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Indie authors entertain troops with mass book donation

Twenty independent authors from across the United States have come together to show their support of those serving in the military overseas, announced Gordon Vivace, facilitator of Indie Author Promotions and author of Quoth the Booby, his humorous perspective on everything from parenting to politics, economics to education and travel to trials. The authors contributed two copies each of their works to be made available to the servicemen and women.
The mass donation of books from various genres was the brainchild of yours truly, Devorah Fox, an Indie AP member and author of the literary fantasies The Lost King and The King’s Ransom. “We were inspired to do this by author James Patterson’s recent giveaway of 200,000 of his titles to military members stationed in the U.S. and Afghanistan.” said Fox. “We’re independent authors not affiliated with a large publishing house. While we’re not in a position to ship out a pallet-load of books, we liked the idea of showing our support for our servicemen and women in this personal way. We hope our work will entertain them during their down time.”

The Indie Author Promo members compiled a collection of humor and science fiction books, thrillers, romances, fantasies and memoirs to provide the troops with a refreshing virtual respite from their important and challenging work. The participating authors contributed two copies each of their books.

In putting together the donation, Vivace discovered that postal regulations required that the books be shipped to a specific individual. Over Labor Day weekend 2013, Vivace shipped out the box of books weighing over 50 pounds to a 401st Army Field Support Brigade service member who is involved with the local Army “library.” The soldiers will have permanent access to the books.

The contributed books and their authors are:

Personal Baggage – Margaret McMillion

Pie – Kandy Kay Scaramuzzo

Where There Is No Comfort, Seven Days in Ethiopia – Juliann Troi

The Dragonfly Saga – Juliann Troi

The Lost King – Devorah Fox

The King’s Ransom - Devorah Fox

Heart Song – Samantha LaFantasie

Death Storm – GS Wright

Broken Things – GS Wright

Separate Truth – Michael McManus

Framed But Not Forgotten – Michael McManus

Mistress – Jessica Flaska

Captured – Jessica Flaska

Quoth The Booby – Gordon Vivace

He Walks With Dragons – Stanley Thornton

Dangerous Zeros – John Marshall Mills

Four Fathers, For Whom The Book Tells - George Pritchard Harris

Freefall – Linda Howell Betz

Love’s Second Chance – R. M. James

For a variety of reasons many authors including acclaimed award-winners choose to stay away from mainstream publishers and remain independent. Through Indie Author Promotions, over 100 authors collaborate to publicize and promote each others’ works and make them readily available via the Web site at http://indieap.cucinavivace.com.

 

The sophomore curse

How cool is this? My article on “The Sophomore Curse” has been published on Writer.ly
Writer.ly offers resources for everything related to the book industry. Check out the stories on writing, editing, marketing and self-publishing.

Need a writer, editor or proofreader to help with a project? Use the Find Talent and search for exactly the skills and services that you need or browse through View Offers. Looking for a market for your work? Take a look at Find Work.

Hope you find “The Sophomore Curse” interesting and helpful. I hope to have more stories on Writer.ly. If there’s a “writerly” topic you’re curious about, let me know. I’ll research it and write about it.

 

Dog days

It’s August, the dog days of summer…more

King Bewilliam holds court

Y. Correa, author and hostess of the All Authors Blog gives a glimpse of an afternoon in the life of King Bewilliam of The Lost King and The King’s Ransom.
The King and his subjects thank you, Ms. Correa.
I hope you enjoy the scene and the other author interviews, features and reviews from the All Authors Blog Blitz, the AABB 2013. Authors, be sure to check out the Support Group.

If you missed the smashwords.com summer sale on The Lost King, don’t despair. There’s still bargains to be had. The King’s Ransom is available on smashwords at an introductory pre-order price until August 30, 2013.

Book excerpts for you to read and share

My books, The Lost King and The King’s Ransom, are today’s feature on Y. Correa’s “All Authors” blog. Thanks to Y. Correa for giving me a chance to share my work. Check out all the other treats for readers and writers on her “All Authors” blog.

“The King’s Ransom” pre-release sale

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by smashwords to take a peek at The King’s Ransom. It’s available for Nook, Apple iBooks and Kobo. You can buy it now at a special pre-release price and download it as soon as the book hits the digital bookshelf—not long now!
If you give this pre-release sale a try, I’d love to hear about your experience with it, so do leave a comment.

Instant book!

I ♥ the Espresso Book Machine. There is just something charming about walking up to a machine and ordering up a freshly printed and bound book as if it were no more complicated than getting a candy bar from a vending machine.
The Lost King is now available on the Espresso Book Machine, along with the sequel, The King’s Ransom. I am so thrilled!

Coming to a Nook near you soon

The King’s Ransom has been accepted into www.smashwords.com’s Premium Catalog and shipped to Nook, Apple iBooks and Kobo. You can buy it now and download it as soon as the book hits the digital bookshelf!

You can download a generous digital sample of either The King’s Ransom and The Lost King on the Kindle and smashwords pages.

Me, revisited!

I was honored to be interviewed a second time by Michael Brookes. Check out his blog for this interview, to meet other authors, and to discover Michael if you aren’t already a fan of his work.

Interview with King Bewilliam

Fascinated with King Bewilliam of The Lost King  and The King’s Ransom? Wish you could get to know him better? The King recently held court and took questions from his subjects. Check out the answers on Tista Ray’s Website.
Get to know Tista Ray while you’re there. Lots of goodies on her site for readers and writers like giveaways, interviews and reviews. Check out Tista’s books, too.

Thanks to Tista for hosting the character interview and to the King’s fans for providing the questions.