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iBooks kicking it up a notch … for my author and blogger friends …

In case you’re as clueless as I was about iBooks tools and affiliate program, this is for you!! I plan to start putting all of this in place in the next two weeks as I ramp up for an amazing 2015. This goes for bloggers and authors who are looking to earn more income from book referrals and sales, or who are looking for ways to fund great promotions for their readers.

Did you know?…

iBooks offers 7% commission to affiliates, and you don’t need to be a direct upload author to get in on the action.

Even bloggers and regular non-published folk can be affiliates. Anytime anyone buys ANYTHING at the apple online store following one of your links to get there, even computers and such, you get 7% commission on it. [I'm pretty sure about the hardware thing. But if I'm wrong, at least I know it works for music, movies, books, applications, and things like that. Working off memory here.]  This works for 24 hours after they’ve followed your link. And no, you do not need to link to a computer. Link to your books or the books of other authors’ books and if they buy anything in the online store after following that link, you get commission credit.  I use my affiliate money to fund promotions. It’s free, it’s there for the taking, and my readers love promotions, so why not take advantage of it?

iBooks also has these great author tools to help market your books on iBooks. I talked to several authors whose income on iBooks has surpassed their income on Amazon. (whoa nelly) These people are using these tools. I’ve linked to them below.

If you’re wondering why you haven’t heard this before from the iBooks people directly, here’s the explanation, provided to me by one of the two Apple iBook reps: Apple makes it impossible for iBooks people to contact you about this stuff. They have told their reps they cannot and they don’t give them access to it (email addresses of authors) anyway. They call it a concern for privacy. I call it hamstringing-oneself, but what do I know.

Anyway, iBooks is becoming a contender in the ebooks retail space, despite their inability to properly market their services and despite their ridiculously inadequate book search capability, and what with the KUpocalypse, I figured getting the good word out there about other programs is important. We need to be survivors to be career writers in this day and age; survive to thrive, baby.

Thus, here is a link to the affiliate sign-up: https://itunes.phgconsole.performancehorizon.com/login/itunes/en_us  and http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates

And here is a link to various author tools you have access to, including the ability to make widgets, banners, and other helpful links directing people to your iBooks portfolio:

1. for iBooks badges to use on your sites: http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/badges.html

2. to make links to your or others’ books: http://linkmaker.itunes.apple.com

3. auto link maker: https://autolinkmaker.itunes.apple.com

4. banner builder: http://banners.itunes.apple.com

5. widget builder: https://widgets.itunes.apple.com/builder

6. general FAQ about iBooks: http://itunes.com/iBooksFAQ

7. guidelines about how you’re allowed to use Apple badges and so on using social media: http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/resources/documentation/identity-guidelines.html

All of these items were provided via this document: https://itunesconnect.apple.com/WebObjects/iTunesConnect.woa/ra/resources/download/iBookStoreMarketingAndAffiliateKit/zip

And here as well: http://www.apple.com/itunes/working-itunes/

Best of luck to all of you getting more sales across several platforms!

Want to win an ARC (Advance Review Copy) of a book I contributed to?

For My Science Fiction Fans…

I have 5 Advance Review Copies (ARCs) of THE TELEPATH CHRONICLES, a book to which I’ve contributed a story called “Dreampath”.

GET THE BOOK FREE, LEAVE AN HONEST REVIEW, that’s the deal.

It’s a science fiction anthology, with many short stories by several great authors, including: Elle Casey (that’s me, y’all!), Peter Cawdron, Nina Croft, E.E. Giorgi, Autumn Kalquist, Theresa Kay (one of my fab readers-turned-writers), Therin Knite, MeiLin Miranda, Susan Kaye Quinn, Chris Reher, Vincent Trigili, Endi Webb, & Nicolas Wilson.

If you would like one of these 5 advance copies (only available for Kindle), please GO TO MY FACEBOOK PAGE and (1) LIKE the post about this giveaway; (2) COMMENT below the post with the name of the first book of mine you ever read; and (3) SHARE that post to your Facebook wall.

