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Evening all!My next novel,
, sequel to
, will be launched on the 20th of May, at 6.30pm AEST. (Australian Eastern Standard Time.) We'll be live streaming via facebook if anyone would like to 'attend.' The event information is in the link below. It's a YA fantasy series.
https://www.facebook.com/events/48808...
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Hey Lee, looks like there is a billion books out there. And look at the post in this forum, it doesn't look like help... more like everyone just wants to shout out their own books. Ok, I know there is a lot of grass roots marketing to be done. I am up to it... showing up at local bookstores, selling in craft shows... I have seen all that. There are a lot of online marketing people promising you the world... but who do you trust? I admit, I popped my book up on amazon mostly because I wanted to let it simmer while I finish the series. My hopes that when I am finished, I can dedicate time and resources to promoting the series as a whole. Even more than that I have gone through the whole start up marketing with a patent I am partial owner of... its not fun if your not into it. And I just want to keep writing... UGH!
What are your thoughts?
It takes a lot of effort to 'seen' amongst the 'billions'. Writing is the most enjoyable and easy part, however with the whole indie route, although gives you freedom, see's your passion turn into a business: editing, publishing, pricing, marketing etc.Like you're doing now on Goodreads, you have to be engaging and contribute to forums and reviews. There are heaps of writers who just drop a promotion and leave.
Grit, determination, engagement and the willingness to learn and evolve will help you. Plus if you have a series with a unique story then readership should grow if you keep at it.
I am just a beginner as well, hoping one day to succeed. Good luck with your journey!
Hey Larry and Leon, looks like there's a lot of us in the same boat. :) I know the marketing/promotion is going to be a tough grind. I've been pursuing book bloggers and reviewers to try to get some visibility for my book, but reputable and professional bloggers most often have a huge stack of books in front of them already, so trying to persuade them to take time to read a self-published work by an unknown author is an uphill battle.You're right that this is the hardest part of being a new writer. :) But it's a necessary part of the job, so I'm just trying to put my head down and get it done.
Leon, Lee, and Larry LoL,Thanks for responding guys. And good luck. I will keep an eye here and share anything that I find that works.
In the end, the only thing that "works" for an indie author is writing a truly fantastic book.And sometimes, not even that is enough...
I hear you, Adrian. The thing is, it is difficult to know where your book lies on that spectrum until people other than friends and family tell you that its fantastic. Another big UGH! I love em for supporting me, but I need outside confirmation :)If I suck, that's fine too. Then I can move on to other endeavors
Eileen Moore travels the continental United States looking for ghosts, cryptids, and all manner of paranormal beings.Instead, she finds a severely injured young man, who doesn't seem to speak English, held captive in the basement of an abandoned building and, without other options, she takes him home to nurse him back to health.
And to find out if he's human or not.
Ghost Story - Chapter one by Heather
https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/...
I have just published on Amazon:
The Events of 1968: An Alternative History
https://mybook.to/events
On price promotion: only 99c / 99p until 14 May.
The second novel in the Pentacle Papers series of funny and thought-provoking techno-thrillers, set in the period 1968-75 in a world where Britain signed a peace treaty with Hitler in 1941. Should appeal to lovers of British humour, speculative fiction and Sixties nostalgia.
A prequel to The Hammond Conjecture (semi-finalist in the Self-Published Science Fiction Competition thespsfc.org)
The novel follows Thomas Hammond from shy, insecure and sexually confused schoolboy to a centred young man who has learned the difference between sex and love, and who is prepared to fight for whom, rather than what, he believes in.
Tommy doesn’t question his sheltered, repressed life until he meets Iona at the Sixth Form disco. She introduces him to a world of Left Bank intellectuals and left-wing philosophers. When King Edward VIII appoints a populist kleptocrat as PM they become politically active, organising a schoolkids’ trade union. But as democracy collapses and fascists and anarchists run wild, their relationship also hits the rocks. Iona is sucked into Maoist fervour while Tommy drifts into Sixties psychedelia.
Around them, a cast of journalists and spies, soldiers and activists - and an underground resistance movement - scheme, deceive and betray one another.
In August the political violence reaches its peak at a rally in Trafalgar Square. Does Iona survive? Can Tommy save her? Will she return to him? Does he really want her to?
Thrilled to announce the cover reveal for the final book in The Bond Trilogy, The Mother's Wheel (up for preorder: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...). This exciting young adult fantasy trilogy envisions a world where women are eliminating men--or breeding sons to fight. In The Bond, Dinitra learns that everything she’s been taught is a lie. The only things she can believe in are her mutant battle dog, 12, and Fir, the warrior-son she helps free and comes to love. The Hive Queen finds Fir fleeing his mother in a desperate quest for freedom. But will he end up killing his own brothers? The dangers they encounter include a beautiful Hive Queen who wants Fir for her own. Unless she finds a mate to strengthen her Hive, she'll be crushed by her murderous brother, whose alliance to men is a danger to humans and mutants alike. The Mother's Wheel reunites Dinitra, Fir, and the mutant Sil in their desperate attempt to save the Hive Queen, humans, and mutants and build a world without war. "There are battles, adventures, and struggles for power galore. But ultimately, The Mother's Wheel is a haunting, heartfelt meditation on love, loss, and what it means to belong to a family.” Emily Colin, New York Times bestselling author of The Memory Thief and award-winning author of Sword of the Seven Sins series
Her name's Natalya, she's more than what she seems, and if you'd like to meet her in the flesh, her book is currently on promotion on both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk at $0.99 & £0.99 respectively.
If you like stories of witches, fairy tale characters, and strange new realms, all set against a Victorian English backdrop, then grab yourself a copy before May 18th when it goes back to full price.
Links below:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QJ2L3CY
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09QJ2L3CY
Hello everyone, If you are interested in the history of science fiction, check out my book series project, Futures Past: A Visual History of Science Fiction. The first volume is available for free on our website right now for a limited time - www.sfhistory.net.
Futures Past: 1926 - 64 pages of extensive information on everything sf that happened in 1926 - the year Hugo Gernsback published the very first science fiction magazine, AMAZING STORIES. Articles, summaries, covers, lists, rare photos; it’s all illustrated in great detail and beautiful full color!
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Thanks!
My latest book,
, was launched last night. It's fantasy, and is the second book, following
, in The Chronicles of Albatar.It's available in paperback and ebook on all major platforms.
Hello everyone. I thought that some of you may be looking for a smart/unique sci-fi novel for the upcoming holiday this weekend, so I talked my co-author into doing our first Kindle CountDown Deal starting tomorrow. Hopefully you will find it enjoyable by the pool or beach. 
https://www.amazon.com/Harbinger-Nigh...
In the near future a new space race is in full swing to be the first to colonize Mars. The United States and allied European governments working alongside private industry are competing against the RSAC, a new Russian-Chinese alliance, to build working spacecraft to make the long journey.
In preparations for the mission, an engineering team from an aerospace/tech conglomerate is building out the interplanetary communications network, when a mysterious object emerges from the depths of interstellar space. As the nations of Earth scramble to investigate this strange comet, they must overcome plots from within and the machinations of a malignant AI in order to be the first to meet the menace, or the promise, that the intruder foretells.
Major Koda Cheveyo, a special operations soldier is tasked to lead his team to face this possible threat while Michael Thompson, a quantum computer engineer, works with his homebrewed AI to counter the emerging peril from within. Together with the help of a billionaire tech tycoon and a government security agent, their mission could reshape the future of humanity.
Have a great weekend!
John
Hey crew... if you want to read a teenage sci fi coming of age book (series actually) the go to my webpage at www.donvodka.com and there is a link to amazon.com to get the first two books FREE.Also, there's blogs and a map to try and find where I live. Take lots of water if you try, I live in a desert.
Stay chill. From Donnalee Vodka.
