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March 5, 2017
Read An #Ebook Week Discounts
05-11th March is Read An Ebook Week.
One of my
distributors, Smashwords, is again participating, offering a promotional catalogue of fiction and non-fiction at discounted prices in multiple
formats: mobi for Kindle and ePub for Kobo, Nook, etc.
I have two novels on offer, both discounted by 50% from $2.99 down to $1.50:
Hostage of the Heart is a sweet medieval romance set on the
One of my
distributors, Smashwords, is again participating, offering a promotional catalogue of fiction and non-fiction at discounted prices in multiple
formats: mobi for Kindle and ePub for Kobo, Nook, etc.
I have two novels on offer, both discounted by 50% from $2.99 down to $1.50:
Hostage of the Heart is a sweet medieval romance set on the
February 26, 2017
Feeding the Creative Well
Some writers can hit a thousand words a day, some a thousand words an hour. Some hit their target before breakfast. Alas, I am and always have been in the first camp. If I can hit a thousand words in a six hour stretch I’ve had a good day.
The problem with this speed of writing is that it leaves very little time to recoup mental resources. Bounding off to the supermarket with a hastily
The problem with this speed of writing is that it leaves very little time to recoup mental resources. Bounding off to the supermarket with a hastily
February 18, 2017
Writing: Back to Basics - Outlining
Novel 25% lists: 11, 12, 13...14 chapters?
It’s near enough a month since I wrote my first Back to Basics post acknowledging that the Structure of my work-in-progress had become a horrific tangle. Since then I’ve identified the principle knot – my Hero had stopped acting Heroic – I’ve injected the required drive, and tweaked all the following chapters back into flowing order. This leaves the
It’s near enough a month since I wrote my first Back to Basics post acknowledging that the Structure of my work-in-progress had become a horrific tangle. Since then I’ve identified the principle knot – my Hero had stopped acting Heroic – I’ve injected the required drive, and tweaked all the following chapters back into flowing order. This leaves the
February 11, 2017
Free Images and Manipulation Software
free images and manipulation software
It goes with the territory these days that writers of words need
images, if not to enhance the text directly, then to draw a casually
browsing reader to do more than casually browse.
I’m using an image with this post so that the reader will understand intuitively which subject the post will cover. In effect, it bolsters the post title. And when I
It goes with the territory these days that writers of words need
images, if not to enhance the text directly, then to draw a casually
browsing reader to do more than casually browse.
I’m using an image with this post so that the reader will understand intuitively which subject the post will cover. In effect, it bolsters the post title. And when I
February 3, 2017
Writing: Back to Basics - Is Your Hero or Heroine Heroic?
The term Hero or Heroine is hardly used these days. It smacks too much of melodrama where the good are very, very good and the bad and just damned rotten. Main Character has been the term for as long as I’ve been writing, because readers expect characters in shades of grey [not those Shades of Grey].
Main characters have foibles and fears, wants and needs. They lie to themselves; they are in
Main characters have foibles and fears, wants and needs. They lie to themselves; they are in
Is Your Hero or Heroine Heroic?
The term Hero or Heroine is hardly used these days. It smacks too much of melodrama where the good are very, very good and the bad and just damned rotten. Main Character has been the term for as long as I’ve been writing, because readers expect characters in shades of grey [not those Shades of Grey].Main characters have foibles and fears, wants and needs. They lie to themselves; they are in
January 29, 2017
Author Interview: My Heritage Books
Today I’m in conversation with Rhoda Baxter on her website HERE. We’re talking Heritage Books: which book gifted to me in my early years made such an impression it stayed with me for life, and which I’d like to pass on and why.
Guess which I chose... the clue isn't necessarily in this image.
Talking about which books make an impression in our early years is an interesting concept for an
Guess which I chose... the clue isn't necessarily in this image.
Talking about which books make an impression in our early years is an interesting concept for an
January 21, 2017
Writing: Back to Basics – Structure
Image courtesy of Vickisdesigns, Pixabay.com
There’s nothing like getting into a taffle while writing a novel. It’s
easy to misstep, I’ll grant, even to take a wrong turn, but a true
taffle is something I never thought I’d encounter, because in all the
short stories and novels I've published it’s not previously occurred.
I knew
something was amiss, but as with that other type of yarn
There’s nothing like getting into a taffle while writing a novel. It’s
easy to misstep, I’ll grant, even to take a wrong turn, but a true
taffle is something I never thought I’d encounter, because in all the
short stories and novels I've published it’s not previously occurred.
I knew
something was amiss, but as with that other type of yarn
January 14, 2017
Discounted Historicals - Final Weekend
There's nothing like stocking up your e-reader with titles from authors new-to-you, and discounted promotions are a simple way to widen your reading horizon in the genre or genres you prefer. Last weekend it was Science Fiction & Fantasy - see HERE.
This weekend the chosen genre is Historical Fiction, the promotion being run by Ryn Shell, and my offered novel is Beneath The Shining Mountains.
This weekend the chosen genre is Historical Fiction, the promotion being run by Ryn Shell, and my offered novel is Beneath The Shining Mountains.
January 7, 2017
Discounted eBooks Extravaganza!
Readers of this blog will realise that I'm dipping my toes into the world of author cross-promotions. I won't say that it is highly lucrative, at least for me, but it is an exceptionally worthwhile learning curve where marketing my books is concerned. This month I am engaged in two: 7-8th and 14-15th.
The first, with 100+ SciFi & Fantasy titles, kicks off today at http://pattyjansen.com/promo
The first, with 100+ SciFi & Fantasy titles, kicks off today at http://pattyjansen.com/promo
