tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14256595700066825562024-10-07T00:56:52.785-04:00Welcome to my blog! Here is the latest news of my recently published books and images of some of my paintings.William Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06519270661782013088noreply@blogger.comBlogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1425659570006682556.post-41282024747115085912017-05-01T21:11:00.000-04:002017-05-01T21:11:14.390-04:00

Scheduled for Sunday, May 7, 12-4 at the Williams Street facility, the Spring event will conclude. I have placed three paintings in the show, mostly for fun. My painting was limited this winter for one reason or another. Two of the three paintings are shown in the right column.

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0y7N-q0XANgY2NQN0tuYjRsRHM

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The annual auction was held early in November. It is always a grand affair and always interesting to me to note what sells and for how much. As in the past several years I donated two pieces. They were displayed in the Online/Silent auction area. Both sold, one for $100, the other for $200. I think I now have somewhat of an idea of what the public likes and how much they pay. However, as for what

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The Members' exhibit will have its awards reception from 2-4 pm on Saturday, December 10. I counted approximately 200 artists in the mix. Wow! I imagine there will be abut 300 pieces or more to judge. From the work I have seen of the New Bedford-based judge, I don't think this will be my breakthrough exhibit in Attleboro where I achieve a thing. There are a number of monetary-type awards to be

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I wasn't able to make the exhibit on Sunday for the judging results. Nevertheless, good news. I received a second place in acrylics for the Swamp Reflections painting. Oddly, this was not the one I would have chosen, even after I took the session on Judging at the seminar at Hyannis last weekend. It's (judging) subjective, of course.

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I've mostly left painting for this fall and winter. During this time of year and through the fall, I search for photos and scenes which I feel I could use as subject material. It's the lighting and the fall colors which capture my attention. Then it's up to me to select the subject material and its composition in the scene to be painted. The Taunton Art Association will be holding its Fall Art

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I'm quite happy with the sales of Wild Men. They have exceeded my expectations. Of the several books I have written, its sales went out of the box the quickest. I have been able to direct market it to interested parties through Twitter. I also took the advice of Mark Coker of Smashwords to build up pre-sales prior to its release and that decision was a winner. On and off for the first 2-3 months,

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Not much more to say but thank you!

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My new book, Wild Men, shows up as a Best Seller in its category from time to time on Amazon. I watched over time as searches on Amazon for the title 'Wild Men' showed my book fourth, then third, then first. I didn't think anything of it until I noticed the little orange banner with 'Best Seller' on it a few weeks back. Amazon seems to be the best channel this time, better than Apple or Barnes &

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I posted it to the right.

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To the right I have posted some of the paintings I've completed this winter thus far.

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I am so pleased with sales of Wild Men. Sales are rapidly approaching levels in the time since the book's release in February 19th that are half of my best Zombie book's results for the first year. The subject of men or beasts running around in the forests in the 1800s and early 1900s seems to be as compelling to others as it was to me. My first thought before the research was that a portion of

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So far, and it hasn't been a month since the book's release, but the response has been much better than I expected. Better even than Flatline Virus, my first novel and best seller, although it is too early to draw any solid conclusions. I have only the results from Amazon to gauge sales by. In the aforementioned case, Amazon provided about one-third of my total sales, the rest going to Apple at

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Early returns for 'Wild Men' show sales that are exceeding any of the other books I've authored. I guess this tells me that my new marketing methods are more effective, i.e. pre-ordering, more focused targeting of the interested readers, and the subject material being fact vs. fiction.

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I've continually tweeted news about Wild Men and there has been interest. I believe there is some interest in the older stories. However, these stories are not all about Bigfoot. In fact, many of the 220 or so stories in the book relate to actual human beings that lived outdoors, alone mostly. Some did so of their own volition while others were just a little crazed. Sometimes it's tough to

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 I can't remember when one of my books went through the upload/meat grinder process without any errors (formatting) but this one did. I guess I've done this enough to know what to do without errors. I've scheduled the release date for February 19 which is a Friday. I chose this day since most ebook sales occur on weekend days. The publishing of my book with a future release date allows me

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The book is scheduled to be released on February 19, 2016. The book description is as follows: What was a 'Wild Man' -beast or man? Gibson has compiled 220 related newspaper articles, most over 100 years old, covering 42 states, Canada, and elsewhere. Read how witness accounts of Wild Men were reported - generally a bipedal, hairy, mostly naked, and elusive creature.  Sometimes it's

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I've pretty much completed the writing. I have one more edit to go, having been through the text and formatting at least once for each, but need to go through everything one more time. The words number 77,000+. There are over 220 individual stories from old newspapers going back to 1829, covering 36 states, three Canadian provinces and a number of countries. Most of the newspaper articles are in

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I've read all but two of the following: When Roger Met Patty by William Munns Bigfoot by Loren Coleman The Best of Sasquatch by John Green Sasquatch - Legend Meets Science by Jeff Meldrum Bigfoot Enigma by Scott Marlowe The Red Ape by Jeffrey Schwartz The Hoopa Project by David Paulides Missing 411-Western US by David Paulides  Missing 411-Eastern US by David Paulides Still Living

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The work on the book has resumed after several days in St. Augustine where the first annual International Cryptozoology Conference was held. It was a top notch affair, including the city, the hotel and venue and especially the speakers. I am a Bigfoot enthusiast, but there was a diverse set of speakers covering various topics in the realm of cryptids. I had a chance to meet Cliff Barackman as

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It's been busy, which is why I have only some small progress to report on the book. I am going through a thorough edit of format, spelling, typos and punctuation. I am a little over 20% complete. The book cover is in progress. I have some other work to do as well, including book descriptions (very important!). That is it for now.

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The compilation of articles is complete. I've organized the book in the following way: Chapter 1 - What is a Wild Man? Chapter 2 - The Stories by State, in Alphabetical Order (Alabama-Nevada) Chapter 3 - The Stories by State, in Alphabetical Order (New Jersey-Wisconsin) Chapter 4 - The Stories - Canada Chapter 5 - The Stories - Other Countries Chapter 6 - Conclusion and Recap Chapter 7 - What is

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What's left is a lot of editing. Plus all the marketing, e.g. Descriptions of the book in various numbers of words, the design of the book cover, etc. I have the book cover art. It's my painting. The book contains over 130 articles from newspapers from 38 states and a number of countries. The articles go back to 1839 ( a fascinating one from Wisconsin in 1839). Be aware that WILD MEN (probably

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I wanted to explore this topic, the Wild Man, but had no real good idea of what I'd find. It's a matter of finding old newspaper articles and compiling the stories. I had a feeling it would be a mix of mysterious sightings of something that could be man or beast. I was right, although more man than I would have thought. As part of the book, I will be: 1) compiling statistics regarding the stories

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