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My mind screamed…

What’s happening to our stubborn heroine Kyle? We’ll find out on September 15th!

Two Weeks and Counting!

Hello all! I want to wish my US followers a happy Labor Day and all my other followers a happy Monday! Hope you’re enjoying the day (or night) wherever you are.

As for me, I have had a busy holiday weekend. I am gearing up for my release which is two short weeks away. Wow. I can’t believe it’s finally here. Last week, I gave you a recap from my cover reveal. This week, I thought I would let you know what else I’ve been up to. This has been a learning experience for me and I promised to share what I learned, so here goes…

I have been making some changes to my website. My banner at the top has changed as has the site color. I have also changed my Facebook banner and have updated my Twitter background as well. My goal is to offer a consistent feel or brand.  Since red will be an ongoing theme for all my book covers in the Mind Sweeper series, it made sense to fashion my social media after that color. And since my heroine is a rather bold character, I think red was the perfect choice to represent her.

I have added a picture of my book on my website that you can click on and preorder the book from Amazon. On my ‘books’ tab, I have also set up a preorder link for Kobo, and hope to have one soon for iTunes. Of course, I have my new release newsletter that readers can sign up for to find about my releases. If you didn’t pick up on this…it is a not so subtle hint to my followers to sign up for my release newsletter ;) All of these steps are part of making it easy to find me and my books. In this immediate gratification world, if people cannot find things in one or two clicks, they lose interest. And we don’t want that!

I have also added the ability to tweet and like and pin my posts. And my Goodreads page also has a link to my blog posts as well. It’s all about connecting people to social media in the easiest way possible.

And then there are the graphic teasers…I have been getting some great feedback on them and no worries, they will keep coming over the next two weeks. I’ll have another one for you tomorrow. I had a great time picking out the right quotes to share with you. Hopefully it’s building anticipation for the book. The teasers are on my website, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Again…communicate and connect…communicate and connect…

I am also preparing for my blog release tour and have been sending out my blog posts to the sites who will be participating. I will share more on that next Monday and provide you details on what’s to come.

And finally, I have been working on my next books. Because while all of this hoopla is happening, I also have to finish the edits and covers and proofs and formatting on my next books to get them ready for their October and November release. From all of my research, the best thing that an indie published author can do to build their readership is to have more than one book available. So behind the scenes I am editing and working with the wonderful team I have found to make my books something that you all will want to read.

So now that my holiday weekend is coming to a close, I wanted to share all that has been happening this week. Communicate and connect…oh, enough already…you get the idea!

 

 

I walked into the living room …

Things are starting to get interesting…

He stopped at a red light…

So let’s hear from Dalton….

Then he turned torward me…

As promised…here is a new teaser. This is Kyle’s reaction when she first meets Dalton!

 

Cover Reveal Recap

Oh wonderful followers! This week I am going to give you a recap of what I am calling my amazing cover reveal week. Why am I going to talk about it? That question must have been posed by one of my new followers…because for those of you who have been around for a while, you know that I am sharing my self-pub journey through my blogs. I am learning about this process and letting you know what has worked and not worked for me. So let the recap begin!

My cover reveal started on Monday the 18th. Such a great day! I loaded my cover on my website, Facebook, twitter, Pinterest (deep breath here) at midnight. Then I went to bed and woke up to all kinds of tweets from all kinds of peeps about my book! And there it was in all its glory on 25+ blog sites! How exciting. And the tweeting didn’t stop there. Since I sponsored a giveaway, the blog sites tweeted and retweeted, reminding people to visit their sites and sign up all week long!

Besides the excitement of hearing reactions from people about my cover and blurb, it also got my name out there (AE Jones…AE Jones…AE Jones). And that is a GOOD thing. So how did it translate to numbers  – ahh, that must be a question posed by a one of my mathematician followers ;)

So here goes….

I had 325 visits to my website this week, 200 of those were on the 18th. That does not count all the views of my cover on the other blog sites.

I gained 120 Twitter followers this week. (Okay, I was really excited about this until I saw that Jensen Ackles, who plays Dean Winchester on the TV show Supernatural, signed up for Twitter on Sunday and within three hours had over 200,000 followers. A special irony since Supernatural is one of my favorites and helped fuel my desire to write paranormal stories. I just need to remember to keep it in perspective!)

I went from 65 to 136 likes on my Facebook author page.

I gained 50 new people on my new release email list.

I have 69 people on Goodreads who have marked Mind Sweeper as a ‘to be read’.

All in all, I think that is pretty good for a first round, don’t you? So welcome new followers on my blog, Goodreads, FB, & Twitter! And a special thanks to all of you who took part in this cover reveal by posting it on your blog, or tweeting about it, or spreading the love on FB. I am so humbled by the enthusiasm I have received about my book. And I can’t wait for you all to read it! Remember it is available for preorder on Amazon now.

As a special thank you, I will be starting up my graphic teasers once again. I love my teasers! Look for a new one tomorrow. I’ll leave you with a picture of a smiling AE holding up her paperback proof of  Mind Sweeper. September 15th will be here before we know it!

 

 

 

Cover Reveal: Mind Sweeper

The day has finally arrived! I am so excited to share my cover with you. So many of you have been following my writing journey and know about the hard decisions behind picking the RIGHT cover designer and the RIGHT cover to convey the RIGHT tone for Mind Sweeper. Besides appearing on my blog today, the cover and the blurb below it are being paraded around the internet! So without further delay…

 

Preorder on  Amazon

 

2013 RWA Golden Heart® Winner, Mind Sweeper

An angel, a demon and a vampire walk into a bar. Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but it’s just another day in the life of Kyle McKinley.

Kyle was born with the ability to erase memories, and the inability to keep her opinions to herself. She and her teammates – a vampire who looks like a sexy pirate with fangs, and a Shamat demon with a penchant for Italian pastries – provide supernatural damage control when humans see too much. Today’s problem? A sword-wielding angel and a demon had a supernatural smackdown during happy hour in a Cleveland bar, leaving behind a headless vampire and a dozen human witnesses.

This latest supernatural slip-up is attracting all kinds of attention. So much attention that the police step in, and Kyle has to deal with Joe Dalton, a know-it-all human with the sexiest turquoise eyes she has ever seen. Kyle has no room in her life for yet another human who will treat her like a freak. However, Dalton definitely makes her naughty parts sit up and take notice, and it’s more than mutual. But before they can act on their attraction, they must join forces to solve a dangerous puzzle. And when they uncover the truth, the apocalyptic ripple effect forces Kyle to make a choice. Learn to trust again, or risk losing everyone she cares about, including Dalton.

 

Mind Sweeper is Book One in the Mind Sweeper Series.

Book Two – The Fledgling, A Mind Sweeper Novella (coming October 2014)

Book Three – Shifter Wars, (coming Fall 2014)

 

So what do you think?????

 

Warmth prickled along …

This is just a little teaser for you in anticipation of tomorrow’s big cover reveal! Are you getting interested yet? Come on, you can tell me….

Who would have thought Cleveland…

Next up…teaser number two! As we know, fun happens in Cleveland!

An angel, a demon, and a vampire…

Don’t forget to sign up for my new release email on my website http://www.aejonesauthor.com

I am also on Goodreads! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22733969-mind-sweeper?from_search=true