Well, it’s been a minute. I tend to read the newsletters and lurk in spurts until I have a top-level announcement: the last time I wrote one of these messages to fellow SFF readers on GR was years ago in the beforetimes when
Astral Fall
dropped.So much has changed since then.
Accordingly, below are the intro links to my new book, coming 06.06.22 (Monday!), IMPRESS OF THE SEVENTH SURGE. Everything you'd want to know is on the GR link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... ☣️
📕https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B...
📕https://apple.co/3m2aCyW
Here’s a public Twitter link that has everything to do with ‘Seventh Surge’ so far in images, including the synopsis, and quickly scrollable https://twitter.com/JSto/status/15296... 🔥 And this is something literary/ongoing on background I'm just spinning up today https://twitter.com/JSto/status/15321...
If this post reaches you, thank you for being here for the ups (and downs!) of this SFF creator’s career. I hope you made it through the pandemic unscathed and healthy, and in possession of the truth. I hope you’re happy, wherever you are.
Next up: Astral Fall II.
xx JM
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Hi all,My book "Sleeping Dogs" is on sale on Amazon.com from now until Tuesday, June 7th, for .99 cents! For any of those that missed out on the giveaway, this is a chance to pick it up at a reduced price.
Premise: Centuries after humans were eradicated from Earth, should their species be given a second chance at existence?
That’s the question being debated among Anarans, the alien race that caused the extinction of humans six centuries earlier. For Prill, a young exo-biologist assigned to Earth, the answer is ‘yes’—a decision that prompts her to join the newly established Human Re-Creation Project. But not all Anarans are so supportive. The project soon divides families, friends, and Anaran society as a whole—with consequences Prill could never have prepared herself for …
Sleeping Dogs
I have a new novel coming out June 21--Endurance. It is up for pre-orders on Amazon now at https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Elai...And for Pride month, I'm posting excerpts daily from the first chapter at my blog: https://elaineburnes.com/blog/
Here's the blurb:
What if you were stranded. On a spaceship. Four light years from Earth. With a hundred tourists. And you are the captain. Then things start to go wrong. Welcome aboard the Endurance. It’ll be the trip of a lifetime.
For five years, Captain Lyn Randall of the Endurance has ferried tourists around the solar system for Omara Tours. Now, as she takes in the rings of Saturn for the last time, she’s looking forward to indulging in simpler pleasures like flying antique airplanes over her childhood home in Montana.
The routine tour becomes anything but when a mysterious phenomenon flings Endurance and two other ships into the Rigil Kentaurus system, four light years from Earth. Stranded, with no way to get back.
Lyn’s first duty is to rescue survivors from the other ships before she faces the most daunting task of her life, much less her career. She has to control her fears and grief to lead an untested crew and panicked guests on a quest for a new home planet or risk a return to their solar system that could kill them all. Unfortunately, Lyn’s past with a clandestine military mission gone wrong doesn’t sit well with some guests and crew members, and they don’t quite trust her.
Diana Squires, rescued from another stranded vessel, grudgingly reveals her identity as the daughter of scientists who researched traversable wormholes. To complicate everything, Lyn develops an affection for Diana, something at odds with her responsibilities as captain and her unhealed grief over her own lost loved ones.
Feelings aside, suspicions aside, her own doubts about her ability to lead aside, Lyn has to fight to protect her passengers, her ship, and her heart.
I have published my first four science fiction books on Smashwords and would love for you to read them - you can even choose “pay nothing” because I’d prefer them read for free than not read at all!https://www.smashwords.com/profile/vi...
A brief overview of some of them:
Stars Above: Altered by a strange alien tech the day the earth was visited by a fleet that instantly decimated civilization and enslaved humanity for unknown purposes, a group of Advanced must fight to topple the Towers before the end of all life on the planet.
