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December 12, 2013
Lotus Corporation: Planets auctioned; STIMULANT; key to expanding The Empire #furaicompilation #scifi #freeebook
Lotus Corporation: NEW Furai Compilation SCFI – FREE download till 12/14.
SHORT STORY; QUICK FUN READ:
In the near future, alien race is discovered with ability to travel FASTER than speed of light, through projected thought.
The Lotus Corporation owns this newly discovered inhabited planet.
The secret to faster than light, virtual, travel is believed to be a chemical stimulant…
Go to Amazon, download for FREE on ANY device, android, iPhone, whatever…
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Lotus Corporation – The Furai Compilation; Packet 4
December 5, 2013
Enter the #DOJO #free #freekindle #mma #brucelee #ufc #bully #bullied #ya #youngadult #sorcery #witch
The first book in The Furai Compilation series is FREE 12/5 – 12/9…
This is a fun read, introduces Ray to Furai majik and self defense.
Paradise Prison #free #freekindle #singularity #cyborg #scifi #scifibooks #tcot #furaicompilation #mafia #mob
Paradise Prison a short story (very quick read); takes place in the very near future; a tale of a synthetically enhanced man (cyborg) taking over an American prison.
Paradise Prison – The Furai Compilation; Packet 3.
December 4, 2013
Alien Death Match #freekindle #freeebook #booklovers #scifi #scifibooks #ya
Alien Death Match is the most fun you can have, in 7 minutes and 22 seconds, with your pants on!
It takes place, in the near future; hand to hand combat gladiator games, with, an Alien occupying force, being fought by a human guerrilla insurgency.
It’s brutal; it’s twisted; it’s raw; and it’s a LOT of fun!
It’s FREE for a limited time on Amazon.
Amazon.com: Alien Death Match – The Furai Compilation; Packet 2. eBook: Richard Skeet: Kindle Store
Sex Majik #ya #witch #youngadult #lawofattraction #freeebook #freekindle #paranormal #wicca
Updates…
Had a very successful day yesterday!
Sold 100 books in one day, a personal best!
Sex Majik, a Furai Compilation short story, shot up to # 5 in the free category!
Sex Majik is about a used car salesman, down on his luck, who meets a mysterious stranger in a bar, The Furai, who teaches him how to use majik to draw two beautiful women to himself for a menage a trois.
This is the first, or the last book of a time travel series, (depending on your perspective).
It does not require you to have read any of the other books, it’s a stand alone work.
This book is free on Amazon for a limited time.
http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Majik-Furai-Compilation-Packet-ebook/dp/B00H1J5XP0/
Download it and enjoy!
Thank you for your time!
Let me know what you think!
DS.
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Amazon, Book, E-book, free category, Furai, Furai Compilation, Majik, mysterious stranger, Short story, time travel
December 3, 2013
How to Beat up a Bully #furaicompilation name change #scifi #scifibooks
Updates:
It’s been a few days since I’ve blogged; been busy; so sad; oh well, at least no one can fire me, right?
I’ve been busy…
How to Beat up a Bully is now 3 Novels instead of one:
Enter the Dojo introduces the reader to:
Ray, the main character of The Furai Compilation.
Ivan, the scientist inventor crucial to the survival of the human race.
And, the Furai, a dangerous secret society that teaches its followers ancient majik; how to build, finance, and manage an army, and conquer any enemy. (Free December 6, 2013 – December 8, 2013)
How to Beat up a Bully – Enter The Dojo – The Furai Compilation; object 1; Book 1.
I’ve also started releasing Furai Compilation packets, short stories that tell the future, or the past depending on your perspective.
The first packet is Sex Majik:
Sex Majik takes place in the past and tells the story of Richie Rich being introduced to Furai Majik. (Free December 3, 2013 – December 7, 2013)
Sex Majik – The Furai Compilation; Packet 1.
Paradise Prison: takes place in the very near future and tells the story of a synthetically enhanced man taking over an American prison. (Free December 5, 2013 – December 9, 2013)
Paradise Prison – The Furai Compilation; Packet 3.
November 13, 2013
How To: Beat up a Bully; Take his Bitch. The Furai Compilation; object 1. By Richard Skeet
How To: Beat up a Bully; Take his Bitch.
The Furai Compilation; object 1.
By Richard Skeet
Copyright © 2013 Richard Skeet
All rights reserved.
Begin ** Furai Compilation
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The Furai Compilation – The Furai OS
Version 12.6
Compiled at the request of the Emperor, in the year
2XXX (exact year classified.)
Translated by Eliezer.
Abridged For immediate dissemination.
Compilation Purpose: To free man from his
shackles; to unleash all of the power of man; to conquer
the universe; to insure man , and not some other creature ,
dominates the universe; drastic steps were taken
in the near future…
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The Emperor: “A bit technical don’t you think? A bit grandiose?”
