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July 27, 2012
Earth Angel Online Book Launch!
Earth Angel is Go!
Welcome to my online book launch and thank you for coming and celebrating today with me! Please take a seat, eat some cake, have a glass and join in! I am so excited to finally be releasing Earth Angel into the big wide world.
Eardesha is protected by the twelve Gods and their Earth Angels. Fighting against her destiny as an Earth Angel, Faith is returning to the temple for her lover who she had to leave behind. Gabrielle, a criminal, escapes from prison only to be guided back by the God’s to help Faith stop a war. Threatened by invasion from the Krieger, Eardesha’s military trains convicted criminals into a brutal and disposable army. Gabrielle and Faith discover a power the Gods have kept secret for thousands of years, a secret that would change the future of Eardesha, and use it to stop the war.
Just a few words from me in the form of a video blog (yes I managed to get the guts up in the end!) Please don’t laugh at me, I’m not very good at speaking!
You can read the entire first chapter on my blog!
Click here to view the trailers!
You can download Earth Angel from;
Amazon
Smashwords
If you don’t have an ereader you can download a PDF version from Smashwords or a kindle viewer which lets you read ebooks on your computer from Amazon.
I sincerely hope you enjoy Earth Angel and if you do, you’d be helping out an author if you gave me a few good words in a review. I’d be very grateful! I’m going to be doing a book tour at the end of august – beginning of sept. So if you have a writing/reading/book blog and are interested then let me know!
Have you met the characters yet? Best not to feed them, some may bite!
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Faith is an Earth Angel travelling to find her lover. She plans to turn her back on the Gods but they need one more sacrifice.
Gabrielle is sentenced to life in prison; and death. She finds a pendant bearing the symbol of a God and plans her escape.
Zenovia is an orphan. Two strangers know where her parents are – one an Angel, one a solider. Both lead her onto a battlefield.
Oz went to prison with his sister for life. She convinces him to escape and so pins his life on one chance of freedom.
Orlando is an ex soldier, discharged for insubordination. He is accompanying the Angel to the captial city but his fighting isn’t over.
Dogga went to prison to protect those he loves. As the military trains the criminals into a secondary army, Dogga has to protect his new friends.
July 20, 2012
My Review – Trinity by Clare Davidson
I’ll spit this out right now. Clare hired me to edit this novel. We met on a writers forum where I began offering my services as a freelance editor to writers for a knock off price. I’m glad Clare chose me over 70+ others because I have thoroughly enjoyed working with her and seeing Trinity develop through the drafts. And now, on the launch day of Trinity, I’m really excited and proud to see it go live and I hope readers enjoy it as much as I did!
Trinity is young adult fantasy novel.
Kiana longs to walk through a forest and feel grass between her toes. But she is the living embodiment of a goddess and has enemies who wish to murder her. Her death will curse the whole of Gettryne. Locked away for protection, she dreams of freedom.
Her wish comes true in the worst possible way, when her home and defenders are destroyed. Along with an inexperienced guard and a hunted outcast, Kiana flees the ravages of battle to search for a solution to the madness that has gripped Gettryne for a thousand years. Pursued by the vicious and unrelenting Wolves, their journey will take them far beyond their limits, to a secret that will shake the world.
Trinity captured me from the first draft. I was drawn into the story immediately and was thrown into riveting action when the Wolves attack. Clare has an amazing gift for writing characters and driving emotion into the story. I fell in love with all the characters and rooted them throughout the novel. I love the tension and conflict between the two male characters and the naïve, empathetic female who stood between them. Every character has demons they had to face and it was a delight to watch them grow and develop their relationship through the course of the novel.
I enjoyed the tense mystery towards the end of the novel and the wondrous world of magic Clare built up around her characters. The way she describes the otherworldly aspect really brought it to life. Through the characters Clare manipulated my emotions to make me feel empathy towards the suffering of characters both major and minor. She has a great gift for storytelling and I look forward to reading her future works.
I would like to congratulate Clare on the publication of Trinity and wish her all the best in her writing life.
