Mike Angley

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 had my veni vidi vici moment in the sun this past weekend — well, the vici is a stretch, but I did walk away with my Silver Medal for Fiction in my hands.  The Military Writers Society of America’s (MWSA) Annual Conference took place at the Westin Imagine hotel, Orlando, Florida from October 9 – 10, 2009.  I had a great time, met some wonderful people, and enjoyed fun activities.  I wanted to capture the weekend with some of the pictures I took.  Please enjoy them and feel free to comment.

Here’s the program for the Military Writers Society of America’s (MWSA) Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida which I will attend from October 9 – 10, 2009.  I will formally receive the Silver Medal for Fiction from the 2009 Annual Award program — a HUGE honor for me!

The MWSA has asked for some support in voting for the People’s Choice Awards.  Here’s the appeal from MWSA’s President, Joyce Faulkner:

“Please encourage your friends to vote for the People’s Choice Finalists — 1 Vote per person.  The Finalists are: Mindy Phillips Lawrence, Jack L. Wells, James Jellerson, Jerry Yellin, Bonnie Bartel Latino, John Cathcart, Marlyce Stockinger and Jeff Senour & CTS.  Their work is in the Program and on our site.  Most of them have recorded their work and that’s on the site as well.  Be sure to encourage folks to listen to their performances as well as read the words.  Also, encourage your contacts to forward the request to everyone they know — and ask everyone to they know to forward it on.  Our goal is 1 Million votes by 5pm October 10th.  The winner will be announced at the Awards Banquet later that evening.”

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!

On September 12, 2009, the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) announced the final winners in its 2009 Annual Awards program.  My debut novel, Child Finder, won the Silver Medal for Fiction!

Here’s a great video showing all the award winners:

It was June 7, 2009…I was thrilled to launch my debut novel, Child Finder, at the Borders bookstore at the Chapel Hills Mall, Colorado Springs, Colorado.  I had the opportunity to sell many books (yeah!) and meet some wonderful people (bigger yeah!).  While I may have looked calm and cool, I was nervous inside…”Will anyone show up?”  “If they do, will they buy a book?”  I’m glad it went well.  Here are some pictures to memorialize the day: