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[Angel]

Anna Faversham wrote: "I think it's important to like Angels ;o)"

:)

[Angel]

Also thank you Carole and Alex for your likes on my blog post as well!

[Amy]

You did Alex. I retweeted your tweet because I’m just lazy.

[Angel]

Alex wrote: "Angel wrote: "Also thank you Carole and Alex for your likes on my blog post as well!"

You're welcome, I'm sure I tweeted it as well."

Thank you for that.

[Angel]

Thanks Erica, for the like on my blog post.

[Erica]

Thank you for all your awesome interviews!

[Ben]

My book If I Was A Caterpillar was featured in the Book Works April Recommended Reading: Everything Feels New Again! Under Butterflies, Bugs, and Flowers :)

https://www.bookworks.com/2018/04/apr...

[Ben]

Alex wrote: "Ben wrote: "My book If I Was A Caterpillar was featured in the Book Works April Recommended Reading: Everything Feels New Again! Under Butterflies, Bugs, and Flowers :)

https://www.bookworks.com/..."

Thanks mate!

[Carole]

Great news, Ben!!!

[Angel]

Awesome, Ben!

[Dale]

I'll be at Greetings and Readings in Hunt Valley, Maryland today from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM signing "Ice on the Bay." My previous appearances there have generally garnered me from 3 to 5 sales. I'll let you know how it goes.

[Carmel]

Congrats, Ben!

[Anna]

Well done, Ben, and good luck to you Dale - I hope you get a dozen or more sales this time.

[Carole]

Good luck, Dale. Have a great day.

[Dale]

Only sold 2 books, but both customers signed up for my email list and one other took a bookmark with our URL on it and said she'd be interested in picking up one of my books later. The weather was kind of blah here and store traffic was on the low side, but a sale is a sale . . .

[Christine]

Ben wrote: "My book If I Was A Caterpillar was featured in the Book Works April Recommended Reading: Everything Feels New Again! Under Butterflies, Bugs, and Flowers :)

Congrats, Ben! Very cool.

[Carole]

A psychologist asked me to review his indie book. You know, I suffer from anxiety- It just started about ten years ago and the first time it happened I thought I was having a heart attack.
Well, anyhow- I read his book last night and reviewed it- It was really helpful- If anyone is interested- here's the review-maybe the book can help others.

It made me see my anxiety in a whole new way.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Amy]

That might be useful, thanks. I have marked it as to read.

[Amy]

Medium posts

I'm so tired I don't know what I'm doing is here:

https://medium.com/@debzcooper/fatigu...

I know nothing about anything is here:

https://medium.com/@debzcooper/the-ar...

[Carole]

I got the Arc on Michael's new book Monsterland Reanimated.
It will be released this Friday the 13-
Anyone who wants a copy, let me know- I'm happy to share.
No pressure, though. I think it's a fun read- but I'm his mom, I might be biased.

[Carole]

Check out my blog http://caroleproman.blogspot.com/

Interview with my biggest fan- my grandson.

Also, a rare treat, actor Dan McGowan recorded my book Captain No Beard.

[Erica]

That is great news Carole! I will check out your interview and book reading first thing tomorrow. :) Is Monsterland Reanimated a sequel? I saw a teaser for it somewhere a a week or two ago. I don't handle "scary" well. I am a wimp. Haha. Del's book The Unicorn Hunter was pushing my limits.

[Carole]

I think his books are more "thinking" books. I am a scaredy cat and couldn't read them either if they were scary- I think that's one of the complaints for die-hard horror fans- is that he writes horror that is not scary.

However, I wrote Bulwark and didn't think it was scary at all and a few people thought it was horrifying. Go figure.

He's actually more funny- I think than scary- His scariest and least humorous book for me was The History Major. That book was really horrifying-but addictive. It got really mix reviews- I loved it- others absolutely hated it.
Sometimes I get so lost in his work I forget he's my kid when I read

Book 2 of this series is more apocalyptic and they are both rated YA.

[Amy]

Everyone has their own threshold on what is horror. I've read some sadistic stuff over the years that would push some people into therapy. As I'm dead inside anyway it doesn't bother me lol.

I have just hit the submit button on an order for a cover for Missing Remnants. I've decided to go with D2D and KDP ISBNs for now. I can always buy some later. I put a one day rush on it and picked the option for a premium picture. Fingers crossed.

[Amy]

Isn't D2D easy to use!? I can't make up my mind if I let it send to Amazon or if I go direct. And can I use the swanky formatting it provides for the ebook on the KDP paperback? Questions, questions!

