Catherine Bybee's Blog, page 31

Opening up my blog for YOUR promotion

Hey happy writers and readers... As some of you know I've been on a blog tour for Wife by Wednesday... which BTW reached a low Amazon rank of 2,300 over the weekend. Therefore, I'm keeping the sale price of .99 cents for a while longer...

Anyway, I'm on tour and because of that tour I've met some great bloggers and new friends on the net. That said, I'm opening up my blog for tour dates for tours and individuals who want to meet new readers.

I'm booking Tuesday and Thursday dates for November and December. If you're interested in blogging here on Romance by Catherine please comment below and leave me your email address so I can contact you with what I have open.

Tuesdays will be dedicated to Tuesday Tips - where authors will share their writing, promoting, or any tip they think is worthy of attention to share

Thursdays will be Anything Goes - Ranging from promo's, pondering life, maybe even an interview.

The lovely and talented Beth Trissel will be here on November 15th and Erotic Author Cari Quinn will join me on November 17th.

So please let me know if you'd like a bog date, and lets meet some new peeps.

Today I'm blogging at Sarah Ballance's blog and I'm giving away a copy of my latest release

Six Sentence Sunday ~ Soul Mate

I'm shaking things up a bit... going to talk a little bit about Soul Mate. Kari is my werewolf heroine, trying to remain unattached while she protects innocent children from the boogieman... Nick is an FBI agent who has every desire to learn all of Kari's secrets... In the scene below Kari and Nick are inside a cave behind a waterfall in the Sequoias where they plan on staying the night. You'd think the big, bad FBI agent would be prepared like a good scout... he isn't!


"Do you have any matches in there?" He pointed toward her bag.
     "I have a lighter."
     "Even better."
     He lifted the bag and opened it up, pulled out her novel with two half-naked people on the cover, turned it over in his hands and narrowed his eyes at her.
     Her face grew hot.
     "I would never have guessed." He laughed.
Soul Mate, Fictionwise and ARe bestseller is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and The Wild Rose Press

Why, Catherine, Why???

I've been asked this question a lot lately... Why? I've been asked why I'm selling Wife by Wednesday at the low price of .99 cents... and how long will that price last?

So here it is: Wife by Wednesday is my 1st contemporary romance. Well, my first published contemporary romance. It is also my first Indie published book and I actually have a say as to the price my readers pay for the book. So before you ask, NO, I can't lower the price on any of my other titles. I have several other contemporary romances coming, and I'd like to find readers in this genre, hence the low price of the book.

My thoughts are this, I'd love to find more readers, more people out there that get my voice, like my writing, and want to read more of what I have out there. At .99 cents they aren't investing a lot to see if they like my style. They might not. Which is completely fine with me. There are plenty of authors who people love out there that I just don't 'get'.

How long will the under  a buck price last?  Two answers to that. If - IF Samantha and Blake's story catches a cold... goes viral and loads of people gobble it up, then I'll simply leave it at .99 cents... no need to change it. If I hover where it stands right now, I'll bring the price back up to $2.99. As much as I'd love to write books and give 'em all away for free I do need to make a little money to pay for my expenses.

So, the .99 cent price will go on through Nov 1st at which time I'll decide if I need to bring the price up or leave it where it's at.

In the meantime - I'm blogging over at Simplistik today about the power of Twitter - and Lisette wrote a wonderful review for Wife by Wednesday there as well. So come on over and visit... and be sure and follow us on twitter. @catherinebybee

Interview on Blog Tour

I'm tour continues with a wonderful interview from Lisa Sanchez. She asked some great questions about the difference between contemporary fiction writing and paranormal writing. Come on over and wave.

Click HERE

On tour with Blackraven's Erotic Cafe + Free Books

I know, I know... Wife by Wednesday isn't erotic... but I do have some yummy things to say on the subject of erotic vs. mainstream love scenes.

And, the lovely people at Blackraven's are giving away three copies of Wife by Wednesday to those who stop by and comment.

So go HERE and comment!

To Agent, or Not to Agent

Three years ago when I sat down to find a home for Binding Vows I started with an agent search. Why not, that's what all the books said to do… all the blogs. I traversed agent blogs, websites, learned what they were looking for and narrowed my search of a couple of dozen. I queried, came up with a handful of flat out rejections and a couple of 'let me read more' letters. I circled around this block for about six months, did have one offer of representation but after more research I found said agent on the P&E Not Recommended list.
Part of me was gravely disappointed that I didn't find an agent straight out of the hoop, a good one that was. That feeling has come and gone in the past couple of years. I've tried the agent search a time or two since with various manuscripts. Yet with the changing tide of publishing, and many agents finding different day jobs, I realize that some of those rejections were actually my saving grace. You see, I am not tied into any one agent, not tied into not being able to self publish some of my work, or send future MacCoinnich Time Travel books to The Wild Rose Press.
With so many authors self publishing so they can actually make money, agents are quickly becoming part of the past. Sure some of the big six publishers still want to see only work sent by an author representative… but how long is that going to last? If Indie and small press authors continue to dominate the top 100 lists, this agent practice gig will be adios amigo.

Every day things are changing. One rejection may actually be another door opening.
The Ramblings of Catherine Bybee
Award Winning, Best Selling, blah, blah, blah, Author

$0.99 - Wife by Wednesday

Yep, you've read that right. Wife by Wednesday is temporarily set at under a buck to buy. So what are you waiting for... go forth and buy. *sprinkling fairy dust*

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Six Sentence Sunday ~ Wife by Wednesday

Okay... so it's more than six sentences... sue me!


"Tell me, Samantha… why would I be wasting my charm on you?"
He pronounced her name like a lover's caress, smooth and silky. She heard a hint of an English accent. An accent she thought would be thick on his tongue because of his title.
"We're here to discuss your pending marriage to one of the three women from my service," she reminded him. "I'm not sure how charming me can work to any advantage for you."
"Does everything have to have an angle?"
"In business, yes." In her world anyway.
"What about in your personal life?" He sat forward, his jacket opened as he did and she noticed for the first time that he wasn't wearing a tie. His dress shirt's first two buttons were undone and his bronze skin underneath caught her eye.
"We aren't here to discuss my personal life."
        "I wouldn't be too sure about that."

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Wife by Wednesday Blog Tour Continues

I'm over at The Phantom Paragrapher today with a blog dedicated to the books I grew up with.
Come on over and *wave* Another 5 Star Review
HERE is the link.

Up for 5 Heart Sweetheart Vote

The Romance Stuido recently reviewed Soul Mate for me and gave Kari and Nick 5 Hearts! Because of this Soul Mate is up for the 5 Heart Sweetheart Vote over on their site. Voting happens between 5 and 7 EST and I'd love to see Kari and Nick win. Hint, Hint!

So go on over to TRS by pressing HERE and vote!  Go... what are you waiting for? LOL