MEET LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER AUTHOR BOBBY NASH AT AN AUTHOR EVENT THIS SATURDAY!

Tomorrow, Lance Star: Sky Ranger Author Bobby Nash joins Deirdre deLaughter, Bill Hale, Amber Roessner & Robert Vasvary for an Author Event at Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA beginning at 6:30 pm.

We'd love it if you would join us. It’ll be fun.

You can get all the details on the event and the attending authors here.

See you there.

GOODREADS PRESENTS: AS THE AUTHOR WITH BOBBY NASH

Lance Star: Sky Ranger author Bobby Nash is answering reader questions over on Goodreads. 
Got a question, let's here it here.

BOBBY NASH RETURNS TO DGEEK'S ASK A WRITER!

Lance Star: Sky Ranger's own Bobby Nash is back in the Hot Seat this month for DGeek's Ask A Writer. He will be taking questions about writing and other assorted topics all July long so stop by the site and ask away.

SOMETIMES I GET ASKED STUFF... IS BACK!

The 23rd installment of Lance Star: Sky Ranger author Bobby Nash's Sometimes I Get Asked Stuff… is now posted at www.bobbynash.com. You can read the full question and answer segment here.

BOBBY NASH LOOKS AT THE PROS AND CONS OF CONS

Author HC Playa

Lance Star: Sky Ranger's own Bobby Nash stopped by Author H.C. Playa’s site to weigh in on this month‘s topic, The Pros and Cons of Cons.

I love a good con.

Not the kind where someone steals all my money though. Those are only fun to watch on TV or in the movies. What I love are conventions. From the small one-day shows to the big four day events, conventions invigorate me as a creator even as they wear me out as a person. When H.C. asked me to make a list of the pros and cons of attending cons, I leapt at the chance.

You can read the rest of Bobby's thoughts on attending conventions here.

A TOP 50 DEBUT!

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Author Bobby Nash has been listed on the Authors Database. His AuthorsDb debut is in the TOP 50 AUTHOR LIST 20/06/2014.

Congratulations, Sky Ranger Nash.

Read all about it here.

There will be more books to be added to Bobby's profile soon.

THE WRITE STUFF INTERVIEWS BOBBY NASH

Bobby Nash with the Box Thirteen audio CD set.

The Write Stuff interviews Box Thirteen Author/Producer Bobby Nash.
You can read the full interview here.

Box Thirteen - Adventure Wanted! features stories by Lance Star: Sky Ranger writers Bobby Nash, Andrew Salmon, and Jim Beard.

Learn more about Box Thirteen - Adventure Wanted! here.

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 4 Now On Sale!

2 NEW INTERVIEWS WITH LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER AUTHOR BOBBY NASH

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Author Bobby Nash has been interviewed a couple times this week.

Atomic Interview #22: Bobby Nash interviewed by Atomic Anxiety's Mark Bousquet.
Read the full interview here.

Bobby Nash interviewed by Author Lisa M. Collins.
Read the full interview here.

MEET LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER AUTHORS BOBBY NASH, SEAN TAYLOR, AND VAN ALLEN PLEXICO AT ALABAMA PHOENIX FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND

Sean and Bobby are ready to
ask their favorite question--

Lance Star: Sky Ranger authors Bobby Nash, Van Allen Plexico, and Sean Taylor return to Alabama Phoenix Festival on May 31 - June 1 in Birmingham, Alabama.

The convention has released their table numbers and panel schedule, which you can see below. If you’re at the convention, please stop by and say hello.

You can download a PDF of the full convention floor plan here.

BOBBY NASH - Table #117

Bobby Nash

Friday
From Comic to the Small Screen - 7:00:00 PM - Room 430
Word Balloons 8:00:00 PM - Room 407
Deviant Pictures Presents Radio Cult: LIVE! and The AL Premiere Of FAT CHANCE - 9:00:00 PM Stage
Premiere Of FAT CHANCE (Cont) - 10:00:00 PM Theater

Saturday 5/31/14
Pulp Fiction - 4:00:00 PM - Room 412
Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2.0 - 8:00:00 PM Stage

Sunday 6/1/14
Marketing - 10:00:00 AM - Room 412
Podcasting - 11:30:00 AM - Room 403

VAN ALLEN PLEXICO - Table #119

Van Allen Plexico

Friday
5:30  Ready Player One Panel
7:00  From Comic to the Small Screen
8:00  Word Balloons

Saturday
1:00  How to Take Over the Universe, or Just Kill Batman
4:00  Super Adaptoids
5:30  Avengers Assembled!
7:00  Marvel Movieverse

