Linda Acaster's Blog - Posts Tagged "native-american"
#SampleSunday for Valentine's
I joined in with Tweeting #samplesunday when it launched back in December, and over the latter weeks have been serialising the opening chapters of Torc of Moonlight. But I'm getting close to the... er...rock 'n' roll... and as I have an open blog I decided to switch tack.
What better novel to switch to on (almost) Valentine's Day but an historical novel full of romance and adventure?
Beneath The Shining Mountains is set c.1830s on the northern plains in what would become the Wyoming/Montana area and follows a tight-kit community of Apsaroke, their loves, politics and an escalating resentment.
Although it was not available in the USA, it sold 30k copies in paper under a different title, but is now available to a new readership as an all-formats ebook. I'm surprised how well it's doing, as it's not a novel I've been promoting. Perhaps, ironically, that's the key.
The first part of the opening chapter is available on lindaacaster.blogspot.com. Drop by if you have time.
What better novel to switch to on (almost) Valentine's Day but an historical novel full of romance and adventure?
Beneath The Shining Mountains is set c.1830s on the northern plains in what would become the Wyoming/Montana area and follows a tight-kit community of Apsaroke, their loves, politics and an escalating resentment.
Although it was not available in the USA, it sold 30k copies in paper under a different title, but is now available to a new readership as an all-formats ebook. I'm surprised how well it's doing, as it's not a novel I've been promoting. Perhaps, ironically, that's the key.
The first part of the opening chapter is available on lindaacaster.blogspot.com. Drop by if you have time.
Read An Ebook Week - ends 12 March
Good grief, where's the month gone? And my memory? I thought I'd blogged about Read An Ebook Week, but obviously not. There again, RaEbookWeek caught me somewhat by surprise as well.
For those interested, all my ebooks on Smashwords are discounted by 50% with the code RAE50 applied at checkout. This mean my short fiction collection Contribution to Mankind and other stories of the Dark is FREE. Deadline is 11.59 PST today.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... - a one-stop shop for all formats.
The link opens on Beneath The Shining Mountains as I am still basking in the fact that this historical romance reached No 10 in the USA Kindle > Native American bestseller list on Wednesday. It's dropped back now, but ebooks, unlike print books, have a long-tail sales so it may well rise again as new readers find it for the Kindle.
While I'm chatting I'd like to thank those winners of the pbk Torc of Moonlight who acknowledged receipt. The first review is already up on Goodreads - thanks, Rita - and doubtless the others will follow in time. If you TBR list is anything like mine... my Goodreads to-read shelf hardly makes a dent in what is actually piled by my bed. Hey ho!
For those interested, all my ebooks on Smashwords are discounted by 50% with the code RAE50 applied at checkout. This mean my short fiction collection Contribution to Mankind and other stories of the Dark is FREE. Deadline is 11.59 PST today.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view... - a one-stop shop for all formats.
The link opens on Beneath The Shining Mountains as I am still basking in the fact that this historical romance reached No 10 in the USA Kindle > Native American bestseller list on Wednesday. It's dropped back now, but ebooks, unlike print books, have a long-tail sales so it may well rise again as new readers find it for the Kindle.
While I'm chatting I'd like to thank those winners of the pbk Torc of Moonlight who acknowledged receipt. The first review is already up on Goodreads - thanks, Rita - and doubtless the others will follow in time. If you TBR list is anything like mine... my Goodreads to-read shelf hardly makes a dent in what is actually piled by my bed. Hey ho!
Horse-Raiding in the Starlight
Not me, I hasten to add, but Winter Man, the hero of Beneath The Shining Mountains.
Across on my http://lindaacaster.blogspot.com #SampleSunday is in full swing with the opening of Chapter 3 available to read. Now that Moon Hawk has delivered her challenge the story is focusing for a while on Winter Man, determined to call her bluff by producing a coup that she will have no option but to acknowledge. But from the start the trip does not go according to plan...
If you are interested in the taboos and lore, and some of the in-fighting that can occur on such a venture, go across and have a peek.
Thanks for reading.
Across on my http://lindaacaster.blogspot.com #SampleSunday is in full swing with the opening of Chapter 3 available to read. Now that Moon Hawk has delivered her challenge the story is focusing for a while on Winter Man, determined to call her bluff by producing a coup that she will have no option but to acknowledge. But from the start the trip does not go according to plan...
If you are interested in the taboos and lore, and some of the in-fighting that can occur on such a venture, go across and have a peek.
Thanks for reading.
