September is Scott Nicholson Month

September is unofficially Scott Nicholson Month.  Remember him? He founded this website and literally redefined the Indie movement.  If you haven't bought a Scott Nicholson book in a while, now is your chance. Please show your support for the man who has done so much for Indie authors everywhere.

Let's all give Scott a month to remember.  Buy one of his books. Recommend him to a friend. Give him a review on Amazon. Befriend him on Amazon, Goodreads and twitter and visit his website http://hauntedcomputer.com/ or his blogsite http://hauntedcomputer.blogspot.com,



Today's feature is As I Die Lying. With a little effort, we can get this book to the top of the Amazon charts.

Richard's life is a horror story. And it's all the fault of that evil, soul-hopping spirit that took over his head. Or maybe the other four people in there.

Richard Coldiron journeys through a troubled childhood, where he meets his invisible friend, his other invisible friend...and then some who aren’t so friendly.

There’s Mister Milktoast, the protective punster; Little Hitler, who leers from the shadows; Loverboy, the lusty bastard; and Bookworm, who is thoughtful, introspective, and determined to solve the riddle of Richard’s disintegration into either madness or genius, and of course only makes things worse. They reside in the various rooms of his skull, a place known as the Bone House. And the people outside his head aren't so comforting, either--little Sally, his hapless mother, his cruel dad, and a misfit teen named Virginia who also hears voices.

Richard keeps his cool despite the voices in his head, but he’s about to get a new tenant: the Insider, a malevolent soul-hopping spirit that may or may not be born from Richard’s nightmares and demands a co-writing credit and a little bit of foot-kissing dark worship.

Now Richard doesn’t know which voice to trust. The book’s been rejected 117 times. The people he loves keep turning up dead. And here comes the woman of his dreams.

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A dark romantic thriller in the style of Chuck Palahniuk, Jeff Lindsay's "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" series, and Bret Easton Ellis.

Scott Nicholson,, is author of 12 other paranormal, mystery, and suspense thrillers, including the #1 Kindle bestsellers LIQUID FEAR, DISINTEGRATION, THE RED CHURCH, and THE SKULL RING. Learn more about Scott's work at www.hauntedcomputer.com or at Author Central.

"Fast paced and always creepy, this is one author that aims to kill and never misses.” – Jeremy Robinson, author of INSTINCT and THRESHOLD

"Always surprises and always entertains."--Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero

"Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off."--JA Konrath, Shaken

Find it on Amazon.

Liquid Fear Contest

What’s Your Liquid Fear? (Scott Nicholson)

By Scott Nicholson

(Win a $10 gift certificate! One point for tweeting this post, one point for Facebooking, and one point for commenting below. Drawing on April 8. If Liquid Fear—available for 99 cents at Amazon, BN.com, and Smashwords--hits the Top 100, a $100 winner will also be selected from participating blogs. Hop on all the blogs and increase your odds!)

Scott Nicholson is the author of Liquid Fear, a new mystery thriller in which test subjects from a tragic research trial realize the experiment never ended.

So what is Scott afraid of?

Well, I’m an author, so I am afraid people will hate my book. Writers walk a thin line and often confuse their work with their own soul, ego, and self-identity. Because writing and reading create such an intimate connection, then an author can take rejection as a personal attack.

Really, it’s almost as painful as being rejected by someone you love, because creation is such a mission of commitment. It’s an act of arrogance, because you believe what you have to say “matters,” yet it’s also a humbling experience because it falls far short of just what it means to be on the kaleidoscopic mind trip known as “reality.”

If you’re lucky, you realize the story is just some words on paper, and not about you at all. Still, any story is the sum of all your experiences, opinions, feelings, and, yes, fears.

But you know what? I’d rather be rejected than to never take the shot. Because it’s the journey that matters. Go to the scary places and see what happens. Take your faith and your hope and your wounds into the darkness inside, and hopefully you and the reader will meet around a common light.

