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February 26, 2012

Six Sentence Sunday - IMMORTAL by Angelia Almos

New Release: IMMORTAL by Angelia Almos. A fantasy short story.

Arianna seeks help from rogue adventurer, the Hawk, to save
her criminal brother from the gallows. If her brother is hanged her entire
family will be exposed as immortals when he doesn't die. But is she willing to
pay the price the Hawk asks in exchange for his assistance?


Six Sentence Sunday Snippet:

Before she saw him move,
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Published on February 26, 2012 05:30

February 24, 2012

Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday - IMMORTAL by Angelia Almos

New Release: IMMORTAL by Angelia Almos. A fantasy short story.



Arianna seeks help from rogue adventurer, the Hawk, to save
her criminal brother from the gallows. If her brother is hanged her entire
family will be exposed as immortals when he doesn't die. But is she willing to
pay the price the Hawk asks in exchange for his assistance?

Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday Snippet:

The
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Published on February 24, 2012 22:00

February 23, 2012

I've Been Tagged

Been a while since someone has tagged me with a blog award or one of those other things. Not that I'm complaining. :-) Thanks, Taurean at Talking Animal Addicts and Kat at The World Crafter's Inkspot for the Tags.

The Tag rules:
1. You must post the rules!
2. Answer the questions and then create eleven new questions to ask the people you've tagged.
3. Tag eleven people and link to them.
4. Let
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Published on February 23, 2012 10:27

February 22, 2012

Fun With Indie Publishing Part 5 - Promo File

You can find Part 4 - Cover Design here. Each week I'm covering a different aspect of Indie Publishing and sharing some of my experiences to help other people skip some of the mistakes I've made. :-)

Okay, your files are formatted for Kindle, Nook, and Smashwords. Your ebook cover should be designed. Now I want you to make a promo file: Title Promo. In your promo file, you will put in your Blurb
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Published on February 22, 2012 06:00

February 19, 2012

Six Sentence Sunday - IMMORTAL by Angelia Almos

New Release: IMMORTAL by Angelia Almos. A fantasy short story.


Arianna seeks help from rogue adventurer, the Hawk, to save
her criminal brother from the gallows. If her brother is hanged her entire
family will be exposed as immortals when he doesn't die. But is she willing to
pay the price the Hawk asks in exchange for his assistance?

Six Sentence Sunday Snippet:

He was just as Mother
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Published on February 19, 2012 06:00

February 17, 2012

Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday - SPECTORS by Angelia Almos

Spectors by Angelia Almos. 

A space pirate almost loses everything she cares about when she's blackmailed by the military into running a dangerous mission.

Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday Snippet:

She just wanted to
get this summons over with. It didn't make sense that the MSA would be looking
for her. She worked her butt off to stay under their radar. There was more
profit to be had by
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Published on February 17, 2012 22:00

February 15, 2012

Fun With Indie Publishing Part 4 - Cover Design

Thanks for stopping by for part 4. You can read Fun With Indie Publishing Part 3: Front and Back Matter here.

Cover design can be one of the funnest and most agonizing part of the indie publishing process. You have complete control. Yay! Your vision is the one which will be picked. Yay! But your idea could be bad or you might not have the skills needed to pull it off. Bummer.

But that's okay
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Published on February 15, 2012 06:00

February 12, 2012

Six Sentence Sunday Snippet - HORSE CHARMER by Angelia Almos

I could have sworn I scheduled a post for today, but it seems to have disappeared. Hmmm. So sorry this is a couple of hours late.



Horse Charmer by Angelia Almos. A young adult fantasy.

A sheltered princess discovers her remarkable gift with horses while on a dangerous quest to find her father's murderer.

Six Sentence Sunday Snippet: 

Steeling her nerves, she tiptoed across the room
to the
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Published on February 12, 2012 08:00

February 10, 2012

Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday - Spectors by Angelia Almos

Spectors by Angelia Almos. 

A space pirate almost loses everything she cares about when she's blackmailed by the military into running a dangerous mission.

Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday Snippet:

"Fine." She turned to him with an overly sweet smile. "I apologize."


"That's better," Wilhelmina purred. "Don't you both feel better now?"


Kristy was given a reprieve when the comm beeped.
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Published on February 10, 2012 22:00

February 8, 2012

Fun With Indie Publishing Part 3 - Front and Back Matter

Thanks for stopping by for part 3. You can find Part 2 here.

Now, I'll talk about the front and back matter of what to put in your master file.

I put my cover on the front page.



Page Break. 

Title page comes next. Example would be:



WHITELIGHTER

by

Angie Derek

****

Smashwords Edition

****
Page Break



Published by Thoroughweb Press.

Whitelighter

Copyright © 2011 by Angelia Almos
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Published on February 08, 2012 06:00