Dragons in our Midst & Echoes from the Edge

The Bones of Makaidos - Top Speculative Fiction of 2009 List

2009-12-29T22:20:00.000-05:00

The Bones of Makaidos has been included on Christian Fiction blog’s top speculative fiction of 2009 list.

Click here to see the list.

Sale on I Know Why the Angels Dance - Ends at New Year's

2009-12-29T05:37:00.000-05:00

I am putting I Know Why the Angels Dance on sale until the end of 2009. For the next three days, you can buy it for $9 plus shipping. This is a great time to try the book or to purchase one for a friend.

Click here to take advantage of this sale.

Merry Christmas - Family Christmas Card

2009-12-23T05:31:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas with family and friends.

Here is a link to my family’s Christmas card: http://www.dragonsinourmidst.com/ChristmasCard2009.pdf

It’s set up to print out like a card and to be folded, so the left half of the first page is page four, and the right half is page one. The second page make up pages 2 and 3.

Merry Christmas from the Davis family.

Angels Dance Reviews

2009-12-18T10:51:00.000-05:00

If you have read I Know Why the Angels Dance, please let me know by posting a comment here and telling me what you thought of it. If you know of someone else who has read it and benefited, please let me know that as well.

Don't forget, I have a contest going on to help promote this book. Read more about it by clicking here.

Starlighter Price Decrease

2009-12-14T13:59:00.004-05:00

I heard from Zondervan today that the list price for Starlighter will be $9.99. That's a great deal for a novel of this length (between 300 and 400 pages). Because of this, I have reduced my price to $10 (the autograph is worth something, right?), and you can pre-order at that price now. Click here for my Starlighter ordering page.

Starlighter is the first book in the Dragons of Starlight series and will release in April of 2010. For more information on this book go to my blog post by clicking here. And click here for a video trailer.

The Gift that Gives Forever

2009-12-11T13:22:00.003-05:00

I posted this before, but it's worth repeating. If you're looking for an inexpensive gift that could reap eternal benefit for others, continue reading this note.

I am offering a five-copy package of I Know Why the Angels Dance for $45, including shipping. That's only $9 each, delivered, which is pretty much my cost.

As many of you know, I am donating proceeds from this book to charitable causes, so I'm not trying to make a profit. I am trusting that the books will be put in the hands of people who will benefit from its message of hope.

If you'll click here, you can take advantage of this offer.

If you want them for Christmas, there is still time, but you'll need to order soon.

Bryan Teaching at a Writers Conference

2009-12-11T06:03:00.002-05:00

Are you interested in learning more about the craft of writing? Would you like to have me as your teacher?

If you answer yes to either question, you should check out the Florida Christian Writers' Conference. Click Here.

I will be teaching the teen track there, meaning that aspiring writers who happen to be in their teen years will be my students. That doesn't mean that only teens can come to my track. It's just that we work hard and move quickly, so some adults can't keep up :-)

Seriously, adults who are young at heart are welcome to join us.

Whether you want to join my class or not, if you're interested in an intensive few days of writing training and interaction with publishing house representatives and published authors, you might find the conference to be a valuable investment. This is the conference where I got my start. I met my publishing editor there, and that launched my career as an author.

The conference also has a blog. Click Here.

If you have any questions after reading the conference websites, please post a comment. I hope to see you there!

Contest to Promote I Know Why the Angels Dance

2009-12-09T11:03:00.006-05:00

Since I Know Why the Angels Dance is my first novel for adults, it's not very well known yet. I hope you will help me get it publicized. Here is my idea.

The first 75 contestants who get ten people to order this book from me will receive one of the following prizes:

1. All four Dragons in our Midst MP3 audio books (10 available)
2. All four Oracles of Fire MP3 audio books (10 available)
3. The Bones of Makaidos (Paperback book) (5 available)
4. Dragons in our Midst posters. All four book covers on posters. (25 sets available)
5. Oracles of Fire posters. All four book covers on posters. (25 sets available)

If you want to participate, email me bryan (at) daviscrossing (dot) com, and I will send you a unique promotional code. That code can be entered by the purchaser in the web page for ordering - http://www.daviscrossing.com/angelspromo.htm Click here to see the page.

