Robert Ellis Writers Blog: 2025

Sunday, June 15, 2025

Robert Ellis: June 15 Book Contest Winners

Photo of Robert Ellis, New York Times acclaimed author of the bestselling Lena Gamble and Detective Matt Jones thriller series.

June 15 Book Contest Winners

Congratulations to Gloria B. from Iowa City, IA, and Robin H. from Chestnut Hill, MA, for winning this week’s Free Book Contest. Signed copies of The Girl Buried in the Woods, a reader favorite in the Matt Jones thriller series, are on their way.

This contest has been running on the 1st & 15th of each month since Aug 2018. To enter, please visit https://www.robertellis.net

The Girl Buried in the Woods on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Buried-Woods-Detective-Jones-ebook/dp/B07TTY18QL/

Book poster for ‘The Girl Buried in the Woods’ by Robert Ellis, Book 3 in the Detective Matt Jones thriller series, includes the book cover featuring a mysterious forest scene with a shadowy figure walking toward a police cruiser at night, symbolizing the suspense and intrigue of this bestselling novel, over a dramatic photograph of the woods, and the words ‘An infamous mob figure vs. the powers of Wall Street, A detective caught in the middle, Defending the girl buried in the woods,’ with a wonderful quote from Kirkus Reviews, ‘Swift. Impressive. Solid entertainment.”

ROBERT ELLIS WRITERS BLOG

06/15/2025

https://www.robertellis.net

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Robert Ellis: June 1 Book Contest Winners

June 1 Book Contest Winners

Congratulations to Mary Ellen D. from Santa Clara, CA, and Richard B. from Evanston, IL, for winning this week’s Free Book Contest. Signed copies of City of Echoes, Book 1 in the Matt Jones thriller series, are on their way.

This contest has been running on the 1st & 15th of each month since Aug 2018. To enter, visit https://www.robertellis.net

https://www.amazon.com/City-Echoes-Detective-Matt-Jones-ebook/dp/B00R3KUZP0/

Poster image of the thriller novel ‘City of Echoes’ by Robert Ellis, Book 1 in the Detective Matt Jones thriller series, including the book jacket, a dramatic mirror image of Los Angeles at sunrise, over a haunting image of two women walking away from camera through a narrow, dark tunnel made of stone, with the words, ‘A detective’s first night. A serial killer like no other. City of Echoes,’ along with a starred review from the prestigious literary journal Booklist that says ‘Stunning emotional force. Staggering momentum.’ Booklist Starred Review, and Robert Ellis’s website, www.robertellis.net.

ROBERT ELLIS WRITERS BLOG

06/01/2025

https://www.robertellis.net

Thursday, May 22, 2025

A Few Good Reasons to Self-Publish

There are good reasons why any author might consider self-publishing. A new writer might be having difficulty getting an agent. A published author might have a backlist that could use attention, new book jacket designs or a fresh marketing plan.

But consider one more reason. Consider Francis Ford Coppola. After writing Patton, after writing and directing The Godfather, The Conversation, and Godfather Part II, after winning five Oscars for Writing, Directing, and Best Picture, no one would get behind what he wanted to do next! Said Coppola, “If you want to make something personal, you have to put up the money yourself.” And so he did. Apocalypse Now, a DIY masterpiece. He self-published a movie, because it had to be written. For Coppola, it’s what came next.

Photograph of Francis Ford Coppola, Oscar winning writer, director, and producer of The Godfather, The Conversation, Godfather, Part 2, Apocalypse Now, among others.

ROBERT ELLIS WRITERS BLOG

05/22/2025

https://www.robertellis.net