family” is coming out May 7th, so the countdown is on!

(And Ramses will probably want yet another round of public acknowledgement after that happens because he feels ever so neglected with me buried in my book…)

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My Screenplay “The Healer” Made It To Semi-Finals!

My screenplay “The Healer” has made it to the semi-finals in the 2011 All Access Screenwriting competition! Can I say a really big YAY!!!!! ? :-)

Here is the logline for “The Healer” – or you can click here to see more info about all three of my screenplays:

The Healer: After miraculously recovering from a near-fatal car accident, a man struggles with vivid dreams and nightmares that lead him to finding out the unbelievable truth about how and why he survived.

Click here to see my name on the semi-finalist list!

And click here to find out what this competition I entered last year with this screenplay is all about!

Finalists will be announced April 10th, with the 3 winners announced April 15th! Fingers crossed!

Can I say YAY again? :-)

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Kony 2012 – Invisible Children – Update

I received this email update on the Kony 2012 charity/campaign for justice. Please have a look, and if you check out the right-hand side of my site, you’ll see a photo/link for my own personal Kony 2012 fundraising page. I’m trying to make it to $1,000 to do my part.

Thank you.


Click the picture to be taken to the video.

You’ve seen KONY 2012. You’ve signed the pledge. You’ve made Joseph Kony famous. But fame is only the first step. That’s why we’re excited to bring you KONY 2012: Part II - Beyond Famous.

With new footage from around the world, Part II offers a closer look at Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, the international effort to bring their atrocities to an end, the progress the campaign has made already, and  Cover the Night – the advocacy and awareness event taking place worldwide on April 20th.

It’s time to dig deeper and turn awareness into informed action. That starts with this film and continues with Cover the Night.  Watch and share the film, register for Cover the Night in your community, and take a stand with people all over the world, united in the belief that our liberty is bound together.Watch the film. Share the film.
Sincerely,
Invisible Children

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