Marie Silk: the value of permafree?

[Christina]

Yikes! Stay safe, Marie! Snow is pretty, but storms are bad!

[Annie]

Oh, man. Gotta love whiteouts, eh? Stay safe, Miss Marie!!!

[Amie]

You stay warm! I know the pain you speak of cause we've had winters like that too. A couple of winters ago our roof started groaning in the middle of the night because we had over a foot of ice on it! We were so paranoid we couldn't sleep!

I hope you keep your power and wrap yourself up in an electric blanket at your writing desk!

[Marie Silk]

Thanks everyone! Well it was a miracle, we kept power all day and night :) the internet connection went out but was back this morning. This whole area is covered in a layer of ice from the freezing rain, though.

Funnily enough, I found out last night that I had enough Delta miles for a one-way ticket to Miami...

...to be continued

[J C]

Marie wrote: "Funnily enough, I found out last night that I had enough Delta miles for a one-way ticket to Miami..."

That sounds like a hint from the universe ;)

[Jane]

Dog is jealous. He wants snow. He has no snow.

Me? I hate the stuff....

Miami sounds like a darn good idea. Oh. And cocktails!

[Amie]

Yeah! I'd be waking up tomorrow saying, "Good morning, Miami!"

[Marie Silk]

Haha, I actually did book the ticket, but it wasn't in response to the ice storm :D Miami is the first stop in a little world travel planned for later on.

Marie Silk trivia: years ago, I made a goal to visit 40 countries before my 40th birthday.

[Denae]

I love snow! (and tacos)
We had a bad storm two weeks ago. The city bus system closed.

[Amie]

40 countries is quite impressive!

[Marie Silk]

Hi Denae! Welcome to the party :) wow that does sound like a bad storm. Hope your weather is looking better now! The international airport here closed last night because of the ice, but they are back open now :).

Amie, that is my goal! I'm not quite there yet :)

[Jane]

It's the before you are forty bit that makes me squirm.....

I'm beginning to feel like Father William

[Christina]

Hi Marie! Since Facebook hates me, I'm popping over here to give you a huge thank you for sharing my post today. :)

Also, I'm super jealous. I only made it to four countries before 40 and two were attached. ;P

[Marie Silk]

Christina wrote: "Hi Marie! Since Facebook hates me, I'm popping over here to give you a huge thank you for sharing my post today. :)

Also, I'm super jealous. I only made it to four countries before 40 and two were..."

You're welcome, Christina, and good luck on your promo! Hey any travel is awesome though :)

[Marie Silk]

My business cards arrived today...and they are adorable! Oh my goodness!







I went with the "vertical folded business card" so it would look like a miniature book. I am so so happy with how they turned out and the colors are decently accurate :). The photo is a little fuzzy but in reality, everything printed clean and precise. I ordered these from Vistaprint a couple days after I ordered the bookmarks from Got Print, but apparently the Got Print order didn't ship til yesterday.

I wasn't sure how the cards would look since I didn't pay extra for a glossy coat, but I think they look great like this and still have a bit of shine. I didn't pay extra for shipping either, just did the standard cheap shipping option, yet they arrived within 4 days of my order. The back of the business card is the blurb for my book!

[Kay]

They look fantastic! Such a good idea to make them look like a book

[Nat]

My thoughts on bookmarks... I collect them from various authors, and unless I'm superkeen on that author, I end up misplacing/throwing it away, using it for something like propping up my door and then it gets crunched. I think it can be useful, but you're throwing a ton out in the sea to catch one or two fishes.

That being said, I did get some temporary tattoos to give away to ppl who bought my book.

I think they are all very pretty though!

I got my business cards from Moo.com or something like that.

[Nat]

Christina wrote: "Marie wrote: "Thanks Christina :) when I hear the word swag I think Fraggle Rock. 'Cause both of them sound funny I guess :D."

And now, in my mind, swag is some sort of weird Muppet booty shake. XD"

Oh wow, I have this vision now. And it's stuck in my brain! *wiggle wiggle SHAKE!*

[Amie]

I love them! I didn't even know business cards could be shaped like that!

[Dwayne, That's Dr. Cannibal To You]

Very nice cards!

[Amanda]

They look great! I gotta think about making some.

[Marie Silk]

Thank you, everyone! Now I just have to figure out situations that I can actually use these in! I suppose that means leaving my house and talking to humans...hm...

Maybe I can just send them out in balloons? (edited to clarify: the business cards, not the humans)

[Christina]

LOL! Oh, I am right there with you, Marie. And by with you I mean in spirit, from the comfort of my sofa, wearing pajamas. ;P

[Amie]

Ha ha! You girls seem pretty social to me. ❤️

[Marie Silk]

Exactly Christina :D

Thanks Amie, it's not so easy for me to meet in person. Socially awkward to the max :)

[Annie]

Marie wrote: "(edited to clarify: the business cards, not the humans)"

Are you sure? Methinks that idea has merit ^_~

For reals, though, the bizness cards look boss, Miss Marie!!!

