North versus South, Facebook-style

Back in January, I told you fine folks about how I'd finally landed a publishing contract for my original novel, Swords & Sixguns: An Outlaw's Tale.  At the time, I had no idea when the release date would be, other than it would happen sometime in the next 4 years.  Well, I'm happy to report that we've narrowed that window down to 2016.  That gives me two years to bang out the second novel (I'm up to 100-odd pages at the moment), as well as begin to build a bandwagon upon which I'll be shilling the book to everyone within earshot.

To that end, I've started a Facebook page for the book series.  If you recall, that was the original reason I joined Facebook a couple of years ago, back when I thought I might have to self-publish and, therefore, self-promote.  Why did I start the page today instead of waiting another year or two?  'Cause September 1st, 1994 was the very first day I sat down with the clear intent of writing a book -- I'd even taken a week's vacation off from work just to make sure I had time to really buckle down and write -- so I figured the 20th anniversary of that day was the best time to start up the Facebook page.  So if'n ya feel so inclined, head on over to https://www.facebook.com/SwordsAndSixguns and give it a like.  Posting will be sparse at first, I'll admit, but I'll do my level best to keep things interesting.

Speaking of Facebook and September events, this is also the anniversary month for "Jonah Hex, Via Pony Express"...the other page I run, thanks to Darren Schroeder tagging me in as admin not longer after he set it up.  Turns out these past two years of doing Hex-centric posts and noodling with the page in general have been great practice for what I'll need to be doing with the "Swords & Sixguns" page, so I won't be a total doofus about it like I was when I first tried making a Facebook page (you may recall the large amount of cussin' I did regarding that).  On VPE's end of things, today's the first day of our FOREVER HEX celebration, which is a little bittersweet this year, what with the recent cancellation of All-Star Western.  Despite this, VPE will soldier on, and if you want to join us, pop over to https://www.facebook.com/ViaPonyExpress and, once again, give it a like.

This is gonna be a little weird, running two different Facebook pages about two different Western guys.  As if they don't vie for my writing time already, now I've pitted them head-to-head on social media.  Let's see how long it takes before I start mixing up which post goes where.