Karly Kirkpatrick's Blog, page 30

Interview of Me on Joanne's Blog

I was honored to be interviewed by the lovely Joanne Troppello.  Be sure to check out the interview on her blog if you'd like to know my deepest, darkest, writing secrets.  Or just my regular writing secrets.  Who am I kidding, having a blog means never keeping any deep, dark secrets.

Thanks again, Joanne!

Quitting NaNo And Back To The Real World

So I made an attempt to take on NaNo this year, knowing that I wouldn't have a ton of time, and I made it two weeks before all of my other commitments took over.  I'm still proud of the work I did, it was well received at my grad class and I managed 20,000 words in about 13 days.  That comes out to 75 pages double spaced.  I hope to finish it up after I finish my grad paper, which I should be

Into the Shadows Paperback Available NOW!

I'm excited to announce that the paperback version of Into the Shadows is available now at my CreateSpace store for the low price of $11.00.  It will be available on Amazon.com in about 15 days (per CreateSpace). 

Follow this link to the CreateSpace Into the Shadows page! 

I am so happy with it, CreateSpace, my cover designer Carl Graves, and format expert Rob Siders deserve a ton of credit

YA Flash Death Match Awesome November Contest!

Please check out my other website, YA Flash Death Match, and enter your YA NaNo novel, or non-NaNo YA novel for this month's competition!

First Week In Numbers

Just a quick post on this week's numbers (not counting Friday).  I sold 20 copies alone on November 1, 19 at Amazon and 1 at Barnes & Noble.  I have since sold two more, one at Amazon, and one at B&N. Add that to the 4 that sold prior to November 1 and at this point I've sold a grand total of...26 copies, 22 this week. 

Obviously I won't be able to maintain those numbers, I'm not doing a ton of

Congrats to the Winners!

I'd like to offer congratulations to the winners of the Into the Shadows giveaway!  I'll be contacting you shortly by email to get you your free copy!  Thanks to all who participated and here are the winners!  Amber, Julie, Dottie, Richard, Cheyanne, Valerie, Ann, and Timothy.

NaNoWriMo!

For the second year in a row, I'm diving back into NaNoWriMo (www.nanowrimo.org), the month-long writing extravaganza! I'm writing a new piece, my very first vampire novel, called Bloody Little Secrets. My goal is to 'win' again this year, meaning I'll hit that 50,000 word mark.  But to do so, something will have to give, so don't worry if I'm a little scarce on the blog.  It just means I'm

Into the Shadows is Available Today!

I couldn't be more excited today as my very first ebook hits the virtual bookshelves. I, like many writers, dreamed of the day that my books would be available to readers. Today is my day. I've chosen to do it, as you well know, not in a traditional fashion. But I find that prospect exciting too. After today, it's a whole new world for me. A world where people can find my book and read it.

Adventures in Epublishing - The Numbers

Even though writing is an art, it's also a business.  Some people are very interested in numbers.  I know I am.  I'm always curious to see what people have done to help measure what I'm doing.  Obviously, everyone's situation is a little different.  Some people have little in the way of friends/followers, but have still sold a ton of books.  I'm interested to see if my 'numbers' will actually

Into the Shadows Giveaways!

We're almost there!  It's only one week until the official launch of Into the Shadows!  Remember, I'm asking everyone to purchase on November 1st.  Posting even small sales on one day helps push the book up the Amazon Best Seller list and makes it more visible to other readers that don't know me.  For non-ebook readers, don't forget there will be a paperback available later in November/December.