Liquid Fear. It’s not just a book, it’s an adventure. What’s your greatest fear, and how much of it can you stand?

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Scott Nicholson is author of 20 books, including Disintegration, The Skull Ring, Speed Dating with the Dead, and The Red Church. He’s also written the children’s books If I Were Your Monster and Duncan the Punkin. Visit him at Haunted Computer.

Scott Nicholson-- Murdermouth: Zombie Bits

Scott Nicholson is a writer, journalist, and freelance editor living in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. He is author of Speed Dating with the Dead, Drummer Boy, and 10 other novels, five story collections, four comics series, and six screenplays. He also edited the free writing manual Write Good or Die. He's currently on the Kindle Giveaway Blog Tour, sponsored by Amazon, Kindle Nation Daily, and Dellaster Design.

Murdermouth: Zombie Bits is a collection of eight stories featuring zombies, including the original "A Farewell To Arms," written exclusively for this volume. It includes two tales from the Eden Studio "All Flesh" series, as well as the comic script for the Murdermouth pilot comic. Donate $25 and you can appear drawn as a zombie in the comic. It also includes a bonus story from Jack Kilborn, as well as Jonathan Maberry's "Zombie Apocalypse Survival Scorecard."

Q: What will e-readers like about your book?

Possibly nothing, if you don't like zombies. Generally, there is less emphasis on blowing off heads with shotguns and more exploration of how people handle extreme change and how their minds turn under survival pressure. Plus the obligatory "What would it be like to be a zombie?" However, I am pretty sure there are enough dripping body parts to satisfy your taste for zombie gore. And Maberry's scorecard will help prepare you for the end of the world, if we all live that long.

Q: Why did you go indie?

We're all as indie as we want to be. I published six novels in New York and two collections in the small press, so I have a pretty good understanding of how the business works. More importantly, how it does or doesn't work for me. Putting out my own work is the best choice right now, both artistically and commercially. I am grateful for my experiences and appreciate my paid apprenticeship in traditional publishing and I hope to do something in that arena again. However, I am truly enjoying the new partnerships I've made this year.

Q: Who are your favorite authors in your genre?

"Night of the Living Dead" is still one of my favorite movies, maybe because it takes itself so seriously, unlike the modern humorous-zombie genre. Romero is clearly the godfather, but I also enjoyed in fiction The Book of the Dead anthologies, and the work of Jonathan Maberry and Brian Keene. I never thought zombies would work in mainstream fiction until Keene launched the sub-genre practically single-handedly with "The Rising." Max Brooks isn't horror but I dig his work, and my friend Eric S. Brown is doing some crackling mash-up stuff.

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To be eligible for the Kindle DX giveaway, simply post a comment below with contact info. Feel free to debate and discuss the topic, but you will only be entered once per blog. Visit all the blogs on the tour and increase your odds. I’m also giving away a Kindle 3 through the tour newsletter and a Pandora’s Box of free ebooks to a follower of “hauntedcomputer” on Twitter. And, hey, buy my books and put me in the Top 100 and I’ll throw in another random Kindle 3 giveaway through the blogs. Thanks for playing. Complete details at http://www.hauntedcomputer.com/blogtour.htm

BONUS GIVEAWAY: Three people will be randomly selected from the comments to receive free zombie sketch cards drawn by Scott. Amateurish but one-of-a-kind, original art!

Kindle Giveaway Tour here on Sept. 5

Free Kindles and e-books? What could be better?
The Kindle Giveaway Blog Tour will be stopping here on Sept. 5. Simply comment within one week of the post in order to be eligible for a Kindle DX. You can also enter for a Kindle 3 by subscribing to the Scott's Inner Circle tour newsletter. Be eligible for the Pandora's Box of free e-books (now 71 and growing) by following "hauntedcomputer" on Twitter.

Spread the word. The bigger it gets, the more there is to win!







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