The Pack: On a distant planet, a young boy finds a mysteriously advanced weapon with a mind of its own. Betrayed by his clan and left to rot, he must learn to survive. But the planet itself is rejecting humanity, and the Pack howls in the distance…
Corporeal Forms: In a post-dystopian future where humanity has rejected the augmentation of the human form, Keri finds herself in possession of the first and only inchoate Artificial Intelligence. But something is hunting her, something from the darkness of the Butcher era…
Hidden Trials: An agent for a mysterious agency known only as the Ministry, Jacob Trials is a nano-augmented agent who works to counter memetic propagation before rogue ideas can threaten the world. But now he, and everyone he knows, is threatened by a mysterious group who will stop at nothing to kill him.
I hope you enjoy these!
Can Gavrilo, the prince of all shape-shifters, and Rose, the most unusual time traveler in the world, save a rebel leader locked in a magic dungeon? What if Gavrilo and Rose fall in love while saving her, but can't touch each other?"A quirky and entertaining tale liberally seasoned with humor." –Bruce Boston, Bram Stoker Award author of Dark Matters
The Shape-Shifter’s Guide to Time Travel.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BBY2QYG
The Kindle version of
Enter Final Gamer
is currently FREE for a few more days!https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HN6TWCM
Enter Final Gamer is a Utopian vision of what humanity could be in a trillion years. It blends high drama, grand science fiction, epic adventuring, and pop culture.
During the great exodus of the Milky Way, as humankind entered the Guidance era, settling other star systems and galaxies, it was deemed prudent to vault all the mainstream pop culture and media from the era of popularist creation. There were more important things to do than watch endless re-runs of I Love Lucy or Quantum Leap.
Prophecy held that should the Universe ever be fully populated and peaceful, the first of Ten Gamers would be born. They arrived exponentially apart in time, each bringing with them the distribution rights to a tenth of the vault. The First through Ninth Gamers were hailed as celebrities who each, in turn, shared their content with a grateful populace.
But, when the Final Gamer entered the scene, Utopia fell deep into chaos and turmoil.
For, although prophecy held that the Final Gamer would bring the best of the best of the best from the era of popularist creation, it also foretold that they would bring an end to ALL the games.
The story of the birth and development of modern science fiction over its first 50 years - from 1926 to 1975. Designed in a yearbook format, each volume will cover all the works, people, organizations, and events, in detailed chronological order. The first volume is FREE on our website. We'd appreciate a like on our Facebook page for anyone interested in sf history. Thanks!https://www.facebook.com/futurespasts...
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Hello everyone, I am Aybiline, a German sci-fi author, living in France, and just today launched my first book in front of the English-speaking audience:
Admiral’s Choice: This space opera is quite successful in Germany with more than 10,000 readers — and now for the first time available in English.
I would appreciate it if anyone could check out my new story, and spread the word about the giveaway on Goodreads starting on the 17th:
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
Best Regards
Aybiline
The Admiral's Choice
As many of you know, Hugh Howey has the SPSFC - Self-published Science Fiction Competition) and two of the 7 finalists are free as of now (for how long I don't know), so if you are interested,
Monster of the Darkhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
and
Duckett & Dyer: Dicks For Hire
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08...
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Hi all.Full Disclosure: While I've been a member for a long time, I haven't posted mainly because besides the Expanse Series, I haven't been reading a lot of SciFi lately. I'm dyslexic, so I'm jealous of you folks who polish off a book in a couple of days! Takes me MUCH longer.
I'm here to promote my new book, Kiya And The Morian Treasure. Links below.
It's Xena: Warrior Princess In Space - aka, a bad-ass female hero, a timid female sidekick, and a ton of action.
While it's from a small house (Elephant's Bookshelf Press) you can order it in any bookstore - support small business, right? Or you can get the Kindle, Paperback or audio book from Amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/Kiya-Morian-Tr...
My Goodreads page is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
I hope you enjoy it.
Endurance is out today!For five years, Captain Lyn Randall of the Endurance has ferried tourists around the solar system for Omara Tours. Now, as she takes in the rings of Saturn for the last time, she’s looking forward to indulging in simpler pleasures like flying antique airplanes over her childhood home in Montana.
