The December Update

Well, it's December and a fantastic 2010 is nearly over. Let's look at where we've come in the past year.

2010 stared with the release of the award winning "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder" by Larry Brooks. A great book and a great way to begin a new year. If you love Dan Brown, you have to read this one because it'll blow you away.

Next up was David Daniel's "Coffin Dust" which is so good it's now being used a text book in a creative writing course taught at UMass-Lowell. How cool is that?

We also released Lloyd L. Corricelli's second Ronan Marino Mystery called "Chasing Curves" with a big party at the Old Court in Lowell, MA. Lloyd is working on the third book in the series that should be out in fall of 2011. We're also working on a video to promote the series.

The biggest news of the year for us was the release of Mike Girard's "Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales." After a great start on on-line sales at Amazon and as The Fools opened for Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Mike and the band did an incredible show at the Blue Ocean Music Hall on the Saturday after Thanksgiving that was packed wall to wall. Quite a few books went out the door that night and we've also gotten some great press in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald and a number of other stations. Look for some huge announcement regarding this book in early 2011 (hint, let's just say you might see it one day on the silver screen).

We have one more book to release this year, J.F. Dacey's "Take the Long Way Home." It's the story of his year driving a cab in Lowell in the late seventies just as the city was about to rise from the ashes with a new national park. With the release of "The Fighter" (takes place and filmed in Lowell) it'll be interesting to see if there's any additional interest in this book.

With the holidays here, any of these books would make a great gift for the readers in your life or hell, just buy yourself one to read in front of the fireplace.

Thanks for being with us and we're looking forward to an even bigger 2011.

Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales Cover is Here!

Greetings from Sons of Liberty Publishing with our September update.

As always, we're busy as hell here with all of the different projects going on. Our next book release is the long awaited sort of...kind of true story of the legendary Boston band The Fools written by their frontman Mike Girard. The Fools are best known for their songs 'Psycho Chicken,' 'Life Sucks...Then You Die,' 'World Dance Party' and "Doo Wah Diddy' amongst others.

So here it is, the very first place the cover will be seen in public...

So what do you think? The cover is meant to evoke the lunacy of the band, along with the classic Japanese monster movies and the old style EC Comics cover. If you look closely, in the background you'll see a number of Mike's classic characters too. How many can you name?

So when will the book be available you ask? The official release date is November, 27 2010 at The Fools' show scheduled at the Blue Ocean Performance Hall in Salisbury, MA. After that, Mike will be doing some in-store signings at local stores...more info to come on that one. We'll also be offering a very limited edition lithograph of the cover signed by Mike and artist Don Mousseau at the book release show. How cool would that look signed and framed on your wall?

Meanwhile, while you wait for Mike's book, how about a good mystery? Lloyd L. Corricelli's second Ronan Marino novel is out. It's called Chasing Curves: A Ronan Marino Mystery and in this one, Ronan tries to clear a UMass-Lowell baseball player accused of murdering his prospective agent's secretary.

You can purchase it at Amazon, the downtown Lowell Barnes & Noble or it can be special ordered at most other bookstores. If you like your detectives hardboiled and stories full of sex, violence and humor, you're going to love Ronan.

Well, that's all for now. Next month we'll have more news on Psycho Chicken & Other Foolish Tales as well as news on other soon to be published books.

The August Update

Well, we're moving towards the end of summer and we have a few projects picking up steam.

First is Lloyd L. Corricelli's new Ronan Marino Mystery "Chasing Curves." We just held the formal book release event on 8/12/10 at The Old Court in Lowell which was well attended. Lloyd did a reading and talked about future plans for Ronan which include a short story in the spring and new novel next fall (2011).



Chasing Curves book release event

We'll have a video up of the event this coming week up on our Youtube channel.

You can find the book at Amazon.com along with the second edition of "Two Redheads & A Dead Blonde" which features a new cover.

We're also working hard to get Mike Girard's "Psycho Chicken and Other Foolish Tales" out for the November 27, 2010 formal launch which will feature a concert by The Fools. We'll be doing a lot of media for this book all over New England so watch the blog and our website for more news as it breaks.

