Gotta love this. I just got back from the dermatologist’s. Yesterday it was determined that the thing growing on the side of my nose was not an alien (darn it!) but a squamous cell carcinoma. So the Doc had his rat chew the thing off my face today. He showed me my nose in a mirror so he could explain how he couldn’t just sew up the hole because that would create a pucker. Instead, he needed to cut all the way up the bridge of my nose and then all the way down along the edge of my nostril to make an L-shaped skin flap that he could then stitch up so it would heal all nice and pretty. As he was explaining, I got a good look at the gaping bloody hole–it was the size of your pinky nail, folks. He also told me stories of his time in Russia. His medical assistant told me one of her husband’s run-in with the mafia in Milan. A good time was had all around. Then 30 or so stitches later I came home and found that Larry Correia was up to no good again: Let’s Book Bomb the Hell out of John Brown
So the paperback of SERVANT OF A DARK GOD, which releases in two weeks on November 2nd, started off ranked #220,997 on Amazon. I just checked the rank. As of 2:22 pm we’re at #5,686. Can’t wait to see where this goes today.
Whatever happens, I think I’m going to end up owing Larry and the Monster Hunters some ballistic tip bullets and hand grenades.
EDIT: it’s 3:29 am on Wednesday, October 20th. Just dragged my sleepy hiney back from doing recordings with the Writing Excuses team in American Fork (they’ll publish in November). And lo, the Monster Hunter Nation did bomb the book, and it did rise in rank until it did verily hit an Amazon bestseller list.
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#65 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Epic
It reached this point sometime while I was on the road. As of right now Servant is:
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#88 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Epic
And so it was written that the Monster Hunter Nation was awesome to behold. It’s hand grenades for sure.
EDIT: Here we go. Day 2 9:50 am.
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#85 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Fantasy > Epic
EDIT: end of day 2.
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #4,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Sounds to me like you might just owe Larry a steak dinner. 😀