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Marie Silk: the value of permafree?
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Arteries ladies and gents. Arteries. But there again a cheese fountain...S*d the arteries
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What is historical fiction exactly? Are they mostly stories happening in the past such as during the colonization of America? Or do they have to have something more like the real people who lived in that time?
Hi Dwayne and Jane!! :)G.G. wrote: "I am curious. I can't say I have ever read historical fiction. (Maybe I did and never thought of them as so?)
What is historical fiction exactly? Are they mostly stories happening in the past such..."
Hi G.G.! Historical fiction means any story taking place 50+ years ago that includes real historical people, places, and/or things, but also has fictional aspects.
In my books, the main characters are fictional, but the social issues and events that the characters experience are true to the time: Irish and Italian Immigration, WWI, Prohibition, Women's Suffrage, the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, segregation of social classes :).
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Oh my... I just realized that a story written as I was a kid growing up would not be considered historical. That makes me feel old!! hehehe
Oh Mylanta...is what I'll need after I eat that cheese covered taco...and I will eat it. Also, hi! /wave
Marie Silk wrote: "Hi everyone :) I'm a new-ish author who tried my hand at historical fiction writing this year. Before that, I was traveling the world, cooking a lot of Mexican food, and hoping to someday become ..."
I had no idea you were such a taco aficionado!
I've read a bit of historical fiction, but most of what I've read has been historical fantasy: Like the Historical, Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell or Three Great Lies. I love that you just randomly finished a 6 book series! Way to inspire us all.
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So, the epic novel that's starting to form in my head, set in the Vietnam Conflict era, will have to wait a few more years before I can call it historical fiction. I never knew what the cut-off was.
I've seen some authors classify their books set in the 80's as historical fiction, but some people are sticklers for the "50+ years in the past" rule. I was not aware of it until I submitted my book to the Historical Novel Society and saw it as a requirement :).
Did somebody say Tacos???? *Swoon*
Um... Marie wins for having a tacowhack. ;)
You add me at tacos. *grins widely*Edit: Wow, fail! You *had* me at tacos! hahaha
Hi Christina and Amanda!! :)Come for the tacos, stay for...more tacos :D
Miss Marie is here!!*does a super duper happy dance*
Helloooo!!!
EDIT: Totally forgot to say, I dig tacos too ^_~
Hi Annie!! Welcome to my little corner of the showcase :)
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I just ate breakfast and that taco picture made me hungry again. Ungh. I wonder where I can find a cheesy taco fountain near me. I'm really interested in your books. Love historical fiction, and the story line you described sounds really interesting. Adding it to my list!
Hi Riley and Missy!! :)I just saw a book called "The Taco Cleanse". I haven't read the book, but I'm pretty sure all you need to do to have a taco cleanse is eat some tacos *ahem* good to know another book is raising taco awareness :D
Hey everyone, I have a Goodreads giveaway going for the first book in my series right now :) If you are in the U.S. and want to enter for a chance to win a paperback of Davenport House, please do so HERE ♥ Last day to enter is December 18 :)
And it's just so pretty! The book I meant, not the tacos. But then again, tacos are pretty. Pretty tasty!
Wow you published six books in a year? Impressive. How long did it take to write all six?
Thank you Christina and Alex!! :)Well, I'll let you all in on a secret :D
Davenport House will be free for all countries as a Kindle download on Sunday, December 18!
I've got lots of promotional stuff in the works, but I'm fairly certain that Sunday will be the LAST TIME my book will be available for a free promotion :) I'll post another reminder on Sunday so that hopefully everyone has a chance to get it.
Alexis wrote: "Wow you published six books in a year? Impressive. How long did it take to write all six?"Thank you, Alexis! It was eight months from the time I started writing Book One to the time I was done with Book Six. They are short novels that range from 42K to 48K. Originally, I did not intend to write a series, but it kind of kept evolving and I realized I wasn't ready for the story to end :).
I can't resist trying this taco and cheese fountain party. Cheese, one of my favorite foods. YUM!! Huggin' ya!!
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I saw a meme today. I can't find it now, but it said I am glad I dont have to hunt my own food... I don't even know where tacos live!!! I laughed so hard!! The nacho cheese dipped Tacos sound like heaven!!!
