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A CONSPIRACY COME FULL CIRCLE—THE BLACK FLAGGED LEGACY AND BEYOND
***Post-apocalyptic fans will find some VERY exciting news at the end of this post (new series), so keep reading. Warning: Spoilers ahead if you haven’t read the Black Flagged series*** I’ve led...
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MAY DEALS
THE DEALS AND NEW RELEASES KEEP ON COMING! I’ll keep this short, in bullet format, because my wife informed me that I have a tendency to ramble…and she’s the boss. 1.) Both novels in my Fractured State...
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THE ZULU VIRUS CHRONICLES PRIMER
WITH LESS THAN TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE PROJECTED RELEASE IN LATE JUNE…I figured it was time to give give you more than just a few teasers about HOT ZONE, book one in The Zulu Virus Chronicles. Before I...
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Welcome to the HOT ZONE
Not words you’d typically want to hear under any other circumstances. HOT ZONE, the first book in THE ZULU VIRUS CHRONICLES, is now available in Kindle or hard copy on Amazon. The audiobook version...
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Author Steven Konkoly and the Wonderful World of Audiobooks
I know. The blog post title sounds like some kind of movie nobody should watch, or an audiobook nobody should listen to! I figured the worse the title, the more curious you’d be. Morbidly curious. HOT...
View ArticleYour KILL BOX has arrived
Not something you normally hear! FOURTEEN NOVELS—8,000 pages—6,300 Amazon reviews later, I bring you…. A FIFTEENTH NOVEL. KILL BOX: Book 2 in The Zulu Virus Chronicles is now available in ebook and...
View ArticleSucked into a FIRE STORM
That’s what will happen when you start reading book 3 in The Zulu Virus Chronicles! SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Fire extinguisher is probably the right answer. FIRE STORM: Book 3 in The Zulu Virus...
View ArticleTHE RESCUE (Ryan Decker Book One) — The #1 Thriller on Amazon during March 2019!
WOW! It has been over a year since I last posted here. Crazy that more than a year has passed since the last Steven Konkoly book. I promise I won’t make you wait that long again. That said, I think...
View ArticleTHE RAID (Ryan Decker 2) is now available
Book 2 in the Ryan Decker series is now available internationally at Amazon (see links below book cover) in ebook, paper and audiobook formats. A Border Patrol murder exposes a high-level conspiracy in...
View ArticleOMEGA
FINALLY! Three years isn’t that long…right? Don’t spend another second waiting. CLICK HERE TO ORDER THANK YOU for very patiently waiting for this book. I released Black Flagged VEKTOR (Book 4) in the...
View ArticleThe Jakarta Pandemic earns 200th Customer Review on Amazon…
and the statistics remain the same. One reader out of five would trip me in the grocery store aisle if they got the chance. Of course, if they read Black Flagged, the last place they would ever...
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Working on Vacation…
In my dream office. It’s pretty hard to complain about bringing work along on vacation, when this is your early morning workspace. While everyone else snored away below deck, I sat here and typed away...
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Black Flagged Apex Coming Soon
DECEMBER 2012 Book Three in the Black Flagged Series. “A tense alliance between the CIA and General Sanderson’s covert operations group narrowly averts a deadly bioweapons attack by Islamic...
View ArticleThe habit of writing…
is hard to break. For those of you that enjoy my books, don’t worry yourselves…I’m not trying to break myself of the habit. It has been two years since I published The Jakarta Pandemic, and I found...
View ArticleWounded Warrior Project Donation Update
It has taken a SNOW DAY for me to finally catch up on a number of administrative tasks that have lingered since early January, one of the most important being the wrap up of the Donation Campaign...
View ArticleBlack Flagged Vektor
Black Flagged Vektor is finally in the hands of my editor and several beta readers, leaving me in that awkward phase, where I find myself waking up at 4:30 in the morning and watching You Tube videos...