[Marie Silk]

Hey this just happened :) this is the fourth book to my series and it shows as the #1 best seller today in U.S. Historical Fiction. It's encouraging to see my books in the top spots today because I haven't run a promotion in a month and have a big one starting tomorrow!

[Annie]

Marie wrote: "Amazeballs news!"

Super proud of you, ma'am!! As for tomorrow...

*rolls up sleeves*

Done.

[Ember-Raine]

Congrats!!! Did you post it on facebook yet? I will share it there for you!

[Marie Silk]

Thank you so much Ann and Ember!! :)

[Marie Silk]

Hey everyone, today is the day of my biggest sale ever :) The 6-book Davenport House series is on a countdown sale for $4.95 total on Amazon.com and 4.95 GBP on Amazon UK...a $13 savings on the series!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

The sequels will remain on sale until Thursday, but today (Jan 22nd) is the only day that book one will be free :)

[Annie]

Ah, I've been waiting for ya, Miss Marie. Also been stalking with no success LOL

Just FYI, book 1 is free but the others have not changed in price yet. At least not on the .com site. I'll check .uk too...

EDIT: Still between £2.27 and £2.31 over at .uk *sobs*

[Jane]

Respect...

[Marie Silk]

Thank you, Jane!!

Thank you for stalking me, Annie!! The prices have shown at $.99 on .com for me since 1am (I stayed awake to check haha) and 99p on UK. I just doublechecked again because my heart about stopped after reading your post. Still shows 99 cents and 99p. I'm not sure why they show full price for you :( ?????

[Christina]

Oh! Big sale! Yay! And yes, I'm seeing the right price in the .Com store. Amazon will do it's best to hide the countdown sale from users in other markets, so that may be what Annie is running into.

[Annie]

Marie wrote: "I'm not sure why they show full price for you :( ?????"

Miss Christina is probs right about the whole being-a-Canuck thing *sighs* Although I am logged in with my American addy right now. Bah. It's all good, though...

I already bought all your stuff before hahahaha!!

*serious face*
*scampers off to share*

[Lyra]

You are my idol, Marie! :)

[Annie]

Question for ya, Miss Marie: Did you set the Countdown to start at 00:00 PST and it started at 1am? Or you set it for earlier?

[Marie Silk]

I scheduled the countdowns to start at 1am this morning because I am too confused by the 12am/12pm thing and didn't want to mess it up haha!

[Ember-Raine]

Hey Marie! I got my bookmarks the other day I really like how they turned out! The postcards are good quality too but they look more like business cards I picked the wrong size. Lol but I posted a pic of them on my thread if your curious. Have you got yours yet? I'm still looking for a facebook post about your promo so I can share it for you! Hugs!

[Annie]

Haha, I hear ya. At least the powers of Zon are on the ball, eh? XP

EDIT: That was for Miss Marie. Sorry for typing all up in your space, Miss Ember LOL

[Marie Silk]

Lyra, aw shucks, I'm just trying to see if I can boost ranks and break a record or two. We'll see how it goes!

Ember wrote: "Hey Marie! I got my bookmarks the other day I really like how they turned out! The postcards are good quality too but they look more like business cards I picked the wrong size. Lol but I posted a ..."

Oooh, thanks for the update! I'll check them out!

[Marie Silk]

Thank you so much for the shares, Annie and Ember! ♥♥♥

[Ember-Raine]

No problem anytime you want me to share something for you just let me know! I'm always happy to help!

[Annie]

Anytime, Miss Marie!! ♥♥♥

[Marie Silk]

Update on the big sale :)

The free download portion of the promotion went kind of slow-ish, but the countdown went fast and broke my sales record. Below is a screenshot from the sequel on countdown for 99 cents today. This is the best rank that any of my books have seen in the paid store. I'm really stoked that it cracked the top 100 of a major category (YA fiction!!) ♥



Also I noticed that several new 5-star reviews rolled in today, so that was icing on the cake. Hm...cake...

I still have a few days to go on the countdown sales, but the freebie returns to regular price tomorrow. I'm just experimenting at this point so I'm not sure if it's a good move to have the countdown end after only 5 days instead of the full 7 ??? I figured I'd let the books run at regular price for the weekend :).

[Ember-Raine]

Wow Marie!! Thats awesome! Congrats!!

[Allan]

Well done Marie

[Amanda]

Super duper awesome, Marie!

[Amie]

Excellent! You are an inspiration to us all of what can be done. :) :) :)