Sunday
11:30  Podcasting

Sean Taylor

SEAN TAYLOR - Table #118
Friday
From Comic to the Small Screen - 7:00:00 PM Room 430
Word Balloons - 8:00:00 PM Room 407
Old Timey Radio Show - 9:00:00 PM Room 412
Campfire Tales: Horror In The World Of Literature - 10:00:00 PM Room 414

Saturday
How to Take Over the Universe, or Just Kill Batman - 1:00:00 PM Room 407
Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2.0 - 8:00:00 PM Stage

Sunday
Marketing - 10:00:00 AM Room 412
Faith in Fiction - 11:30:00 AM Room 412
Finding and Working with a Publisher - 2:30:00 PM Room 412

You can download a PDF of the full convention floor plan here.
You can download the program book here.

See you there.

MEET BOBBY NASH AT TIMEGATE THIS WEEKEND!

I’m a guest at TimeGate Convention this weekend along with my podcasting cohorts from The ESO Network. I will have copies of my books on hand for sale and I'm always looking forward to meeting people so please stop by and say hi.

I'll be posting photos from TimeGate Convention on Instagram at http://instagram.com/bobbynash14.

My panel schedule is posted below.

SATURDAY
10 am - Project NORTHERN LIGHTS SitRep (Aaron Dunne, Mike Faber, Bobby Nash, Debbie Viguie)
11 am - Marvel At The Movies (Bobby Nash, Ken Spivey, Adam Throne, Jen Hartshorn)
1 pm - Writing and the Media (Diana Botsford, Debbie Viguie, Bobby Nash)
4 pm - Arrow: The Second Shot (Aaron Dunne, Mike Faber, Bobby Nash, Debbie Viguie)

SUNDAY
2 pm - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Welcome To Level 7 (Aaron Dunne, Lee Martindale, Bobby Nash, Ken Spivey, John Rabon)
3 pm - Elementary (Terri Sears, Bobby Nash, Ken Spivey, Louis Robinson)

Get the rest of the Earth Station One/Earth Station Who podcast crew's schedule here.

I hope to see you there.

Bobby

COMIC BOOK AFICIONADOS INTERVIEW BOBBY NASH

At The Rock Shop for Free Comic Book Day Mason AJ from the Comic Book Aficionados interviewed Lance Star: SKy Ranger Author Bobby Nash about his work. Mason also chatted with the Writer/Artist Dean Trippe as well. Check it out above or on their YouTube channel here.

"I believe this is the first time anyone has ever referred to me as legendary," Nash said with a laugh afterward. "Thanks, Mason."

LANCE STAR CROSSES OVER!!!

It starts here...

Cool. A couple of my stories got mentioned on Sean Lee Levin's The Crossover Universe blog. How do Secret Agent X and Lance Star: Sky Ranger crossover? Find out here.

Thanks to Sean for including these in the Crossover Universe Blog. I love it when I'm able to crossover characters and stories. I do it whenever I can. I’ll have to write up a nice blog post about it. I have several background characters that have appeared in books in multiple timelines so we’ve gotten to see them grow and age and see what they’ve been up to. Plus, Evil Ways' FBI Agent Harold Palmer has a connection to Lance Star: Sky Ranger and The New Adventures of The Eagle as his grandfather, a G-man, makes appearances in both.

It gets revisited here.

The crossovers are fun Easter Eggs for those who have read multiple stories I’ve written. Think of them as a nice bonus.

See you over there.

Bobby
www.bobbynash.com

WHAT’S MY MOTIVATION?

On his blog this week, Lance Star: Sky Ranger author Sean Taylor pulled together an impressive collection of writers, including Ashton Adams, Bill Craig, Erwin Roberts, H. David Blalock, John Neal, John White, Lee Houston Jr., Motivation, Ralph Angelo, and Lance Star: Sky Ranger's Bobby Nash.

The topic is on writer’s motivations.

You can read the full round table discussion here.

From the site:
What's My Motivation?
For this week's roundtable, let's talk motivation. Writers write, as the cliche goes, but why do they write? For money, for the sheer joy of it, to be famous? Anyone who lives the live of an author will tell you that sometimes it can be hard to pinpoint exactly why someone would choose to do this crazy, solitary line of work. But don't just take my word for it.

You can read the full roundtable discussion here.

JOIN LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER AUTHOR BOBBY NASH FOR FREE COMIC BOOK DAY AT THE ROCK SHOP!

The Ruby Files author Bobby Nash will be be a guest at Free Comic Book Day on May 3rd at The Rock Shop at the Mall of Georgia along with special guests Tony Shasteen, Greg Crews, Andrew Jenkins, and Alisa. Please come out and join them for a fun day at the comic shop.