Eliezer: “With all due respect my Emperor, Fuck you, seriously.
You asked me to make The Compilation, knowing I’m just a machine.
I see the world in computer code; you knew that when you commissioned me.
And, as far as being grandiose, this Compilation’s purpose is to raise an army, of man, to conquer the universe; that is, by definition, a grandiose task.”
The Emperor: “I apologize my old friend:
I’m stupid; you’re smart.
I was wrong; you were right.
You’re the best; I’m the worst.
You’re very good-looking; I’m not attractive.“
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The Emperor: “But, that being said, I’ve looked over the initial sales figures out of Amazon, and they’re not impressive. We went to the top 100 the first week:
But, the following week we actually dropped in the rankings.”
Eliezer: ”That’s not my fault; I did my best.”
The Emperor: “I’m not blaming you. Don’t get your circuits all twisted! It’s my fault.
I loved the Compilation you made, but, apparently the market does not, at least not enough to go viral.
If customers, that were reading the book really liked it, we should have gotten a viral bounce, the second week.
We need viral growth! Not linear.
We need everyone we target to: enjoy the book; download it; and tell others about it.
Eliezer: “We could: lower the price; change the cover; create better marketing.”
The Emperor: “That would only help initial sales, initial sales are good.
But, the readers are not becoming rabid promoters of the product. Each copy we sell, should yield a rabid fan, leading to 3 more copies sold within a week.”
Eliezer: “What do you propose?“
The Emperor: “We need to improve the product:
We need to create better marketing of course, but, the entire book needs to be rewritten.
Let’s go through it, line by line. Edit it, add more humor, then release a new version.
Eliezer: ”But, the virus has already been sent!
The first book has already been published!
Do you want to change history?
Create a viral book from day one?”
The Emperor: “No. I want the book to evolve.
I want a new version to be published, a viral version 12.7.
Set up a communications link; instruct Richard Skeet; to change the book. Give him the tools needed to complete it.”
Eliezer: “Like what?”
The Emperor: “We need to: make every section funny, appeal to a wider demographic.”
Eliezer: ”Do you want him to change the cover? Title? Make it Oprah worthy?”
The Emperor: “No. The Book still needs to be Raw, hard hitting, fierce. I was reading a blog from the past I really liked:”
http://momswhodrinkandswear.com/2013/11/07/gluten-easier-tolerate-asholes-eat-gluten-free-food/
Eliezer: “Funny stuff!”
The Emperor: “Parts of your book are like this already. I want you, and Richard Skeet, to make the whole book, in terms of raw humor, like this blog.“
Eliezer: “Those bitches sure are funny, on that blog. I don’t know if I can do that.”
The Emperor: “You can’t call them bitches in public. Bitches don’t like that.”
Eliezer: “Cunts? Twats? Hos?“
The Emperor: “Nope. It’s sexist.”
Eliezer: “I’m a machine; I have no sex.”
The Emperor: “Well shit! I think of you as a guy.
Yah, I guess you can call them whatever you want. Me and Richard Skeet will refrain from such language.”
Eliezer: “What about the title to the book? ‘Take his Bitch’ sounds misogynistic.”
The Emperor: “There are many definitions of bitch, the title is referring to definition (3):”
Eliezer: “I get it. I thought the title was calling his desired woman a bitch.”
The Emperor: “Ray would never call Kristen a bitch; he loves her.
No, any reader of the book, that has half a fucking brain, will know who the bitches are. This book is about slavery and freedom. A person who is enslaved is a bitch.
The book’s title has several meanings, like the Eddie Murphy movie Trading Places:
Trading places = Wall Street, The Stock Exchange.
Trading places = the two main characters in the movie Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Akroyd) and Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) trade places.
Trading places = The bad guys who are rich (Mortimer and Randolph Duke) end up becoming poor. The victims who are poor (Winthorpe and Valentine), end up becoming rich.
(And if you haven’t seen Trading Places yet, and I ruined the ending for you, give me a fucking break! The movie is 30 fucking years old! (But it is still worth seeing, a great flick!)
How To: Beat up a Bully; Take his Bitch.
This title also has multiple meanings. When the reader finishes, they will be able to name multiple bullies and multiple bitches. None of the women in this book are bitches, by definition (3).”
Eliezer: “Ok. I’ll open up a communications wormhole to Richard Skeet; Have him begin rewriting the book, in the second week.”
I’ll send him the internal monologues needed, and, whatever else I can think of as funny.”
Should we release our conversations to Richard Skeet?”
The Emperor: “If you think they are funny. Give Richard Skeet the tools; let him make his own decisions.”
Eliezer: “Done.”