Marie Silk wrote: "Alexis wrote: "Wow you published six books in a year? Impressive. How long did it take to write all six?"Thank you, Alexis! It was eight months from the time I started writing Book One to the tim..."
Wow! Even for short novels, that is definitely impressive! My books are about 140k average words, and so far I've released them 8 months apart and thought I was doing pretty well! You're an inspiration!
I was just having a discussion about the merits of Tacos on a Tuesday at work today. Also, I know Marie from Facebook and Goodreads, and she's been very helpful. I've learned tons from her, her posts and from her FB publishing page which has been great because I'm just winging it and learning very slowly as I go.
That was pretty darn impressive, all right. About the novels. And you are doing well too, Missy, with that kind of release schedule!As for cheese, all I can recall is this old ad campaign that was so simple, yet effective. It went like this.
"Ah, the power of cheese."
(Nuff said.)
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Just popping in to say I love that cover! :)
Paul wrote: "I was just having a discussion about the merits of Tacos on a Tuesday at work today. Also, I know Marie from Facebook and Goodreads, and she's been very helpful. I've learned tons from her, her p..."
Hi Paul, thank you for the kind words and for supporting taco awareness :D I'm glad I could be helpful!
Missy wrote: "Marie Silk wrote: "Alexis wrote: "Wow you published six book My books are about 140k average words, and so far I've released them 8 months apart and thought I was doing pretty well! ."
You are doing pretty well! I start to lose consciousness around 45K words so I really don't know how you do it :D
Hi Rohvannyn!!
Thank you, G.G. I was very happy to find this cover ♥
We have to stop it with the cheese stuff. I'm on a no dairy until Xmas. Need to lose lots of weight....
Hey everyone!There's this really cool Goodreads member, Kay Macleod, who put together an online Christmas Advent Calendar...wait for it...for indie published books!! She has done a lovely job on the layout and included 2 indie titles per day leading up to Christmas.
Today, December 16, my book Davenport House is featured! If you'd like, please take a minute to scroll through the fantastic books HERE at the Indie Advent Calendar ♥
Congrats, Marie! Indie advent calendar is a great idea and I'm kicking myself for not thinking about it! Perhaps next year SIA can steal the idea. Muahahahahahahaha!
Yes, it's a great idea of Kay's and your book has such a great cover, Marie!
I'll be sure to post about it today! I have been trying to post everyday but life happens! Thanks for the reminder
I think Nacho Libre says it best :)
As my new thread title says, Davenport House is free for Kindle today only, December 18! Please download if you'd like, and enjoy! ♥
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DM7BUSS
Thank you, Alex!!Thank you, Jane!!
The promotion is going great! It's at #43 in the Free Kindle Store :)
That's great, Marie! Hope it keeps going to number 1:)
Thank you for the support, everyone :) my book made it to #30 in the Free Kindle Store during the promotion and now has some stellar ranks in the paid store this morning. If all goes as planned, I will be doing countdowns on this book from now on instead of free promos. So we'll see how it goes :).
Woot! Go Marie! I'll be honest, after you snagged the #1 badge, I was like, why the heck you doing free again? ;)
Very cool promo and glad it's going so well. And lovely cover! I'm excited for you. Have fun and good luck with the Advent calendar.
Happy Taco Tuesday, everyone!
I hope everyone gets some good tacos today! If you can't get a taco, I'm sorry and I hope that life gets better for you :)
I thought about getting some writing done, but I'm pretty drained lately from the holiday crazy so I think I will just eat and Netflix!
On that note, I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with the comedian Fluffy/Gabriel Iglesias, but Netflix just added a new episode with him, "I'm sorry for what I said when I was hungry"...it's SO funny! He totally gets me. Now all I want is a Mexican gift basket...
Love Netflix! I just saw they added that and now I'm gonna have to check it out for sure:)
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Before that, I was traveling the world, cooking a lot of Mexican food, and hoping to someday become a screenwriter.
When the last season of Downton Abbey ended, I was inspired to write a story of what might have happened in America during the same era. Before I knew it, I had written a 6-book series.
Please feel free to drop in and say hi! Also if you just want to talk about tacos, that's totally okay by me :). #tacoawareness