Ruth Nestvold's Blog, page 13
April 18, 2016
KU Scammers Attack Amazon’s Free Ebook Charts
Sigh. The next scam making it more difficult for honest authors to make a living …
Last month, Amazon was caught up in a crisis at least partly of its own making when bungled attempts to deal with a growing Kindle Unlimited scammer problem resulted in the sanctioning of innocent authors.
Amazon has since apologized, and has also pledged to beef up its response to the KU scamming mess – but questions very much remain about whether Amazon is taking the problem seriously enough....
April 17, 2016
Champagne in Champagne
I promised to report on our short trip to the Champagne region of France, and now that things have quieted down a bit here, I can finally get around to it.
This month, my sister came for a visit for the first time in over 25 years. After a few days in our humble home, we headed off for France, where we met her daughter in Troyes.
Karen and Olivia
Troyes is an amazingly quaint and lovely town, full of narrow streets and half-timbered houses and old churches, deserving of a much longer visit...
April 16, 2016
Aphra Behn: 1640 (?) – April 16, 1689
Aphra Behn, the woman who made it possible for us women to speak our minds (at least according to Virginia Woolf), died 327 years ago today. Not only was she the first professional woman writer in the English language, she (probably) traveled to the English colony of Surninam, wrote prose works that could be argued to be predecessors of the genre of the novel, was a spy in the Netherlands for Charles II, and spent time in debtor’s prison as a result of expenses accrued in service to the crown...
April 12, 2016
Very belated update, and Ygerna seeking a healer for #WIPpet Wednesday
A lot has been going on here in Central Europe, and I just haven’t been able to take the time for blogging while still moving forward on my writing. My sister came to visit — for the first time in over 25 years. Then we took a short trip to France, where we met her daughter and spent some time drinking champagne in Champagne. I still intend to write a blog post about that with pictures, but when we got back, I had better things to do: I FINISHED A COMPLETE DRAFT OF DRAGON TOUCHED TODAY! The r...
April 11, 2016
New cover for Ygerna — let me know what you think!
My cover artist Lou Harper sent me a new cover design for my Pendragon Chronicles prequel, Ygerna, and I would love some feedback!
Here’s the ebook cover:
And here’s the wraparound:
Any and all comments and suggestions welcome!
Tagged: book cover design, book covers, Pendragon Chronicles, Ygerna
April 2, 2016
Almost 100 #FREE Science Fiction and Fantasy eBooks!
It’s that time of month again, when we do another big group promo! Over 90 FREE books this month, in many sub-genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Check it out — and have fun browsing.[image error]
Tagged: free books, free ebooks, group promo, Science Fiction & Fantasy, sff
March 17, 2016
Black Baccara — A new tale in the Rose Knights Series
The Tale of the Rose Knights that went live on DSF this week is based on a rose I actually have in my garden. And here she is, Black Baccara:
Black Baccara in my garden
You can read the other Rose Knight tales on DSF here.
Enjoy!
Tagged: black baccara, daily science fiction, DSF, Jay Lake, Roses, ruth nestvold, tales of the rose knights
St. Patrick’s Day Promo: Free, or Free with Kindle Unlimited!
** THE ST.PATRICK’S DAY MEGA SALE & GIVEAWAY **
All books are FREE or FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Multiple retailers, multiple genres, fabulous authors! Grab ’em now while the deals are HOT, then enter the giveaway for a chance to win a Kindle or Amazon gift certificate!
My contribution to the promo is Yseult, Part I: Two Women, which takes place in ancient Ireland. Thought that would be appropriate. :)
NOTE: A number of the books in this promo are only free if you have Kindle Unlimited, so...
March 16, 2016
Kindle Unlimited KENP Read up 17%!
Good news for a change! Via Chris McMullen:
IMPROVEMENT IN KENP READ RATE Here is some good news for KDP Select authors and for Kindle Unlimited subscribers (indirectly, since this good news for authors benefits the readers, too). The KENP p…
Source: Kindle Unlimited KENP Read up 17%!
Tagged: KDP Select, KENP, Kindel unlimited, self-publishing
March 15, 2016
Podcast of “Osiana” on District of Wonders
“Osiana,” the first in the Tales of the Rose Knights (being published bi-weekly on DSF) is now available for listening from Far-Fetched Fables at District of Wonders.
Enjoy!
Tagged: Jay Lake, podcast, ruth nestvold, tales of the rose knights
