Internet Forums that I owe my Authorhood to…

So in the back of my books, I always try to shout out to a few forums that have been immensely helpful to me getting started actually selling books.

I owe them a LOT.

And as I was spreading the news on them that Trample the Weak is $0.99/EBOOK for this week…. (hinthint)

I wanted to do a quick math problem.

When I finished my first book, I posted the exact same new thread in each of their General Forums. That was on October 2nd, 2020.

Which is such a long time ago.

(My very first book, West of Prehistoric, came out on Sept 18th, 2020.)

Here’s the thread, which was posted here as well.

C’mon you apes! Do you wanna READ forever? (Book PUBLISHED!)

Fast forward a few years to Feb 2026… And these are the stats on those forums/thread.

NC4x4.com – 288 Replies, 34,000ish views.

CarolinaFirearmsForum.com – 345 replies, 13,000ish views.

FalFiles.com – 121 replies, 9,000ish views.

Total of: 754 replies and 56,000ish views.

That’s just nuts. Granted, a lot of those replies were me giving updates on my writing journey and release information. But still, that’s a LOT of participation.

And I certainly wouldn’t be doing as well as I am now without them.

Many thanks amigos!

Leap The Dead – PRE-ORDER IS LIVE!

Pre-order HERE!

Comes out Feb 27th!

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After their greatest defeat in the 170 year history of the United States Marine Corps, 1st Marine Division is shipping out to retake Yeuhan Island.

Their objective?

Fight through a large scale assault on the beach defended by thousands of monstrous kaiju, retake the airfield, and work through the cavernous tunnels and underground infrastructure of the island to root out the Emperor’s evil and sadistic Unit Thirty-Five.

And, supposedly, not die in the process.

Sergeant Beau Henry doesn’t want to survive though.

He wants to die.

But unknown to either America or Japan, Unit Thirty-Five has new plans for their biochemical weapons and technological advancements.

And the task of ending them will push Henry to the breaking point.

It will take all his willpower, his beliefs, his weapons, and his men to defeat those who would challenge the world.

Because if he fails, Unit Thirty-Five will be unstoppable.

Can a man who wants to die live long enough to do what is asked?

Will duty and honor overcome selfish desire?

Henry is about to find out.

Trample the Weak’s Audio Book is released! And Leap the Dead is finished!

Let there be much rejoicing and huzzah!

Trample the Weak is out in Audible form! Narrated by my favorite guy, Chris Lyell. Who I grew up with. And did many a stupid thing together. (But we survived! More Huzzah!) LINK BELOW:

AUDIBLE LINK HERE.

Leap the Dead is finished. Cover art is in the works by the amazing Matt James and final edit is going on now(think I’m at Chapter 14 of 54), followed by the ‘put together’ of the book. Ya know… formatting, adding all those little pages like copyright, chapter list, about the author, what else I’ve written, etc.

So that’s awesome.

Should be released in kindle/paperback by end of Feb.

Can’t wait for you guys to go back to the blood soaked island of death and monsters!

Hasta La Vista, 2025. Bring on 2026!

Leap The Dead will be finished by the end of next week. That’s book… -counts fingers- seven.

Not bad.

I started it May of 2025. So, 9 months. That’s the shortest time it’s taken me to write a book yet.

My favorite cover artist, fellow author Matt James, is working on that part. Also, my favorite narrator, Christopher Lyell, is going to be dragged back in to do the audio on this one as well. (After three weeks so far of dealing with Amazon ACX/Audible trying to get the cover art uploaded – we finally wrapped that up Trample the Weak last week. Now it’s around ten days of waiting for approval…) And as for myself, I’ve an idea for a third book to continue the Beau Henry series. Which will likely be titled, ‘Eat the Survivors‘.

I also have ‘Settling Prehistoric‘ on the brain. I miss Jedidiah Huckleberry Smith, his horse Carbine, his love Skyla, and all that chaos of fun western characters in the lost world of Prehistoria…

Conquering Prehistoric, the 5th book in the series, was a blast to write from a new perspective. Cato ‘The Black Plague’ Landry was a cool character who needed his story to be told. And bringing a lost Roman Legion into the story was fun as well. I mean, c’mon… Roman’s vs Cowboys. Heck yeah.

But ultimately, while the reviews are at an awesome average of 4.7/5 stars, it wasn’t as popular as the Jedidiah books. And Settling Prehistoric would be going back to Jed as the main character, with his ‘family’ intact, and a dangerous new threat that was hinted at in the end of Conquering Prehistoric. (So I reckon you ought to read that one even if you wanted more Jed… just for the reveal at the end.)

After almost two years away from Prehistoria, I feel like I need to re-read the books first while I work on an outline. I’ve been so glued into WWII and the Pacific Theater, that it’s going to take some work to recall all the details of the West of Prehistoric series.

That may give me time to figure out the next series I’d like to work on. And also give another book to the fans of WoP before 2026 is over…

But expect a cover reveal post and pre-order option soon for Leap the Dead. Which will hopefully coincide with a ‘Audible Release!’ announcement for Trample the Weak.

Things are a moving.

Cheers to 2026.

May we make all things better than they were before.

Erik.

December 2025 – Update

The writing continues. I’m over 60% through writing the Leap The Dead. It’s going well, we get to explore Yeuhan Island in depth, and the Japanese Emperor’s sadistic Unit Thirty-Five. I’m having fun with that. And Trample The Weak is still doing REALLY well in sales. So I need to wrap that up…

My next project is up in the air though… I was going to write this series about two competing billionaires using mercenaries to retrieve artifacts of Christ.

But then I saw this $0 deal on Amazon for The Blood King by Matt James who is a fantastic writer and cover artists. (He does my cover art)

And danged if he didn’t write my book.

It’s so good, folks. I’m about 3/4’s of the way through, reading it in bits and pieces on my bathroom breaks at work. (heh) And I’m very, very impressed. I highly recommend it. He gets the ‘nerd lore’ down pat. I won’t say anything more than that, but it’s clever and historical and such.

Go buy it. The sequel, The False Prophet, is already out.

So, since Matt James wrote my series and all… it’s back to the drawing board.

Settling Prehistoric is still waiting. I’d love to go back to the world of Prehistoria and write about my favorite character of all time. But I’m going to have to re-read the books so I don’t goof it up after taking a year and a half off from the series.

And… that’s kinda it. I’ve a few small ideas that I’ve got to do some thinking on and see if I can expand them properly for a nice little series.

But we will see.

Hope you all had a glorious Thanksgiving with much giving of thanks to our Lord and Savior, and enjoyed your bountiful feasts on this conquered land.

Hasta la vista.