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message 551: by Jen (last edited May 31, 2013 05:30PM) (new)

Jen (jenwesner) | 1222 comments I have to tell you - today I found

OH. MY. GOD.

CHOCOLATE BLACK LICORICE BITES!!!!!!!

(swoons, faints, dies and goes straight to heaven does not pass go does not collect $200).

You can't get them here usually. I'm in heaven. It's the closest I can come to Australia. THEY ARE AMAZING.


message 552: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
LOL! That's awesome!!!


message 553: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Oh and I should probably give an update because I've been so lax about it! The Earth Dwellers is at 56,000 words now! Should be over 70K before I leave Spain, beta readers get ready, it's comingggggg!


message 554: by Heidi (new)

Heidi | 2372 comments Take your time David I just bought the first book in that series! I need to catch up! hahahaha


message 555: by Karen’s Library (new)

Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
You seriously just made my heart stop beating for a second there!! Sqquueeeee!!!


message 556: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Heidi (Seriously. Trust me.) wrote: "Take your time David I just bought the first book in that series! I need to catch up! hahahaha"

Aww wow, you are so nice, thank you!!


message 557: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Karen wrote: "You seriously just made my heart stop beating for a second there!! Sqquueeeee!!!"

Lol I hope it started again :P


message 558: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Sounds like Spain has been productive! Woot!


message 559: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
VERY!!


message 560: by Reymart (new)

Reymart Dinglasa (ReymartwritesAbook) | 63 comments Well this one is kind of...random.

As a matter of fact... I am doing some Inspired Book Scores for Mr. Estes' books. I'm still with The Moon Dwellers (like part 1/2/3) and I'll post them on Youtube and share a link here. Not official scores but inspired scores (as I said) and I hope you'll love them. :3


message 561: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Sounds awesome! Can't wait to hear it!


message 562: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Thanks Reymart, I really loved the one you posted in the other thread, I'm listening to it over and over haha!


message 563: by Beatrice (new)

Beatrice (beatricemasalunga) Have you had a reading slump? What was the book you've been reading when you had it?

PS. Also, how to get over it?


message 564: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Hmm I haven't really had a slump but when I was reading The Passage I got burnt out and gave up. Once I switched books I was fine again :)


message 565: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
I had one last October, I think I only read 5 books that month, which is nothing for me! I just did other things for a few weeks until I really wanted to read again!


message 566: by DeAnna (new)

DeAnna (dee84812) | 671 comments I've had reading slumps with books I wasn't really that interested in. Once I find a great book, it usually ends. If you think it's the book you're reading, I would recommend either giving up on it or just putting it aside for a while. I've done both, depending on what I was reading.


message 567: by Lola (new)

Lola (lolasreviews) | 563 comments I just recently had a reading slump, I was reading a good book and it took be a week to read it. I finally got out of my reading slump thanks to beta reading Golden Dunes of Renhala (Renhala, #2) by Amy Joy Lutchen I loved the first book and it was so great to be back in that world.


message 568: by Chris (new)

Chris Sorensen (csorensen) | 218 comments My whole life seems to be a reading slump;-)


message 569: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
I started writing Brew today!!!


message 570: by Chris (new)

Chris Sorensen (csorensen) | 218 comments Whoa - that sounds AWESOME David. Love the name! You are a writing machine!


message 571: by Ali (new)

Ali | 5 comments Added it to my 'Books to buy' list already BWAHAH! Get writing dude.... You are AMAZEBALLS!


message 572: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Lol thank you both! I'm obsessed with making my ideas a reality! It stresses me thinking some of them may never be written :) So it's really just my OCD doing the writing ;)


message 573: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Yay, can't wait for a new series! :)


message 574: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Hehe thanks ;) 8,000 words in and I'm really excited about the concept!


message 575: by Gabby (new)

Gabby David wrote: "I started writing Brew today!!!"

What?? How did I not know about this?? I'm adding it to my to-read shelf RIGHT now! :)


message 576: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Lol! I've kept it a small secret until The Earth Dwellers is out :) But thank you!!!


message 577: by Gabby (new)

Gabby :)


message 578: by Heidi (new)

Heidi | 2372 comments Your writing ability amazes me David! How do you have so much time and energy to write all these great books!


message 579: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Hehe, well thank you :) I'm full time, so that helps...but I also just really have a lot of stories to tell and I am just bursting with passion to share them! Plus, I have big dreams of getting published by one of the big publishers someday so the more I write, the better I'll get, and the greater the chance of success :) I hope to be doing this for a long time!