If someone uses that promotional code to order the book, he or she will get a two dollar refund on the purchase for each book ordered, and the contestant will get credit for each copy of the book ordered. When that promotional code gets ten books credited, the contestant will receive one of the prizes. The contestant will have to choose from whatever prize supply is remaining. I will inform the contestant by email when he or she has won a prize.

Once I run out of prizes, the contest will be finished, and I won't be able to award any further prizes, so working quickly will help you be one of the first 75.

When you receive your promotional code, you can promote the book through email, Facebook, Myspace, etc, as well as by posting a notice in your church. Here is sample text.

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Please help me promote a wonderful new book by author Bryan Davis. I Know Why the Angels Dance is a contemporary novel that delves into one of the great struggles of our existence, the mystery of death and the afterlife. It is a Christian novel for adults and teens that is filled with emotion, passion, and spiritual insight, a great gift for anyone who needs a glimpse of light and hope.

The author is contributing all royalties to charitable groups, so this isn't a sales pitch for him. It's a way to spread a message of love and life. If you go to this web page - http://www.daviscrossing.com/angelspromo.htm - you can enter a promotional code to get two dollars off the $12 price. Here is the code - (Put your code here)

If you will forward this message to others or post it on any social network pages you have, I would appreciate it.

For more information, go to http://www.iknowwhytheangelsdance.com
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I will look forward to hearing from those who want to participate. If you have any questions, feel free to post them in comments.

An Advent Poem

2009-12-07T09:17:00.001-05:00

Joseph's Choice
Bryan Davis

A stone, O Joseph, cast a stone;
Obey the law she must have known.
A pregnant girl cannot deny
Her pose of virtue shouts a lie.

We stand beside you, stones in hand;
Just say the word to rid our land
Of harlots soiling God’s good name
By saying Yahweh is to blame.

O son of David, close your ears
To angry shouts that feed your fears,
For mercy calls with heaven’s breath
To rescue her from bloody death.

Believe her words; she tells no lie.
This virgin birth is prophesied.
Conceived by God is this new life;
Embrace her, take her as your wife.

Then Joseph looks upon his bride
Lamenting, sobbing at his side;
A stone in hand, the judge prepares;
Decide for wrath or grace to spare?

The law is clear, the sinner dies.
Yet who can judge with perfect eyes
This weeping girl who serves so well
And claims to bear Immanuel?

Believe a dream, an angel’s song?
Or trust the scribes and screaming throng?
Choose life and suffer scornful men?
Or death and never sleep again?

Again he looks at stone in hand,
A piece of rubble from the land;
It speaks of law, unyielding walls,
And spurns the sound of mercy’s calls.

While Mary weeps in sorrow’s gloom,
She carries grace within her womb,
The stone who comes to set men free,
A rock, a fount of liberty.

Then Joseph drops the stone from hell
And sets his hands on Mary’s swell.
“Believing you,” he says with tears,
“The only choice that wrests my fears.”

“And now I hold this stone of grace
Within a vessel fair of face;
I know you bring the Law of love
Who comes to us from God above.”

Christmas Book Deals

2009-12-01T12:22:00.002-05:00

Just in time for Christmas, I am putting some books on sale.

Raising Dragons - $9
Beyond the Reflection's Edge - $8
Eternity's Edge - $8
All three Echoes from the Edge books - $25

Autographed copies of any of these books would make a great, long-lasting gift.

Click here for my shopping page.

Live Internet Radio Show

2009-12-01T10:46:00.001-05:00

I will be on an Internet radio program called "Aging Outside the Box" on Thursday, December 3, at 6:00 pm central time. It is a one-hour show.

Click Here for the live audio.

Here is the call-in number: 1-323-203-0815

Here is the email address for communicating during the show: Host@agingoutsidethebox.net

I hope a bunch of you can tune in and either call or email the show.

New Audio Book Packages = Great Deal

2009-11-30T08:43:00.003-05:00

The Dragons in our Midst and Oracles of Fire MP3 audio books are now available in complete sets at a great price. I have them in stock, so if you order soon, you will get them in plenty of time before Christmas.

MP3 audio disks will run on your computer as well as on some newer CD players. You can copy them to an iPod or other MP3 player or burn them to regular CD's.