The routine tour becomes anything but when a mysterious phenomenon flings Endurance and two other ships into the Rigil Kentaurus system, four light years from Earth. Stranded, with no way to get back.
Lyn’s first duty is to rescue survivors from the other ships before she faces the most daunting task of her life, much less her career. She has to control her fears and grief to lead an untested crew and panicked guests on a quest for a new home planet or risk a return to their solar system that could kill them all. Unfortunately, Lyn’s past with a clandestine military mission gone wrong doesn’t sit well with some guests and crew members, and they don’t quite trust her.
Diana Squires, rescued from another stranded vessel, grudgingly reveals her identity as the daughter of scientists who researched traversable wormholes. To complicate everything, Lyn develops an affection for Diana, something at odds with her responsibilities as captain and her unhealed grief over her own lost loved ones.
Feelings aside, suspicions aside, her own doubts about her ability to lead aside, Lyn has to fight to protect her passengers, her ship, and her heart.
Going to jump on this bandwagon and throw my series up as well. I recently published my third book in my series 'Forlorn Raider'.The book is free on Kindle Unlimited, or for sale for $2.99 for the first and second book. The third book, which was released two weeks ago is up for $9.99. If you are interested, I am willing to gift you the first book if you message me in exchange for honest feedback and a review on Amazon. If you enjoy it, the rest are published.
Genre: Dark Fantasy / Reverse Isekai / Survival / Horror Fiction
Quick synopsis: Raider is a young general that has been put in charge of the Eastern Front. All he wishes for is a way to protect the citizens of Alvernia while living a relatively peaceful life. He is summoned and asked by the King to inspect their forts along the boundary with the demons to see if the Hero Summoning Ritual is needed. After he departs, all hell breaks loose and it becomes a fight for survival against enemies from everywhere.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
Thank you for your consideration!
My science-fiction novelette Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog is now available for FREE on Smashwords until the end of July.You can find it at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Be sure to use the code SW100 at the checkout.
"He had the realisation that all have late in life; that armour does not work, after a lifetime spent forging it..."
He is the Galilean, a living legend: a man with nano-technology flowing in his blood. It means he does not even have to wear a spacesuit as he roams the alien moons of Jupiter.
They are his charges: a group of slush miners who have contracted him to guide them across the salt ice of Europa moon. But none of them can begin to perceive the turmoil taking place in that man's soul...
Inspired by the famous Caspar David Friedrich painting of the same name, 'Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog' is a compelling 12,000-word novelette about the spacefaring future of our species and the enduring rifts in the human condition.
The Goodreads page for the story is here.
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40+ authors of speculative fiction have joined forces to put together a big Sapphic Speculative Fiction Giveaway with 50+ book prizes, including several science fiction, sci-fi romance, and fantasy novels (ebooks, paperbacks, and audiobooks) with lesbian & sapphic main characters. To enter the giveaway, head over to the giveaway page on my website:
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Entries close on July 13, 2022, at 10 a.m. Central European Time.
Hi! I am the author of the book “From Asteroids to Pandemics, living a world of a spontaneous risk”. The self-published book covers wide topics regarding existential risks, and the threat civilization is facing in an anthropogenic world, where geopolitical volatility has become the norm.After almost 80 years, the world has entered a renewed cycle of wars which could easily unravel into a global one. The dilemma we confront now, is that humankind is actually facing the potential for its self-destruction through nuclear weapons.
Foreseeing the future has become very complicated in these times. Whatever progress humanity has achieved over thousands of years it has evolved, the current geopolitical dilemma may revert back centuries of humankind progress. A new world order is at hand, but not the kind we wish for. Upon us, is the threat of global war promoted by world domination of two autocratic dictatorial, repressive powers, while democracy crumbles. If we consider our world today, movies such as Red Dawn does not seem to be fiction anymore.
Members are invited to check out my book on Amazon at the following link: https://a.co/9qwYLik
Would love to have your honest comments and reviews.
Tommy Fagan: Legacy
My new book Tommy Fagan Legacy is available now on amazon for just 99p UK and 99c US
Description.
