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13 free Kindle books today! Oh, and free Kindle Fires!

Okay, I have cracked like Jerry Lewis during a telethon over this Epic Kindle Giveaway and added even more of my books for free. Just click my Amazon Author Central link in the US or in the UK to get them all. Just make sure they say "Kindle price $0.00."

I would also appreciate it if you go click "like" and "share" on my free books today so more people can grab them, and if you have time to share a few words of review on a few of them, that will help next week and beyond when I have to go back to the boring hard work of actually selling books!

Free books vary by day so be sure to grab them while they are hot! And why not join Epic Kindle Giveaway on Facebook to learn about more ways to win a Kindle Fire, or enter today from the EKG blog and visit our bookblogger friends for more ways to win a kindle? Thanks so much for your support and good luck!

Going Mega-Epic with Epic Kindle Giveaway

Congratulations to yesterday's $25 gift card winners, Linda Kujaca and LesleyBoogie! Two more gift card giveaways today so please visit me on Facebook or visit http://epickindlegiveaway.blogspot.com

Also, a limited time offer, the box set Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 3 for $1.99! Four paranormal books in one place for your Kindle.

Epic Kindle Giveaway starts today! Share the news for gift cards!

The Epic Kindle Giveaway kicks off with two sharing contests! We are giving away two $25 Amazon gift cards, winners chosen via random.org based on total number of entries. Share as much as you like but don't annoy your friends.



To enter:
Facebook. Look for our Epic Kindle Giveaway posts and share them, or do your own post with this blog address (http://epickindlegiveaway.blogspot.com)

Twitter: Copy and paste this into your Twitter stream and you're entered for another $25 gift card today:


Four Kindle Fires, $200 gift cards, 45 free #kindle books http://bit.ly/yc92KC #epickindlegiveaway RT to enter

That is all you have to do today besides dream about how many books, movies, and songs you are going to put on your FREE KINDLE FIRE! Don't be shy, because the more we give away, the more we give away. Seriously. That is how we roll. Epic.


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Epic Kindle Giveaway. Six Free Kindle Fires

Has James Patterson ever given you a free Kindle Fire? Stephenie Meyer? J.K. Rowling? I didn't think so. Join the madness. http://epickindlegiveaway.blogspot.com

Be sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter and follow JR Rain, Aiden James, and H.T. Night on Facebook to increase your chances of winning $1,000 in prizes.
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Free for Kindle today: Littlefield: Two Novels

Complete text of the novels The Red Church and Drummer Boy are available in one boxed set, free for Kindle users today and Saturday! http://www.amazon.com/Littlefield-Two-Supernatural-Thrillers-ebook/dp/B004T3G12K


Also available for Kindle UK
Also last day free for the UK Kindle books Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 5, containing the complete text of Troubled, Solom, and The Gorge. (These books were published in paperback in the United States as The Home, The Farm, and They Hunger--I don't have U.S. rights at this time). Also, the new release of the former paperback known as The Manor,  Creative Spirit: UK Edition Stay tuned for the Epic Kindle Giveaway. ###

Scott Nicholson free Kindle books for Amazon UK

After last week's fun and successful Kindle freebie binge, I am trying a box set free in the United Kingdom. Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 5, containing the complete text of Troubled, Solom, and The Gorge, will be free Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday! (These books were published in paperback in the United States as The Home, The Farm, and They Hunger--I don't have U.S. rights at this time). Also, the new release Creative Spirit: UK Edition will be free Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Thanks for sharing with your friends!

 
And you may just want to follow my author page on Facebook if you happen to like free Kindles and Amazon gift cards! Yes, that's a hint...

Scott Nicholson free kindle books

This week's free kindle books from Scott Nicholson!(if you like to share with your friends, feel free to copy and paste the Twitter or Facebook posts each day - thanks and I hope you enjoy them!)
Monday:#free #kindle #horror The Gorge by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/v9UVbm "Deliverance with vampires..." (UK only) plz RT
"Deliverance with vampires..." Free horror thriller for horror and thriller fans! The Gorge by Scott Nicholson (UK Kindle only). Please share with your friends!http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Gorge-ebook/dp/B00472O79W/


#free color picture book Duncan The Punkin by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/sBAfpy Mother-and-son fun for #kindle fire kids! plz RT
Free color picture book Duncan The Punkin by Scott Nicholson. Mother-and-son fun for Kindle Fire families. Please share with your friends!http://www.amazon.com/Duncan-the-Punkin-ebook/dp/B004S2CQFS

