I've gotten back into the swing of submitting recently, and my experiences now have felt a little different than back when I tried for a year of 100 rejections. So I decided to look at the numbers to see - are things different?
Tag: Bethany Caleb
book birthday, and my birthday!
It's a day to celebrate! Warriors is out today, you can buy it RIGHT NOW over on Amazon! Today is also MY birthday, and to celebrate, I'm offering up a couple of my other books for free. Bethany Caleb and The Art Kids are two of my earlier novels. They are available free for Kindle … Continue reading book birthday, and my birthday!
Presidents’ Day Sale
This week all my books shall be free!! February 20-24! EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. Over on Amazon, you'll find Bethany Caleb, The Art Kids, and Hitchhikers all free for Kindle! If you visit Smashwords, you can find Dreamwalkers & Scavengers (Wolf Point #2 & #3) for free with the coupon codes. Hitchhikers and The Beast (Wolf Point … Continue reading Presidents’ Day Sale
book clubs and week-long freebies!
I'm so bad at promoting my own books. This week (March 23-March 27) The Art Kids is free on Amazon Kindle. Go download! Tonight I'll be appearing at my first book club discussion of one of my books! My coworker Sue read Bethany Caleb after the author panel I did at the library back in December. She loved … Continue reading book clubs and week-long freebies!
more writing soundtracks
I've added a few new playlists over at 8tracks: it was only tuesday - This is my writing playlist for Bethany Caleb. vampire mix - My reading playlist for Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, which I also used as a writing playlist for Seven Minutes to Midnight and Blood Countess i will bathe in your blood … Continue reading more writing soundtracks
Memorial Day weekend giveaways
Since the upcoming holiday weekend is the 1-year anniversary of the publication of both Bethany Caleb and The Art Kids, both titles will be free on Amazon all weekend! Hitchhikers is always free, you can get it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or pretty much any other format over at Smashwords.
new year’s resolution and 2013 stats
This year's resolution is to write 500 words a day - that's 1/3 of what I normally churn out a day during Nanowrimo, which makes it much more attainable. I have several other writing-related goals for 2014: to finish and publish Dreamwalkers to finalize the print edition of Hitchhikers and offer a giveaway or two … Continue reading new year’s resolution and 2013 stats
Kindle Matchbook
Thanks to Kindle's new Matchbook program, if you buy a print copy of The Art Kids or Bethany Caleb, you can get a free download of the ebook editions! From what I've read this is retroactive so if you have previously bought print editions you'll be able to get the free download now. Also, until October 5th, … Continue reading Kindle Matchbook
reviews! and a comparison of KDP & Smashwords
A couple reviews of The Art Kids can be found on the blogs Offbeat YA and Joana in the Sky with Books! If you are a big fan of Christopher Pike, definitely check out Offbeat YA - she's reviewed a bunch of his books. You may have noticed that I finally got Hitchhikers up on … Continue reading reviews! and a comparison of KDP & Smashwords
catching up
(and also a reminder: my two novels, Bethany Caleb and The Art Kids, are both free on Amazon all weekend!) After the July 4th holiday kicked my ass, word-count-wise, I'm sorta back on track with Camp Nanowrimo. At least, I wrote almost twice the daily recommended word count on Sunday, and have been able to … Continue reading catching up
Work in Progress 