First, on a non-selfish note, I want to give a virtual high-five to my friend and fellow author J.M. Aucoin for dropping his first full-length novel, Honor Among Thieves. It’s available now on Amazon in hard copy and Kindle editions, so click on the image to pick up a copy!

Now, onto business.

Over the weekend, I power-edited The Adventures of Strongarm & Lightfoot and sent it off to my editor Julie for her final review. I plan to release this book in advance of a book-signing at the Connecticut Renaissance Faire, so sometime in the late summer or early fall.

I’d like this new book to hit the ground running, so to speak, so I am looking for 10 people interested in reading a preview copy of the book. This would be an “unedited proof,” which means it will not be fully formatted and there may still be typos hiding among the text, but it would otherwise be the finished product.

Here’s the deal: if you want to be one of my preview readers, shoot me an e-mail using the Contact Mike link. On July 31, I will send the first ten people to respond an electronic copy of the book (as a PDF, or as an EPUB or MOBI file for e-readers) to check out.

If you’re selected to be a preview readers, the next step is easy: read the book, and finish it by the end of August.

Once the book page is live on Amazon, I’ll contact preview readers to let them know. If you liked the book, leave a review, and as a thank-you, I’ll send you a signed copy of the final print edition!