I will select 5 people from that list at random tomorrow. GOOD LUCK!

Who wins in the race to the bottom?

I haven’t gotten up on my soapbox in a long time, mostly because every time I do, trolls come after me online, but oh well. Sometimes the need to express myself outweighs the strength of my self-preservation instinct LOL.  Here’s my latest opinion piece about the reading and publishing communities. >> WARNING: Grab some popcorn because this is long. But I hope you read the whole thing because it’s important. FIRST, I talk about great authors disappearing and SECOND I talk about a very disturbing trend in the publishing market with regard to Amazon.

GREAT AUTHORS DISAPPEARING THEMSELVES

I read a long post from Cassia Leo (an author who writes really fun, very emotional, original romance novels) about how she’s going to kill her pen name and start her career anew with another one and not tell any of her old fans what that new name is.

Does that sound crazy to you? It does to me because I know how much work it takes to build a fan-base; but I DO understand what has motivated her to do this, and I wanted to share those thoughts with you because they concern us all, readers and writers alike. Not only are we talking about author/reader relations but also Amazon and its pricing and promotional strategies and how they’re affecting your reading experience in a negative way.

Cassia spends a HUGE amount of time online talking with her fans. I mean, literally talking to them live in chat rooms, on Facebook walls, on online events, and by private message. She does a TON of promotions, often discounting the price of her books to 99¢ or FREE for long periods of time.

She has done this discounting so much, in fact, that now many of her readers have decided that they’re never going to pay regular price for her work. Some have actually verbally attacked her for daring to price her books at $3.99 — which in case you didn’t know, is still often less than HALF the price of traditionally-published ebooks. Cassia is a single mom who also takes care of an elderly ailing parent. She supports her family solely with her writing income.

Cassia’s books have made it to all the bestseller lists. She regularly launches a new book and has it zoom right to the top of the charts with amazing reviews from readers. She writes well, and readers love her stories. So why is she getting attacked?

The lesson that Cassia has learned, and that I learned a while back, is that if you try to be all things to all people, there is a group of readers who will start to get angry at you when you fail at that, and they will attack you. And you WILL fail at pleasing everyone all the time; it’s just not possible.

Being a writer, having readers attack you –people who you bend over backwards to treat like gold — is soul-crushing. It makes it impossible to write anymore. It makes you want to run away and never come back, which is what Cassia is going to do, in a way.

Writers work in the business of creation. Creators put a piece of themselves into everything they create. Most of us have worked 9-5 jobs before becoming authors, and it’s true to say that writing books is not like other jobs. Each book or short story or whatever ends up holding a piece of US inside it, every time; it’s a very personal thing.

We will sometimes discount the price of that very personal creation to raise awareness of it and hopefully get wider distribution of it. That’s the necessary business end of things. We need readers to be successful! (duh) Maybe you didn’t realize this, but just in case there’s a misconception out there, I’m going to clarify one point: Indie authors don’t EVER discount the price of their work because they think it’s not worth the full retail price.

We price our creations (books in this case, but also music, works of art, etc.) at what we consider to be a fair level, and occasionally lower the price to help sell more of them to more readers. Do we have to do this? No. As indie authors, we are in charge of our pricing. Is it nice for readers when we do this? Sure. Everyone has a book budget, and it’s nice when it can stretch further. Can we afford to do it all the time? No. Absolutely not. And here’s why you shouldn’t expect us to:

When writers can’t afford to support themselves as writers, they have to stop writing.

It’s as simple as that.

The question to ask yourself as a consumer of books is this: Do you want to have great books available to read? Sure you do. There’s nothing more annoying than sitting down with what you hope is a great book and realize you bought a total stinker. That’s wasted time you’ll never get back, and time is very precious to all of us.

