So..no serial, BUT, there is a way out of this mess…
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you know that my superhero serial, A Frosty Girl's Cure, is coming to a close, and that I'm discontinuing free serial fiction. Initially I had plans to release a paid series using Smashwords. But it was brought to my attention that Smashwords will not allow me to charge anything below 0.99 cents, and in writing to confirm that, Mark Coker informed me that serial fiction isn't allowed at Smashwords at all.
And so what to do with Confessions of a Zombie Lover? Well, it will have to go out as an ebook first. I'll be aiming for mid February, possibly even Valentine's day as the release date, giving me some time to release guest blogs and drum up more support. I need strong sales on this series because my ultimate goal after releasing all three ebooks will be to release a print omnibus edition with interior art illustrating some of the key scenes. Paying an artist to do this right will require strong sales, and not just on this book, but also on the first book, Zombie Punter.
For this reason, I'd like to urge readers to pick up copies of Zombie Punter from Smashwords through this link. If you've already read it free, please consider buying a copy to help me earn a decent wage in 2011. If you've never read it, please buy a copy and check it out. While it is a Zombie story, I consider it a dark fantasy more than horror. The differences are in minor style change and little elemental touches, like the main character wielding a replica bastard sword like a mini berserker.
Zombie Punter got a number of great reviews, but no one has yet posted a review on Smashwords. So after buying a copy and reading it, please consider leaving a rating or a review on Smashwords. You can be as brief or verbose as you like, and you can give whatever score you think is fair. But your reviews will help me out a lot in picking up new readers over the rest of the year. Who knows, if we can keep up a steady increase in sales, I might even be able to earn a semi pro rate.
Or that's the plan, and a lot of it depends on you. My current sales count on Zombie Punter is 38, so I need 138 before I can back off the ballyhoo machine. I got 300 downloads for my Twilight parody in four days, but that was a free file. So now it's time to find out how many of you are willing to chip in 0.99 and a review to help finance this series and get it developed to a print omnibus. (In theory, a cheap one, possibly even 8.99)
Maybe you can't buy one now. Okay, fine, but perhaps you can share this post through your blog, Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr account. Let's get Zombie Punter on track to become an example of an indie fiction success story, okay?