Tuesday#free #kindle #mystery The Skull Ring by bestseller @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/vDw4qA free ebook
Free kindle book for suspense, mystery, and thriller fans. The Skull Ring by Scott Nicholson. Please share!
http://www.amazon.com/Skull-Ring-Julia-Stone-ebook/dp/B003980ELA

#free color picture book Duncan The Punkin by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/sBAfpy Mother-and-son fun for #kindle fire kids! plz RT
Free color picture book Duncan The Punkin by Scott Nicholson. Mother-and-son fun for Kindle Fire families. Please share with your friends!http://www.amazon.com/Duncan-the-Punkin-ebook/dp/B004S2CQFS

#free psychological thriller AS I DIE LYING  by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/rzKeNw Please RT

Richard Coldiron's problems are only in his minds--all five of them. Free for Kindle, the psychological thriller AS I DIE LYING. Please share!
http://www.amazon.com/As-I-Die-Lying-ebook/dp/B0041D88TW


Wednesday:#free psychological thriller AS I DIE LYING  by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/rzKeNw Please RT


Richard Coldiron's problems are only in his minds--all five of them. Free for Kindle, the psychological thriller AS I DIE LYING. Please share!
http://www.amazon.com/As-I-Die-Lying-ebook/dp/B0041D88TW


#free #kindle book October Girls by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/rCWQKJ young adult paranormal fantasy! Plz RT
Free Kindle book for fans of witchcraft, paranormal romance, and fantasy. October Girls by Scott Nicholson. Please share with your friends!http://www.amazon.com/October-fantasy-paranormal-romance-ebook/dp/B00433TD0I/

#free #kindle #mystery The Skull Ring by bestseller @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/vDw4qA free ebook
Free kindle book for suspense, mystery, and thriller fans. The Skull Ring by Scott Nicholson. Please share!
http://www.amazon.com/Skull-Ring-Julia-Stone-ebook/dp/B003980ELA

Thursday:#free #kindle book October Girls by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/rCWQKJ young adult paranormal fantasy! Plz RT
Free Kindle book for fans of witchcraft, paranormal romance, and fantasy. October Girls by Scott Nicholson. Please share with your friends!http://www.amazon.com/October-fantasy-paranormal-romance-ebook/dp/B00433TD0I/

#free #kindle #horror The Gorge by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/v9UVbm "Deliverance with vampires..." (UK only) plz RT
"Deliverance with vampires..." Free ebook for horror and thriller fans! The Gorge by Scott Nicholson (UK Kindle only). Please share with your friends!http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Gorge-ebook/dp/B00472O79W/

Friday:#free #kindle psycho story collection Head Cases by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/dWntcC Please RT
Free for Kindle readers, the psycho story collection Head Cases by Scott Nicholson,with bonus tales by Willie Meikle and John Everson. Please share with your friends!http://www.amazon.com/Head-Cases-ebook/dp/B004G5Z4HO

Saturday:#free #kindle psycho story collection Head Cases by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/dWntcC Please RT
Free for Kindle readers, the psycho story collection Head Cases by Scott Nicholson,with bonus tales by Willie Meikle and John Everson. Please share with your friends!http://www.amazon.com/Head-Cases-ebook/dp/B004G5Z4HO

Sunday:#free #kindle #horror The Gorge by @eScottNicholson http://amzn.to/v9UVbm "Deliverance with vampires..." (UK only) plz RT
"Deliverance with vampires..." Free ebook for horror and thriller fans! The Gorge by Scott Nicholson (UK Kindle only). Please share with your friends!http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Gorge-ebook/dp/B00472O79W/

Santa Scott free Kindle book giveaways

I'm shuffling down the chimney and handing out goodies for all the good little girls and boys who awake to find Kindles and Kindle Fires in their stockings (but you don't have to own a Kindle to read free Kindle books -- you can read them on your phone, iPad, computer, etc. What a truly marvelous age we live in!)

Free today, Dec. 24, is the paranormal mystery Transparent Lovers by Scott Nicholson
http://www.amazon.com/Transparent-Lovers-ebook/dp/B004LROVS0

and the mystery thriller Disintegration
http://www.amazon.com/Disintegration-A-Mystery-Thriller-ebook/dp/B0048EL5M6

Coming soon: Duncan the Punkin, The Skull Ring, and As I Die Lying. Please tell all your friends and pass the freebies along. Amazon Kindle books have been very good to me and my family and I am happy to share. Check this post daily for the next week for updated giveaways. Now I need to shake off this chimney soot. Ho ho ho!

