[Matt Maxwell]

Okay, not really the prison. And not quite Folsom, California either, but it's the closest place that folks are likely to have heard of.

Matt Maxwell here. I write a variety of things, but most of my Kindle output falls in the sci-fi/fantasy/horror range. Well, there's the big book of essays on comics, but I figure that's a...select...readership.

You can view my Amazon Author page at http://tinyurl.com/mattmaxwellauthor, which covers my Kindle books, as well as my one print book, the first volume of the horror/western comic series STRANGEWAYS.

Should I clutter up this post with actual links to the books? Self-promo is one of those things that I'm not a natural at. I know. I should probably fix that sometime.

I'll list my newest one. How 'bout that? http://tinyurl.com/ragnarokkindle - RAGNAROK SUMMER
Epic fantasy with dashes of horror and sci-fi elements. Starts with the question "What if the Norse gods won the battle of Ragnarok?" and leads to Thor and Loki on a maniac motorcycle trip through the nine worlds: from the belly of the Midgard Serpent to the spires of Asgard to the twilit limbo of Hel, in pursuit of the secret that stopped the end of the world, a secret which is eating through reality like a cancer. I'm not sure what else to liken it to, since I haven't read many other books like it at all.

What else? I graduated from UC Irvine a long, long time ago. Still read (some) comic books, listen to everything from Tom Waits to Sunn 0))), married, two kids, spend most of my time and energy keeping them from killing each other. They grow out of that, right?

Glad to be here. Will spend some more time poking around and participating.

 

[Valmore Daniels]

Welcome 

 

[Ian Weaver]

Hi Matt

Nice to see you out - welcome.

Ian

 

[Zachery Richardson]

Hi Matt,

I gotta say, Ragnarok Summer sounds extraordinarily cool! I don't think any book I've read has had a premise that's grabbed my attention by the throat like that. Probably has something to do with my having recently seen the Marvel film Thor. 

 

[intinst]

Greetings and Welcome, Matt!! We are so glad you found KindleBoards! We have many areas that you probably will like. Have you been to The Book Corner yet? That's the area for discussions about books (naturally ). That's also where you will find threads about books Recommended by our Members and a list of additional sites for Book Lovers.
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[Daniel Leston]

Hi, Matt, and welcome to KB.  Glad to have you with us.  Wishing you every success with your books.

Dan --

 

[Matt Maxwell]

Thanks for the warm welcome, folks. And I'm beginning to work my way through the boards, though my wife is probably wondering why I'm not upstairs painting with her.

Zach, if you're interested, but on the fence, I'm serializing the first quarter or so of the book over on my blog, over the next several weeks. Pretty sure that's a larger chunk than the sample Kindle will send you.

Funny, but I didn't intend to put it out on THOR's coattails, mostly because I'd forgotten the manuscript for a long time (it was written...well, before I had kids, so more or less a lifetime ago.) Still haven't seen the film, but am working through the Walt Simonson THOR omnibus from Marvel. A daunting task.

 

[PJHafner]

Hey Matt,

Welcome to Kindle Boards!

 

[Ilyria Moon]

Welcome aboard I thought this was going to be a Johnny Cash appreciation thread hehe

 

[medicalhumor]

Hey Matt,

You've been to Folsom Prison haven't you Matt? Come on, you can tell us...we're like family her on the boards. What'd ya get busted for Matt? Felony fiction? It's OK...
It's OK!

Welcome!

 

[Matt Maxwell]

What'd ya get busted for Matt? Felony fiction? It's OK...

Impersonating an author. /rimshot

Actually, it was for something I did in Reno...

 

[NapCat (retired)]

Glad you are here, no matter what you had to do to make it !!

 

[Montana Mills]

Welcome! 

 

[Carol (was Dara)]

Welcome Matt.

 

[JimC1946]

Welcome to Kindle Boards!

 

[Colin Taber]

Welcome to KB!

Good luck with your books - they sound fascinating! I'll be checking out Ragnarok Summer 

 

[Matt Maxwell]

Thanks, Colin. Every click helps!

No, really, I don't get that much attention.

Need to work on publicity...

 

[JDChev]

Welcome to the boards!

I hope your experience here will be as positive as mine has been so far!

 

[TJ Perkins]

Welcome, glad to have you with us!

 

[Colin Taber]

Thanks, Colin. Every click helps!

No, really, I don't get that much attention.

Need to work on publicity...

Yes, we all do, it's a bit of a neverending task! But, as you say, every click helps.