We also have some exciting news for 2011. In the spring, we'll be publishing an anthology called "Mill City Stories" which will be a collection of stories, both fiction and non-fiction, that will have to do with various facets of the city of Lowell. Lowell is the home of a national park celebrating the Industrial Revolution of American history and is a very culturally rich town. Authors like Corricelli, David Daniel and others will be contributing stories. More to come on that project soon.

That's all for now. Keep your eyes peeled for more info including a number of upcoming book signings by our authors that we'll announce here.

The July Update

Okay...so there was no June update...but there was good reason for that.

We're getting bigger; that's a good reason, right? Seriously, this little company is growing in leaps and bounds with all kinds of exciting stuff going on.

First up was the release of David Daniel's "Coffin Dust." We had a party celebrating the release at the Old Court in Lowell, MA on June 25th and the room was packed. Dave is of course a draw unto himself with his track record and we were fortunate to have a big crowd. The book is now for sale at Amazon.com and other booksellers.

Then we released Lloyd L. Corricelli's second Ronan Marino Mysteries novel "Chasing Curves." It's up on Amazon as both a trade paperback and e-book and should be out into the other book retailers' distributions services in the next few weeks. We're planning on having a big release party on August 12th again at the Old Court. More to come on that.

Meanwhile, editing is moving along on one of our future books called "The Spy in the City of Books" by Stephen O'Connor. Look for this novel about an elderly former OSS agent and the things he left behind in France during the war sometime in late fall.

We've also renamed the book by The Fools' Mike Girard. It's now called "Psycho Chicken and Other Foolish Tales." There will be a huge release party for that one on November 28th at the Blue Ocean Performance Hall at Salisbury Beach, NH. It's a beautiful venue and that is sure to be a great event.

Other big news you ask? Well, some of the big publishers have apparently taken note of Larry Brooks' "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder" and have started to sniff around. Could be big things in Mr. Brooks' future.

One other thing of note happened this month. We launched the Ronan Marino Mysteries website. In addition, you can now buy merchandise featuring the Ronan logo.

More news next month...

The May Update

Wow, it's almost the end of the month and someone reminded us there is no May update posted. We've been so busy it completely slipped our minds.

First up, some huge news. Larry Brook's "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder" won Best Suspense/Thriller novel for the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Our third book published and already we can ourselves an award winning publisher. You owe to yourself to pick this one up and read it especially if you enjoy that genre.

David Daniel's "Coffin Dust" was released a few weeks ago and is now available on Amazon and soon at other booksellers. He's planning a big release party on June 25th at 7:30 at the Worthen House in Lowell, the city's oldest bar. If you're in the area, stop by to meet David and some of our other authors and pick up an autographed copy of the book.

Lloyd L. Corricelli's second book in the Ronan Marino Mystery series, "Chasing Curves" is nearly complete and is in the proof review stage. We expect it to be available in early July.

Meanwhile, we're slowly digging through submissions for 2011 publication. If you submitted to us, please be patient. It may take a while for us to get back to you.

That's it for now. See you back here in June.

The April Update

Wow, time is flying and we just noticed that April is almost over and we haven't done an update. Things are moving here at Sons of Liberty Publishing with new books coming and some great ones already available.

A brand new video will be debuting in a few weeks for "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder." It's the first time we've done a video for a book project and we hope it interests people in the story. We think you're really going to be wowed by it. Meanwhile, the book has been submitted for an Independent Book Publisher Award (also known as an "IPPY"). We're crossing our fingers that it makes the cut because it's very deserving.

"Whisper" also got an extremely positive review over at the Midwest Book Review. Read it for yourself here: http://www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/apr_10.htm

On the new book front, the proof for David Daniel's "Coffin Dust" has been ordered and we're hoping to get this out by June 1st. Keep your eyes peeled for more news on it in the next update.

The next Ronan Marino Mystery "Chasing Curves" is with a proof reader and is planned to be out in early July. A joint book signing with David Daniel and "Curves" author Lloyd L. Corricelli is planned for summer.

A biography from a beloved Grammy nominated Boston musician is also in the works. More on that when we have more information to share.

The "Fools" book by Mike Girard is nearly halfway done and will be called "Opening Act: The Story of an Eighties Band." Look for it in the late fall with a big release party with live music.

We're also reading submissions for early 2011 releases and hope to have our first release for that year lined up soon.

Well, that's all for now. Enjoy the great spring weather and check back in early May for the next update.