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Liquid Fear, Chronic Fear, and the rebirth of a writing career

By Scott Nicholson

Today, Dec. 21, marks both the solstice and the two-year anniversary of my indie publishing experiment. On a gray day as the sun reached its nadir across my northern sky, I clicked a button that sent Burial to Follow into the digital world.
I had no idea what I was doing, only that I had nothing to lose. Part of me was afraid, as those old whispers came. You know, the ones drummed into writers since the dawn of time: ("Only hacks self-publish! You can't do anything without an agent! Just keep sending out query letters and focus on writing the next book! Self-publishing will kill your career.")
In truth, the original act was a mix of desperation and inspiration. Despite six books in traditional publishing, I was basically dead in the water, haunted by midlist numbers. New York thought it knew what I was and had the data to prove it. I knew better in my heart, but I was unsuccessful in convincing my potential partners, and the world of publishing had grown harsher and colder, to the point of "Only responds if interested." All I could think was "Maybe you're not interested, but I sure am."
The Burial to Follow novella was respectably published in a hardcover by Cemetery Dance, so it had provenance. I figured I'd hedge my bets against what my peers thought (not that peers were paying any attention at all to me in 2009) by self-publishing backlist so I would have a built-in defense. I created a terrible but sincere cover with art from my DIRT comic book and hit the Amazon button.
I believe I got one sale through the final nine days of the year, but it was fun to wonder about that one stranger who had clicked and purchased. So I prepped The Red Church , a novel that had been successful in its short life but had fallen out of print for five years. Again, I had the self-defense of prior publication. "See? I'm a REAL writer and I am just making these 'legitimate' books available again." And then sales started trickling in, and the book steadily rose up the charts. People liked it! But the most immense satisfaction was in being able to reach readers years after New York was done with it. The story was still fresh, maybe even timeless. At least timeless enough for now.
Cool things happened. My daughter was most impressed when I hit #1 in "Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy" (boy, the categories were wild in those days), not because I was above Stephen King but above C.S. Lewis. I think that was the first time she ever viewed me as a "real writer," despite the stack of my dusty paperbacks in the closet.
I was still sending stuff to publishers and agents during this time, because I was a "real writer" and that indie stuff was just a sideline until I got a "real deal." My goal at the time was to earn enough to pay my power bill. So I clumped together some stories that had also been professionally published, and the nickels turned into dimes. There was also an exciting and growing indie community, writers either frustrated by the traditional system or new to the entire game and having no pre-conceptions. That was matched by the enthusiasm of readers who saw a whole new world of choice open up to them. The universe was opening to possibility in odd and thrilling ways.
By mid-2010, I stopped sending stuff out to agents and publishers because the power structure had shifted. Readers now ran the industry, although none of us really understood the concept, or maybe it was too large and simple for us to grasp. Readers created bestsellers, they created careers for writers, they created new genres and cross-genres and niches and book blogs. The whole job for a writer shifted from finding the intermediaries who would deliver an audience to removing as many obstacles as possible between you and your readers. I uploaded original novels that I had been sending around, and I wrote new ones with the sole intention of self-publishing.
By the dawn of 2011, I was able to leave my day job and fulfill the only personal goal I'd ever had as a writer. I had some luck with a couple of bestsellers, and Amazon picked up Liquid Fear for re-release, and the sequel Chronic Fear. Amazon is awesome to work with and has been the most enthusiastic partner of my entire publishing career.
I don't know if there is a "next level." I certainly don't need any more to be happy, and I am incredibly grateful and humbled. All I did was do what I love and click a few buttons, and I happened to be doing the right thing when the right time came along. I wish I could make ego claims of genius and talent, but it's simply the blessings of good fortune, simply doing what God made Scott to do that no other person can do.
Today, Amazon launches Liquid Fear and Chronic Fear. Two years after the sun hit its lowest point and started ascension. Two years to the day after I first hit a button and said "Yes."
I still say it today. Thank you, God and the universe. Thank you, readers and friends. Thank you, my wonderful, beautiful family. Yes.
###Liquid Fear and Chronic Fear are $2.99 for Kindle, also available in paperback and audio. Burial to Follow is currently free for Kindle. Speed Dating with the Dead is free for Dec. 21 only. Thanks for your support and friendship, and tell your friends about the freebies. My pledge is always: The more I get, the more I give away.

Speed Dating with the Dead free for Kindle

Okay, today's gift is Speed Dating with the Dead, a supernatural thriller. Inspired by an actual paranormal conference I held at a haunted Appalachian hotel--in the book, ghost hunters accidentally stir up demons. Free for two days!
http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Dating-Dead-ebook/dp/B003TZLWTG 




Burial to Follow is still currently free at Amazon but probably not for long.



I'll be signing paper books at Black Bear Books in Boone (Dec. 20) and City Lights Bookstore in Sylva (Dec. 21).