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Mar 01, 2016 11:49PM
well Tomb-yard Follies is at 13012 at the moment and 293 in epic fantasy
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Good going. Looks like you hit a winning formula with these, Jim.
Finished! Another one Up to the Standard I have come to expect from you Jim. Brilliant!
Well you write the nicest yarns. More please!
they are working their way through the system ;-)I'm also writing them when the world gives me time!
I might have managed to get a couple of Amazon reviews up.
Thanks Willdon't know about anybody else but sales seem slow at the moment, compared to December/January
I'm doing well with Void in the US, on the back of a countdown deal with advertising, but the UK is very slow.
I see that the availablilty of books on the Nook is now to be through Sainsbury's in the UK, not direct online.Not that that will affect my sales, TBH
Will wrote: "I see that the availablilty of books on the Nook is now to be through Sainsbury's in the UK, not direct online.Not that that will affect my sales, TBH"
I noticed Sainsbury's were carrying Nook but hadn't realised it was exclusive.
David wrote: "I'm doing well with Void in the US, on the back of a countdown deal with advertising, but the UK is very slow."continents drift past me
It's now going to be the only UK source of books, too. Bet that will finish it off.
I've bought it Jim and promise to read it any year now.
Will wrote: "It's now going to be the only UK source of books, too. Bet that will finish it off."Linking it to only one supermarket doesn't strike me as wise. (To put it mildly)
Rosemary (aiming to misbehave) wrote: "I've bought it Jim and promise to read it any year now."They're not long stories, the idea is you can read them in an evening ;-)
(A good evening in bad company :-) )
Jim wrote: "David wrote: "I'm doing well with Void in the US, on the back of a countdown deal with advertising, but the UK is very slow."continents drift past me"
Most continents drift a little bit faster than I write. ;-)
So your writing is incontinent?
Better than Jim himself being incontinent
Jim wrote: "Will wrote: "It's now going to be the only UK source of books, too. Bet that will finish it off."Linking it to only one supermarket doesn't strike me as wise. (To put it mildly)"
Yeh, I'd have thought a Barnes&Noble/Nook app wouldn't be so tricky, after all if Kobo can do it surely...
Ho hum. On the upside I am seriously beginning to wonder if Amazon has shot itself in the foot a bit with KU select. I'm not the only indie author who is slightly fed up Amazon moving the goal posts about and putting all the trad books and best selling authors books into Select without a murmur while making the rest of us sign up to them exclusively and punishing us with less - a LOT less - marketing and/or exposure in the algorithms if we don't. And now Select is full of scammers uploading close to nonsensical 'content generated' books and putting the table of content at the end so they get a full read pay out when people click on the chapter index. So a lot of authors are leaving select, too.
At the same time, readers on other sites seem to be discovering independent books. Here's hoping, anyway.
Erm! The incontinence is sorted… Oh, someone else this time :~)
M T wrote: "putting the table of content at the end so they get a full read pay out when people click on the chapter index...."That is, (in an evil and twisted way) pure genius. It does the heart good to know that no matter what bizarre and useless scheme governments or corporations can dream up, petty criminality will hone in on it and shake it down by playing its rules to the letter.
Jim wrote: "That is, (in an evil and twisted way) pure genius. It does the heart good to know that no matter what bizarre and useless scheme governments or corporations can dream up, petty criminality will hone in on it and shake it down by playing its rules to the letter. ..."It is what I used to do because I couldn't see any point in having 50% of my precious 'look inside' space saying, Chapter 1, Chapter 2 etc. My editor said it was weird and changed it. I'm quite glad she did now, even though I'm not in KU I'm sure Amazon would find some way to punish me. ;-)
Cheers
MTM
Great! I really must get around to reading these.
I think they're an excellent way to get into the longer Fantasy stories. Individually they don't take long to read but they fill in the character of the older Benor whom we meet in the novels. I think he's ace!
The girls all love a naughty boy, eh, Kath?
They're fun to write :-)I started them very seriously, without Benor, and they were just hard work, and then Shena left the barge, stepping over Benor sleeping under the awning and suddenly they came alive :-)
Will wrote: "The girls all love a naughty boy, eh, Kath?"Not just the one, either! ;)
Kath wrote: "I think they're an excellent way to get into the longer Fantasy stories. Individually they don't take long to read but they fill in the character of the older Benor whom we meet in the novels. I th..."Loved Benor in The Cartographer's Apprentice: Leave Them Wanting More
The 'Port Naain Intelligencer' stories lead on from there DavidFlotsam or Jetsam
A Much Arranged Marriage
and now
Tomb-yard Follies
I have Flotsam, just haven't got around to it yet.
Now you have the incentive. Actually they're written to be a quiet evening's read :-)
Got another review, an elegantly discarded banana skin from the Story Reading Ape!Port Naain Stories are fast becoming one of my favourite 'Go To' reads.
They contain Loveable (and the Not So Loveable) Characters, set in a Historical Fiction world, with Intrigue and Humour to make a blend that is interesting and easy to read.
However, don't be fooled, these stories are not simple; they are well crafted.
I look forward to more of the same from this author.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Yeap, I don't get a lot of reviews but the ones I get are from quality reviewers :-)
Nice one, Jim. A dedicated reader; can't beat it.
a dedicated reader who blogs :-)They're a real treasure ;-)
It's interesting working to this length of story. It's fascinating trying to fit things in and keep it 'tight'
It's probably a very good discipline, indeed, I should probably try it!
It is. I'm doing a Tallis story now, with Tallis as the 'master detective' (inspired by your comment) and am fitting in the various twists and turns, the new characters, and making sure the story ends up coherent and everybody's actions have been reasonable, at least in their own eyes. It's a fascinating process
Good. I will get back to you on that btw, I'm just sorting a few things out now and having the holidays.Cheers
MTM
You deserve a holiday after what you've been though!
Bless you, thanks. I'll certainly enjoy it! ;-)
Jim wrote: "You deserve a holiday after what you've been though!"Where's the 'like' button?
Jim wrote: "It is. I'm doing a Tallis story now, with Tallis as the 'master detective' (inspired by your comment) and am fitting in the various twists and turns, the new characters, and making sure the story e..."Oh and I inadvertently produced a drabble which describes a quandary faced by one of the characters in the story
Professionally typecast by Jim Webster
Crusher realised that it was lunchtime. His battered face and garb meant he ought to find a suitably sordid dive and drink ale with his professional associates, assuaging his hunger with a slice of meat pie of dubious provenance and a dab of pickle. During the course of this repast custom demanded at least one fight, and perhaps a knifing if it were a good day.
Which was a bit of a beggar because all he really wanted was a nice glass of mint tea and a couple of delicately flavoured cakes; drizzled with lemon and frosted with sugar icing.
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