The Dragons in our Midst audio books feature multiple actors and actresses speaking the various character roles while the Oracles of Fire audio books include a single narrator, Peter Sandon, who does an excellent job with the various voices.

Dragons in our Midst - All four MP3 audio books for $17 plus $3 shipping, Click Here

Oracles of Fire - All four MP3 audio books for $17 plus $3 shipping, Click Here

Starlighter Pre-Order - Great Deal

2009-11-23T12:10:00.002-05:00

Christianbook.com has a great pre-order deal for Starlighter - only $7.99!

You can get that sale price at the link below:

Starlighter, Softcover

By Bryan Davis / Zondervan

Jason Masters doubts the stories he's heard about humans being taken to another realm and enslaved by dragons---until his brother disappears! Once through the legendary portal, he joins forces with a prisoner named Koren who's trying to destroy the "black egg of doom." Can they rescue the captives and save two worlds from destruction? 400 pages, softcover from Zondervan.

Starlighter Video Trailer

2009-11-19T22:25:00.002-05:00

Here is the video trailer for Starlighter, book #1 in the Dragons of Starlight series, releasing from Zondervan in April of 2010.

For the Youtube link, click here.

More Audio Books in CD Format

2009-11-16T05:43:00.002-05:00

My Dragons in our Midst and Oracles of Fire audio books have been available in MP3 disk format for quite a while. Now all eight books are available in traditional CD format, so they will play on any CD player. These would make a great Christmas gift for fans of the two series, and at only $20 for each book ($25 for The Bones of Makaidos), they are a bargain.

Click on the following book titles to see the audio book purchasing options:

Raising Dragons
The Candlestone
Circles of Seven
Tears of a Dragon
Eye of the Oracle
Enoch's Ghost
Last of the Nephilim
The Bones of Makaidos

Check out my shopping page for all my books. An autographed book makes for a unique Christmas gift. And all the dragons books are now available in hardcover, so they will last for many years.

Back from the UK

2009-11-16T05:35:00.001-05:00

I apologize for not updating my blog in so long. I have been in England, Scotland, and Wales, visiting historic sites with one of my daughters. We had a good time, but now I'm glad to be home and getting back to work on writing projects.

I am working on my publisher's edits to Starlighter, and then I will get back to the second young adult book in the Dragons of Starlight series, Inner Starlight.

If time permits, I will post some photos from the trip to the UK.

Saturday Bookstore Event on the Web

2009-10-29T11:00:00.002-05:00

I am going to attempt to broadcast my Saturday (October 31) book signing event, from noon to 3 pm Eastern time. I will be speaking at 1 pm, probably for about half an hour. The rest of the time, I will be signing books and talking to customers. I hope you will interact via the web.

Click here for the live streaming link.

I Know Why the Angels Dance now in stock at CBD

2009-10-29T10:57:00.001-05:00

My newest book, I Know Why the Angels Dance, is now in stock at Christianbook.com.

Click here for the link.

I hope you get an opportunity to buy and read the book soon. Thank you for your support.

"Angels" in stock at Amazon

2009-10-22T17:46:00.002-05:00

I Know Why the Angels Dance is now in stock at Amazon.com. Click Here to go to the Amazon page.

The book release was two months late, so I appreciate your patience. I'm sure it will begin showing up in stores very soon. Please do me a favor and ask your local store to stock it.

Echoes from the Edge - Get the word out

2009-10-22T07:13:00.003-05:00

I heard yesterday from a bookstore that one of the main complaints the manager hears about my books is that they come out too slowly. My inner response is one of surprise, because I have published twelve novels since June of 2004. I realize that some authors are more prolific than that, but considering the size of some of my novels, I think they're coming out a pretty good pace. Quite a few popular authors are much slower, so I'm probably in the middle of the pack for speed.

One of the problems is that many readers don't know about all my books. I see proof of that when readers write to me saying, "I love your Dragons in our Midst and Oracles of Fire series. When are you going to come out with another book?" And they have no idea that I already have three more books in the Echoes from the Edge trilogy. Then, when they read those books they write back and tell me how much they enjoyed the stories, and wonder, "Why don't more people know about them?"

