Free Book Friday Nov. 1st: The first author?
Every year I forget some of the national days throughout the year and find myself scrambling to find related content. Fortunately, I just happen to have the transcript of a conversation detailing the first fiction author.
“What are you doing?”
“Painting pictures on the wall.”
“Mom’s gonna flip.”
[shrugs]
“What’s that supposed to be?”
“It’s a wooly mammoth solving crimes on roller skates.”
“That’s ridiculous. Woolly mammoths haven’t been invented yet. Besides, you spelled woolly wrong.”
“It’s not supposed to be real, spelling dork. It’s just for fun.”
“Oh.” [pointing] “Then what’s that, then?”
“This? It’s a young boy finding out he’s a wizard. He goes to wizard school and makes friends and does stuff like battle against evil.”
“I like the mammoth better.”
-Leon
The story behind Free Book Friday:I’ve met many authors and readers during my time marketing, cross-promoting, and blogging. I think writers have a responsibility to inform readers about all the indie authors out there in the very crowded world of book publishing. You can’t do it alone, and why would you when you have a supportive group available?
Readers don’t just read one author – they stick with their favorite genres. Therein lies the power in cross-promotion. If one of my readers buys a book from an author I promote, then chances are there will be a reciprocal effect, or so is the hope. Do I want to boost sales? Of course I do. Do I want to boost other’s sales? Why not. It’s called karma.
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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.
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