Mike Angley

I am very excited to announce that my publisher was able to push and pull all the right levers, gears, and pulleys at the printers and early-release Child Finder: Resurrection!  It is now available on Amazon, and I am taking pre-orders for signed copies (my shipment has not arrived, but I should have some books in the next few weeks).  I hope everyone gets a chance to get a copy of the highly-anticipated sequel and ENJOY it!  Don’t forget to leave reviews of the book on Amazon and Barnes and Noble!

Be sure to check out the new section on my website where you can purchase signed copies of my books, as well as order from the major online retailers through the convenient links therein.  CLICK HERE.

Ciao,

Mike

First and foremost, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  I hope you all take some time today to reflect upon the gifts our creator has given you.  Break bread with the family.  Reconnect with old friends.  And share a toast with me over the miracle of life that God has bestowed upon us.

I am also thankful to three author friends who have recently given me the opportunity to guest-blog on their websites.  I invite you to look at them all:

• Mary Deal’s Write Any Genre
• Margie Church’s Romance with SASS
• Julie Achterhoff’s Blog

Please visit the sites and show these ladies some love!

I am very honored that my Alma Mater, King’s College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), profiled me in a full page spread in its Fall 2009 alumni magazine, Pride.  It’s on page 29 if the link does not automatically take you to it.  Here’s an excerpt of what they had to say:

Mike Angley ’81 admits that before he entered King’s, he developed two passions that he has been fortunate to realize, careers in investigation and, more recently, as a published and award-winning fiction writer.  As a student at Wyoming Valley West High School, located only a mile from the King’s campus, Mike developed a life plan that would involve him working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and publishing a novel.  While in his final year of study toward earning his degree in criminal justice and psychology, Mike learned that he would not be able to go directly from King’s into the FBI.

“Unless you earned either a law or accounting degree, you needed professional investigative experience before the FBI would consider you,” Angley said recently.

Mike was able to complete the Air Force ROTC program while at King’s. He was able to use that experience as what he thought would be a means to an end, joining the Air Force as a second lieutenant and possibly earning the practical experience required by the FBI in the Office of Special Investigations (OSI).

I’m pleased to announce that I will be attending a book signing event at the Daz Bog Coffee Shop on Saturday, December 5, 2009, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (that’s 1100 to 1300 for my military friends!). I will definitely have copies of my debut novel, Child Finder, and possibly my second novel, Child Finder: Resurrection.  I can’t promise the latter, but I am working with my publisher to get some copies to me as they roll off the press.

The signing is an event organized by the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) Denver North Chapter, and will feature several authors from the local area.  You can read more about it at the AFCW website: Book Signing and Used Media Sale, as well as here: ACFW Colorado.

Here’s the address:

Daz Bog Coffee Shop

1050 W. 104th Avenue

Northglenn, CO  80234

So come on out and say hi to me!

I recently received the link to the mini-interview I conducted when I attended the Oct 9 – 10 2009 Military Writers Society of America’s (MWSA) annual convention in Orlando, Florida.  I was interviewed by Bob Calvert, host of the Talking With Heroes talk show program, a nice benefit the MWSA arranged for all award winners.

Here it is — please note there are a couple of minutes of lead/intro time at the beginning of the video, and my actual interview starts at about the 2:14 point, and goes for about six minutes.  You may want to skip right to the beginning of the actual interview to save some time.  I hope you enjoy it!

Mike

Beginning November 2009, I will hold a monthly FREE book giveaway.  To be eligible, you must be:

1) A subscriber of my newsletter (it’s free, as well)…note, the newsletter is not the same as the RSS feed subscription.  You are welcome to subscribe to both, but you must subscribe to the newsletter to qualify for the book giveaway.

AND

2) You must leave comments on my “Bloggy” News posts

The newsletter subscriber who leaves the most comments during the month will win a FREE, signed hardcover copy of Child Finder (currently published and available), or Child Finder: Resurrection (will release officially in January 2010).

The “drawing” will take place within the first week of each month (December for the November contest)…and the contest will continue until the end of 2010.  Winners will be notified via email.

Shipping is FREE too, so this is a great contest…doesn’t cost you anything but an investment of time.

So come on, subscribe and comment!

I’m honored to have been invited as a guest-blogger on the Writing Mommies blog.  The site is run by four great ladies: Angela Atkinson, Alyssa Ast, Kat Foust, and Kerrie McLoughlin…all stay-at-home moms and writers.  It was a nice to share my experiences about writing, life, and my USAF career with them and their readers.  I recommend everyone stop by and check out their website!   Here’s a little bit about them:

Angela Atkinson- Angela is freelance writer and editor working from home. She is happily married and has three beautiful children. Find out more about Angela’s freelance services, including links to other work on her website, AngelaAtkinson.com. Visit her personal blog at In Pursuit of Fulfillment.

Alyssa Ast- Alyssa is a stay at home mother of two busy boys. Alyssa spends her days working as a Freelance Writer from home. You can visit her website at AlyssaAst.com You can follow her writing experiences at The Writer’s Block or visit her personal blog at Random Thoughts of a Tangled Mind.

Kat Foust- Kat is a stay at home mother of an 8 year old boy. She is currently working to get her degree in education. Kat enjoys writing education and mental health articles. To see more of her work visit Preschool Teacher Support or her personal blog Life and Death.

Kerrie McLoughlin- Kerrie is a homeschooling mom of soon-to-be 5 kids and a work from home freelance writer. She is also the author of an e-book called “Get Published in Regional Parenting Magazines.” Check out her fun blog The Kerrie Show or her writing mistakes blog http://motherwriter.blogspot.com/.

I attended the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Trade Show at the Carolina First Center in Greenville, South Carolina from September 25 – 27, 2009.  It was a great event, very well organized, and I had the opportunity to meet and network with many professionals in the publishing industry.

I was there with my publisher, TotalRecall Publications, Inc, a Houston-based publishing house.  I signed several advance review copies of my forthcoming second novel, Child Finder: Resurrection, as well as sample softcovers of my first novel, Child Finder.

Here are some pictures…enjoy!

I was very privileged to have guest-blogged on Miss Mae’s blog, Pure Southern Genteel.  This was my first official guest-blog ever, and it helped me launch my debut novel, Child Finder.  I hope you take some time to visit Miss Mae’s blog and read her interview of me.  She’s an award-winning and bestselling romance-mystery author, and all-around great lady!