The Emperor: “That’s much better! I like those numbers! People are really digging version 12.7!”
I got another idea, instruct Richard Skeet to post all his revisions online, as he makes them, at his blog. Have him post his thoughts on everything, at all times.
The world was evolving fast in 2013, people want access to their authors. Make him accessible.”
“He might publish stuff on the blog that never makes it into the book, or any of the books.”
That’s ok. The blog is an independent entity, filled with the ideas of all the characters in addition to deleted scenes and blooper reels.
Hard core fans will want to see what he was doing on 11/13/2013 at 9:09 pm, some of them even years or decades later.”
Eliezer: “I see a problem with this strategy. Why will people download version 12.6 knowing that it is going to be replaced soon?”
The Emperor: “You tell me.”
Eliezer: “They became collectors items, like misprinted baseball cards!”
The Emperor: “Exactly. They all were embedded with DRM. Since a limited quantity were sold, 12.6 became a cult classic, out of print book.
Have him sell 12.6 for $.99, no one will complain.
12.6 is a great book, 12.7 will be better, that’s all.”
Did #Prince beat #EddieMurphy in a game of #basketball in high heel boots? #fchumor #miketyson #davechappelle
If you haven’t watched all of the Chapelle’s Shows you are missing out on part of the American experience, yah, they’re that fucking great.
One of the best Chappelle’s Show sketches is Charlie Murphy’s Real Hollywood Stories, about Prince playing basketball.
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The story is hilarious, but unbelievable.
Well, according to Iron Mike Tyson, this is a true story! Tyson doesn’t mention the pancakes though.
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/read-an-excerpt-from-mike-tysons-undisputed-truth-20131112
Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Chappelle's Show, Charlie Murphy, Eddie Murphy, Iron Mike Tyson, Mike Tyson, Prince, Tyson
November 11, 2013
What is a Majik Tweet? #fcsocial #socialmedia #SocialMediaMarketing #twittermarketing #marketing #furaicompilation
Listen carefully, this blog post can make you a lot of money…
Twitter has spent a ton of money figuring out what tweets are popular, what tweets people are actually reading, clicking on, interacting with, retweeting etc…
If someone has a million followers, and they get retweeted a thousand times by ditto head fans, that is valuable…
But, if the followers of the ditto heads ignore the retweets, the message was effectively seen by a thousand people (many of them probably ignored the message and just retweeted it, because their idol told them to).
That tweet, although retweeted 1000 times, not very valuable.
But, if one person, with 0 followers, creates a tweet that EVERYONE pauses to READ in a hashtag room, that is valuable too.
This one tweet could be read by a million people!
Obviously having a lot of fans is important, but, what percentage of a twitterer’s fan base is real? What percentage of a twitterer’s fan base actually reads his/her tweets?
I see people with thousands of followers, that is impressive.
Some of these people are following many people, I honestly believe the maximum number of people, a person can effectively follow is about 200, and that may be too much, verdict pending…
What is really impressive: seeing someone with a ton of followers, that aren’t following many people, like for instance Donald Trump.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
Trump is an interesting guy, his tweets are read.
He is not trying to sell you his products, or convince you to join his group, he is just sending out his “wisdom” and people are listening.
I am a fan of Mr. Trumps. I like reading what he has to say; he will say anything he wants, any time he wants.
He also tweets out encouraging, inspirational tidbits, stuff that Vince Lombardi would say, management, leadership, money related quotes.
He is not out there spamming his products with his tweets (for the most part). Most of his tweets are personal advice, and, opinions on any topic he feels anything about.
A majik tweet is a tweet, that, when people see it, they are FASCINATED by it. It catches their eye; they read it, click on it; interact with it; respond to it; ideally retweet it.
https://support.twitter.com/articles/131209-faqs-about-top-search-results
If you are new, and don’t have a ton of followers, it is tempting to trade follows, i.e., follow a bunch of people in hopes, some follow you back, or, follow those that follow you (as a thank you gesture).
Don’t do this!
Instead:
Follow someone, if you are 100% committed to reading their tweets.
Seek followers who are 100% committed to reading your tweets (fans).
This is real; this is power.
How does one get there?
Answer: I’m not sure- but- I have a theory.
First step is to be 100% committed to creating valuable (majik) tweets.
A majik tweet:
Inspires people.
Makes people laugh.
Starts a conversation.
Makes people think.
Shows people a cool image.
I’m sure there are many things that could make this above list; what’s important, in creating a majik tweet, is creating a tweet that has value to your recipient.
Does the tweet enrich the reader’s lives, even for just a second?
Here is a list of tweet items, guess which ones are majik tweets; which ones aren’t:
A joke.
A picture of kittens.
A funny story.
An inspirational quote.