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Where I write…
Most of the time. I realized I should explain each of my “offices” a little better. I posted this on Facebook, and one of my friends thought the tall glass was a beer. He missed the 4:30 in the morning...
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Finding a little inspiration…
to start a new novel. You’d think that starting novel number six wouldn’t be a big deal. It’s always a big deal, and frankly, I find myself more than a little nervous as I type the title on the page,...
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The Process…
Six Books Later. Never before has the process crystalized so clearly, as it has for my sixth book, The Perseid Collapse. The long overdue sequel to The Jakarta Pandemic has percolated in my head for...
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Review of Paul Antony Jones’ Exodus (Book Two of Extinction Point series)
Paul Antony Jones is the first “formerly” self-published author that I met when I started my own journey into writing. He has come a long way since then and serves as an inspiration. He truly defines...
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Book Review of HOMEWORLD by Tony Faville and Eric S. Brown
I rarely read military science fiction anymore. It’s more a function of time than anything else. Beyond beta reading works by other indie authors, I barely have time for my “favorite” standbys of old...
View ArticleLinks for writers…
If you’re an independent author, you rely on the sage advice and research of “other” independent authors, especially the ones that have made the “full time” shift to writing—or have been writing for...
View ArticleThe Perseid Collapse series concept
The past few weeks have yielded a changes. Big changes. I’ll share one of them with you now, and the other in a few days. First, after an impromptu strategy session with cover designer, Jeroen ten...
View ArticleBig News Part Two…
Last week, I alluded to a second big change in the works, though I suppose the word “change” is a bit of an understatement. The news is a complete paradigm shift for me. The bottom line? I RESIGNED...
View ArticleMy writing has made me a little paranoid…
which isn’t a bad thing. I think. Here’s the situation. My son needed a ride to a friend’s house on a weekend morning, and like every weekend morning, I like to lounge around (after writing…I’m up...
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The complete Perseid Collapse interview…
by Randy Powers of Practical Tactical. This isn’t the first time Randy has challenged me to dissect one of my novels. Our early 2013 discussion of The Jakarta Pandemic is one of the most thorough,...
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Fiction Research: Black Hole or Thousand Points of Light?
The answer to this question depends on the genre. I’ll stick to what I know and focus on Technothrillers. Walking a fine line: Reading reviews for my novels can be confusing. “If you like Clancy,...
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I don’t often cry…
but when I do, it’s usually because I just completed the plot board for one of my novels and realized—I have a long way to go! Each Post-It represents a chapter. I typically add Post-Its as I go. Now...
View ArticleInterviewed by James Moushon of HBS Author’s Spotlight
This is a fantastic interview (not because of me) by James Moushon of HBS Author’s Spotlight. He clearly put a lot of time and effort into his questions, and I enjoyed taking the time to delve deeper...
View ArticlePodcast interview with Tim Knox
at Interviewing Authors. I’m going to come clean right now and tell everyone that I went into this interview thinking Tim Knox was “just some guy” putting together author interviews. To say I didn’t...
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Eight Tips for New Writers…of any age
This post is dedicated to a young gentleman named Noah (10 years old), who is writing a science fiction story about the future of mankind. His father, an avid reader and fan of my books, asked if I had...
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One Year Anniversary…
As a full time writer. Actually, it was September 17. The day, one year ago, that my regular paychecks stopped, my cell phone allotment ceased, my ridiculously generous healthcare insurance ended,...
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The Definitive Interview by Robert Bidinotto
Robert Bidinotto (pictured left) and I share a little history. Our first novels were featured by Amazon (in the same promotion) during a CyberMonday sale three years ago, essentially launching our book...
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Diversification in the new Indie landscape
Without borrowing too many of the themes expertly highlighted by my esteemed colleague, Russell Blake, in his recent flurry of end of the year, must-read posts (The New Landscape and 2015 Predictions),...