As a reader who wants to read great books, it behooves you to support the authors who write books you love, so you can have more of them in the future. And when I say “support” I mean not just online on their fan pages, but financially … by buying their books.

The number one way you can support your favorite authors is to NOT PIRATE EBOOKS. It’s sickening for a writer to go on a pirate site and see her books being stolen to the tune of hundreds of copies an hour, knowing she’ll never see a single penny of royalties for those downloads. It’s ridiculous to me and any thinking, rational person that readers who wouldn’t dream of shoplifting from their local grocery store would happily steal ebooks from writers. Pirating is stealing. There’s no way around that fact. If you pirate books, you’re stealing from an author who you obviously otherwise admire. Crazy, right?

People who steal ebooks are selfish, obviously, and in being selfish they end up hurting not just themselves, but the writer they like and all her other readers. My own writing schedule has slowed way down as a result of the disappointment I’ve experienced seeing pirates steal from me. That means less books for my fans. How is that right or fair to the reading community?

The other way readers can support their favorite authors is to be respectful. Fan-girling is cool, but when it turns ugly, it turns really ugly. Demanding that someone lower their prices or send you a free book because you think you deserve it is being disrespectful and downright rude. (yes, people do this) Threatening to leave bad reviews if the books aren’t priced how you think they should be priced is blackmail and awful.(yes, people do this too) If you don’t like the price of a book, just don’t buy it. There’s no need to go on the warpath over it. Readers should vote with their dollars not their inner mean-girl.

I know most readers wouldn’t dream of doing these kinds of things ^^; it’s the bad apples that spoil the whole barrel of good ones. But sometimes even good people get carried away, especially when they can live in the anonymity of the online world, free of witnesses. You’d be surprised how many of my true fans have stolen ebooks from me on pirate sites and thought nothing of it. I’ve received some apologies by email, so I know this happens.

I know that online social media makes it seem like we all need to be personally connected all the time, but the truth is, it’s the stories that matter. You read to escape everyday life. Being online constantly with thousands of readers doesn’t leave a whole lot of stress-free time for writing or just living. I love being online with my readers, but I’ve had to learn how to temper that with time for family and time for writing too. So if your favorite author isn’t always available to you, please don’t punish her for that. We’re people too, with families, with responsibilities to those people and others, and we have a full time job trying to create, from nothing, new worlds filled with interesting people with exciting lives.

A RACE TO THE BOTTOM

Last, I’m going to send out a dire warning to the entire book-reading community. I hope I’m wrong about all of this, but I’m pretty sure I’m not. I’ve been an indie author for almost 3 years now, with several bestsellers and lots of time spent studying the numbers. I see lots of changes coming very fast that I think will end up hurting us all, writers and readers alike.

Amazon, a company I love to work with and respect very highly, has engaged in a race to the bottom of ebook pricing with several other online retailers and subscription service providers. As a result of their campaign to offer the lowest prices anywhere, the average price of books has gradually gone lower and lower, to the point now that many readers expect all books to be 99¢ or free.

Is this good for readers? On the surface, sure. It’s awesome. You can now buy ten books instead of just one. What could possibly be wrong with that? Well, let me tell you…

Have you noticed that the quality of the books has gone down while the quantity has gone up? Because I sure have. And I’ll tell you why I think that’s happening, and why it’s happening at a very accelerated pace right now:

Amazon has this new deal, where if an author joins their subscription service with a 99¢ book, and someone who subscribes to that service downloads that book, the author will earn $2.00 in royalties.

Say whaaaat?  Yes, it’s true. You’ll have to ask the number-crunchers how this equates into a good idea financially for Amazon (who incidentally sells a lot more than just books, so if you save money on books, I guess you have more money to buy other products from Amazon, right? — so they don’t necessarily lose out) but for now, let’s just forget their profitability. Let’s look at the authors involved.

