S.G. Browne

While summer doesn’t officially arrive for another two-and-a-half weeks, we’re kicking off the Summer of Bastards and Egos early with the Lucky Bastard TP Giveaway!

Just to be clear, I’m not giving away Lucky Bastard toilet paper. I don’t think that would create the right kind of impression in the minds of potential readers. TP stands for “trade paperback,” which is the edition of Lucky Bastard that will be hitting the shelves two weeks from today. That’s it over there on the left.

So to celebrate the new release of my third novel, I’m giving away three (3) signed copies of Lucky Bastard.

How do you get your hands on one of these free signed copies? Well, since it’s my third novel and since I’m giving away three copies, then I’m giving you three different ways to win:

1) Leave a comment on this post about your favorite good luck charm.

2) Go to my Facebook author page, find my posting there about the Lucky Bastard Giveaway, and share the link on your own timeline.

3) Go to my Twitter profile, find my tweet about the Lucky Bastard Giveaway, and re-tweet it.

That’s all there is to it. And yes, you can enter all three ways, but only once each way. Just make sure to share or re-tweet my original posts and tweets; otherwise I won’t be able to keep track of who shared and re-tweeted.

Contest ends at 11:59 p.m. PST on Friday, June 7.

Contest open to United States residents only. My apologies to the rest of the world.

Good luck!

No, this isn’t a blog post about a summer reality series mash-up of Mad Men and Jersey Shore. Nor is it a short story about a woman who encounters all of her ex-boyfriends while on vacation in the Mediterranean.

The Summer of Bastards and Egos is the upcoming season of publication mirth that will see not one but two of my novels hitting the stores and Internets over the next few months.

First up is the trade paperback release of my third novel, Lucky Bastard, on June 18. For those who have been paying attention and playing along at home, Lucky Bastard came out in hardcover in April of last year. Now it’s coming out in trade paperback with a brand new fancy cover for your viewing pleasure.

Next, and not to be outdone, Big Egos—my brand new novel about what happens to your identity when you’re constantly pretending to be someone you’re not—hits the virtual and brick and mortar bookshelves August 6. It’s also being released as a trade paperback and comes with a spiffy retro cover.

I’ll be having my book launch for Big Egos in San Francisco at The Booksmith on August 6 and am in the process of setting up some additional signings, so stay tuned for more updates on The Summer of Bastards and Egos.

*UPDATE* Due to a change in the group author signing at Book Soup, I will not be appearing in West Hollywood on Tuesday, October 30.

Autumn has arrived and with it a handful of upcoming signings and readings, as well as the release of my zombie holiday novella, I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus: A Breathers Christmas Carol, which is scheduled for publication October 30.

I’ll be appearing in San Diego and Burbank for a couple of early signings on October 27 and 28, then following those up with a signing at Book Soup in West Hollywood on October 30. (Both signings in Burbank and West Hollywood are also group signings for the John Skipp edited horror anthologies Psychos, Demons, Werewolves, and Zombies—the last of which contains my short story “A Zombie’s Lament.”)

My only scheduled Bay Area appearance at the moment will take place November 10 in San Francisco.

In addition, I’ll be reading from Lucky Bastard for the San Francisco LitQuake Lit Crawl on October 13 before appearing in New York on October 17 as part of the KGB Bar Reading Series, also for Lucky Bastard. Details for all signings, readings, and events are below:

October 13 – San Francisco, CA
7:15 – 8:15PM (Group Reading)
Lit Crawl SF
Borderlands Books
866 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA

October 17 – New York, NY
7:00PM (Reading & Signing w/John Kessel)
Fantastic Fiction at KGB
KGB Bar
85 E. 4th Street
New York, NY

October 27 – San Diego, CA
2:00PM (Signing)
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., Suite #302
San Diego, CA

October 28 – Burbank, CA
2:00PM (Group Signing)
Dark Delicacies
3512 W. Magnolia
Burbank, CA

October 30 – West Hollywood, CA
7:00PM (Group Signing)
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
W. Hollywood CA

November 10 – San Francisco, CA
3:00PM (Reading & Signing)
Borderlands Books
866 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA

Congratulations to Della Neal, John Gardner, and Zayna Thomas, who all won a signed and personalized copy of Lucky Bastard. Your copies are in the mail. Or will be soon.

Thanks to everyone who played along and signed up for my newsletter. I’ll be doing another giveaway at the end of October for the release of I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus, so stay tuned for another chance to win!

To celebrate the German publication of Lucky Bastard (aka Pech Vogel, which hits Deutschland buchhandlungs October 1), I’m giving away two signed copies of the U.S. hardcover edition to two lucky winners. That’s the U.S. edition over there on the left.

If I get more than thirty entries, I’ll make it three signed copies. Deal? Deal.

So how do you enter to win? Piece of cake:

1) Sign up for my e-mail newsletter by submitting your name and e-mail address HERE. There’s also a link to sign up at the top of the sidebar over there on the right.

2) Comment on this post to let me know you signed up.

That’s it. That’s all you have to do. And if you’re already receiving my newsletter, just leave a comment and you’re good to go.

For those of you who are concerned about getting bombarded with e-mails, I don’t send out my newsletter more than once or twice a month and usually just to announce book releases, events, signings, etc. While you can get this information by following me on Facebook or Twitter, signing up for my newsletter is the best way to make sure you don’t miss out. Also, I don’t share my mailing list with anyone, so you don’t have to worry about getting a bunch of spam.

Contest is open to U.S. residents only.

Contest runs until Sunday, September 30 at 11:59PM PST.

Good luck!