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STEADY ON THE HELM, EYES ON THE HORIZON
Note: I talk numbers later in this post, lots of numbers, so bear with the more didactic start to my year end post. I DON’T DO PREDICTIONS There’s nothing wrong with predictions, I just think other...
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NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS
WRITE MORE 2015 was kind of a slow writing year for me. I have a deadline to meet at the end of February, and more books to write after that. The more I write, the more you get to read. I plan to...
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Book Cover Evolution
If you follow me on Facebook, or occasionally check for my latest release on Amazon, you’ve probably noticed that my books look different from time to time. If you stalk my books (I don’t mind that at...
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Introducing FRACTURED STATE
I’m so excited to get this book into your hands, I barely know where to start. Seriously, I’ve been staring at the same few sentences for the past ten minutes. I’ll make this easy on both of us, and...
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Behind the Scenes of THE FRACTURED STATE SERIES: PART ONE
With the release of FRACTURED STATE less than a month away, I thought I’d give readers and fans a look behind the scenes at the creation of the near future, dystopian world supporting the story. As...
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Behind the Scenes of THE FRACTURED STATE SERIES: PART 2
Building the greater world surrounding THE FRACTURED STATE SERIES was a serious blast, but inventing the details of a near-future world was the proverbial “icing on the cake.” This is the kind of stuff...
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Behind the Scenes of the Fractured State Series: Part Three—THE FULL SERIES MAP
THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES HAS RADICALLY CHANGED BY 2035 THE FRACTURED STATE series sweeps you through this vast, twisted landscape with reluctant hero, Nathan Fisher, as he fights against all odds...
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IT’S FINALLY HERE!
After more than a year since my last novel sized release… I finally have something to prove that I haven’t been on a 14 month sabbatical from writing! FRACTURED STATE is now available for purchase as...
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POST ELECTION DAY MADNESS SALE
Update: Due to a small mistake, the deal for The Perseid Collapse books will commence in the UK on Nov 11. I can’t offer the discount on The Jakarta Pandemic in the UK at this time. Because a relaxing...
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AN EARLY HOLIDAY GIFT! Sort of…
The long awaited fifth book in the Black Flagged series is now available for PREORDER. Ebook version only for the preorder. Hardcopy and audiobook versions will be available closer to the FEBRUARY 20,...
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99 CENT CHARITY BOXSETS for the holidays!
UPDATE 12/14/16: The THRILLER THIRTEEN boxset raised close to $4,000 for the International Justice Mission. A HUGE THANK YOU to the thousands of readers that supported this cause, and grabbed a great...
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2016 YEAR IN REVIEW (Part One): Post Apocalyptic and Dystopian reads
(Click here for Part Two-Thrillers if post-apocalyptic/dystopian isn’t your kind of story) Instead of the traditional “end of the year review” about what I’ve accomplished as a writer, I wanted to...
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2016 YEAR IN REVIEW (Part Two): Thriller reads
(Click here for Part One-Post Apocalyptic and Dystopian novels) If you’re read this in the other post, go ahead and skip this paragraph. Instead of the traditional “end of the year review” about what...
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Behind the Scenes of the Fractured State Series: Part Four—WHAT’S NEW IN...
If you missed them, read Part One, Part Two and Part Three of Behind the Scenes of the Fractured State series! With the launch of ROGUE STATE (Book 2 in the Fractured State Series) a few days away, I...
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Behind the Scenes of the Fractured State Series: Part Five—THE UNFOLDING...
For those of you who’ve read FRACTURED STATE, you’ve probably guessed that the key conflict of the series revolves around WATER. While the public faces of the One Nation Coalition (anti-secessionists)...
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THREE YEARS LATER—HOW DO YOU REIGNITE A SERIES?
WITH A BIGGER CONSPIRACY, AND A COMPLETE SHAKE-UP OMEGA: A BLACK FLAGGED THRILLER (Book 5) redefines the characters, organizations and all of the relationships readers have come to known in the Black...
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