The March Update

Well, March is here and looking out the window, the spring rains have arrived early and wiped out the snow here in New Hampshire. That can only mean warmer weather is around the corner and summer beach reading weather will soon be upon us.

To that end, we have two brand new books due out for your summer reading pleasure. First up in June will be author David Daniel's story anthology "Coffin Dust." If you like your short stories with a taste of weird, then you'll appreciate this book. David is a fantastic writer who we have benefited greatly from working with. David also tells us that he has a second volume in the works which hopefully he turns to us for publication.

In July, the second of the Ronan Marino mysteries will be released called "Chasing Curves." In this one, Ronan will find himself mixed up in the world of baseball, blackmail and murder. He'll also meet a new woman who will give his girlfriend Kat a run for her money. Right now we're in the middle of editing this one and Don Mousseau is working on the cover. Meanwhile Lloyd tells us he's working on the third book in the series for a summer 2011 release.

Both David and Lloyd will be doing book signings throughout New England and we hear they're planning a few events together at local bookstores and libraries. Stay tuned for that.

Right now the biggest event happening for our little company was the release of Larry Brooks' "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder." It's selling well for a small press, but we like to think big. To that end, we've been disappointed that the major reviewers such as Publisher's Weekly have generally ignored this release, despite receiving it for review all the way back in late November. Larry's previous books published by a large publisher were all reviewed by the "major" book reviewing sources and we'd hate to think this is an example of small press bias.

Meanwhile those that have reviewed the book at Amazon and across the internet have loved it. The Midwest Book Review called it "a fascinating enthralling apocalyptic thriller."

(You can learn more about the book at its dedicated website by clicking here.)

Work continues on Mike Girard's "tell all" book about the legendary New England band The Fools and what it was like to be a rising rock n' roll band back in the eighties. We haven't decided on a title yet, but when we do, it will be announced here. We're still hoping for a late fall release on this one.

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Until next month!

The February Update

Sorry for the long time in posting, but things are happening in a fast and furious way here at Sons of Liberty Publishing. The new year has been upon us and we are about to release our first novel of 2010.

On March 1, Larry Brook's apocalyptic thriller "Whisper of the Seventh Thunder" will be out. This is an incredible book that Harriet Klausner (Amazon's #1 ranked reviewer) called "a fascinating enthralling apocalyptic thriller that deftly blends Brown, Clancy and LaHaye-Jenkins." If you like Dan Brown's work, you will absolutely love this novel. Larry is a gifted author who is going to knock your socks off.


In other big news, we've signed noted author David Daniel
(http://www.daviddanielbooks.com/) to a deal to publish a collection of stories called "Coffin Dust." (Don't worry about what his website says...believe me, it's us publishing it and that will be fixed soon by his webmaster). The stories are very much in the "Twilight Zone" genre of things.

David is a very well known author who has been published numerous times by the big New York guys. His "Alex Rasmussen" detective series (which takes place in Lowell, MA...the same city that Ronan Marino lives in) is what put him on the map and his follow up novels ike "Reunion" and "White Rabbit" have been very highly praised by major publications. We are thrilled to have him on board.

Meanwhile, Lloyd L. Corricelli's next Ronan Marino book called "Chasing Curves" is about to begin editing and the cover is being worked. We hope for a 1 July release for this anticipated follow up to "Two Redheads & A Dead Blonde." Lloyd is also working on the third Ronan adventure for a summer 2011 release.

The company has also just made an offer to another author who came to us via a Lowell Sun article about us. More to come on that when the ink is dry on the contract.

Meanwhile the still untitled Mike Girard (of the band The Fools) book is going well and there may be a big announcement soon as to who is writing the forward. Believe me, we're talking big . big, big news here. Still no consensus on the title yet. Mike wants to call it "Brown M&Ms" (rock fans should get the reference), but we're not so sure Mars Candy will go for that.

In addition to the book part of things, we're hoping to bring in a marketing expert to our team to focus on getting the word out on our products.

We've also already started to look at books for 2011. Unfortunately, we've been forced to temporarily stop accepting submissions from new authors for the time being to get through the submissions we have. We hope to start accepting them again later this year.

To those of you who have bought our books, thank you. For those who haven't...what are you waiting for!

Until next time.