Hello everyone! So here I am again with some news. I had planned this for earlier but I got sidetracked with some other stuff and then… Well, then I messed up.

You have probably seen that “School’s Night Out” is already available. Well, that’s where I messed up.
I have been exchanging emails with KDP support (the platform you use to publish through Amazon) to see if they could help me solve a problem with ordering some more proof copies for almost a week and things were at a standstill. Trying one of their solutions, which involved changing the release from a date in the future to immediately, I messed up and instead of hitting Save Draft, I hit Publish. And of course that wouldn’t be a problem if I hadn’t made the change… Fortunately, I had already got a proof copy of the first version of the book and the alterations I made weren’t that many or any that changed the book in itself.
And that’s how I got to have a new book out ahead of time!

I planned on doing preorders until September 9th and offering a print to anyone who ordered directly from me. With the book out it won’t be exactly a preorder bonus but anyone who orders it until that date will receive the print all the same. This is valid for anyone who orders from me or Nightmare Ink.

Apart from the book that is out, I’ve been working on a new short story, this one about stars, and I picked up the notes for Project: Legacy and I’m planning on making something out of them soon.

At the same time, I’m working on something different that I really want to do but might be a bit complicated to do all by myself. More on this soon!

And, I wrote a short story yesterday. It just came out after a line in a song that played while I worked the night shift stuck itself in my head. At the moment it has the title of Project: Scar and It’s roughly 4k words. At the moment I’m doing some revisions but from what I already saw it doesn’t seem to need that many.

So, I have some books to talk about.

The first one, “The Toll Comes Due”, is one I was given an ARC courtesy of both authors. It’s written by Robert Weaver and Wesley Winters and each contributed with a story for the book. Both the stories are about crime and run-ins with criminal escapades but the way these authors make a common theme so different and give it their twist is just something amazing. Keep an eye out for this one. It’s going to be released really soon!

Then I read “Horror Movie” by Paul Tremblay I have to say that I ate this book up. Truth be told I’m mad I didn’t write it or something like it (not that I’m comparing myself in terms of talent with Mr. Tremblay, I don’t even breathe the same air as him), after all the story has all the things I like. It’s mostly about a group of teenagers, check. In a school, check. And it features flashbacks, check. Now that I think about this story shares lots of stuff with my new book (shameful plug).
No seriously, give this book a try. You won’t regret it. From the mystery surrounding the main storyline to the mixed media format that Tremblay incorporates amazingly so it moves the plot forward, this is a book that will surely haunt you.

Because of an idea I had for a story, I started rewatching Fringe. I don’t know if you remember this Science Fiction procedural about an FBI team that deals with strange cases, but I loved it when I first watched and I guess I still do.
I know that towards the end it got a little messed up but I truly enjoy all the plots and mythology of the series.

I can already tell you that I will be present at some events in the next month and I will give you updates as soon as I get them.
What I can tell you right now is that I’ll be present at Feira do Livro do Porto for a signing session with Fábrica do Terror. It will be Sunday, September 1st, and it will start at 16h. It will be, more or less, my first official apparition at an event as an author and I’m both hyped and terrified. If you are around Porto, come visit us! I know all the authors present will make your visit worthwhile.

Well, all of the above.

A new mini-book out, being present at events, lots of ideas and writing them down.
It seems that even with all the setbacks September will be a great month!!

Thank you all, once again, for reading this and still coming back even with all the delays and randomness of publication.

I’ll be waiting for your feedback, as I always am. Can’t wait to hear from you!

Until then, let the ink of nightmares flow.

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