When the class system deteriorates into a physical divide amongst people, one man fights to prove himself and give his family a better life.
Tommy Fagan dreams of being a boxer, an impossible task for a genetically unmodified human. However, Tommy finds that with the support of his best friend and the knowledge of an old boxing trainer, genetic modifications don’t always give you the upper hand.
Thrust into a world full of power and corruption, but without money or influence, Tommy must navigate his way through an unfamiliar world to snatch at the opportunities held just out of his reach.
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3 Days to Save a LegendPaul Martin Farmer
Hope you can find the time to take a look at the book I've recently published, if you're a fan of time travel. you'll love it.
Its aavilable at most online platforms, here is a link to Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Days-Save-Le...
Thanks
Paul
WitterkinI have US and UK Audible audiobook free codes available for my new fantasy novel, Witterkin.
Blurb: Nya, a reviled wise woman, embarks on a quest in another world to find Windsinger Yaro—a man she loves, and who may hold the key to saving the magical beings known as Witterkin.
Links:
US: https://www.audible.com/pd/Witterkin-...
UK: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Witterki...
Hi folks, If you love comedic fantasy, modernised folklore, and/or archaeology, you'll potentially love my debut novella.
An adventure filled with silliness, folklore, grumpiness, and absurdity. In Search of Beira’s Hammer follows Scarlet and Amhlaidh on their adventures along the West Highland Way in Scotland. Scarlet travels from Berlin to look for a legendary hammer that will allow her to perfect her city. On the way, she meets Amhlaidh, a grumpy troll, who is willing to help her at a cost. Join them in their search, discovering Beira, kelpies, and other legendary creatures along their way, and find out how their adventure unfolds.
You can get it in various ways:
- Amazon Kindle (free on Kindle unlimited): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09YFFX49...
- Amazon paperback (Uk link here but it is available in other marketplaces too): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Search-Beira...
- Your local bookstore branch (by order) - example here Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/in-s...
In Search of Beira's Hammer: A Fantasy Novella
Hi folks! I've recently published my first novel, The Condemned, which is Book 1 of my Ages of Eshéa series. It's high fantasy, but definitely bleeds into the sword and sorcery subgenre.Bauldane has awoken as a living skeleton with a curse that decays the living into dust at the touch of his hands. With no memory of who he was before, and no idea who did this to him, he goes in search of the one responsible. But he finds he may be in the middle of something that could change the course of all Eshéa. With newfound companions, he seeks out an Abandoned - a wizard cut off from the ability to wield magic - who may know something of his predicament.
The Condemned is the first of a trilogy, with other connected, but adjacent stories coming, too. I'm self-published, but I've put a ton of work into this story over several years. If you take a look and happen to pick it up, I'd love to know what you think (yes, even if you didn't like it).
You can find it on Amazon and you can find it through Kindle Unlimited as well. Thanks!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B4WSMXHC
60 days until The Second View is released (in pre-order now)The View from Here, is a science fiction novella based on my short story of the same title. It can be read as a stand-alone, but if you enjoy the story, it is now a trilogy.
The View from Here
Two heads are better than one.
What would you do if you found yourself on or in another world? Do you have the skills and knowledge needed to survive or to make sense of what you see?
Thomas sets out on a hike he has done many times before. Taking only what he needs for the three or four hours he expects to be gone, he passes a vehicle in the parking lot. The handwritten note on the dashboard read: Not Abandoned. The view at the end of the trail was not what he expected—neither were the friendships.
Two adventurous people in an unknown world. Only their physical fitness and combined knowledge will get them through everything they may encounter.
The Second View
“I think I found it.” That was all the text said.
Thomas and April set out once again to explore the world they discovered. There was still another open exit, and they held out hope that they would be able to visit Flick, their new friend. Armed with a plan, they knew where to go but didn’t know what was in store for them this time. Their motto? Expect the unexpected.
