Danger Peak Is Becoming an Audiobook!

Since my debut novel Danger Peak was released 2 years ago, I can’t tell you how many people asked me if it was available as an audiobook. On the one hand, I was flattered (hey, they’re interested in my book!); on the other hand, it was a little disheartening. I thought, Doesn’t anyone read anymore? Well, you asked for it. You got it. I was recently approached by The DayDreaming Network, the largest independent distributor of audiobooks, to turn Danger Peak into an audiobook. Not only will the book be narrated by a professional actor, it will include sound effects and even music! This thrills me because I’ve always said Danger Peak is cinematic, so it would benefit from a few audio bells and whistles.

This is the good news. The bad news is that it’s going to take around 3 to 4 months to produce the audiobook. Hey, quality takes time! And if you’re wondering if it won’t be available on your favorite audiobook platforms because it’s being independently distributed (I thought that too), don’t worry; it’ll be available on Amazon’s Audible, Kobo, and wherever else you get your audiobooks.

Once again, this blog is just an announcement of the audiobook; it’s not available yet. I was just too excited to keep this news to myself for 4 whole months. Let’s put it this way; this is as close to Danger Peak: The Movie as you can get—at least for now!

The DayDreaming Network will be interviewing me about this project on their podcast, but I don’t know when yet. Once it’s out, I’ll post it in a future blog, In the meantime, please check out their website below:

And here is more info on the talented young man who will bring Danger Peak to life:

He was in The Duff with Ken Jeong and Allison Janney (who I just mentioned in my last blog)! I have to admit I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I suppose I have to now.

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In other news, I’m a centenarian! In blog form! This is my 100^th blog for this site. This may not seem like much of an accomplishment, but consider the following:

1. This is actually the second blog I’ve continually updated in my life, the first of which was exclusively on Facebook until I migrated over to this site. I amassed over 150 blogs during my Facebook days, and the best ones were compiled into my book Lists, Life, and Other Unimportant Details, still available for FREE here if you sign up for blog updates, kids!
2. While most blogs on the Interwebz are 250 words or fewer, mine typically run over 500, with many being over 1,000. I realize this doesn’t necessarily mean my blogs are better, but if nothing else, it proves I did a lot more work. If my blogs weren’t that long, it was usually because I was posting some major announcement, like the title of my next book or an interview with a podcast.

I never thought I’d actually make it to number 100. Fifty? Sure. Seventy-five? Maybe. But not 100, so I wanted to write something special for this entry. At first, I was going to do a roundup of my favorite blogs since I started this site over 2 years ago, but I already do that for this site’s anniversary in March. So I decided to make this major announcement about Danger Peak early as the 100^th blog. For old time’s sake, you can read my very first blog below during more humble times, when this site was named after my first book:

Here’s to 100 more! (Who am I kidding? I’ll probably run out of ideas after 105.)

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In other, other news, Déjà View will be free to download on Kindle this Memorial Day weekend! Celebrate the unofficial start of summer with this simultaneously nostalgic and terrifying look back at the ‘80s, and find out why it’s been winning so many awards recently. My other free giveaways for this book were only for one day, so enjoy this freebie both Saturday and Sunday. As always, happy reading!

MTP

P.S.: Next week’s blog: Another Surprise Announcement

P.P.S.: Déjà View is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble:

• Amazon