Kelly Nichols
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David Bush:
Hello Mr. Bush, I find it interesting that, "General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms" is book #2 in a trilogy, and book #1 is yet to be published. Do I read that correctly? There must be a story. Would you be interested in trading reviews? ~Kelly
David Bush
Sorry for the delay in answering, Kelly. Regarding reviews, I think your best bet is Pubby.co. Take it from a disillusioned sceptic like me who has made plenty of mistakes in this publishing/marketing business and has fallen for loss making scams. Forget about net galley or hidden gems. With Pubby you get value for money and it's perfectly compliant with amazon's policies. The reviews come from fellow authors and they're done anonymously. I've already garnered 20 reviews in just three weeks, with three more in the pipeline. I'm still enrolled in it and I consider it one of my few marketing successes. I would recommend it to you. If anything you could try it out free, gathering about seven reviews, then take it from there. You'd have to do plenty of reading though.
Regarding the trilogy, The three books are not connected. The common denominator is that they are intended to be read by my great-nephew at different ages. Also, my nephew's namesake shows up in each novel as a secondary protagonist and in a completely different setting. I wrote the draft of the first book in one weekend. I wrote the first draft of the second book in the following weekend. I happened to have a rare free fortnight with the house to myself, as everyone else was abroad. Thereafter, I worked on both books concurrently. The second book proceeded smoothly and ironically saw the light of day before the first one. I got stuck, and am still stuck with the first one, as I have been let down by the illustrator. I've already gone through four illustrators so far. I need forty illustrations but I only have 10 so far, even though the text of the manuscript is done and itching to be published.
Wishing you the best of luck with your venture,
David
Regarding the trilogy, The three books are not connected. The common denominator is that they are intended to be read by my great-nephew at different ages. Also, my nephew's namesake shows up in each novel as a secondary protagonist and in a completely different setting. I wrote the draft of the first book in one weekend. I wrote the first draft of the second book in the following weekend. I happened to have a rare free fortnight with the house to myself, as everyone else was abroad. Thereafter, I worked on both books concurrently. The second book proceeded smoothly and ironically saw the light of day before the first one. I got stuck, and am still stuck with the first one, as I have been let down by the illustrator. I've already gone through four illustrators so far. I need forty illustrations but I only have 10 so far, even though the text of the manuscript is done and itching to be published.
Wishing you the best of luck with your venture,
David
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