Stephen Drivick's Blog - Posts Tagged "bugs"
I Wrote a Story About Giant Bugs.
The title says it all. I wrote a 4300-word story about giant man-eating bugs.
I didn't just write it, I published it as well. You can check it out on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple. It's also going on Libiro too. It's called bugs ...clever title, huh? :) Very descriptive. I have it for 99c.
I didn't just write it, I published it as well. You can check it out on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple. It's also going on Libiro too. It's called bugs ...clever title, huh? :) Very descriptive. I have it for 99c.
Anthology
This is my first entry for the Blogging from A to Z April 2014 challenge. Today we look at the letter A-Anthology
Short stories are a lot of fun. They don't sell very well unless your Stephen King, but they are still a lot of fun.
Last Halloween, I wrote a short story about giant bugs taking over the Earth. Twelve (12) brave souls ponied up .99 to read it. I was stoked! If you want to check it out bugs is available where all ebooks are sold. Be kind if you review it!
A few months later, a call came out from KBoards.com for short story submissions. The stories would be collected and put in an anthology (there's your A), and published. The money from the sales would go to charity.
Feeling flush with excitement, I penned off a silly story about a woman who turned into a snow monster and ate her boyfriend. I didn't think it had a chance of making the final cut, but to my surprise it made it into the book.
Well, now there's another anthology of short stories and again it's going to charity. Since they didn't stop me on my first story, I wrote another. It was a fairly simple tale about the President of the United States at the beginning of a zombie apocalypse. Thinking it couldn't happen twice, I was surprised again when it made the cut despite being 1000 words over the limit! Awesome and cool.
So like I said, short stories can be fun both to write and to read. I think I'm going to do both - read some and write a few.
If you would like to pick up a few short stories to read. here are the links to the anthologies on Amazon:
Something to Read on the Ride - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G9I8K5E
Something for the Journey - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HGF827K
Something to Take on the Trip - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JD41Z3K
And just for the heck of it, here's bugs - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IBRL666
Short stories are a lot of fun. They don't sell very well unless your Stephen King, but they are still a lot of fun.
Last Halloween, I wrote a short story about giant bugs taking over the Earth. Twelve (12) brave souls ponied up .99 to read it. I was stoked! If you want to check it out bugs is available where all ebooks are sold. Be kind if you review it!
A few months later, a call came out from KBoards.com for short story submissions. The stories would be collected and put in an anthology (there's your A), and published. The money from the sales would go to charity.
Feeling flush with excitement, I penned off a silly story about a woman who turned into a snow monster and ate her boyfriend. I didn't think it had a chance of making the final cut, but to my surprise it made it into the book.
Well, now there's another anthology of short stories and again it's going to charity. Since they didn't stop me on my first story, I wrote another. It was a fairly simple tale about the President of the United States at the beginning of a zombie apocalypse. Thinking it couldn't happen twice, I was surprised again when it made the cut despite being 1000 words over the limit! Awesome and cool.
So like I said, short stories can be fun both to write and to read. I think I'm going to do both - read some and write a few.
If you would like to pick up a few short stories to read. here are the links to the anthologies on Amazon:
Something to Read on the Ride - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G9I8K5E
Something for the Journey - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HGF827K
Something to Take on the Trip - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JD41Z3K
And just for the heck of it, here's bugs - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IBRL666
Sometimes We Ran - 60 copies sold.
Another milestone for Sometimes We Ran 2: Community - 60 copies sold as of today. Thank you, zombie fans!
Speaking of fans, SWR 2 got a five-star review the other day on Amazon. It simply said, "This book is awesome." I'll take it! :)
In other news, my short story bugs just came off Select. It's now available in the NOOK, Kobo, Apple, DriveThruFiction, Scribd, and Inktera bookstores as well as Kindle. In case you can't tell by the title, it's about giant, man-eating bugs destroying civilization. Just the ticket for a light, breezy, summer read.:)
Also, I made a decision about Kindle Unlimited ...I think. I'm going to stay out, and remain in the other bookstores. I'm sure the program is good, but I think I want to make my work available to all zombie fans across the ereader universe.
Then again, I might change my mind. You never know. :)
Speaking of fans, SWR 2 got a five-star review the other day on Amazon. It simply said, "This book is awesome." I'll take it! :)
In other news, my short story bugs just came off Select. It's now available in the NOOK, Kobo, Apple, DriveThruFiction, Scribd, and Inktera bookstores as well as Kindle. In case you can't tell by the title, it's about giant, man-eating bugs destroying civilization. Just the ticket for a light, breezy, summer read.:)
Also, I made a decision about Kindle Unlimited ...I think. I'm going to stay out, and remain in the other bookstores. I'm sure the program is good, but I think I want to make my work available to all zombie fans across the ereader universe.
Then again, I might change my mind. You never know. :)