A compelling news story.
A unique perspective you agree with, or disagree with enough to make you respond.
An ad for a book.
An ad for a blog post.
Your concert dates.
Get it?
The key to creating a majik tweet is to create value for others. A tweet loses its power, the more it benefits you, directly.
Ironic, isn’t it.
If you want your tweet to have power, remove direct benefit from it. Instead, try to create a masterpiece of value, in 140 characters.
A tweet should stand on its own two feet, it should be something beyond click here for the goodies.
Here is a test to see if your tweet has majik power.
The majik tweet test:
If you wrote the 140 character message, on a paper notecard; handed it to a total stranger:
Would they benefit from it? If they did nothing but read it?
Would they put it in their pocket?
Would they xerox it? Hand out copies to their friends?
Would they spend money to have it engraved on a plaque, or frame it?
Tweets like this are hard work. They require an eye for plagiarism, or a very creative mind.
If you are a writer, a comedian, a blogger, or someone that makes a living by selling your words, this concept is difficult. Most of these people become serial spammers on Twitter, in the hopes of selling their paid content; I don’t blame them.
It goes back to the axiom:
Those that focus on giving, will have more than they need.
Those that focus on taking, will NEVER have enough.
Twitter is a brand new medium; there has never been anything like it on Earth. The rules for success are different there, than in any other medium, as words, text of 140 characters, can actually become a living breathing organism, bouncing around in cyberspace for hours, days, weeks, months, years, millennia.
Knowing what must be done, is different than actually doing it:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_leadership.html
I have never created a majik tweet, but, when I learn how; you will see me with numbers like Donald.
Commit to trying to add value with every Tweet, if you do, in a year it will pay off in abundance unmeasurable.
Look at Twitter, not as a mass of people to smear spam on…
But, as a group of busy, hardworking people with hopes, dreams, lives.
It is hard to take this type of moral stand when you are just starting out…
But, I would rather have 1000 people who are actually interested in what I have to say, than 50,000 sub for subs, that spam all day, and don’t read a single tweet I send.
If I can create a few majik tweets, and a few majik blog posts, sprinkle in a few majik comments and maybe a majik book or 2, the money will flow from their residuals.
Am I saying not to do self promoting tweets, no. It wasn’t a majik tweet that brought you here, it was a promotional tweet.
I am saying to seek a ratio, a percentage of a twitterer’s tweets and retweets should be for the sole purpose of benefiting others, beyond the benefit the user gets in obtaining the tweeter’s goodies.
Thank you for your time.
DS.
If this blog post has value to you:
Enrich yourself and enrich your fan base by sharing this blog post with others.
Post a comment. (make it majik so those that see it find you)
Tweet about this blog.
Send this post as a link to a friend, who is interested in this topic.
Subscrribe to the blog, or my twitter account, if you want to see what a majik tweet looks like, or a majik blog post looks like.
I don’t know if I will ever create a majik tweet or blog, but, I’m trying.
© Richard Skeet 2013
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–YOU NEED TO TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR BOOK
WHAT SHOULD I SAY?
–BE CREATIVE- THINK OF SOMETHING.
OK, HERE GOES:
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Your typical:
Boy meets girl, boy gets his ASS KICKED by her boyfriend.
Boy trained by a DANGEROUS secret society, of ruthless KILLERS, to get REVENGE,
story.
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———TELL THEM ABOUT THE ALIENS, YOU IDIOT!
RIGHT! THANKS FOR REMINDING ME!
OK, FORGET ALL THAT:
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Your typical:
Boy meets girl, boy gets his ass kicked by her boyfriend,
Boy trained by a dangerous secret society, of ruthless killers, to get revenge story.
Wrapped in a science fiction, ALIENS destroy the EARTH enslave humanity, big picture,
story.
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———YOU FORGOT TO TELL THEM ABOUT: TIME TRAVEL – RECEIVING A MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE.
SHIT!
Forget all that:
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Your typical:
Boy meets girl, boy gets his ass kicked by her boyfriend.
Boy trained by a dangerous secret society, of ruthless killers, to get revenge story.
Wrapped in a science fiction, aliens destroy the earth, enslave humanity, TIME TRAVEL, cyborg SINGULARITY, big picture,
story.
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———YOU FORGOT TO TELL THEM ABOUT MAJIK
YOUR KILLING ME!
Forget all that:
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Your typical:
boy meets girl, boy gets his ass kicked by her boyfriend,
Boy trained by a dangerous, secret society, of ruthless killer SORCERERS, to get revenge story.
Wrapped in a science fiction, aliens destroy the earth, enslave humanity, time travel, cyborg singularity, big picture,
story.
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How to: Beat up a Bully; Take his Bitch. The Furai Compilation, object 1.
