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July 9, 2014
Why Reviews Are Valuable
Have you read one of my books?
You have? That’s awesome, thank you.
If you haven’t, or if your review is only posted on your own blog, then please do me a favor and go over to Amazonor Goodreadsand please post a review of it. There are two reasons why this is crucial:
Most readers will read reviews of a book before they click the buy button. It’s usually a make-or-break situation. If a book has little to no reviews on it, then that reader may not think it’s worth their tim...
July 6, 2014
New Pulp Categories
So, here’s the deal.
Amazon gives you a choice of two categories for your book. And those two categories are pretty broad. For many pulp authors,that doesn’t express just how diverse our books are. As one example,Love & Bulletsis an action/adventure book (a sub-category of literature &fiction).But it’s also a book about assassins (which is a sub-category on Amazon). And it’s a pulp book, another sub-category. It’s a thriller, yet another category. It’s women’s adventure. It’s even romantic act...
July 2, 2014
Want a Discount eBook? How About a Free One?
Been a long time, unfortunately have been very busy with classes—both teaching and taking them. But what I have to bring you today is two great offers!
First, for the month of July, you can pick upSoulQuest for the sale price of 99¢! It’s available on all platforms, so whether you’re an Kindle, Kobo, iOS, or Nook user, you can get access to it. One of the reasons for this sale is because I’d like to boost up the reviews for the book. So if you buy and enjoy it, then please post up a review on...
April 5, 2014
Announcing Pro Se Single Shots!
Pro Se Productions has just announced a new line, the Pro Se Single Shot Signatures.
The line features thirty-eight writers who will be producing stories, ranging between 3000-15000 words, on a consistent basis. They will either be an original series featuring recurring characters, or individual stand-alone tales with the unifying title of “From The Pen of…” followed by the author’s name. These short tales will be released in digital format only (print collections at a later date are a possibi...
March 19, 2014
Ron Fortier tackles SoulQuest!
Ron Fortier has just posted up a review ofSoulQuest at Pulp Fiction Reviews. Here’s a bit of what he had to say:
“Soul Quest” reminded me a great deal of those early Ace Paperbacks in which I first discovered science fiction and fantasy as a teenager.The action never stops; the heroes are true romantic rogues in the classic sense and the villains as dastardly as they come.For a big book, “Soul Quest” moved at such breakneck speed, I read through it quickly only to be both satisfied and sad to...
February 24, 2014
Don’t Be Petty
Author Lynn Shepherd recently wrote a blog post for the Huffington Post entitled “If JK Rowling Cares About Writing, She Should Stop Doing It.” A lot of people, myself included, have a lot of problems with this article. Let’s have a look at why:
I didn’t much mind Rowling when she was Pottering about. I’ve never read a word (or seen a minute) so I can’t comment on whether the books were good, bad or indifferent. I did think it a shame that adults were reading them (rather than just reading the...
February 19, 2014
Pay the Writer
Recently, a fellow New Pulp author posted on Facebook saying that he was asked by someone if he could make a living off his writing and he tried not to laugh. Another New Pulp author said that he has family members who are convinced he’s sitting on mountains of cash from his writing career and is lying when he says otherwise.
It’s an unfortunate truth that the vast majority of us writing in New Pulp still have to have day jobs, because we do not make enough off of our writing to live off of. E...
February 17, 2014
Self-Publishers: Hold Yourselves to a Higher Standard
Last month, Chuck Wendig posted an entry on his terribleminds blog, entitled Self-Publishing Is Not The Minor Leagues. Like a lot of Chuck’s posts, it’s a great read. I’m just going to quote a small portion of it, because you should read the whole thing:
The attitude that pervades self-publishing is that it’s a good place to test your craft, to hone your work. We are reminded constantly that the cream floats to the top, that all the crappy self-publishing efforts have no effect on anything or...
January 24, 2014
Write a Review, Get a Free eBook!
Would you like a free ebook?
Have you picked up a copy of my epic fantasy novel,SoulQuest?
If the answer to both of those questions is yes, then I’d like to ask if you’d be kind enough to post a review of the book, either on Amazon or Goodreads. And to express my appreciation, you’ll receive a free ebook of your choice!
Once you’ve posted your Amazon or Goodreads review, copy the link and then pleaseclick here, take a look at the available books, and then fill out the form at the bottom of the p...
December 31, 2013
99¢ Pulp! New Year’s Sale!
Yesterday, I announced a Kindle Countdown sale where my latest book,SoulQuest was available from Amazon for only 99¢!
But why stop there? Instead, I’m having a huge sale to ring in the New Year!
Until January 5th, you can getSoulQuest from Amazon for 99¢, but you can also get the following books for the same price!
Chasing The Dragon,Love & Bullets, Outlaw Blues,The Myth Hunter, andDragon Kings of the Orient are all available for 99¢ as well, and will remain that way throughout the month of Janu...
