Michael Siemsen

Bestselling author of The Dig, Exigency, A Warm Place to Call Home (a demon's story), and other stuffs.

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Spirits

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Delayed Frederick & Samuel release delayed… Apologies for the delays and canceled pre-orders, folks. The roast is still cooking.

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I found Atom petrified.

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The Kindle Oasis is here (to take all that $$$ you didn't know what to do with)

The Kindle Oasis is here (to take all that $$$ you didn’t know what to do with)

Amazon has officially announced their brand new addition to their e-reader line – Kindle Oasis – and I’m still trying to wrap my head around it.

The Kindle Oasis usurps the Kindle Voyage‘s position as top dog of Amazon’s e-ink readers. When news of an imminent flagship leaked, I’d assumed it would replace the (beautiful) Voyage, which would be demoted to the $119 position of the Paperwhite–…

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"On a road paved by dreams, the dauntless pathfinder is forever going more places than he's been." -The Voynich manuscript #quotes

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Winter Update and News

Winter Update and News

It’s winter in Earth’s Northern Hemisphere. I know this because I saw someone on Facebook post a photograph depicting snow-covered patio furniture. Otherwise, I’m here in the Siemsen Sanctum, cut off from the outside world as I write, day and night, striving for just one more book release (I like to focus on highly attainable, short-term goals).

I’ve popped my head out on the aforementioned…

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The Matt Turner Series Hardcover Editions Now Available

The Matt Turner Series Hardcover Editions Now Available

Nearly four years since the original release of The Dig, I finally got around to getting you those hardcover editions you were asking for. And they smell real nice, too.

They’ll be in stores in the near future, but you can grab them online from Amazon and B&N right now:

The Dig – Amazon – B&N

The Opal – Amazon – B&N

Return – Amazon – B&N

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Some random updates...

Some random updates…

Let’s see, what’s going on around here?

1. The Matt Turner Series Boxed Set comes out (initially a Kindle exclusive) this Tuesday, Aug. 11. It’s priced insanely low for three full-length novels ($7.99 – cheaper than most individual titles from the Big 5 publishers). Sold separately, the Kindle Editions of the standalone books add up to $12:

The Dig – $2.99

The Opal – $3.99

Return – $4.99

If you…

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RETURN, Book Three of the Matt Turner Series is finally here. Phew.

RETURN, Book Three of the Matt Turner Series is finally here. Phew.

In 1988, the initial inspiration for The Dig (Book One of the Matt Turner Series) occurred. A “Tonight on the Ten O’clock News” teaser came on between commercials as my brother and I watched The A-Team or some such 80s show: “blah blah blah politics, blah blah blah celebrity, and scientists are puzzled about a piece of woven metal fabric discovered among dinosaur fossils. Stay tuned…”

A couple…

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A Demon's Story Omnibus Audiobook Sample

A Demon’s Story Omnibus Audiobook Sample

My audiobook publishers and I have decided on a different approach to releasing the audio edition of The Many Lives of Samuel Beauchamp (a demon’s story). There will be no standalone version of it, but will instead be bundled with the existing audio edition of A Warm Place to Call Home.

Because Frederick’s story (A Warm Place to Call Home) didn’t sell as well as expected on audio, despite being…

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Who Should be in an Exigency Movie?

When I first began writing The Dig (years and years before it actually came out in early 2011), my visions for the characters’, both physical and personality-wise, came from specific people I either knew personally, or from movies/TV. As some of you know, Matt Turner was originally a 19-year-old, and so Ethan Embry from Can’t Hardly Waitfit perfectly. Nowadays, even with Matt aged up to 25, this…

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SPENT. (And by "Calgon" I mean tequila.) #SquareSized @theappholes

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A couple days ago, I mentioned some HOLY $H!T news I’d received about the upcoming Exigency…

A couple days ago, I mentioned some HOLY $H!T news I’d received about the upcoming Exigency Audiobook Edition, and now I can share it with you.

First, a little back story … For those who haven’t read Exigency, or who may not have caught on to some of the book’s underlying themes, I wrote the story with an odd rule in mind: With regard to gender decisions, whatever my initial instinct chose, I…

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Is it wrong to feel more pride in the lad's megafort building skills than a good report card? #parenting

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Arrrr! Keep away from me gold!

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I ate this whole goddamned thing.

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Return: Book 3 of the Matt Turner Series release date and pre-order links

Return: Book 3 of the Matt Turner Series release date and pre-order links.

Return arrives June 5, 2015 Pre-orders for all eBook types are live NOW

After a few fits and starts, pushed release dates, impenetrable writer’s blocks, other books cutting in line, and general home and business busyness … hey! Business … Busyness … There’s got to be a connection there. Oh, sorry, I’m easily distracted. What was I saying?

Right! RETURN: Book 3 of the Matt Turner Series has…

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