Ruth Watson-Morris's Blog, page 43
July 18, 2014
SUMMER MADNESS IS HERE! Top 10 UK best seller at a bargain price!
‘Never Sleep Again’
Top 10 short horror stories novella – 13 flash fiction horror stories, but be warned, you may never sleep again!
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Never-Sleep-Again-Steven-Watson-Morris-ebook/dp/B00K5485KI/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1399361588&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=ruth+atson+morris just 77p on kindle and £3.99 in paperback!
USA: http://www.amazon.com/Never-Sleep-Again-Steven-Watson-Morris-ebook/dp/B00K5485KI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1399366121&sr=8-4&keywords=ruth+watson+morris $1.32 kindle and $6,29 paperback!
SALE ON WORLD WIDE!
July 14, 2014
Support your authors – no matter where they are from! Traditional, indie & self-published!
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I decided to take a look into why people feel that indie and self-published authors are a bad investment.
It doesn’t matter where your books are from all can be disliked, have mistakes in them and still not be the book you was hoping it to be.
But this I can tell you, self-published authors good or bad do get freedom to write how they wish to, you will find books you feel have problems with editing, misspelling, bad punctuation, but I have found these sorts of mistakes in those traditionally published as well.
All editing traditional and otherwise relies upon human eye, which can miss problems, but the more editing the book has the less chance the book has for having these mistakes.
Traditional publishers have many editors, and still I find some brilliant boo boo’s.
So what do I advise?
I have lists of favourite SP/Indie/Traditional published authors, From JK Rowling to SP authors such as Diane Major; if you wish to take a look for free most kindle books on amazon allow you a look into a few chapters first.
Try these before you buy, also a lot of the new authors allow you to buy some fabulous books at bargain prices on kindle, if you are lucky they may be running a free promotion, so take the opportunity to try the novel for free, and if you loved it take a chance and leave the book a review!
Here is my list of Indie/Self-pub authors that I like/love and hope you will take some time to give them a look.
Diane Major: http://www.amazon.com/Diane-Major/e/B008R5S3KO/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Bob Atkinson (only 1 release at the moment): http://www.amazon.com/Last-Sunset-Bob-Atkinson-ebook/dp/B0096TP038/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405351563&sr=1-1&keywords=bob+atkinson
Kathy Rowe: http://www.amazon.com/K.-Rowe/e/B003H2UCNI/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1405351637&sr=1-2-ent
Samantha Jacobey: http://www.amazon.com/Samantha-Jacobey/e/B00GEB5LX0/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1405351680&sr=1-2-ent
Shannon McRoberts: http://www.amazon.com/Shannon-McRoberts/e/B0060ZFD60/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1405351724&sr=1-2-ent
Thomas Rydder: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Rydder/e/B00BMUOBKC/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Carol Bird (Poetry, no author page): http://www.amazon.com/Heartfelt-Feelings-Poetry-Carol-Bird/dp/1490480811/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1405351878&sr=1-3&keywords=carol+bird+poetry
Ruth Watson-Morris: http://www.amazon.com/Ruth-Watson-Morris/e/B007GJN8UM/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1
Jim Wright: http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Wright/e/B008K49MCK/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1
Other authors to look out for:
Ngaire Elder – Ceclia Spark books
Francis Laveaux – Crime thriller
Jorja Dupont-Oliva – Relationships
Steven Watson-Morris – Childrens
There are so many who deserve a mention.
There are thousands out there all writing something new and different in your favourite genre, so come on don’t be shy, give the new author a go…
I do believe you will be pleasantly surprised. I was!
June 24, 2014
Voxian Sale!
The Voxian Series has lots of bargain & reduced Kindle books at 77p/$1.31/EUR0,89 for a short while, so why not get your copy whilst the sale is still on?
Never Sleep Again: http://www.amazon.com/Never-Sleep-Again-Steven-Watson-Morris-ebook/dp/B00K5485KI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1399366121&sr=8-4&keywords=ruth+watson+morris (In top 10 paid amazon charts for Horror and shortstories)
How to be a writer, or not: http://www.amazon.com/How-writer-not-Ruth-Watson-Morris-ebook/dp/B00J1HEL0I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1394984880&sr=8-3&keywords=Ruth+Watson-Morris
Mrs Trimble Book 1: http://www.amazon.com/Trimbles-Magic-Tea-Pot-Steven-Watson-Morris-ebook/dp/B009R9IIUO/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1403598720&sr=8-1&keywords=Mrs+Trimble
Mrs Trimble Book 2: http://www.amazon.com/further-adventures-Trimbles-magic-teapot-ebook/dp/B00BH52LXQ/ref=sr_1_2_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1403598720&sr=8-2&keywords=Mrs+Trimble
All massive savings on these great books in Fantasy, horror, and the children’s adventure genre!
June 11, 2014
‘OH THE HORROR!’ New Horror shorts book a best seller in UK & USA
This novella of short stories is a great way to titillate your taste-buds if you love quick, to the point horror stories.