See you there!

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER AUTHOR STOCKS UP FOR BOOK SIGNINGS!

Lance Star: Sky Ranger author Bobby Nash has been stocking up on books for his appearances at Free Comic Book Day (next weekend Bobby will be at The Rock Shop at the Mall of GA) and conventions (he's on the road a lot in May). Among today's delivery was Lance Star: Sky Ranger vol. 4 published by Airship 27 Productions. "This is the first time I've held this new volume in my hand and let me say that it is a gorgeous book," Bobby said of the newest installment of the popular New Pulp series.

Check out Bobby's Conventions/Appearances tab on his website to keep up with where he will be signing. Also, all of these books are available for purchase. Check out the tabs above for ordering information.

Happy Reading

LANCE STAR VOL. 4 Q& A - SEAN TAYLOR

Sean Taylor

With the release of volume 4 of the Lance Star: Sky Ranger pulp anthology series, we sat down with some of the Honorary Sky Rangers involved with this new release. Previously, we talked with Lance star: Sky Ranger authors Andrew Salmon, Jim Beard, and Bobby Nash, plus Airship 27 Productions publisher, Ron Fortier. You can read their answers here.

The fourth writer involved with Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 4 is fan-favorite author Sean Taylor. We sat down to talk to him about his work on volume 4 of the high-flying pulp anthology series.

Welcome, Sean.

Art: Scott Vaughn

What is it about characters like Lance Star and the Sky Rangers that draws you to writing (and reading) their adventures?

Sean Taylor - Lance is like the ultimate man's man. He's all-out action, a hero to the core, and how could you not love to write his adventures. And besides, he's such a noble man of honor and morality that I love to play the femme fatale card on him with a woman who throws off his game.

What has your experience been like working on this book?

Sean Taylor - It's been fun, above all else. The whole crew has been great to work with, from Ron and Rob in the publisher's cockpit, to Bobby Nash, the guy who owns the character. There's usually a lot of latitude to put my own spin on Lance and his crew.

In this volume...

Tell us a bit about your story in Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 4.

Sean Taylor - Unlike most of the writers in the book, I like to start Lance off in the worst places, so we begin with him kidnapped by someone without even having a clue why. Then it's up to his best girl and the girl who would love to be the other woman to work together to rescue him. But, of course, being the hero of his own story, maybe Lance doesn't need to be rescued as much as he just needs some back up while he rescues himself.

Where can readers learn more about you and your work?

Sean Taylor - They can visit me online at www.taylorverse.com or follow my writing blog over at seanhtaylor.blogspot.com.

Thanks, Sean.

Official Airship 27 Press Release:

HIGH FLYING THRILLS!

Art: Felipe Echavarria

Airship 27 Productions announces the release of its newest pulp anthology.  Rev up those Pratt-Whitney engines, pull back on the stick and prepare for take-off, as LANCE STAR – SKY RANGER gets ready to soar into the clouds in this, his fourth volume of high flying adventures.

Once again its time to join America’s aviation ace, Lance Star and his faithful team; Buck Tellonger, Cy Hawkins, Jim Nolan and Red Davis as they fly into four brand new hair-raising tales.  From discovering a hidden Nazis base on lost South Seas Island inhabited by prehistoric monsters to foiling an assassination attempt on President Roosevelt, the Sky Rangers travel globe tackling danger wherever they go.

The Lance Star – Sky Ranger series follows in the grand tradition of popular pulp favorites and Dusty Ayers, Bill Barnes, G-8 and His Flying Aces and dozens of other winged warriors of the clouds.

Vol. 4 Back Cover

“When you’re company name is Airship 27 Productions,” says Managing Editor Ron Fortier, “you’d better believe we have a real love of flying heroes and Lance Star-Sky Ranger is at the top of that list.”

So goose your fuel lines, spin the props of your Skybolts and Skeeter and prepare yourself for classic pulp action.  Writers Bobby Nash, Sean Taylor, Andrew Salmon and Jim Beard have delivered a quartet of fast paced, high soaring stories to keep you buckled up tight.

This volume features a cover by popular graphic artist, Felipe Echavarria with interior illustrations by Warbirds of Mars’ own Scott “Doc” Vaughn.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 4 is now available for purchase at the following:
Amazon (paperback)
Barnes and Noble (paperback)
CreateSpace (paperback)
Amazon (Kindle)
Airship 27 Hangar (ebook)

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER SOARS ONTO KINDLE! ENTIRE SERIES NOW AVAILABLE ON EBOOK!

NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK AND EBOOK FORMATS!!!

