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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 1:18am — 3 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 4:57am — 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 22, 2008 at 11:47pm — 1 Comment

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 18, 2008 at 10:02am — 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 1:28am — 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 1:19am — No Comments

A Plea for Votes, - 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 12:39am — 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 5:49am — 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 5, 2008 at 9:53am — No Comments

'Of Aztecs and Conquistadors'

Very few people are aware that in my 'other life' I exist as Juan Pablo Jalisco, Poet. I'm delighted to announce that Juan Pablo's poetry collection 'Of Aztecs and Conquistadors' is soon to be released in e-book by Mythica Publishing. The book will showcase many of Juan Pablo's finest works, all of which tell of the romance and the beauty of the magical land of the fabled Aztecs, Toltecs and countless 'lost'… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on December 4, 2008 at 4:40am — 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 3:59am — 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 1:42am — No Comments

New Contract Offer

Boy, did my agent work fast? After the shattering disappointment of the recent problems and eventual contract release from Steel Waves Publishing, I'm delighted to announce that my literary agent has, within two days, negotiated a brilliant contract offer from 4RV Publishing who have offered to publish all five of the novels currently in need of a good home. Consequently, 'Glastonbury', 'Pestilence', 'The Nemesis Cell', 'Purple Death' and… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on November 26, 2008 at 11:51am — No Comments

With a Heavy Heart

I'm sad to announce that the five books which were due to be published this year by Steel Waves Publishing will not be appearing as planned. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Steel Waves have been unable to produce the books as per their schedule and have agreed to release me from my contract with them. This of course is an honorable thing to do but of course I must now begin the task of attempting to find other ways of getting the books before the public.

I thank everyone at Steel… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on November 25, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Article Published

I'm pleased that the article I wrote for The Journal of The Whitechapel Society, 'Whodunnit...I Dunno' telling of the genesis of my novel 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' has been accpeted and published for potential worldwide web syndication by Ezine Articles.com and can be seen at… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on November 24, 2008 at 11:34am — No Comments

An Invitation to View

I'd like to invite everyone along to You tube to view the latest short video trailer introducing the 'stars' of my forthcoming children's book series 'Harry Porter's Dog Tales' , coming in 2009 from 4RV Publishing. Written under the guise of my alter ego Harry Porter, the series tells the individual stories of the beautiful rescued dogs who live with and share my home, and will hopefully help to raise awareness of the plight of abused and abandoned… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on November 22, 2008 at 3:33am — No Comments

Great News from Canada

I'm delighted and amazed to have discovered that today, 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' achieved its highest ever sales ranking at Amazon.ca. It was listed at number 1,475 in their rankings. It's never even been that high in the UK or USA where it has done very well indeed and I'm so pleased that it has recorded such a great ranking in the country… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on November 20, 2008 at 11:01am — No Comments

And it just keeps on getting better

'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' continues to amaze me. As well as continuing to sit at Number one in the Amazon UK chart of Jack the Ripper books, 'Sorted by Average Customer Review' and also in the Ripper 'Crime and Mystery Thriller' chart, it has today recorded it's highest ever position in the overall Jack the Ripper Books (All categories) Best Seller chart on Amazon UK, currently standing at Number 8 out of a total… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on November 18, 2008 at 11:58am — No Comments

'A Study in Red' Hits London Bookstores!

I've just found out that 'A Study in Red' has at last made its first inroads into the UK bookstores. Waterstones, who had until recently been selling the book purely through their online retail store, Waterstones.com, are now showing stock of the book as being available in their Camden High Street (Low stock level) and Gower Street (Medium stock level), stores in London. As I personally had nothing to do with them placing the book in their stores,… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on November 13, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

'A Binary Convergence' is a Fictionwise Number One.

My Sci-fi short story e-book collection 'A Binary Convergence', co-authored with my good friend and fellow author Graeme S Houston is currently Stonehedge Publishing's number one bestseller at Fictionwise. I'm delighted to share this honor with Graeme, who is as delighted as I am to have achieved this position with our joint effort.

The latest chart is at… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on November 11, 2008 at 3:46pm — No Comments