13 Short Stories all fun, short that you could read around any camp fire…
But remember… you may ‘Never Sleep Again!’
UK treat – Sky for 99p on Kindle count down!
From the 11th for just 3 days, you can buy Sky on Kindle for the bargain price of just 99P!!!!
May 19, 2014
Dreams2Media – A dream come true, for professional covers! Orion 2014 cover reveal!
Well the wheels are turning, Orion’s new look will be here in just a few days, but who is behind our fabulous warrior’s new look?
Rebecca Poole – creative manager and out and out genius as created yet another brilliant book cover!
So let’s find out about her -
RWM- Hello Rebecca and welcome,
What made you decide to go into the career of Cover artist?
RP -It was actually quite by accident. I started creating book trailers for author friends to help them with book promotions, and my husband dared me to try to create a mock book cover. I had such a great time creating it that I started doing them for others and now it’s become a career that I love and can be proud of.
RWM – That’s wonderful, so you didn’t even realise you had such a great talent, just goes to show people should give things a go.
So how long did it take you to train?
RP – I’ve been doing this for almost three years. I don’t think anyone ever stops learning. I know that I am constantly studying new techniques and trying new styles.
RWM – Are you self-taught and just a natural or did you go to school/college to get so good?
RP – I’m completely self-taught. I have used many tutorials and have been given some fantastic advice from veteran cover artists along the way, so I guess you could say I’ve had quite a bit of help.
RWM – I find that utterly amazing! You are so talented, it is brilliant you did this all on your own!
What is your favourite book genre?
RP – There’s so many, but I think my favourite right now is Urban Fantasy.
RWM – Not only is Rebecca a cover artist, she has now also a fabulous fantasy author
Tell us all about your book?
RP – My current release is a short story included in the Rise of the Goddess anthology published by Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly. My particular offering is about a man’s faith and what he gives up for his beliefs, regardless of the cost. The anthology is for charity to help a small library one of my pub sisters is the librarian for.
RWM – Do you enjoy the experience of being an author as well as designing book covers?
RP – Yes, very much. I love telling a story with words and with art. It’s very gratifying…albeit difficult. People who can weave words into fantastic stories are magical to me. I hope to one day be able to do that and to give a reader the sense of wonderment that I’ve been gifted with when I’m reading a book.
RWM – Do you have one favourite piece of artwork you have designed?
RP – That’s like asking which of my cats I love more! I honestly have quite a few pieces that I love, but I think my calavera work would be the first to come to mind.
RWM – Can you pick three book covers that are your favourites?
RP – Oh dear. That’s tough as well. I honestly have a lot of work that I’m proud of. So, here’s three off the top of my head, one of which isn’t published yet, but soon, I hope.
Lady Dark by Nya Rawlyns, Bittermoon by Suzana Wylie, and Fashionably Dead by Robyn Peterman.
RWM – Will you be writing more stories?
RP – Yes. I’ve got a few I’m working on, and hopefully will have a full novel completed soon. We will look forward to reading that!
RWM – Tell us where we can find your work?
RP – I have several:
http://www.facebook.com/dreams2media
http://www.facebook.com/rebeccapoolewriter
http://dreams2media.deviantart.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Rebecca-Poole/e/B00J4RCAC6/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_4
Now for the moment you have been waiting for
The new Orion cover is here
And as promised, we have shadow running in the forest on the paperback only, we didn’t wont to take the lime light away from Orion now did we?
Thanks so much Rebecca for all your hard work! I wish you so much luck for the future.
May 16, 2014
Giving away 5 PDF copies of the new version of Orion!
If you had superpowers, which 2 would you really want?
The most inventive will get a copy FREE in PDF ready for the cover launch coming soon!
He may have a brand new look, but he’s still the same beautiful, fast, powerful being on Vox!
May 14, 2014
Get ready for the new face of Orion…
The wheels are in motion for a new Orion cover, hopefully this fabulous artwork will be on display with the brilliant cover artist that is creating it.
This is very exciting for me as the book cover will include Solo Black Echo – the dog you all know as Shadow.
I will be interviewing Rebecca Poole and asking her some questions about how she got into making covers in the first place.
Until then…
Watch this Space!
Fantacia still a best selling Dark Fantasy book – celebrate by getting it free.
Fantacia – a lavish fantasy, deep, dark & heroic!
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March 16, 2014
Paperbacks now out and looking good!
Fantacia has been selling very well with this brand new look, so it was time to move on from the digital covers leaving behind everything but the girl and wolf Voxian series logo. My thanks to Shannon McRoberts for all her hard work, she will always remain one of my favourite digital artists.
Fantacia’s cover is from Dreams2Media artist Rebecca Poole! Priced at just £9.96.
Fantacia: The Beginning: 1 (The Voxian Series)
Sky paperback
Also available with new covers both in paperback and Kindle, coming soon to amazon!
How to be a writer, or not!
In paperback!!!!!
Black & White Roses
Pretty in Pink cover to celebrate all who have suffered cancer and survived!