If you’re a writer of quality material, you’re generally not writing 99¢ books, unless they’re just serials or short-stories or on a special promotion (like first book in a series, or temporary sale to increase readership). A good writer can get $4.99 or more for her work without too much trouble, and that’s a fair price: $4.99 for many hours of entertainment is way cheaper than a 2-hour movie.

But a writer who can’t write well or who is happy writing little short stories can churn out all kinds of stuff at 99¢ and then make a killing with this new Amazon deal. All they need is a download, not even a full reading of the book!

Did you know that great authors, people with thousands of genuine 5-star reviews, are talking about taking full novels and breaking them up into pieces and selling them at 99¢ per piece so they can continue to earn a fair royalty? Yeah. That’s how bad it’s gotten. Authors who want to continue to be authors have to be survivors too. When Amazon does something like this, we have to adapt, and unfortunately, everyone loses (everyone but Amazon, actually).

So what kind of material are YOU seeing online? Have you seen quality go down and quantity go up? Do you find it harder and harder to find books you like? If you answered YES, well, you’re not alone. That’s all about the race to the bottom.

Think about it: If you pay 99¢ or less for a book and it sucks, you don’t get too bent out of shape over it. You move on. But if you pay $4.99 for a book and it sucks, well, you definitely have something to say about that. So when books are priced higher, writers have to respond by either upping their game and writing quality material or stopping writing altogether. Bad writing at $4.99 is not a sustainable model. Bad writing at 99¢ is. We’re seeing that now, thanks to Amazon.

So I’m asking you this: which is better for the readers? A glut of crappy books that may or may not be worth what you pay for them, or a system of pay that rewards good writing and punishes bad writing?

I’m no finance wizard, but I AM a voracious reader, and I can tell you right now I’d rather spend $5 on one awesome book than 99¢, 5 times on 5 crappy books that pay some not-so-talented writers $10. Call me crazy.

I’m going to (finally) finish this piece by saying that I LOVE AMAZON. Without Amazon, I wouldn’t be living as a writer. Amazon has changed not only my life but the book-reading experience forever, and mostly in a very good way. And the people who work there are always coming up with new things to improve the customer experience. Sometimes they get it really right, and sometimes they get it really wrong, but at least they’re trying.

But, it’s important to remember that Amazon is not a person; it’s a business — a business struggling to remain profitable. Amazon knows that to be the #1 online retailer, it needs sales. Sales of ANYTHING, not just books. So if books become a loss-leader for them, where they basically give them away for free or it costs them money to “sell” them, but consumers spend more time on the site and buy more things, they’ll do that. I think this race to the bottom is a very short-sighted plan, causing good writers to disappear, but hey, like I said, I’m no finance wiz. All I know is that as my income drops, I have to come up with a plan for myself and my readers that will keep me writing and them buying my books.

Some great new books from other authors for ya!

PARANORMAL

This book is FREE for one week only (today is September 30th, 2014, so it will be back to $3.99 after October 7th or so).  Click on this link below to download either a Kindle or Nook file for your e-reader. FREE FREE FREE!! Written by indie author J.L. Bryan, author of Jenny Pox and other great stories. ALL HE ASKS IN RETURN IS AN HONEST REVIEW, on Amazon or Barnes and Noble or wherever you buy your books and see this book for sale.

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Ellie Jordan’s job is to catch and remove unwanted ghosts. Part detective, part paranormal exterminator, Ellie operates out of Savannah, Georgia, one of the oldest and most haunted cities in North America.

When a family contacts her to deal with a disturbing presence in the old mansion they’ve recently purchased, Ellie first believes it to be a typical, by-the-book specter, a residual haunting by a restless spirit. Instead, she finds herself confronting an evil older and more powerful than she’d ever expected, rooted in the house’s long and sordid history of luxury, sin, and murder. The dangerous entity seems particularly interested in her clients’ ten-year-old daughter.

Soon her own life is in danger, and Ellie must find a way to exorcise the darkness of the house before it can kill her, her clients, or their frightened young child.

