Marketing Monday - Blink of an I

Hello!  And welcome to another rousing rendition of Marketing Monday.  Today's offer is BLINK OF AN I, the story of a gal, trapped in a dystopian world of castes, controlled by an unforgiving Union, who's suddenly thrust into a position where she can leave all the horrors behind or return to save the only home she's ever known.  

That's a lot, I know, but it's a lot of book.  It's 487 pages that readers say is a fast read.  Anyway, it's one look at one possible future for this country.  May we never see this come to pass.  And if we do, may there be a Mary to come to its aid.

Starting today, BLINK OF AN I is absolutely free (Always free with KU.)  Get this dystopian adventure today!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079X142G2

Marketing Monday - Blink of an I

Okay, so I started this post around 6:30 this morning and then discovered just now that I never finished or posted it.  I guess this explains why no one has commented on it yet.  Anyway, here it is... 

It's Monday and that means marketing.  This week, the book is BLINK OF AN I, and it's totally free.  Here's today's ad copy:

Starting today, BLINK OF AN I is free worldwide.  (Always free with Kindle Unlimited.)  Pick up your copy of this gripping journey through a dystopian future we can only hope to avoid.

In the blink of an I, the world can change.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079X142G2

Run out right now and download a copy.  

Monday Marketing - Free Book

 Well, it's Monday and in my infinite wisdom, I set up a freebie thing that starts today.  I even already wrote the post, which is well ahead of my usual game.  In another quirk of fate, I even got up early.  And then totally forgot to do that which needed doing.  So, here I am at 6:45 waiting for my email to load because that's where I put the pre-written marketing post so I wouldn't lose it.  

There it is... and here it is...

I've seen so many people in various groups asking for recommendations on adult dystopian novels that I decided to offer BLINK OF AN I for free - today through Friday. (It's also free with your Kindle Unlimited subscription, but this is for the rest of us.)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079X142G2

In the blink of an I, the world can change.

Raised by the Union to believe she’s worthless, declared incompetent by a system she doesn’t understand, Mary Jones wants nothing more than to run away and hide. When an underground society known as the Order chooses Mary for a mission to escape the city, she’ll discover she’s more than she has ever been allowed to realize.

Here's hoping it moves some books and gets me some residual sales.

Randomosity

It's Tuesday.  Yeah, I probably don't have to tell y'all that.  You're probably well aware.  Me?  I need a reminder from time to time.

Today the sale ends for Blink of an I and begins for Sleeping Ugly.  SU will be on sale through the end of Monday and the sale for the A Dennis Haggarty Mystery series will begin at midnight PST on Tuesday the 23rd.  That last one paid has advertising attached.  An ad will go out on Friday the 26th.  Fingers crossed.  I'll post more about the SU sale tomorrow on Outside the Box.

I'm back to work on Ugly and the Beast.  I have a page and a half of notes left to input, then I'll start all over again making new notes and fixing other things.  No promises about when it'll be available for publication, but at least there's a light at the end of the tunnel.  The long, long tunnel.  Actually, it's more like a rat hole, but there's a light.

Yesterday, I finished a book so damn good that I had to buy the sequel.  At full price, which ought to tell you something.  And I started reading it right away, which also ought to tell you something.  I almost never read books in a series back to back, but I couldn't help myself.  It's already delivering on the promise made by the first book.  If you're into fun and snarky urban fantasy, go forth and buy a copy of Necropolis by Shane Simmons.  I haven't been this excited about a new urban fantasy series since I picked up Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire.  There's only two books in this series right now, which will be fine if he wraps it up right.  :fingers crossed:

I'd like new readers to get excited about my books like that.  And, you know, write reviews so other readers can see how excited they are.

Well, I suppose I should get cracking and do something positive this morning.  This stuff isn't going to do itself.  Have a great day and I'll see y'all tomorrow.

Sunday Update - Week 8

The eighth week of 2018.  Time sure do fly, don't it?

As you might have heard, Blink of an I went live on the 19th.  It was 99c through Friday night and then went to $2.99.  Sorry if you missed the sale, but look on the bright side, it's only an additional $2. 

After Blink went live, I shut down.  I have not written or edited anything since I uploaded it.  That'll change this coming week, but I thought I could take a week off.  Especially since I usually work Sunday thru Saturday.

I read a lot.  I'm still not done with Shogun, but I've only got like 200 pages left. I'm hoping to have it finished by tomorrow, so I can get to all the books I've downloaded to my Kindle.  I probably won't review it when I'm through because what could I say that hasn't already been said.  Right now, barring any cruel twists in those 200 pages, I'm giving it 5 stars.  It kept my interest through all those pages.  If you're looking for something meaty to read, and have a lot of time to do it, I'd recommend this one.

The weather here has been rainy as hell and alternating between cold and warm.  I haven't gone fishing or gotten into the woods. 

I hit a baking thing this week.  Well, not all baking since one of the recipes was no-bake cookies.  But I also made maple walnut oatmeal cookies.  Yummers.  But I do not need to eat all this stuff.  Baking was so much easier when I lived in town and Hubs worked and the Kid was home.  We ate more, and I had people to give stuff to if we didn't eat it.  Now all the food is on Hubs and I.  Literally.  ;o)

Oh, yeah, I did make a cover for Early Grave.  So that was something writerly in the post-Blink days.

I did some cleaning, too.  Not a lot.  I had some gal try to offer me supposedly super-healthy cleaning products this past week.  I told her 'I don't clean', then she tried another tack. "Using regular cleaning products is like smoking 20 cigarettes a day', she said.  I laughed and told her I do that already, but thanks and then I walked away.  :shrug:  Seriously, the only thing worse for her to try to sell me is cosmetics.  LOL

Okay, that's it for my adventures this past week.  What adventures did you have?

The Soft Launch and Other Blinky Things

Well, Blink went live yesterday.  (Read more and find buy links here.)  And it was what they call a 'soft launch'.  So soft, I don't think I could've disturbed crickets out there.  Launched amidst a boatload of distractions (you don't want to know and I don't want to talk about it), it was just set adrift on the currents yesterday and floated into the sea of other books for sale at Amazon.

This morning, I'm trying to catch up.  Do a little advertising on FB, etc.  Post some stuff to groups and junk.  Find new groups to post to because Blink isn't like anything I've already published.  I mean, it is in a way.  I wrote it, so it's got suspense and mystery and a little romance in there.  I can't not write stuff with those elements.  But it's also got... :drops to a whisper:... ideas.

I was reading the book description to Hubs this morning and gave myself shivers.  Idea shivers, not scary shivers.  Hooked Hubs, too, so it's all good. 

Trust me, though, I've tried really hard to weave the ideas in and not beat you over the head with them.  I hate message-y books that club readers to death with their message.  I aimed for creating an interesting and enthralling story that might also make readers think a little.  If it makes them think a lot, awesome.  If it doesn't make them think at all, but they just enjoy the story, that's great, too.

It's a pretty large book.  It topped out at 101K words pre-formatting.  Amazon is saying the KU page count is 478.  I think it moves along at a pretty good pace, though, so it shouldn't take forever to read.  Time will tell what readers think.

Anyway, like I said, I haven't done much to promote this book yet, so I'm not expecting gangbuster sales any time soon.  As always, though, there's hope. 

Now, I can take a break.  Not a huge one, since Early Grave is supposed to back from the editor next week, but a break nonetheless.  Maybe I'll finally finish reading a book this year.