Action Figures - Issue Three: Pasts Imperfect (36 page)

Then in May 2014, something amazing happened:
I went from selling a copy here and there to selling dozens of copies of book
one and its sequel,
Action Figures – Issue Two: Black Magic Women
.
Dozens became hundreds, and soon I was selling several books a day, every day,
without fail.

My first expression of gratitude goes out to
you, the reader, for taking a chance on this series and responding so
positively to it. I’ve heard from a few of you via e-mail and through my blog,
and there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing the words “When is book three
coming out?!” from a complete stranger.

Next, I owe a round of thank-yous to a number
of fellow indie authors and bloggers who helped spread the word about
Action
Figures
: Sierra Klein (simpletasteforreading.wordpress.com), T. Michelle
Nelson (www.tmichellenelson.com), the folks at Author Shout
(www.authorshout.com), Amy Rachiele (www.amyrachiele.com), my good friend J.M.
Aucoin of
Jake Hawking
fame (jmaucoin.com), and a blast from the past in
the form of fellow Falmouth High School escapee and writer T.M. Murphy
(www.capecodwriter.com), who kindly hosted my first-ever book-signing.

As always, I have to thank my personal Hero
Squad: test-readers Kate Sokol, Rob Isaacson, Julie Tremblay, my wife Veronica;
and my cover artist Tricia Lupien. I also owe a big debt of gratitude to Jake
Lewis, who gamely stepped in to edit the book after my regular editor, Tori
Fullard, became unexpectedly unavailable; and to my friend Michelle Teixeira
for recommending Jake.

That’s all for now, but don’t worry: I won’t
keep you in suspense for long, because work is already well underway on
Action
Figures – Issue Four: Cruel Summer
!

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR

Michael Bailey was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts
and raised on a steady diet of comic books,
Dungeons & Dragons
,
Saturday morning cartoons, sci-fi television, and horror movies…which explains
a lot.

An effort to parlay his love of geek culture
into a career as a comic book artist failed when he figured out he wasn’t that
good, so he turned to writing as means of artistic expression. Since then,
Michael has written several scripts for New England-area renaissance faires, as
well as a number of articles based on faire culture for
Renaissance Magazine
.

In 2013, Michael left his job of 15 years as
a reporter and blogger for his hometown newspaper, the Falmouth Enterprise, to
pursue his writing career. His debut novel,
Action Figures – Issue One:
Secret Origins
made its debut in September 2013.

Michael lives in Massachusetts with his wife
Veronica, three cats, an English bulldog, and a comic book collection large
enough to warrant its own room.

Visit Michael online at
www.innsmouthlook.com, and find him on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest,
and Goodreads.