ROMANCE

What A Girl Wants

(Rock Stars in Disguise: Rhiannon)
A New Adult Rock Star Romance
By Blair Babylon

Rhiannon, a new back-up singer for the hot new rock band Killer Valentine, can’t resist the band’s manager Jonas, despite her contract’s no-fraternization clause. When the band’s problems threaten to derail the tour and Jonas slips and reveals their relationship, the lead singer demands that Rhiannon choose between music and love.

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Fall Out
By Zoe York

Drew Castle is a Navy SEAL with a bad case of indifference. Until Annie Martin shows up on his doorstep, scared out of her mind, and all of a sudden, keeping her safe becomes the most important mission of his life. And this time, he’s on his own.

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Complete Bliss
By Julia Kent

The New York Times bestselling Her Billionaires series AND the Random series continues…

As Laura struggles to understand her relationship with Mike and Dylan, her best friend Josie recommends a surprising ally: Josie’s niece,

Darla (from the Random series). But turnabout is fair play: Mike and Dylan meet with Joe and Trevor (from Random) for the least comfortable conversation ever, and

maybe the past has a few surprises they didn’t see coming.




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Two to Tango

by Mimi Strong

Skye Evans is a former stripper who despises rich people. Charlie Ward is rich. He’s twenty-nine, and loves to party. When Charlie finds Skye crashing a party at the exclusive country club he owns, he’s captivated. He takes her on a private tour of the pool, where they discover perfect chemistry. Unfortunately for these two, Skye still hates rich people, and Charlie’s still rich. But… they fit together so well when they’re naked.

Amazon

 

Some Steamy Releases for My Romance Fans!

Looking for a good read?
Here are some new romance novels that have just been released by some indie buds of mine…

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Burning Bright (Billionaires in Disguise: Lizzy #4)
by Blair Babylon

 

The thrilling conclusion to Billionaires in Disguise: Lizzy is a whirlwind of suspense, shocking revelations, hysterical banter among girlfriends, and the healing power of love. When Lizzy runs away from a budding love affair and a different toxic relationship, she runs all the way to Paris. Both men show up in the City of Light, and she can’t escape the danger that follows.

Special release day price: Get Burning Bright at 99c today only!
Click to see Burning Bright at:
Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / iTunes / Android / Google Play / Kobo

Haven’t started Lizzy’s story yet?
Falling Hard is FREE everywhere!

When you’ve left everything behind and run away, and you meet someone who promises to make you strong, sometimes you fall for him, and you fall hard.
Lizzy saw both men at a Devilhouse party. Mannix was blue-eyed, an ex-football player, smoldering hot, and obviously taken. Theo was a prosecuting attorney, as sweet as his caramel eyes, and insisted that he wasn’t a Dom. When Theo messes up their budding relationship by prying into her past, Mr. Smolder makes a play for Lizzy. Then Mannix tells her that he loves her, far too soon, and his proclivities take a turn for the disturbing. Lizzy begins to realize that she’s falling too far, too fast, and too hard.

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Missionary Position by Daisy Prescott
“A captivating story about life, love, and an exciting and unintentional quest for self-discovery.”
Selah Elmore is a confident, curvy woman who knows exactly who she is and what she wants. She loves her life being a professor and popular pirate erotica author. However, when she leaves the Pacific Northwest to spend six months studying sculpture in West Africa, she learns she doesn’t know a thing about love.Cocky, suit-wearing Gerhard charms her during a stopover in Amsterdam, but dashing, adventurous Kai sweeps her off her feet in Ghana. Sparks fly on three continents when perpetually single Selah discovers there’s more to love and life than she ever imagined.

Sex? Absolutely.Love? Not my thing.I didn’t do love or butterflies, but I loved him.I was screwed, and not in a good way.
Missionary Position is the third novel in the Modern Love Stories series. It’s a spin-off/standalone from Geoducks Are for Lovers. It isn’t necessary to read that novel or Ready to Fall prior to reading this.



