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First, the winner for Noble Dead Raffle #1 is…

Whitney Seger has won the signed, hardbound, first editions of S3B2: The Dog in the Dark. By this coming Monday at the latest, the prize will be on its way to her doorstep. Congratulations Whitney!

Next, there are less than 15 hours left in Noble Dead Raffle #2 for a signed, hardbound, first edition of the upcoming S3B3: A Wind in the Night.

The deadline is still tomorrow, Fri...

A quick second notice as of Midnight this Wednesday. This second in a new series of raffles for a signed hardbound first edition of S3B2: A Wind in the Night ends this coming Friday at Midnight, PST. You still have 48 hours, so if you have not entered yet…

Please see the “original post” and follow the instructions so your entry is confirmed in your first submission.

This raffle is open to only participants in the U...

This has never happened before. The second drawn winner for a raffle has failed to reply to a confirmation notice. While raffle #2 continues, we will proceed to drawing a third winner for raffle #1 and the prize of a signed, hardbound, first edition of S3B2: The Dog in the Dark. 

With this in mind, we would like to point out one detail that some may not have noticed or forgot. In all email from NobleDead.org, i...

[NOTICE: The selected winner for raffle #1 failed to reply with verification after 48 hours. A new winner has been drawn and notified per the raffle rules listed in this announcement.]

While raffle series were spread over two week increments, this time we are all in a hurry. The holidays, a new year, and a new book in the saga coming in just a few weeks!

Time for the second of four raffles for a novel in the Noble D...

The current raffle for a signed, hard­bound, first edition of S3B2: The Dog in the Dark ended as of midnight last night. Hopefully all of you got your entry in before the deadline.

The winner selected via use of Random­.org has been notified by email and has 48 hours to respond with verification of shipping address. If no response is received within the time limit, a new winner will be selected and verification repe...

A quick second notice as of Midnight on Wednesday. This first a new series of raffles for a signed hardbound first edition of S3B2: The Dog in the Dark ends this coming Friday at Midnight, PST. You still have 48 hours, so if you have not entered yet…

Please see the “original post” and follow the instructions so your entry is confirmed in your first submission.

This raffle is open to only participants in the USA.

We have yet to receive the two promotional copies of S3B3: A Wind in the Night, but considering this is Dec. 1st, we think it is time to get started.

Here we are again for the first in four new raffles for a novel from the Noble Dead Saga shipped to your door. Our first prize up is a signed hardbound first edition of S3B2: The Dog in the Dark…

Please follow the instructions below so your entry is confirmed on the f...

Time for a general update on things present and future at NobleDead.org. We will save the best for last… you know which one that is.

The Google Blogger system on which we currently run NobleDead.org has one of the worst, non-customizable anti-spam systems ever seen. Even now, we process up to a dozen spam comments per day on the site, though most of our real followers now use our social satellite...

One drawback to ebooks is that unlike with printed books they are not sitting on shelves for other household members to pick out for a cozy read. And no, “lending” or “gifting” ebooks is not the same, not even close. Hmm, well, one of those might serve for a new use.

Among other reasons, lack of sharing books in the household is why some people still prefer physical books, aside from that wonderful feel of...

There was a time when several of my peers had story ideas rejected by pub­lishers for this marketing reason: “The bookstores will have too much dif­fi­culty deciding where to shelve this novel.”

In essence, the author submitted a fantasy cum la western, mystery, horror, etc. which the publisher feared might confuse the book­stores as to where to shelve it. There was a time when nothing drove fear...