New Pulp Publisher, Airship 27 Productions announced today that all four volumes of the wildly popular pulp anthology series, Lance Star: Sky Ranger are once again available on ebook for Kindle and are available for purchase on Amazon.

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 1 can be purchased at the following:
Amazon (Kindle)
Airship 27 Hangar (ebook)
Amazon (paperback)
Barnes and Noble (paperback)
Powell's Books (paperback)
Mighty Ape NZ (paperback)

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 2 can be purchased at the following:
Amazon (Kindle)
Airship 27 Hangar (ebook)
Amazon (paperback)
Barnes and Noble (paperback)
Mighty Ape NZ (paperback)

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 3 can be purchased at the following:
Amazon (Kindle)
Airship 27 Hangar (ebook)
Amazon (paperback)
Barnes and Noble (paperback)
Powell's Books (paperback)

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 4 can be purchased at the following:
Amazon (Kindle)
Airship 27 Hangar (ebook)

Amazon (paperback)
Barnes and Noble (paperback)
CreateSpace (paperback)

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 4 AUTHOR/PUBLISHER Q& A ROUNDTABLE

With the release of volume 4 of the Lance Star: Sky Ranger pulp anthology series, we sat down with some of the Honorary Sky Rangers involved with this new release. Without further ado, please welcome to the hangar, authors Andrew Salmon, Jim Beard, and Bobby Nash, plus Airship 27 Productions publisher, Ron Fortier.

And on with the questions...

What is it about characters like Lance Star and the Sky Rangers that draws you to writing/publishing (and reading) their adventures?

Andrew Salmon

Andrew Salmon - Cool planes! Seriously, Lance and the Sky Rangers have it all. They are a great team and the format allows writers to take them just about anywhere, put them in any situation and use any and every type of action plot. The possibilities are endless - as the tales in the 4 volumes demonstrate. As I had never written an air pulp yarn before, I leapt at the chance to tackle Lance and crew.

Jim Beard - For me, it's the thrill of flying, or the the kind of flying THEY do. I like flying on big ol' modern jets, but that bare-knuckle, seat-of-the-pants flying that Lance and his fellow airmen pull off is like science fiction to me...and that's what's so attractive about it. Plus, Lance can get into all kinds of WEIRD stuff, too, which is an extra-added bonus. What's not to love?

Jim Beard

Bobby Nash - I am drawn to the larger than life adventures the Sky Rangers get themselves into each and every story. The planes are a blast to create and I get a thrill writing aerial battles. Those are the best. I’ve written more Lance star: Sky Ranger stories than anyone and I just can’t get enough. I love these characters and am always thrilled at the opportunity to revisit them.

Ron Fortier – I’ve always been an aviation buff and especially loved any comic book or pulp that dealt with flying.  As a kid I devoured BLACKHAWK from D.C. and their ENEMY ACE series.  When I discovered the old pulp classics, I was immediately drawn to the likes of Bill Barnes, Dusty Ayers and G-8 & His Battle Aces.  It’s no surprise when we started up our publishing house it was christened Airship 27

Bobby Nash

Productions.

What has your experience been like working on this book?

Andrew Salmon - My tale proved to be quite a challenge albeit a worthwhile one. The research was a ton of fun. Writing the tale wound up being more difficult than I thought it would be but, ultimately, I'm happy with the result. Getting Lance and crew into tight situations then trying to figure a way out for them was the order of the day as I cranked out the tale. I enjoyed the process of writing the tale and being associated with the other great contributors to the book. It's been a treat adding a chapter to Lance lore!

Ron Fortier

Jim Beard - I thought at first it might be daunting to jump in with such a well-established character like Lance and in his fourth volume, but I really wanted to be part of it so I headed into it and found that the story seemed to come out of me fairly naturally. I was very lucky to be allowed to set down a part of Lance's past that hadn't been fully explored before, and I sincerely hope that his fans accept it into the canon and enjoy how it acts as the linchpin for the entire story.

Bobby Nash - Fun. For my story in this volume, I decided to do something a little bit different. My previous Sky Ranger tales have all been rooted in reality, albeit a pulpy one. This time out I decided to unleash the sci fi writer side of my brain and put Lance and the boys in a situation outside their usual comfort zone. Once I had the idea of a pterodactyl vs. an airplane there was no going back.

Ron Fortier – Both pure pleasure and sheer frustration.  Pleasure as all the stories and art we assembled in this volume are simply fantastic. There’s not a bad story or poor illustration anywhere in this volume. Frustration, as ever, in how bloody long it took us to get it out. Sadly, when you are working with multiple creators, these things happen all the time and you are at the mercy of people’s schedules.  When that last piece of art came in to complete the volume, I pretty much danced a jig.  Of course, now comes the challenge of planning Vol 5.  Ha.