Still time to read Book One! (Kindle/KU/Paperback)
https://amazon.com/dp/B09PC3N678
The ARC for The Second View will be available Sept 1. Let me know if you are interested.
Hi all!If anyone wants to read a fast-paced Sci-fi with an inclusive romance, alien invaders, a dual POV with an accelerating rhythm spiraling to an unforeseen twist, I'll share my book and the blurb!
https://www.amazon.com/Stars-Within-A...
Thomas fights to beat cancer. Colette fights to save the human race.
A colonial miner crippled with debt, Thomas must flee his home to cure his recurring cancer. With his health declining at an alarming rate, his options are limited. Spend his last days surrounded by his loved ones or leave them behind for a slim chance to live. The choice is impossible, the prospect grim, and not for him alone.
A pragmatic military hero, Colette enrolls in a mission to thwart an alien invasion. She always gets the job done… unless Mia’s involved. She must then put her feelings aside as always or risk jeopardizing her assignment for the woman she once loved.
Two battles. Two realities. For one to succeed, the other must fail.
Thanks to anyone looking at this, I like you!
Hi,I have just released
Murder Under Another Sun. This novel is hard sf and a murder mystery. It also has a nasty bit of pharmacology and a dollop of humor. This is the second Leif the Lucky novel and the story picks up directly after the end of Starman's Saga: The Long, Strange Journey of Leif The LuckyYou can find it on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8L8Z6MQ for the ebook. A paperback is also available. The blurb from Amazon follows:
Nothing is new under another sun. Not even murder.
This mission should be simple. Exoplanetary scout Leif Grettison and ace pilot Yang Yong are off to deliver a load of supplies and reinforcing settlers to a recently colonized planet. It’s as routine as a starflight can be.
Famous last words.
Something is wrong with the colonists. They are astonishingly ill-suited for the task of settling a new world. The planet, too, is a poor place to plant a town for humans. Even if everything goes right, the colony might not survive.
Then one of the colonists is found dead. Murder is a possibility.
Not long after, another one dies—and this time, it’s definitely murder. In a world with only two hundred people, there’s at least one killer.
Meanwhile, the colony’s new leader has a plan—but Leif has doubts. Will this man save the settlement, or use his power to become a dictator?
Leif and Yong’s mission is clear: they must leave the colony in shape to survive.
Leif is a retired soldier, not a detective, and when it comes to investigating a crime, he doesn’t have a clue. Literally. Still, it falls to him to follow the evidence and find the killer. He also needs to deal with the leader and the leader’s plan. If Leif fails, the only mystery may be how long it will take for everyone to die.
I have been working on a fantasy romance novel with an unusual twist. The protagonists are Sárán, Elder Prince of the Fae and Mariel Dana, a member of the Wabanaki tribes of Maine and a former Marine with PTSD. This novel embraces a blending of Irish and Wabanaki folklore and culture, as well as addressing current social issues. I have used Google Translate to include Gaelic words and phrases, as well as some Wabenaki words and names I have been able to find (It is difficult to find translations of Algonquin, the language of the Wabanaki tribes, especially as there are multiple nuances of meanings of words and phrases). The title of the novel is Cross Point, after the sacred site on which this story takes place.This novel will not be uploaded to Kindle until the beginning of 2023, as I will need to submit it to my beta readers first and give them time to read and respond. Be watching for it. I will post an available date when I am ready to upload to Kindle. Here is a quick synopsis:
Sárán is Elder Prince of the Aos Sí, The ruling clan of the Fae, and First General of the Eastern Reaches of An Réimse Naofa, the Sacred Land of the Fae.
Sárán is summoned from the pleasant celebration of the New Spring Moon to the palace in An Solas, and is informed that the Elven sorcerer Daighre, whom Sárán had defeated in battle three mortal Fae lifetimes ago, has escaped imprisonment. Moreover, it is suspected Daighre has acquired the powers of necromancy and is more of a threat to the Fae than when he was defeated and captured. Daighre, consort to Ainfean, queen of the Blackheart Elves, has challenged Sárán to meet them over the Ciardan Sea, or Ainfean will order invasion of An Réimse Naofa. When consulted concerning the challenge, the Prophets decree he must choose his own destiny to prevent death and destruction in An Réimshe Noafa. Sárán chooses to face Daighre.
