William J. Cook's Blog

Hello, Friends

I'm happy to announce that the Kindle edition of my latest thriller, "All the Bodies Do," is now available for pre-order on Amazon at:

https://www.amazon.com/All-Bodies-Do-...

It will be released this week Friday, June 28, along with the paperback edition.

I've got my fingers crossed, but I think you're really going to like it. Diane Donovan, Sr. Reviewer for Midwest Book Review, described it as, "a vivid thriller that proves thoroughly engrossing."

Wishing you all the best,

Will

Hello, friends.

I am very excited to announce that the final Driftwood Mystery will be published on August 24.

If you haven't done so already, please subscribe to my monthly newsletter. The August edition will include a link to pre-order the new book for only $0.99 (a $5.00 saving). It will also give you a sneak peek of the first chapter to get the adrenaline going! And last but not least I'll be interviewing Adam Copeland, a Pacific Northwest indie author whose latest novel is not to be missed! Ooops! Lest I forget, signing up also gives you a new short story!

Here's the link:
https://mailchi.mp/8f4d2983ca99/month...

Thank you!

Hello, Friends!

I'm trying an experiment to see if it might generate a little buzz. I've taken my short story "Paper," which I originally published in the collection, "Before Our House Fell Into the Ocean," and I've released it as a stand-alone short story in Kindle and Paperback versions. The catch is that I've included Chapter One of my new project, "Gallery of Gangsters," which I'm still working on. (I'm a third of the way through the first draft.)

If you'd like to take a look, here's the link:

https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Driftwoo...

Hello, Friends. I just received such a fantastic review for my new book of short stories that I had to publish it on my website. Here's the link if you'd like to take a look:

https://authorwilliamcook.com/2021/10...

Best regards to all of you.

bill

Hello friends!

The paperback edition of my new book of short stories was released this week, and the digital version is still on target for publication on September 30. I'm still trolling BookBub Ads, Amazon Ads, Instagram, and Facebook to encourage more pre-orders. Here's the link to my website with all the skinny:

https://authorwilliamcook.com/blog/

Hi, Friends!

Here's a little essay I put on my website the other day--a few thoughts about reading and writing short stories.


https://authorwilliamcook.com/blog/


Blessings to all on this sad day, remembering the tragedy of 20 years ago.

bill

I just received such a review from Joe Kilgore of The US Review of Books for my soon-to-be-published collection that I had to share it with my friends! (This will let some of the pressure off so my head doesn't explode!)

https://authorwilliamcook.com/blog/

Hello, Everyone

Well, it's all coming together. My latest book of short stories is slated for release on September 30 and is available for preorder now. Here's the universal link:

mybook.to/BeforeOcean

Imagine what stories they'd swap if O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, Joyce Carol Oates, Flannery O'Connor, and the Coen brothers got together for a friendly game of Texas Hold 'em...

Please check it out. As one of my characters says, "Love and death sculpt our souls into shapes we couldn't have imagined."

Hello, Friends
Well, they made me do it. That's my only excuse. Everything I've read about indie writing says I have to have an email list. So, kicking and screaming all the way (quite literally---I'm not very tech-savvy)---here it is. Had I any hair, I would have pulled it out long before the project was completed! That said, I'd be honored if you would subscribe. I intend to post monthly newsletters that I hope will be fun, interesting, and thought-provoking. Of course, I promise never to spam you, share your address with anyone else, or clutter your inbox with mindless posts.

Here's the link:

https://authorwilliamcook.com/subscribe/

Hello, Friends.

I'm very excited to announce that I have just finished the first draft of my next volume of short stories. It's called "Before Our House Fell into the Ocean: Stories of Love and Death." It contains a dozen stories, one of which is almost novelette-length. I hope to publish it in about three months.