I wish I knew the answer to that final question. I think anyone who enjoyed my dragons books will enjoy these as well. With Christmas shopping time getting close, maybe you'll consider checking out the first book in the series, Beyond the Reflection's Edge. Click Here for a link that will tell you more about the book, and you'll find another link there that will allow you to read the first chapter.

Teachers, these books are on the Accelerated Reader list, so they will be a great addition for your school's library.

You can buy an autographed copy of the first book for only $10 at this link, or the entire set for $27 at this link.

Those of you who have already read these books and enjoyed them, please do me a favor and spread the word. As always, I appreciate your support.

Creative Writing Coach - Andy Meisenheimer

2009-10-21T20:32:00.001-05:00

Former Zondervan editor Andy Meisenheimer and his wife are offering creative writing coaching.

This is a great opportunity for homeschoolers or anyone who wants truly professional guidance in writing. Andy knows his stuff, so if you have a notion to seek out a coach or a mentor, check out his web page by clicking here.

Free Copy of "Angels" for Grief Counselors

2009-10-21T08:14:00.002-05:00

If you know a person who provides grief counseling on a regular basis, and you would like to give that person a copy of I Know Why the Angels Dance, I will send it to you free of charge (as long as my supply lasts).

Such counselors would include pastors, funeral home workers, hospice counselors, hospital critical care workers, or any other occupation that qualifies.

If you would like to participate, then write to me bryan (at) dragonsinourmidst (dot) com and tell me about the person you have in mind. I will send the book to you so that you can give it to the counselor. I don't want to send it directly to that person myself. It should be a gift from you so that the grief counselor knows that you are recommending it.

I will look forward to seeing how many people wish to bless others with this book.

Making the Angels Dance

2009-10-18T09:26:00.002-05:00

Now that I Know Why the Angels Dance has been released, I have been thinking about the people to whom I will be giving copies. Since this book will be of great help and comfort to those who are in tragic circumstances or in grief, these are on my list so far:

Funeral directors
Doctors
Hospices
Grief counselors
Christian School Principals

And I will always have some on hand for when I hear about the death of a friend or the friend of a friend.

Can you think of others who would benefit? Post your ideas for me in a comment.

Once you read this book, I think you'll understand how beneficial it will be for anyone who is hurting because of loss. That's why I am offering the book for sale at a quantity discount for gift-giving.

If you'll click here, you can buy five copies for $45, including shipping. That's only $9 each, delivered, which is pretty much my cost. As many of you know, I am donating proceeds from this book to charitable causes, so I'm not trying to make a profit. I am trusting that the books will be put in the hands of people who will benefit from its message of hope.

"Angels" is Here!

2009-10-17T06:13:00.003-05:00

I have received my copies of I Know Why the Angels Dance. What a beautiful book!

Getting a new book is always an exciting experience for me. Opening the box, knowing what's inside, is like Christmas as a child, and holding the crisp new volume provides a thrill. May God bless this new offering.

I am mailing out pre-orders for this book today as well as some giveaways to friends and family. If you want a copy, you may order it by clicking here, and I will send it out as soon as possible.

It's not in stores yet, but it should be there soon, maybe a week or so, depending on where you live. Do me a favor. Call your bookstore, and ask them to order it. This isn't my usual genre, so some bookstores might not be planning to stock it.

If you want to know more about the book, please click here. If you read it, please let me know what you think.

Various Updates

2009-10-15T08:51:00.002-05:00

The release of I Know Why the Angels Dance has been delayed by another week. I had announced that it would be at the publisher's warehouse by October 9. Now it is supposed to be there by October 16. That means the book should be in stores by the end of the month. Thank you for your patience.

I am currently working on the second young adult book in the Dragons of Starlight series. My working title is Inner Starlight. I'm hoping to make it even more thrilling than the first, and that will be a challenge.

I will be visiting Thornburg Middle School in Fredericksburg, Virginia, during the morning classes on October 30, and Fredericksburg Christian Lower School during the afternoon. If you want to hear one of my talks, call the school to obtain permission. I have found that schools usually welcome visitors for such events.

Don't forget that I will be at the His Way Bookstore in Ellicott City, Maryland, on October 31 from 12 noon to 3 pm. If you live in the area, I hope you can come out and see me.