Lee Allen Howard's Blog, page 18
March 17, 2012
Guest Post: ZOMBIES AND ALCOHOL by Armand Rosamilia
Ever notice how much alcohol is consumed in a zombie novel? Guest blogger, Armand Rosamilia, author of DARLENE BOBICH: ZOMBIE KILLER, DYING DAYS and DYING DAYS 2, muses about the relationship and turns a drinking game into an intoxicating giveaway—perfect for St. Patrick's Day…
Armand Rosamilia, author of DYING DAYS 2
Have you ever heard that old line about writers and alcoholics being cut from the same cloth? It doesn't hold true for me.
I currently have one bottle of rum in the house, which I ...
March 10, 2012
Treat Your Digital Fiction Like Software
When traditional publishing ruled, once a book was printed, it was set in stone. That's why they employed editors and copy editors to improve the story and ferret out all the mistakes: once the book was typeset and thousands of copies printed, it couldn't be corrected. But we're in the digital age now.
If you're an indie author, you're responsible for everything: the writing, the formatting, the editing, the publishing, and the...
March 6, 2012
Getting Your Readers to Click “Buy Now”
Don’t let a humdrum book description keep readers from clicking Buy Now. Here’s how to make your book sales copy work for you.
You work hard to write a good story, make an eye-catching cover, and format your material professionally. Then you upload it to your favorite sales portal, creating a page where potential readers can find it and, hopefully, buy it. But then there’s that empty field staring your in the face: Book Description.
Just rattle off a few general lines and click Save, right?
Not...
Getting Your Readers to Click "Buy Now"
Don't let a humdrum book description keep readers from clicking Buy Now. Here's how to make your book sales copy work for you.
You work hard to write a good story, make an eye-catching cover, and format your material professionally. Then you upload it to your favorite sales portal, creating a page where potential readers can find it and, hopefully, buy it. But then there's that empty field staring your in the face: Book Description.
Just rattle off a few general lines and click Save, right?
Not ...
March 3, 2012
WINNERS of the Heidi Ruby Miller Contest
Winners of guest blogger Heidi Ruby Miller's recent giveaway contest were:
Rose Vanden Eynden won copies of GREENSHIFT and AMBASADORA.
Daniel McTaggart won a copy of GREENSHIFT.
Matt Betts won a copy of GREENSHIFT.
You can find out more about Heidi's books and follow her author interview series at http://heidirubymiller.blogspot.com.
March 1, 2012
Get MAMA SAID for Kindle — Free Promo!
On his thirteenth birthday, Buddy gets shipped up north by his religious mother, who can't cope with his sister's teenage pregnancy.
Just as he resigns himself to spending the entire summer at Gram's farm caring for kittens and cows, his bitter sister Brinda arrives, ending his peace and solitude.
When her boyfriend Jackie shows up and turns his attentions to Buddy from his bride-to-be, Buddy must do what Mama said—or...
February 21, 2012
Guest Post: WRITE FIRST by Heidi Ruby Miller
Do you wish you could write more? Guest blogger, Heidi Ruby Miller, author of AMBASADORA and GREENSHIFT, reveals how she increased her daily word count. Keep reading for a chance to win a copy. You'll want to, because her spicy sci-fi romances rock with action!
Heidi Ruby Miller, author of AMBASADORA and GREENSHIFT
I resolved this year to WRITE FIRST.It was my way of seeing if I could write more. And it worked.
Believe me, I was more surprised than anyone. Over the past five years I had...
February 17, 2012
NIGHT MONSTERS Unleashed!
Vampires, beasties, zombies, and ghouls… NIGHT MONSTERS presents four stories to read with the lights on.
Wyatt is looking for a no-strings fling in "Savoir-Faire." When he meets the beautiful and sexually voracious Natalie, all his fantasies come true… until he discovers that unseen strings are more entangling than he bargained for.
In "The Worst Thing," Petie's first sleepover seemed like a good idea in the daylight. But after dark at Nate's house...
February 14, 2012
Book Review: WINTER BIRDS by Jim Grimsley
You are Danny, one of five children born to poor Southern parents in the late 1950s. You move from one ramshackle house to another, most in ill repair and without adequate heat. When your Papa loses his arm in a farming accident, hard times grow harder.
Your saintly Mama puts up with a lot of abuse from Papa, whose moods swing deeper and darker and dangerously more violent with every imagined offense. You young'uns do your best to steer clear of trouble.
How do you feel reading...
February 13, 2012
Movie Review: The Haunting of #24
John is down on his luck, so he moves into grimy little apartment house #24 where the paint is stained, the water drips, and all the tenants share a bathroom. But his situation is only temporary, until he finds a job and gets back on his feet.
The landlord says the place is fully occupied, but the only neighbor John sees is a wanton old woman who counsels him to accept that he cannot leave. All the other tenants, she says, are dead. "They're all dead. Simple as that."
When John's...