Mariel Dana is a member of the Wabanaki tribes of Maine and a former Marine who served in Iraq. A car bomb explosion nearly killed her just weeks before her tour was to end and did kill many for whom she cared. Over time she recovered from her physical injuries, but she is left with PTSD that complicates her life. To escape the devastation the condition has brought, she moves to the remote cabin at Cross Point on Douglas Pond in the heart of Maine’s wilderness, a property her grandfather claimed was sacred and which he willed to her.
While paddle boarding with her support dog, a Chesapeake named Jughead, a freak windstorm with thunder strikes, causing Mariel and Jughead to fall into the water and triggering the PTSD. With prompting from Jughead Mariel comes out of the terrified trance that leaves her confused and helpless. Mariel is bewildered as the storm disappears as quickly as it arose. When she moves toward shore, she becomes aware of a body in the water. Her life has suddenly become more complicated by the severely wounded man who fell out of the wind funnel, as the man has wings and is clearly not of her world.
Larry wrote: "I hear you, Adrian. The thing is, it is difficult to know where your book lies on that spectrum until people other than friends and family tell you that its fantastic. Another big UGH! I love em fo..."Larry, I found several people to beta read for me by sending out notices on social media. Beta readers are a valuable resource in determining how well the book is written and whether the story is a good read. Some of my betas are really great at spotting errors and hiccups in the timelines or story lines. I send them an electronic copy which they can edit so they can mark corrections or add comments, and when the book is available in print I send them a copy. I hope to find more beta readers who will give honest opinions, which in an invaluable tool in writing well. Good luck.
J. (Gordon Colford)
Did you know that Amazon will discount books without telling the author?Yeah. Neither did I. But my paperback is now listed at $3.89. Apparently, I do get the same royalties. Do I believe it? Time will tell.
I don't know how long the sale will last.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PHG43TG
Hi everyone! Want to take the opportunity to invite you to take a look at my third book, “From Asteroids to Pandemics, Living a World of Spontaneous Risks” which was recently published on Amazon. The book is focused on the impact of existential risks, especially the terminal impact of unexpected risks, which, being unprecedented, leave us naked without contingency plans or strategies to carry on, once these strike following phenomena driven cycles.
Einstein once said that imagination is better than knowledge.
Existential risks put our imagination to the test, in order to solve unexpected situations of threatening cataclysms. In these times, humanity has undoubtedly been left very vulnerable to quite a few. Namely checkmate events, the potential impact of a killer asteroid, the possibility of a nuclear war, and unprecedented fury from Mother Nature.
If you want a peak at my vision of what humanity is about to confront, here is the link to the book on Amazon:
https://a.co/d/cwlNzOn
Good morning, Dropping a link to my new novel which has not made here on Goodreads officially yet. It's been out for just two days. YA, Teen, Mid-grade. Beyond the Vale
Gale Appleby is 15 and going on 16. Besides learning to drive, getting harassed by bullies at school, and time well spent working the checkout at the grocery store, she discovers she can see a world overlapping our own.
Who knew she would find exploring castles, riding with dragons, walking with giants, and chilling with dwarves so intriguing? Even treading lightly, her presence has repercussions that may unbalance cultures thousands of years old.
Only with the help of new friends on the other side will she be able to avoid catastrophe.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5M83ZF4
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My publisher is now offering the first book of the Artania Chronicles: Pharaoh's Cry for free. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
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Your novel sounds clever and fun. It's YA right? Interestingly, I too have a skateboarding painter in my novel End Man, which will be published by Cursed Dragon Ship in October 2022. Mine is adult speculative fiction and the skateboarder is my main character, Raphael Winston Lennon. Raphael is 26 and works as an IT specialist for a company that collects online human remains. I'll check out your book.