Trinity is available on Smashwords for $2.99
On Amazon Kindle for £2.05 (UK)
On Amazon as a paperback for £6.99 (UK)
July 18, 2012
25 Reading Questions
I was tagged by Clare. Although she answered 55 questions I decided to cut it down to 25 
1. Favorite childhood book?
The Blue Balloon! That thing just kept getting bigger!
2. What are you reading right now?
I Am Legend
3. Do you prefer to read one book at a time, or several at once?
One at a time for fiction, non fiction I can tend to skip between them and pick out what I want from it then promptly forget everything!
4. Least favourite book you read this year (so far)?
Ender’s Game. Some of it I liked but I got tired of the battle room.
5. Favorite book you’ve read this year?
Catching Fire (Hunger Games)
6. How often do you read out of your comfort zone?
Every now and then if someone recommends a book to me.
7. What is your reading comfort zone?
Mainly Fantasy, crime and thrillers.
8. Favourite place to read?
Probably on the train because I just zone out.
9. Do you ever write in the margins of your books?
Only in text books and only ever in pencil!
10. What makes you love a book?
Probably if I admire or can relate to the characters and if the plot grips and surprises me.
11. What will inspire you to recommend a book?
Only if I loved it and would think that person would like it to. Same points as above.
12. Favorite genre?
Fantasy.
13. Genre you rarely read (but wish you did)?
I wish I could get into more literary stuff or read classics like Dickens and things. I think it would be good as a writer to read things like that
14. Most inspirational book you’ve read this year (fiction or non-fiction)
Probably I Am Legend. I cried when the doggie died 
15. How do you feel about giving bad/negative reviews?
I’m only ever honest and express my personal opinions. If I can’t find anything good about the book I wont review it. I don’t like to give negative opinions.
16. Favorite fictional character?
I couldn’t think of a very good answer for this so I’m going to say the very hungry caterpillar because he’s a bug after my own heart. Either that or the magic lavatory.
17. Favourite fictional villain?
Hekat from The Godspeaker Trilogy. She was such a bitch but I thought she was a brilliant character. I’m a sucker for strong women anyway.
18. Books I’m most likely to bring on vacation?
As long as it’s a paperback I don’t mind. Last holiday I read Ann-Frank’s Diary!
19. Favorite film adaptation of a novel?
Lord of the Rings.
20. Most disappointing film adaptation?
The Golden Compass. Or Angels and Demons, they changed so much and dumbed it WAY down.
21. What would cause you to stop reading a book half-way through?
If it in no way sparked my interest. It’s not very often this happens.
22. Do you like to keep your books organised?
In size and author order. I’m anal like that
23. Do you prefer to keep books or give them away once you’ve read them?
I won’t give away my favourite books or if I have a series.
24. Name a book that made you angry.
Order of the Phoenix. Just because I was in school at the time and Umbridge reminded me of a combination of every kids most hated teacher and awful parent rolled into one character. I could only read a bit at a time because I got so annoyed!
25. Favorite guilt-free, pleasure reading?
Probably the Hunger Games, I blasted through it in a week (for my that’s a personal best!)
July 16, 2012
Thinking Differently about ebook Piracy
I’m due to release my debut novel on the 27th of July and one issue that was in the back of my mind was piracy – people taking my book and putting it out there for free. The prospect hasn’t stopped me from publishing (obviously) but it worried me a little. I thought I’d lose sales, I thought of it as stealing.
However.
I’m currently reading Secrets To Epublishing Success by Mark Coker and in one of the chapters he discusses issues that epublishing authors often worry about. One of which is piracy.
“Some best-selling authors actually encourage pirates to steal their books because they view piracy as a form of free marketing.”
If you think of it like this, people giving your book away is an opportunity to earn more readers and to reach a wider audience. Overall this could in fact, produce MORE sales in the long run. Paulo Coelho is just one author who has been known to deliberately send his books to pirate bulletin boards.
In this video Neil Gaiman talks about his views on ebook piracy as free marketing which I would urge you to watch.
Do you worry about ebook piracy? What are your views?
Coker, Mark (2012-03-27). Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success (Smashwords Guides) (Kindle Location 1175). Mark Coker via Smashwords. Kindle Edition.
