It's been a wild year, and I'm glad to say I'm still here fighting the good fight. The last few months I've taken a little time for my family, and I've stayed a bit out of the spotlight. I did this for them (and for me), because the last year HAS BEEN INSANE. I...
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Infinite Vampire Series Wordcounts
The Infinite Vampire Series is about 484,000 words! SOPHIA'S JOURNAL: 10,000 words BLOOD 4 LIFE: 102,000 words QUEEN'S GAMBIT: 144,000 words MAELSTROM: 105,000 words* ANTIVENOM: 123,000 words* * subject to slight change in proofreading and final edits....
I Published my First Book
I published Infinite Vampire I: BLOOD 4 LIFE on May 7, 2017. I told about 15k people about it, and had 150 people buy the book! (1%). As of this writing, approximately five weeks after publishing, BLOOD 4 LIFE has 33 reviews and an average rating of 4.8 stars. Next...
Three Weeks After 1st Launch
I launched my first book, Infinite Vampire I: BLOOD 4 LIFE three weeks ago, and although sales have been low, they're meeting my expectations (my very very very low expectations). Many an experienced self- or indy-published author will tell you that the first book...
Is Pronoun.com for you? They just made a big announcement.
Pronoun.com, a free publishing service provider, just announced that it has added a feature; providing a custom publisher name with the ISBN. This is actually very good news. ISBN's if bought individually are absurdly expensive at $125 a piece. Buying in bulk offers...
QG Editing Update!
I just finished the second editing pass of Infinite Vampire II: Queen's Gambit! Here are some stats on its progressed so far: After 1st WRITE, wordcount was 135,000. Because I was still working at a "real" job, I didn't track my hours and just wrote whenever I could....
Sophia’s Journal!
I realized that the Infinite Vampire series needed a prequel, but I'm not normal. Instead of just writing one, I wanted to do something different. So I wrote it, in the form of a 18 year old's journal. Then I worked with a woman to make sure I had an accurate...
No Thanks, Bitly
I write books that include additional web content, and if I put a link into a book, I want a nice, short link that's easy for a reader to type into a browser. Bitly is a free option out there, but before I put Bitly links in my books (and published them), I looked at...
My Self-Editing Checklist – It Might Help You!
Editing is important and challenging. I've got about 200,000 words to put through the editing ringer before February. That's a lot, but it's okay: I have a plan. Every editing session, I start by reviewing 20 editing 'rules' that I find important. The items on the...
Facebook Results Campaign 001
Total Cost: 698 Leads Gained: 764 Time Period: 10/12/16 - 11/13/16 Prizes: 1 Kindle Paperwhite with books, 5 swag bags Contestants: 915 (some from my list). 106 leads joined through social promotion. I played around with different audiences, and had some...