Yes, I'll have a post in eFantasybargains.com newsletter on 24th September 2013. It's my usual spiel, but HEY, I'm in a newsletter, with 'Manna-X' !!
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Update: ...yes, it did :-)
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Sunday, September 22, 2013
Weekend Quickies
Taking a few minutes out to write this post. It's surprising how many hits this blog gets nowadays, especially seeing as I haven't posted for days, perhaps weeks. As Dean Martin said "I had a special request, but I'll sing anyway."
Did the 2nd Weekend Quickie at Iron Writer (also did the 1st)
Just scroll down and read my 200 word (exactly) parody of Austen.
http://theironwriter.com/weekend-quickie/
Keeping up with the Iron Writer Challenge, 'Dani's Shorts 2' is filling up, and I'm ready to try the Autumn Equinox Open. I'm in the Ernest Hemingway division, a personal goal achieved! My name is connected to my hero! OK, it's a tiny connection, but there it is :-)
And working on the first of my 2 ideas, 'How to build a castle in 7 easy steps'. Healing nicely...
How about you?
Did the 2nd Weekend Quickie at Iron Writer (also did the 1st)
Just scroll down and read my 200 word (exactly) parody of Austen.
http://theironwriter.com/weekend-quickie/
Keeping up with the Iron Writer Challenge, 'Dani's Shorts 2' is filling up, and I'm ready to try the Autumn Equinox Open. I'm in the Ernest Hemingway division, a personal goal achieved! My name is connected to my hero! OK, it's a tiny connection, but there it is :-)
And working on the first of my 2 ideas, 'How to build a castle in 7 easy steps'. Healing nicely...
How about you?
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Review of 'Manna-X' (Sept 18th 2013)
Got a review for 'Manna-X'. I hope more will appear. It's 4 stars, but I'll take it! :-)Thanks, Maeve!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quirky and amusing, September 18, 2013
By
Maeve Sleibhin
This is a nuanced, entertaining, irreverent read, engaging and
quirky. While at times I felt that the writer was letting the humour run
away from him, and that his irreverence at times risked undermining his
basic premises, there is a subtle absurdity that runs through the whole
thing and keeps the pacing strong. It is unexpected and quite funny at
times.
Demo cover of "How to"
Yesterday I showed the cover of Dani's Shorts 2 (unfinished, of course, now onto Challenge 31 out of 52, just 21 more weeks left). Today I'll show the cover of 'How to'. This is so far the best I've come up with in Createspace's Cover editor...(background is white...it has to be...there's a code in there somewhere...:-))
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Typing block
No, I don't have writer's block, I have typing block...later...
Here's the cover of the 2nd volume of short stories, it'll be ready once Challenge 52 is out (on 30 ATM)...
And here's a very small and rough snippet from my new book (there are 2 on the go, this is the 1st)..."How to build a castle in 7 easy steps" :-) (only about 5000 words down so far)
Here's the cover of the 2nd volume of short stories, it'll be ready once Challenge 52 is out (on 30 ATM)...
And here's a very small and rough snippet from my new book (there are 2 on the go, this is the 1st)..."How to build a castle in 7 easy steps" :-) (only about 5000 words down so far)
"8.30,
8.30, any advance on 8.30?"
"8.40!"
"8.40 to the man in the shorts. 8.40, 8.40…"
"8.45!"
"Thank you, sir. 8.45 to you, sir, 8.45,
8.45…"
"8.50!"
"8.50 to the man in the shorts, again. 8.50,
8.50, any advance on 8.50? 8.50, going once, going twice…"
"9.00!"
"9.00! To the old man in the long robe and beard.
9.00, 9.00, any more bids? 9.00, 9.00…going once, going twice…(bang)…time is sold
to the old man in the long robe and beard. Congratulations, sir."
"That 'll come in handy, that will."
Saturday, September 14, 2013
'Rage' free promo results!
The free 'Rage' promo has now finished :-(... I didn't have much of a chance to promote it in the last 1/2 day of the two, but it did quite well, and I also had a few sales, which put up my 'ranks' on Amazon's author central :-)
Almost 80% of the free downloads of 'rage' were on Amazon.com, but the UK, Germany, France(!), Italy, India and Canada did their bit, too. Thank you to everyone who downloaded :-) I hope you read it and also perhaps...review it? :-)
Here are the rank results from the 'Rage' free 2 day promo...(the best ranks)
Amazon.com - #1,985 (#91 Fantasy>Paranormal & Urban)
Amazon.co.uk - #1,771 (#31 Fantasy>Contemporary)
Amazon.de - #1,787 (#47 Fantasy & SciFi>Fantasy)
With the surprise sales...
Manna-X on Amazon.com - #198,592
Beth Fiasco on Amazon.com - #198,634
And overall...
Author rank - #112,624
Books - #78,963
Kindle - #44,498
Kindle/Lit+Fic - #15,893
Science Fiction - #5,159
Science Fiction/Fantasy - #2,179
So, I think a good few days...could be better with some advertising but who's got that money? One day...
'Dani's Shorts' is still free...:-) Spread the word!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/351327
Almost 80% of the free downloads of 'rage' were on Amazon.com, but the UK, Germany, France(!), Italy, India and Canada did their bit, too. Thank you to everyone who downloaded :-) I hope you read it and also perhaps...review it? :-)
Here are the rank results from the 'Rage' free 2 day promo...(the best ranks)
Amazon.com - #1,985 (#91 Fantasy>Paranormal & Urban)
Amazon.co.uk - #1,771 (#31 Fantasy>Contemporary)
Amazon.de - #1,787 (#47 Fantasy & SciFi>Fantasy)
With the surprise sales...
Manna-X on Amazon.com - #198,592
Beth Fiasco on Amazon.com - #198,634
And overall...
Author rank - #112,624
Books - #78,963
Kindle - #44,498
Kindle/Lit+Fic - #15,893
Science Fiction - #5,159
Science Fiction/Fantasy - #2,179
So, I think a good few days...could be better with some advertising but who's got that money? One day...
'Dani's Shorts' is still free...:-) Spread the word!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/351327
Friday, September 13, 2013
Best ranks so far for 'Rage' freebie?
So far (though probably that's it unless there's a surge of downloads tonight :-)) these are the best ranks for 'Rage' on Amazon. Please share the freebie link with all your friends, relatives, workmates, neighbours, acquaintances, people you say 'Hi' to in the street, local shop owners, council workers...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Rage-of-Atlantis-ebook/dp/B008EM2RRK
Amazon.com
#1,985 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Rage-of-Atlantis-ebook/dp/B008EM2RRK
Amazon.com
#1,985 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
- #91 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Fantasy > Paranormal & Urban
Amazon.co.uk
#1,771 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
- #31 in Kindle Store > Books > Fiction > Fant
asy > Contemporary
Amazon.de
#1,787 Kostenfrei in Kindle-Shop (Siehe Top 100 - Kostenfrei in Kindle-Shop)
- Nr. 47 in Kindle-Shop > eBooks > F
remdsprachige eBooks > Englische eBooks > Fantasy & Science Fiction > Fantasy
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