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Chris Sorensen (csorensen) | 218 comments Heidi (Seriously. Trust me.) wrote: "Your writing ability amazes me David! How do you have so much time and energy to write all these great books!"

He eats eucalyptus leaves...that's the secret...I know it!

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message 581: by Heidi (new)

Heidi | 2372 comments David wrote: "Hehe, well thank you :) I'm full time, so that helps...but I also just really have a lot of stories to tell and I am just bursting with passion to share them! Plus, I have big dreams of getting pub..."

I hope it happens too David!


message 582: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
David wrote: "Hehe, well thank you :) I'm full time, so that helps...but I also just really have a lot of stories to tell and I am just bursting with passion to share them! Plus, I have big dreams of getting pub..."

That's a great dream, and I feel pretty confident it will happen for you!


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Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
David wrote: "Hehe, well thank you :) I'm full time, so that helps...but I also just really have a lot of stories to tell and I am just bursting with passion to share them! Plus, I have big dreams of getting pub..."

I have NO doubts you will! :)


message 584: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Chris wrote: "Heidi (Seriously. Trust me.) wrote: "Your writing ability amazes me David! How do you have so much time and energy to write all these great books!"

He eats eucalyptus leaves...that's the secret....."


HA!!!!! That was an awesome picture/comment to wake up to!
And thanks everyone for giving me the confidence I need! The Dwellers was included on a list of 15 series to read if you like The Hunger Games and I was the only self-pubbed author on the list eeeeep!!! I retweeted it as I was soooo excited :)


message 585: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Woot, woot, that ROCKS!!!


message 586: by Heidi (new)

Heidi | 2372 comments Awesome David! Well deserved!


message 587: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Thank you!!! It was pretty much the most exciting thing ever :)


message 588: by Karen’s Library (new)

Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
Just wait! I see lots of exciting things coming to you Sir David!! :-P


message 589: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
I'm dreaming of those things!


message 590: by Blake (new)

Blake (blake_liddell) here is the link to the list. i just saw it, came on to see if people already knew! well done!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalder...


message 591: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Blake wrote: "here is the link to the list. i just saw it, came on to see if people already knew! well done!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalder..."


Thanks so much Blake!! I am still stoked about it!


message 592: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
I loved seeing your books with all those other excellent books, David! What a huge high! I'm not all the surprised, though ;)


message 593: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Thank you! I'm surprised lol!


message 594: by Karen’s Library (new)

Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
I tweeted, pinned it, facebooked it!! I'm so proud of our David! I saved lists like this back when I first read Hunger Games and got most of my next books from them. There were tables set up at my Barnes and Noble set up with the same heading that I would pick up from!! This is huge to be so mainstream!! Eek!


message 595: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Me too, Karen, and I agree its beyond cool! I just meant I wasn't surprised because David's books are just as good, if not better than, some of other books listed. :)


message 596: by David, Mr. Blue Eyes; He's the Best--Ain't no lie!! ;) (new)

David Estes (davidestesbooks) | 10717 comments Mod
Awwwww thank you guys so much!! It's REALLY helping sales, which were already at all time highs for the series, so I'm on cloud nine right now, my dream is truly becoming a reality :) Just gotta find a publisher for Brew after I finish it! 12k words and counting!


message 597: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Woot, woot!!


message 598: by Karen’s Library (new)

Karen’s Library | 11320 comments Mod
David wrote: "Awwwww thank you guys so much!! It's REALLY helping sales, which were already at all time highs for the series, so I'm on cloud nine right now, my dream is truly becoming a reality :) Just gotta fi..."

You can find a publisher for ALL your books!! Look at what Hugh Howey did! Kept his ebook rights but got his Wool series published in book format all over the world! And got his book picked up by Ridley Scott for movie rights! This will be YOU, David!!


message 599: by Heidi (new)

Heidi | 2372 comments Wow David that list has some pretty big hitters on it! What an honor! To be honest I have read some of the the other series mentioned on the list and actual prefer your books to them! Do you see why I am so picky about books I love now? When I see some books that I just think are sub par getting published and pushed hard it makes me batty because there are so many books like yours that I think don't get the same attention.


message 600: by Jenny, Always smiling! :-D (new)

Jenny (juliababyjen) | 12932 comments Mod
Heidi (Seriously. Trust me.) wrote: "Wow David that list has some pretty big hitters on it! What an honor! To be honest I have read some of the the other series mentioned on the list and actual prefer your books to them! Do you se..."

I agree, Heidi, I've read so many self published or indie books that are just amazing!


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