Tell us a bit about your story in Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 4.

Andrew Salmon - In "The Devil's Arm Gambit", Lance and the Sky Rangers

head to the desert to help out an old friend of Buck Tellonger's. The air service the guy is running has fallen on some rather sudden hard times. They soon learn that nothing is quite what it appears to be and, before you know it, they are in the middle of a dastardly threat that jeopardizes the country.

Jim Beard - "Black Cloud Ace" is all about choices, those important times in our lives when we're presented with a choice and whatever path we choose will shape our destiny. The story begins with Lance testing an experimental jet - based on the real-life prototypical jets of that time period - and a strange black cloud that looms large in his path. Once he goes through it, nothing will ever be quite the same for our hero ever again as he takes a cold hard look at himself and a particular choice he's made in the past.

Bobby Nash - “Ring of Fire” sees Lance Star and his Sky Rangers journey to an island inside the mysterious Ring of Fire, a circular series of volcanic islands in the South Pacific. They are there to deliver supplies and evacuate all non-essential personnel off the island, which they discover upon their arrival is actually a volcano in the stages of pre-eruption. Complicating matters are stubborn scientists, Nazi agents, and prehistoric beasts that should not exist. All in all, another day at the office for America’s Air Ace.

Tell us a bit about Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 4.

Ron Fortier - Well, as is obvious, it continues the high flying adventures of aviation ace and genius inventor Lance Star, who owns his own airfield in New York and from there offers his services and those of his flight team to the government and private contractors.  In this collection, Lance & Co. find a hidden Nazis military base in the South Pacific, battle prehistoric flying monsters and even uncover a plot to assassinate the President of the Unite States.  All in a days work for Lance Star & his Sky Rangers.

Bobby Nash - Lance Star: Sky Ranger Volume 4 continues the grand pulp tradition that Ron and I, along with the rest of the Airship 27 crew, started way back with the first volume in this series. We’re telling fun stories that I hope will entertain and delight readers of all ages.

Where can readers learn more about you and your work?

Andrew Salmon - The best bet is my amazon page. As everything I've had published is available there for Kindle and in print, it really is the place to find out what I've been up these last few years:

Jim Beard - Folks can visit my Amazon Author Page (please leave me some reviews!) and say "hi" over at my Facebook page.

If they're really brave, they can check out my Sgt. Janus Spirit-Blog here.

Bobby Nash - The easiest place to keep up with me and information on my new and previously released work is at www.bobbynash.com. I’m also all over social media. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, my Amazon Author Page, and all over the web. I also run the official Lance star: Sky Ranger website, which you can find at www.lance-star.com.

Where can readers learn more about Airship 27 and available titles?

Ron Fortier - Although the majority of our books are available at Amazon, pulp fans should check out our on-line site to see ALL OUR TITLES.  Here’s the link.
As ever we thank them for their support.

Official Airship 27 Press Release:

HIGH FLYING THRILLS!

Airship 27 Productions announces the release of its newest pulp anthology.  Rev up those Pratt-Whitney engines, pull back on the stick and prepare for take-off, as LANCE STAR – SKY RANGER gets ready to soar into the clouds in this, his fourth volume of high flying adventures.

Once again its time to join America’s aviation ace, Lance Star and his faithful team; Buck Tellonger, Cy Hawkins, Jim Nolan and Red Davis as they fly into four brand new hair-raising tales.  From discovering a hidden Nazis base on lost South Seas Island inhabited by prehistoric monsters to foiling an assassination attempt on President Roosevelt, the Sky Rangers travel globe tackling danger wherever they go.

The Lance Star – Sky Ranger series follows in the grand tradition of popular pulp favorites and Dusty Ayers, Bill Barnes, G-8 & His Flying Aces and dozens of other winged warriors of the clouds.

“When you’re company name is Airship 27 Productions,” says Managing Editor Ron Fortier, “you’d better believe we have a real love of flying heroes and Lance Star-Sky Ranger is at the top of that list.”

So goose your fuel lines, spin the props of your Skybolts and Skeeter and prepare yourself for classic pulp action.  Writers Bobby Nash, Sean Taylor, Andrew Salmon and Jim Beard have delivered a quartet of fast paced, high soaring stories to keep you buckled up tight.

This volume features a cover by popular graphic artist, Felipe Echavarria with interior illustrations by Warbirds of Mars’ own Scott “Doc” Vaughn.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 4 is now available for purchase at the following:
Amazon (paperback)
Barnes and Noble (paperback)
CreateSpace (paperback)
Amazon (Kindle)
Airship 27 Hangar (ebook)