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ATV: the evolution of a book cover and giveaway

In between writing (apparently, I’m randomly working on an Opal short story that falls after Amplifier 4) I’ve been thinking about branding because it’s a topic I’m discussing with my SFWA mentee, Natasha. We’ve been chatting about book covers and finding something simple but evocative to convey the genre and tone of your story in […]

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Christmas paperback giveaway – 4 of 4

CLOSED: WINNER TBA Fourth of Four: After The Virus I’ve held on to these two paperbacks because the spines aren’t perfect – the printing is slightly offset. But that doesn’t make the front cover, by Irene Langholm, any less pretty 🙂 The paperback for this fourth and final giveaway (just to help me distinguish) was printed August 13, […]

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Christmas paperback giveaway – 1 of 4

CLOSED – WINNER: TBA As I already mentioned on my Facebook page, Michael was digging through some boxes for wrapping paper and Christmas cards this afternoon and he uncovered four of my paperbacks that I hadn’t bothered unpacking when we moved. I think I’d forgotten they existed at all, actually. Lost paperbacks seem like a perfect reason to […]

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After The Virus for $0.99

I’m running a BookBub ad for After The Virus this weekend, but you all can grab the ebook at Amazon (available on all stores but my universal link doesn’t seem to be working here), Kobo, or iBooks for $0.99 a day ahead (if you don’t already own a copy!!)

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Behind the pages of After The Virus

How about a paperback giveaway and some insight to the story origins of After The Virus? Okay, so I planned to do my very first vlog (video blog) with this giveaway and then figured out that ­­– being rather obsessive about these sorts of things – it would take me DAYS to shoot a vlog. […]

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Halloween ebook Sale – $0.99

After The Virus is reduced from $3.99 to $0.99 from October 28, 2013 to November 2, 2013 on  Amazon, Kobo, and the iBookstore. Happy Halloween! Wait! There’s more! I thought it might be fun to collect some more $0.99 (or reduced) halloween ebooks and make this a real party. So, check these out!! The Well Collector […]

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After The Virus memes

So some authors are trying to create memes for their books for marketing purposes, and I thought I would give it a go as well. I’m focusing on ATV and LLB because I have a sale and a giveaway going on next week for those titles. Here are the quotes I’ve tried so far: Suggestions? […]

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And the winners are …

Thank you to everyone who participated in my birthday giveaway and book sale! Your comments, tweets, and shares helped make my birthday a super fun day! The winners are: The Cupcakes (Etc) paperbacks are being mailed off to: Patricia from Saskatchewan (yay, fellow Canadian!!) and Sandy from New Jersey. Amy from Ohio also won via Goodreads. […]

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Massive Birthday Book Sale & Giveaway

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!  So guess who is turning forty tomorrow? Me! Yes, I’m celebrating with a liberal amount of chocolate and a visit to the spa, but I also thought it might be fun to have a giveaway and $0.99 book sale!  MASSIVE BOOK SALE I will be reducing all my ebooks to $0.99 […]

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Heather gets her paperbacks!!

Thank You!!! @mcdoidge pic.twitter.com/eGXf08KAKw — heather (@NightlyReading) August 22, 2013