Click to see Missionary Position at:
Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / iTunes

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Random Acts of Hope by Julia Kent

The New York Times bestselling series continues….

 

 

Random Acts of Hope is the fourth book in the romantic comedy Random series, and features guitar player Liam McCarthy from the band, Random Acts of Crazy. Five years ago, Liam and his girlfriend, Charlotte Greyson, were deeply in love. When a betrayal eviscerates them both, each clings to their separate truths as an anchor to navigate the perfect storm.But when the biggest ego in the band reconnects with the only woman who stole his heart, sparks fly in this sequel that asks whether you can believe in the impossible without sacrificing every ideal you hold – in order to find a love bigger than you ever imagined.

Get the entire series!
Random Acts of Crazy (Book 1)
Random Acts of Trust (Book 2)
Random Acts of Fantasy (Book 3)
Random Acts of Hope (Book 4)

Click to see Random Acts of Hope at:
Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / iTunes / Kobo

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Beyond Love and Hate: Wardham Novella #3.5 by Zoe York

Adversaries at work, Beth and Finn have long fought the undeniable chemistry between them. She wants babies and he wants freedom. It’ll never work. But when a long day of work turns into a private night, fueled by ]wine and pent-up desire, everything changes.

See Beyond Love and Hate at:
Amazon / iBooks / iTunes / All Romance eBooks / Barnes & Noble / Google Play / Kobo

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Complicated Girl by Mimi Strong

Opposites attract when a smart-mouthed florist meets a sophisticated dentist at her self-help group.

Standalone novel, happy ending, no cliffhanger.

Spice level: medium.

Humor level: very funny!

Click to see Complicated Girl at:
Amazon USA / Amazon UK / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / iTunes / Android / Google Play / Kobo

 

The Hunt For Tomorrow – An Online Scavenger Hunt for Readers of Dystopian Novels

 

THE HUNT FOR TOMORROW

22 AUTHORS. 3 DYSTOPIAN BOXED SETS. 1 MASSIVE EVENT.

A virtual scavenger hunt through twenty-three fictional dystopias.

Friday, JULY 18 at 6:00pm (EST) – Sunday, JULY 20 at 6:00pm (EST).

Join THE HUNT FOR TOMORROW, an on-line scavenger hunt, and embark on a virtual odyssey through twenty-three dystopian futures. Become an intrepid scavenger and solve clues at each of the dystopian author stops as you navigate your way to the finish line where you’ll be entered into a random draw for the Grand Prize. For each correct answer collected along the way you’ll get an additional chance to win. During The Hunt, the authors will offer up their own exclusive material, sneak peeks, contests, and giveaways at their individual stops on The Hunt, giving all scavengers multiple chances to win bonus prizes.

The twenty-three participating indie authors include best-selling, award-winning and emerging writers from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom who all have books included in three dystopian boxed sets – - What Tomorrow May Bring, A Taste Of Tomorrow, and Shattered Worlds.

In a unique collaboration of story-telling, nineteen of the authors will write a progressive short story over nineteen days following The Hunt. The Grand Prize Winner of The Hunt For Tomorrow will name characters and contribute the title for this dystopian world, and all participants in The Hunt will receive an advance copy of the story for an exclusive period before it is made available as a free download. The Grand Prize also includes a signed copy of books included in the boxed sets, an ebook of all the boxed sets, and the first copy of this one-of-a-kind progressive story.

THE HUNT FOR TOMORROW begins at http://huntfortomorrow.blogspot.com on Friday, JULY 18 at 6:00 p.m. EST and ends on Sunday, July 20 at 6:00 p.m. EST. The Hunt is on for one weekend only, although there is no time-limit for completing the course. The Hunt is open to scavengers around the world; there is no cost to enter and one grand prize winner will be selected at random from all eligible entries.

Go to THE HUNT FOR TOMORROW for details and the full list of participating authors.

