Daniel McHugh's Blog - Posts Tagged "fantasy"

Today is the day. I have just launched my book trailer videos on Goodreads and have decided to update all book activity here on the Goodreads blog as well as the website www.seraphinium.net. Good reading to all.

After one and a half days, the Giveaway Promo for BOOK I of THE SERAPHINIUM has been a tremendous success. Currently, we've moved over 700 books to the reading public and watched the ranks of all three of the released Seraphinium books soar.

BOOK I in particular shot up the Amazon charts peaking around the 290th overall Kindle book.

Additionally, BOOK I rose to #16 on the Kindle Free Fantasy Novels chart and #4 on the Kindle Free Epic Fantasy Novels chart.

Getting the books to the public is only step one. Hopefully, they read and enjoy them, returning later to purchase more in the series and write reviews.

Good reading to all.

The Pool and the Pedestal (Book II of The Seraphinium)





finally joins
The Merchant and the Menace






in Amazon's Bestseller rankings.

TP&TP (or TP) has cracked Amazon's Best Sellers in Mythology list:



The Merchant and the Menace remains both an Amazon Top Fifty Top Rated Epic Fantasy and a Top 100 Best Seller Fantasy Magic & Wizards read.

What are the best Rock-n-Roll songs about or related to Fantasy Fiction? This question popped into my head last night so I asked it on a thread at sffworld.com. Head there if you would like to join the discussion.BEST Fantasy related Rock-n-Roll I started the list with the obvious entries below.

Led Zeppelin
Ramble On
A tribute to Tolkien's poetry & LOTR. Runner up mention to Misty Mountain Hop and The Battle of Evermore.

Jimi Hendrix
All Along The Watchtower
Musical imagery equivalent to a Frazetta drawing. A shout out to Bob Dylan, but Hendrix and the Experience infuse Dylan's composition with the power it needs to be a Fantasy classic.

Jefferson Airplane
White Rabbit
The definitive link between the 60's counter-culture and Fantasy Literature. Zeppelin transported us from present day into a fantasy world. Airplane dragged the fantasy world into present day.

Received a great opportunity today. The Indie Spotlight chose yours truly and The Merchant and the Menace for one of their featured author interviews. A great opportunity and good fun. Check out the interview by accessing the link below.

The Indie Spotlight

Trying to determine what the cover of Book IV: The Mirror and the Maelstrom will look like. Here are a few ideas. Feel free to drop me a line and comment. I need all the input I can get!



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Received a great email today from Joe Tomlinson in Phoenix. He thinks The Seraphinium has been great so far and is looking forward to the fourth and final book. (Due within the next few weeks, I promise!!!)

Anyhow, Joe said he was a "big Seraphan" and hooked a few friends onto the series.

All I know is "Seraphan" rocks and I am so stealing that phrase for all marketing hence forth!

So calling all Seraphans. Let's get some reviews and ratings on Goodreads.

Seraphans,

Make sure you check out the video trailer at:

The Seraphinium Trailer

Played my 11 year old daughter in a few games of Stratego the other day. I haven't played that game in 30+ years. A big shout out to my brothers Tim and Chris. I loved playing that game with them when I was a kid. Beats the hell out of a video game!

My youngest reaches the 6 year threshold today. We will be celebrating at her favorite, swanky dining establishment ... California Pizza Kitchen. "Garcon, more bread and pineapple pizza please!"