Episode 150: Making Dethfest More Metal

Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 9:38 p.m.

b'Another great week staying consistent with working out.\\xa0\\nI\'ve been in a fantastic mood working on Try Not to Die: At Dethfest with Glenn Hedden. It feels so great being creative again and I really like the way Glenn and I are working together.\\xa0\\n(2:55) I asked my buddy Mcor (check him out on Episode 82) if he wouldn\'t mind asking Jose Mangin from Sirius XM Liquid Metal if he\'d be up for making an appearance in my book. Mcor called me back with Jose on the line and he made my week by saying he\'d love to be in it. Glenn and I are going to work both Mcor and Jose into the story.\\n(6:44) For my daughter\'s 14th birthday we\'re taking her to see Ice Nine Kills at the Hollywood Palladium, a venue where I\'ve had a ton of cool memories, both from working shows and attending them.\\n(7:55) Free days: TNTD: In the Wizard\'s Tower is free on kindle Feb 25-27 and Twisted Reunion will be free Mar 2-6.\\n(9:00) How much I appreciate my readers, especially those in the Dark and Disturbing group, subscribers, and ones who write to me.\\n(10:45) The Dark and Disturbing international giveaway is still going on.\\n(11:57) I answer reader questions:\\nPaul Young asks:\\xa0"For your excellent series, Try Not to Die, how long did you spend researching each book?"\\nEmily Haynes asked: "Are any of your character\'s based on real people?"\\n"Do you think you could escape the situation\'s you put your characters in?"\\n(19:30) I narrate a scene from TNTD: At Grandma\'s House.\\n(22:45) I narrate a second scene from the book.'