Eileen Sheehan's Blog, page 2

combining author names

I have been receiving some nice reviews for my books that I've written under the author name of Ailene Frances. I was so new when I started participating in goodreads.com that I created separate accounts. I now question the wisdom in that. My reason for using author names for different genres is to keep the confusion for my readers at a minimum. I have some who do not enjoy paranormal, but like the romance; some who want paranormal but nothing scary and then some who want a few thrills. By using different author names, those who follow me immediately know what type of book it is. Ailene Frances is straight romance with no paranormal and I have a goodreads.com account for that name while Eileen Sheehan writes paranormal with a different goodreads.com account. Yet, if you search Eileen Sheehan at an online bookseller like amazon, ALL of my author names come up. So, now the question is how to make that happen on goodreads.com, if it is even possible. I guess this is a good lesson in doing your research before you just dive into something :)

2 mor days at 99 cents!

Just a quick reminder that my new paranormal /romance /thriller release: GHOST LOVE by Eileen F. Sheehan will be released in eBook format on 4/15/2018 and will go up to its normal price of $2.99. BUT you still have 2 days to pre-order it for only 99 cents from your favorite bookseller!!!!

reviews on amazon

I just received a nice 5 star review on amazon in the UK. for The Vampire, The Handler, and Me. Sometimes they show up on amazon.com too and sometimes they don't I'm a writer, so that technical stuff isn't my forte. If anyone knows if there is a way to get all of t he reviews from the books to show up on both amazons, I'd love it if you shared with me.The Vampire, the Handler, and Me

Getting in the groove

Yikes! I've spent so much time away from the everyday stuff... like housework... while I completed my novels and now that I've finished them I can't seem to get into the groove of things. I'm staring at the dust rag and it's staring back but neither of us are moving!

It's my birthday mont

Well, April is my birthday month and to celebrate I'm releasing two new eBooks! Both are written with my author name of Eileen F. Sheehan... [For those of you who don't know it... I write with multiple author names in accordance to the genre. The "F" in my name lets you know that I've thrown a few thrills and chills into the romance story. You might even say they touch on horror..that would depend on how vivid your able to visualize. Anyway... both books flew through my fingers in record time, which means my mind was bursting to write them and now I'm sharing them with you.

On April 15,2018 GHOST LOVE will be released. GHOST LOVE is a historical western thriller. The by line for it is "What started out as a love affair for a nineteenth century Montana rancher quickly became a nightmare." [book:Ghost Love by Eileen F. Sheehan|39718838]

On April 30,2018 VICKIE will be released. The byline for Vickie is "Doctor by day.... Zombie Hunter by night."

Both eBooks are available on pre-order for only 99 cents. They'll go to their normal price of $2.99 on the release days. So, if you're interested in a good romance that will send a few chills down your spine and want to save some money.. now's the time to reserve your copy!

Titles being translated!

I'm thrilled to say that the following titles are under contract to be translated into another language.

Love MisunderstoodLove Misunderstood (by my pen name of Ailene Frances) - into Portuguese by the end of September 2017.

Dark EscapeDark Escape (by my pen name of Eileen Sheehan) into Spanish by summer 2018

The Vampire, the Handler, and MeThe Vampire, The Handler, and Me ( by my pen name of Eileen Sheehan) by spring of 2018

Vampire Witch (by my pen name of Eileen Sheehan) into French by spring of 2018

FALL IS AROUND THE CORNER...SO IS HALLOWEEN!

I have been lax at writing in my blog due to a writing frenzy. Now that I've slowed down with writing novels, I'll do my best to catch everyone up on the news...

First off:
I'm happy to announced that I have a new paranormal romance/thriller that is Halloween themed to be released on October 15,2017. "A Vampire's Love" by Eileen Sheehan. To celebrate, it is on sale for pre-order for a whopping 99 cents. It is available in eBook format only at this time from most online booksellers.

Secondly: I released book 3 of the Vampire Witch Trilogy over the summer. It's titled Kings & Queens. I had a blast writing the trilogy ( Vampire Witch, Vampire Queen, Kings & Queens) and I'm happy to say it's starting go get noticed. Yeah!!!

Third: My alternate author persona, Ailene Frances, ( I use it to keep genre confusion at bay) released 2 novels over the summer. They're both historical westerns and are taking off nicely. "Paper Widow" starts out in Texas right after the civil war and finished in Philadelphia. Keeping in the same post civil war timeline, "Love at Wolf Creek" (released September 1,2017 ) starts out in New Orleans and ends up in west Texas. Both are fast paced romances that have received a good response.

Fourth: For those who have read Shadow Love (book 1 of the trilogy) I want you to know I'm in the process of writing book 2 of the trilogy and expect it to be ready in December.. January at the latest).

Fifth: I'm running a review campaign. For every review you send a valid link for to show where you posted it, you name will go into a drawing to be held on December 4th for a FREE 2017 Kindle Fire. details are on my author website www.sheehan-author.info If you want to be on my newsletter to keep abreast of info, there's a link to sign up on my website as well.

Finally: I'm both honored and humbled to see that there is a fan group for Eileen Sheehan on goodreads. It was started about a month ago. The organizer has announced she wants to discuss Vampire Witch with the group and is offering one lucky reader a free copy!!!

Okay .. I think I've gotten you caught up.

Until I post again... Happy Reading!!!

All titles

I'm pleased to say that, for a specific time, all of my eBooks have been reduced to $2.99!

videos

I got lucky and found a radio personality to create voice overs for the videos I'm posting for my novels. She's doing a wonderful job!

Reviews: Author vrs Editor

Although I'm very, very grateful to receive a 3 star rating or above for my novels, I have to say that I'm a little disappointed that some of my ratings were lowered due to editing. I'm the author and I feel the reviewers should be reviewing on writing style, flow, character development, and concept of the story and not how good or bad the editor/publisher did. I had one review where the reader said she liked my book and would read more if I got a new editor. I have no control over my editors so I don't know what to say about that except that I'm sorry the reader/reviewer is willing to forego getting lost in one of my stories -when she clearly stated she enjoyed the one she read- simply because the editing isn't up to her standards. Personally, although I am with a small press, I feel they do well. The editing hiccups I've found in my novels are minor and shouldn't detract the average reader from the flow of the story. I've read plenty of books published by the big publishers like Random House, Avon, and Bantam Books and they've had their fair share of editing errors. One book actually repeated the same paragraph three times! Editors and publishers should be rated separately in my opinion. But then, that's just my opinion. :)