Guest Post- Jeremy Robinson Blog Tour and Kindle Giveaway

Today I'm playing host to a familiar face- thriller author Jeremy Robinson. As a part of his promotional blog tour, he's giving away a Kindle. Check out the post and Q&A to learn a little more about his writing and the Kindle giveaway.


Welcome to Jeremy Robinson’s Great Kindle Giveaway and Blog Tour.

“Hurray for free Kindles!” you say, but who the hell is Jeremy Robinson? Allow me to introduce myself. I’m the author of eleven mixed genre novels, published in ten languages, including the popular fantasy YA series, THE LAST HUNTER, and the fast-paced Jack Sigler series (also known as Chess Team—not nearly as nerdy as it sounds), PULSE, INSTINCT and THRESHOLD from Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press. I’m the co-author of an expanding series of novellas deemed the Chesspocalypse, which take place in the Chess Team universe. If that doesn’t wet your whistle, I’m also known as Jeremy Bishop, the #1 Amazon.com horror author of THE SENTINEL and the controversial novel, TORMENT. For more about me, or my books, visit www.jeremyrobinsononline.com.

I have watched for years as my fellow authors held online events called blog tours. Some would visit ten blogs. Others, as many as ninety. And every day they would bring something different, waxing eloquent about a multitude of topics. When I finally decided to have a blog tour of my own, and settled on doing each and every weekday in October, my first thought was, “This will be cool,” which was immediately followed up by, “Holy crap, I can’t think of something interesting to say twenty times in one month!” I can barely think of something worthwhile for my own blog just once a month. The solution is what follows; each blog participating in the tour could ask me ANY three questions. That means, if the subject matter bores you, I’m not to blame! Huzzah!

But fear not. There are other rewards for sloughing through the questions and answers. I’ll be giving away two Kindles to two randomly selected readers who sign up for my newsletter. Details on the giveaway can be found below. On to the Q&A!


1. You put a lot of crazy creatures in your books. Do you have a favorite cryptid or monster out of myth/legend?

Wow, that’s hard. As a kid, my favorite cryptid was Nessie without a doubt. I would take out books on the subject from the library and researches the subject like I was going to the loch to search for the beast myself. But now? It’s hard to say. I think I’d lean towards the ones that have the greatest chance of being real. I recently read that there is an expedition going in search of the Yeti, which is awesome, but I think the subject of my book, KRONOS, is my current top pick. The New England Sea Serpent is not only local, but it’s also possible. We still find new, and large, species in the ocean so it’s possible we’ll find more. In New England alone there are hundreds of different reported sightings made my thousands of people (picture a full beach of people seeing something all at once). That the same creatures are seen all over the world means that they, like other large sea creatures, can migrate for food. AND, some sightings include more than once creature, which means there is a population, not just a single, seemingly immortal plesiosaur trapped in a lake (sorry childhood).

In terms of mythical creatures, I think I’d have to pick the subject of several of my novels—ANTARKTOS RISING and THE LAST HUNTER series—the Nephilim. These half-human, half-demon giants are not only recorded in the Bible, but also in the ancient stories from cultures all around the world (just like the flood story is). Which, in my mind, puts them at the border of myth and closer to reality. And that is both fascinating, and frightening.

2. You've been doing a lot of collaborating lately. Aside from yours truly, if you could collaborate with any author, living or dead, who would it be and why?

This year at Thrillerfest, I was talking to James Rollins and he mentioned he was working on a project with a collaborator. It took all of my effort to not devolve into a Neanderthal and shout, “Me next! Me next! Pick me next!” It’s no secret that Jim has been a big influence on my writing and career and working with him would not only be great fun, but also expose my name to a larger audience that I have yet to tap. In fact, many years ago when Jim read and blurbed my novel RAISING THE PAST, he said something like, “I don’t know why you haven’t been signed by a big New York publisher yet.” To which I replied, “Well if you ever need a Clive Cussler-like co-author, I’m your man.” So this isn’t the first time I thought about it.

3. What music inspires you?

I listen to soundtracks when I write my novels and just hearing that music puts me back in the book. I listen to the Book of Eli soundtrack when I write THE LAST HUNTER books. I’m on my third Hunter book now, so the music is really a part of the experience and I encourage fans to listen to that music while reading the book. The moment I put that soundtrack on and the first song starts, I have this profound emotional experience. It’s like hearing a song from childhood and having memories triggered, except in this case, the memories are a story about which I feel deeply. It’s really strange. I put on that music and suddenly I’m back underground, alone and surrounded by monsters.

4. What are you reading right now outside the thriller genre?

I don’t get a ton of time to read as I work a lot and have three kids. So my reading time is basically 11pm – 12:30pm and recently, that’s been taken up by edits of my upcoming hardcover, SECONDWORLD, as well as reading the upcoming Callsign titles: King 2, Bishop and Knight. So I’m pretty much reading my own books right now. I think the last book I read that’s not technically a thriller (it’s in the Sci-Fi section of B&N) was Robopocalypse. It’s really an awesome and uniquely told story about the rise of an AI and the near destruction of the human race, and the people who fight back. Really great story.




Hope that was as good for you as it was for me. Now how about that kindle giveaway?
Here’s the deal: to be entered to win one of two free kindles all you have to do is visit my website—www.jeremyrobinsononline.com—and sign up for the newsletter. That’s it. The first kindle will go to a randomly chosen newsletter signup on October 31. For the second kindle, there’s a catch. The second giveaway will only be triggered if one of my kindle books hits the Amazon.com bestseller list (top 100). So pick up some books (most are just $2.99 a pop) and spread the word! If one of the books squeaks up to #100 for just a single hour, the second kindle will be given away to another randomly chosen newsletter sign up on October 31.

*When you sign up for the newsletter, be sure to include the name of the blog that referred you in the field provided. I’ll be giving away two $50 Amazon.com gift certificates to the blog that refers the most sign-ups and another to the blog who referred the first kindle winner.

** I will announce winners via Twitter, Facebook, my blog, and newsletter (which you will be signed up for!) but I’ll also e-mail the winners directly—I’ll need to know where to ship those kindles!

Thanks for spending some time with me today. Hope you enjoyed the Q&A, and good luck with the kindle giveaway!

-- Jeremy Robinson