[Amy]

Ah, so I can just use the download from D2D and upload it to KDP and the paperback will look the same as the digital one. I do quite like my science fiction formatting options. And I don't remember off-hand what I did last time. I'm like a goldfish, every time I do something it's like I'm doing it for the first time.

[Carole]

I KNOW that feeling. I didn't realize it was a goldfish thing.

[Amy]

Fish have memories of 30 seconds. Something like that. I forget!

Now, how the experts found that out... no idea.

[Amy]

I've just googled and I can upload a PDF to KDP, so as I can download a PDF from D2D, I imagine I can use that and make my paperback look as swanky as my ebook.

Right now, I'm still riding the wave of not having to fight Smashwords. I can't tell you what a relief that is.

[Amy]

Hah! I'm just going to produce books, wait until I do something nefarious that puts me in the public eye for the wrong reasons and then people will see I write books. I have no illusions that anything I do to get sales will actually work! I'll throw some promo money at this one though. It's definitely worth it.

[Amy]

That's true. This one will be in my real name though. So it shouldn't be hard to find.

In other news, space stations are hard to find. Eliminating the one you used, I think I have several options but I don't love any of them.

[Amy]

I've found more useful ones nearer page 300 than page 1! I'm working backwards. Yours is on page 1.

[Amy]

I am getting fed up of seeing petrol stations though. It's not quite the same thing!

[Amy]

The most random one I've found so far for space station is kettle. ???

I think if you could remove all the kettles, dogs and petrol stations when searching for space station you'd have about five relevant pages not 297.

[Erica]

Carole-Loved the interview and book reading. Commented and shared.

[Amy]

Oh look, I've just picked up a copy of Monsterland on Audible. :) (I just need the quiet time to read and listen to all these things.)

[Judy]

Carole wrote: "A psychologist asked me to review his indie book. You know, I suffer from anxiety- It just started about ten years ago and the first time it happened I thought I was having a heart attack.
Well, a..."

a good review of a topic that affects many/most of us

[Carole]

The book was really useful

[Amy]

First version of my new cover for Missing Remnants is in. I’ll try to post it later. I can’t see anything wrong with it. I may just go with it.

[Elina]

Hi!

I'm super busy and have ignored Goodreads totally lately... but I have to share my good news. :)

I released my first ever book in February, not selling much, but then I did a promotion for it this week on Monday and got really good results! Last four days and over 2500 pages read on KU! I know it's not much but it's something and I'm so happy that people are actually reading it. I did some great sales too! :)

Then I wrote a novella and I'm giving it for free in a group promotion and I'm getting nearly 20 new subscribers every day with it.

I've been working really hard and I'm so happy to get SOME results! :)

[Amy]

Sounds like a good start Elina, well done.

My husband almost smiled when he saw this cover for my latest novel. It's a very good sign. (Draft copy, hence the Fiverr logo)

What do you think?

[Amy]

Good. Thanks. So far that's positive. I'm having her change my blurb on the back. Needless to say it's my input that needs changing, not the cover designer's!

Alex, how many words in An Unwanted Inheritance, roughly? I'm wondering about paperback pricing. I need to be at least £5.99 or I won't make anything. I think at £5.99 I'll get £1.29 royalty. (I don't sell many paperbacks but I will not price it to make a loss.)

[Alexis]

Amy wrote: "Sounds like a good start Elina, well done.

My husband almost smiled when he saw this cover for my latest novel. It's a very good sign. (Draft copy, hence the Fiverr logo)

What do you think?

"

I think the spaceship blends into the background a bit too much but I love the title and the colors.

[Amy]

I've asked if she can make it stand out more. We'll see. I have a vague idea that these things are possible in graphics packages. I could spend the rest of my life trying to do it myself. I've tried. Failed. Moved on lol.

[Anna]

I love it. I stopped and stared - and that's a good sign.

[Amy]

Anna Faversham wrote: "I love it. I stopped and stared - and that's a good sign."

Yes that's a good sign. Thank you.

[Amy]

I can do enough graphics to supply my weight loss business with social media stuff. I’m happy to pay someone else for covers. I would however like to make the cost of the cover back in sales and seeing as the cover was £32 I don’t think that’s a big ask.

[Carole]

Nice cover, Amy. I miss Track.

Elina- that's wonderful news - 2500 page reads is exciting.

[Amy]

Carole wrote: "Nice cover, Amy. I miss Track.

Elina- that's wonderful news - 2500 page reads is exciting."

There will be Track 2. After Unwelcome which is the current title I'm using for Iridessian Haunts. I've never really liked that title.

[Carole]

I'm waiting!!