The Read Now Pay Later Experiment

I love to write. Well, what I most love is to have written but more and more I’m also enjoying the moments of writing that often slide into several hours. With increasing frequency these writing bouts focus on my visionary fiction whether it’s on the next book in the Zak Bates Eco-Adventure Series, one of my adult speculative fiction books like Freeform or Seeds of a New Birth written under my pen name – Orrin Jason Bradford, or a new series or standalone like my recent NaNoWriMo novel, Babble.

What doesn’t flow quite so naturally (but is also an important part of a writing career) is the process of attracting readers–you know, the marketing and promoting process. However, one thing I’ve learned a number of times from my life on purpose coaching is a great way to bring more focus and fun to an area of life is through purposeful play:

Purposeful Play – Working on a project, goal, or task in such a way that you’re willing to play and experiment with it while having a particular plan or intention.  The secret to purposeful play is being committed to a particular result or outcome without being attached to that outcome.

Creating experiments that are in some way connected to a particular project or intention can be great fun. For example I’ve decided to create the Read Now Pay Later Experiment.

The Read Now Pay Later Experiment

It works quite simply. For a limited time you can download one of the books that’s part of this project/experiment for free, read it (for free) and after reading it go to the link you’ll find in the book and pay what you feel the book was worth. Of course, if you hated the book you might decide not to pay anything, but if you really enjoy it you might pay $5, or $7 or more. You’ll also find a link on the same page where you can go to review the book which would be almost as positive an act as sharing a few coins with me. (Notice, I wrote ‘almost’ – the ideal would be to do both).

The first book I’m making available in this way is Freeform. I really like this book. It was fun to write and I’ve enjoyed going back and reading the completed edition of it as well. Here’s the basic story line:

Something strange is happening in the North Carolina mountains. Pat Vogt, formerly of B.I.U.F.O., the Bureau of Investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects knows it. In fact, she was forced to retire from her position as part of a massive government cover up.  She’s also the only person to ever be inside an alien vessel, as well as almost being killed by its inhabitant.

Dr. Allan Pritchard, Wayneboro’s small animal veterinarian also knows it, when a late night C-section of a giant mongrel dog results, not in a litter of pups, but a litter of 8-inch long larvae. While all but one of the strange larvae dies, the remaining one first morphs to look like a puppy, then transforms again to look identical to Allan’s son, Todd, who was killed along with Allan’s wife in a tragic house fire accident.

Local hunter, Bo Strickland, also knows it’s the strangest deer season he’s ever seen as the abundant wildlife of the area seems to be infested with maggot looking larvae the size of a football. And whatever happened to his hunting companion?

Dr. Fredric Homlin, president and owner of Biogentrix, is the one most aware of the strange happenings around Waynesboro because he’s the instigator of it all.  It’s all part of his master plan to take over the world for ‘his kind.’

Why Am I Conducting this Experiment?

I mean, after all, I’m a professional writer and author with over twenty-five years of writing experience during which I’ve sold hundreds of articles and quite a few books, so why would I be willing to give you one of my books up front with the hope and prayer that you’ll come through after reading it and pay me?

It’s simple. I’m in a new stage of my writing career where one of my major goals is to become a successful and profitable writer of fiction novels. I believe in what I’ve written and I believe that if I can get these books into readers’ hands most of them will like them and not only be willing to pay a few bucks for them but might also spread the word to their friends.

Available in PDF, Kindle and Epub Editions

You can request your copy of Freeform in the edition of your choice:

FreeForm (PDF edition)


FreeForm for the Kindle (mobi edition)


 FreeForm (epub edition)

Important! Upon reaching the shopping cart page enter the coupon code # 031692 to receive your book for free.

Remember you’ll pay nothing up front. I won’t even ask you for your credit card information. Just download and get to reading. Once you finish, go to the link you’ll find in the book to pay what you feel is fair and then review it online as well. Simple, easy, and I trust you’ll find it’s a win-win transaction.

Open to Your Feedback

What do you think of this experiment? Does it seem fair? Can you think of a way to make it better? My inquiring mind wants to know.  Please share your thoughts, questions and comments below.