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It’s finally here! Today is the book birthday of Dying Is My Business, now available from your favorite bookseller! Go forth, legions, and buy!

Also, just a reminder that I’ll be doing a reading and signing at WORD in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Come support me and an awesome indie bookstore at the same time!

In other news, The Qwillery is running an excerpt from Dying Is My Business today, and there’s a fun giveaway, too. If you’re one of the more than 1,200 people who entered the Goodreads giveaway but didn’t win a copy of the book, here’s another chance!

Last but not least, I want to thank you, my friends, family, and fans, for all your support over the years. I never would have seen this dream come true without you. I’ll never forget that.

Criminal Element has posted a great review of Dying Is My Business! But even more gratifying is the fact that they’re the first so far to pick up on the novel’s comic book influences. Here’s a snippet:

The Urban Fantasy story with its blend of the Sword and Sorcery and Crime/Detective genres has proven to be a potent and fun literary cocktail. That doesn’t mean though that the mix can’t be improved upon or revitalized by adding in new elements to spice things up. Nicholas Kaufmann proves that in his new novel Dying is My Business by throwing in some ideas and elements from an entirely different medium, comic books, specifically Marvel ones. These simple story-telling ideas pioneered by creators like Stan Lee and Jack Kirby are just as effective in prose and blend together nicely with the Crime and Sword and Sorcery conventions to make Dying is My Business a fun and unique story.

There’s more at the site. It’s really quite an in-depth write-up. It’s especially nice when readers and critics really get where you’re coming from.

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The Dying Is My Business Goodreads giveaway ended early this morning, with more than 1,200 people having entered for a chance to win a copy! I don’t know if that’s any kind of record or not, but it sure is a mind boggling number of people. I’m kind of blown away by all the interest!

Congratulations to the ten winners: Terrell Sanzone, Craig Pearson, Lisa Barger, Michael [no last name], Andy [no last name], Mike Limon, Emily [no last name], Michelle [no last name], Jessica [no last name], and Randi Sipp. (I never knew so many people didn’t include their last names on their Goodreads accounts!) I hope you all enjoy the book. If you do, please be sure to let your friends know. If you don’t, be sure to send me an angry and incoherent email about how terrible it is and I only got published because I’m a glad-hander and/or prostitute. I’m making a scrapbook.

Publication day is tomorrow, people! Tomorrow!

*has panic attack*

*dies*

*is resurrected by the power of love*

*rolls eyes at cliché*