National Novel Writing Month Promotion
Hi everyone. Sorry for the lack of posts this month but I have been deeply embedded in this years National Novel Writing Month (#nanowrimo). I'm 47,000 words in with three days so unless something goes wrong (fingers crossed), I'm going to be a winner! (50,000 words in 30 days). To celebrate NaNoWriMo, I'm going to offer Evermore: Call of the Nocturne Kindle Edition for free on Saturday, December 1st for all of the contestants or any others that want a free e-book.Evermore: Call of the Nocturne Kindle Edition is available now for purchase on the Amazon Store.
National Novel Writing Month
Sorry for going dark for a month. Things have been quite busy. The paperback version of Evermore: Call of the Nocturne has hit a little bit of a snag. Apparently, creating pdf manuscripts using Apple's Pages software is terribly bad idea. Apparently, it creates errors in the pdf document that don't show up until the paperback is printed! Sigh. Thankfully, the nice folks at Lulu support have graciously converted my manuscript and allowed me to upload it again. Once I get an updated cover from Jordan (there was a slight spacing issue that caused the title to get almost cut off on the original print run), we'll be good to go to finally publish the paperback. Once that's done, I'll be free to organize my book launch party.In the meantime, I'm taking advantage of National Novel Writing Month to get a quick start to my next project. Entitled Other than I, my goal is to get the first 50,000 words of it down by the end of November. That's about 1600 words a day. Typically, my goal has been to write 1000 words a day and I've always found that excruciating. Thus far, it's been going well. After the first 10 days, I have written 16,750 words, making me ahead of schedule. It's a wonderful challenge and a great excuse to get off your butt and finally start that project you've always been thinking about.Well, wish me luck. This novel is going to write itself.
My Book Has Arrived!
As part of the publication process for paperbacks with Lulu, I wanted to buy my own copy first before opening it up to the general public so that I could make sure that there weren't any errors. I ordered it off Lulu four days ago and today it arrived!As you can see on the right, the book comes in a nice rectangular box. Cute.Cue the images below to see what was inside.
The front cover in plastic
The title page
The start of a random chapter
The back cover
And finally the spine
After a short review, I must say I'm impressed. It looks great. It feels great. It looks and feels like a real book! I'll need to do a more thorough review before I make it available for the public. That said, WOW! This completely makes the thousands of hours that I poured into this project worth it. Now it's time to start another one.
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Maybe tomorrow. :)
Thanksgiving Promotion! Evermore: Call of the Nocturne will be free on Thursday, October 4th!
As part of the KDP Select program on Amazon, I am given five days in the next three months where I can promote the Kindle Edition ofEvermore: Call of the Nocturne by giving it away for free. I am proud to announce that the first promotional day will be Thursday, October 4th. Get a free copy of Evermore: Call of the Nocturne to pass the time this long weekend. Whether you're relaxing on the porch watching the leaves fall or inside waiting for the turkey to cook, there's never been a better time to read an e-book, especially if it's free.The promotion will start on Thursday at midnight Pacific Standard Time and will end at midnight on Friday, again on Pacific Standard Time. You can find Evermore: Call of the Nocturne Kindle Edition on the Kindle Store.
Evermore: Call of the Nocturne is now available for Kindle!
Whew. I am pleased to say that Kindle Edition of Evermore: Call of the Nocturne is now available on the Kindle Store.Although I wasn't able to add in the italics in time, the manuscript looks great. I had to make a slight change to the price though. My original plan was to offer the book for $1.99 but I decided to try out the KDP Select Program and take the 70% royalty. With this option, however, the minimum price for an e-book is $2.99. That said, I do get to pick five days over the next three months where I can make my book free so keep your eyes peeled here for special promotions. Until then, it's all up to you. Only you can do the final and most important step: buying my book.Please buy my book. :) Pleaaaaasssseeeee.All you need to do is to click here. This will take you to Evermore: Call of the Nocturne's Kindle page where you can purchase it and send it to the device of your choice. Thanks again. I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.
Evermore: Call of the Nocturne Kindle Edition Release Date
I am happy to announce that typesetting of the Kindle Edition is complete and that I'm ready to finally release the Evermore: Call of the Nocturne to the Kindle Store on Wednesday, September 19th. It took some time to fix all of the little bugs resulting from the conversion process, forcing me to use my rusted HTML skills, but it's finally ready to go. The only thing I couldn't fix was a strange bug with the Kindle Fire that ignores the #start bookmark in the file. Instead, Kindle Fire will start the e-book halfway through the acknowledgements section rather than at the beginning of the prologue. After its release, I'll keep researching ways to remedy this bug but for the most part it's relatively minor. Everything else works just fine.Next steps will include getting the Lulu print edition ready, although it has run into some technical difficulties, and then setting up the official book launch.I hope you enjoy the book. If you want to let me know what you think, please drop me a line in the comment section below.
Ottawa Independent Writers' Meet and Greet
Today, I attended a meet and greet with the Ottawa Independent Writers Associated at the Collected Works Bookstore in the Ottawa neighbourhood of Hintonburg. In short, I had a wonderful time. It was great to talk to a bunch of authors who were passionate about their craft and excited to hear what everyone else was up to. I also got some great advice on how to host my book launch. Since it will be my first, I'm looking for as much advice as possible and the Ottawa Independent Writers certainly accommodated me.There were some very interesting stories and non-fiction works on offer at the reading including a book about Welsh Zombies (Alice ♥ Welsh Zombies by Victoria Dunn), project management (Realities of Project Management by Allen Price), fantasy novels, mystery novels. There was literally something for everyone.I was also impressed by the bookstore, Collected Works. The minute I entered the store, I was met by a large display of local authors. Their commitment to local authors is quite commendable. The store was well-decorated, well-light and staffed by some very friendly staff. I'll have to inquire into the details of holding a book launch there. I would prefer a location closer to Centretown and where we could serve alcohol :), but I was still impressed by the location. Stay tuned.