 

JOIN THE HUNT. JULY 18-20.

 Blast Giveaway

$50 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash

Ends 7/20/14

Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader and sponsored by the publisher. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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The Hunt For Tomorrow : STOP #23

STOP #23
Apocalypsis, Book 1: Kahayatle
by Elle Casey

 

My name’s Bryn Mathis. I’m seventeen years old, and I live in a neighborhood outside of Orlando, Florida. I live alone because my dad died almost a year ago, along with all the other adults in the world. I’m almost out of food, and the gangs of kids that roam around my town are getting more vicious by the day.

It’s time for me to leave and find another place to live … a place where I can find food and shelter … a place where they won’t be able to find me. Alone, it might have been possible, but now I’ve got company. I’m worried that I don’t have what it takes to get from here to my final destination. And I have no idea what might be waiting for me when I get there.

 

QUESTION

Why does Bryn live alone?

 

BONUS

Enter to win a free copy of Book 2 in the series! Join my mailing list here and a winner will be chosen once the Hunt is over.

 

THIS IS THE END OF THE LINE …
YOU HAVE NOW FINISHED THE HUNT!

Links for Just One Night Part 5

Remember, this series is ending soon, and when it does, the price will go up. If you’ve waited to buy it, don’t wait too much longer!

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PART 5

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KOBO: coming soon

AMAZON

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Price increase coming for JUST ONE NIGHT… and other news.

Hello, readers! I just uploaded Part 5 of the JUST ONE NIGHT serial romance, and I’m pretty sure I’ll be done with Part 6. That means after that last part is published, I’ll be putting up a full novel of all the parts together at $7.99, AND I’ll be increasing the price of the serial parts to be more than that in total. So that means if you’ve been sitting on the sidelines waiting to buy in, better not wait too much longer! Early buyers get a better deal. I like to try and find ways to reward my loyal readers and this is one of those ways.

I’ve really enjoyed writing this series and do have plans to do Edward’s story, but I’m not sure when I’ll start it. I have lots of books swimming around in my head waiting to be written. This summer is going to be crazy busy with my writing schedule and my family life too. I plan on 5 hours of sleep a night so I can fit it all in.

Part 6 of JUST ONE NIGHT will be out in two weeks or so and then I have a YA literary fiction/romance to finish that I’m actually going to shop around to be traditionally published. I’ll probably post about that separately because I know people will be curious why I’d do that when I’ve had such great success with self-publishing.

Anyway, thanks to all my readers who’ve taken the time to leave me reviews. I especially love those with all the stars, but also appreciate any comments that help me do a better job on my next books. I hope you’re all having a great summer, and I look forward to creating more great reading escapes for you in the near future.

Much love,

Elle

 

Come Chat With Me at this Online Book Event!

I’ve decided to participate in CRUEL BOOK SUMMER with several other authors this Friday, June 13th. We’ll each be offering one of our books for 99¢ so you can get a great deal on some good books and chat with the authors via Facebook. Come join us! CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE FUN.

Click on any of the book covers below to be taken to the Amazon product page. There, you can read the book description, reviews, and a sample of the book.

 

Here are the books that will be featured:

1. Patti Larsen, Book 1 of the Diamond City Trilogy

2. Tracey Ward, Dissever

3. Lynnie Purcell, The Hunter

4. Karice Bolton, RecruitZ

5. Intisar Khanani, Sunbolt

6. Chelsea Bellingeri, Love & the Zombie Apocalypse

7. Elle Casey, Apocalypsis

8. Michelle Muto, Don’t Fear the Reaper

9. B. Kristin McMichael, Carnelian

10. Kirby Howell, Autumn in the City of Angels

11. Andrew Mayer, Book 1 in the Fool Series

12. Shalini Boland, Hidden

13. Lisa Wiedmeier, Cheyenne

14. Tarah Benner, The Defectors

15. Summer Lane, State of Emergency

16. J.M. Pierce, Failing Test