Matt continues to let his imagination and artistry work wonders with the characters out of my work.
Here is Trelli, moving up in a modest way leaving behind her housemaid’s drabs and travel robes. Now wearing sedate clothing when assisting others with diplomatic ventures.
Of course separation from her friends does not last long and here she is striding out with Arketre, about to get her hands, boots, blouse and skirt dirty.
I looked at the Kindle Report page……Sales…….umm less than the first primary number….
As did we……..Oh…….oh….That this too solid flesh…….wouldst ……..melt
No….I don’t think the tragi-comic-self-referential ploy is going to work, we’ve done it once, and like I said at the time with Dostoyevsky references it might have worked better.
Just for Marketing and Giggles- The Comic Tragedy Approach
I wouldst suggest; the Bard. For have you not already allowed a quote in the opening sequence? Everyone is aware of some Shakespearean hex-tracts. T’would resonate.
Ahhh, yessss. TOOOOOO, BEEEEEE or NOT tooo BEEEEE…… THAT is the…….question????
We’ll let you know
Well, here’s one that occurred to me.
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Our Skirmishers of Lace, Steel and Fire is the sun
It’s cookin’ I tell ya!!
I don’t suppose they’d go with adapting The Prince of Verona’s last tines…. “For never was a story of more woe than this thy hapless marketing show”
Hmmmmm…..Maybe another of THE BARD’S works might be more…..shall we say…amenable to the project.
You got it chuckles!!
Chuckles!…I love it
This is a winner!
A book! A BOOK!! My kingdom for A….. BBohook!!
Do not worry
Do not fret
Here’s a choice, you’ll not regret.
Available on Amazon Kindle at 0.99
They got the link OK. I’ll give them that. I’d still go with Dostoevsky though.
Aye, “To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.”…..I think we could use that
See what I mean. You got to go with Dignified Irony….Anyway let’s quit while we’re ahead for the day. Raya and the Last Dragon ok with you?
There is a form of dignity there.
Ya’ll have to admire the persistence though…. I mean, yeah Stupid… but still kinda admirable.
That’s true Flaxi, I kinda see wot they was tryin’ and if you’re not tryin’ to seriously sell stuff it’s a bit of fun. And since they are books about us anyhow, we should have a say….. See, like this…..Ahem…
“Now can the grumbly winter of your discontent at ol’ books
Made glorious summer by these exciting volumes
An’ all the clouds that low’r’d upon your moods
In the deep bosom of the ocean Kindle be buried”.
Aww, was fun…! Go on Whychie (That’s ‘Trelli ‘to you readers!) you give it a try
…. Alright then, otherwise I’ll never hear the end of it:…….(deep breath)…
when written for their own sake.”
. Since you two are set on us being so singular; here’s mine then
Right, we’re done………………..You take care, then…………..And we’ll be seeing you
(Chorus)……………BECAUSE THERE’S ONE MORE VOLUME TO COME !!!
.Masterful Delivery, I tip my hat…………………Yes, they saved it. Could get sales.
So, having completed 4th Edition of
And thus onto Kindle I opted for the ‘Five Days’ free promotion. It’s a reasonable move if you are self-publishing, it’s only for a short time and increases your chances of folk picking up your book – after all….. ……………………………….’Free’
I checked this morning to see the results and found 17 folk had opted to download, stream, or whatever. That was nice. This would be a combination of those who knew it was coming (thanks guys) and those who assiduously check out Amazon Kindle for what’s interesting in the Free option, and why not? if I wasn’t such a perpetually lazy reader I would, because it’s one of my go-to options on Audible Books and Comixology.
If taking up the Kindle Self-Publishing path (Amazon like to elevate you to Independent Publishing; it sounds modestly corporate) and you do opt for the free promotion (any number from 1 to 5 days), bear in mind those who pick up the book on a whim. They have expressed an interest, and may well be voracious readers, however they may also have a large collection of free books, which they have not quite got around to yet . I say this as one who had to list his Audible Books to listen to resulting from one pre-Christmas splurge of free and special offer audio books (£3 instead of £17.75…can’t miss that bargain!). And then set himself a serious programme of listening to all twenty of them. Take this into account if you are looking for reviews, that which was selected 2 years ago, may still not have been read.
For the self-independent publishing writer Amazon Kindle and the Free promotion probably works best with the by now traditional long-term Raising The Coming Book profile on other networks so that your audience is anticipating the release and will be willing to pounce in useful numbers, then (you hope) are enthused to write reviews and so start the cycle. One benefit of which, maybe that those who seek those free books decide to move yours up the reading list and (hopefully) write a review.
Thus, the summary: a useful system but only to be used in conjunction with other marketing efforts. Free promotion by itself will not win the day, unless of course you happen to be on good terms with the goddess Fortuna.
Yes, all sorted, tidied (as much as any book a writer wants to display in public can be tidied) the finalisation of the processing through the Amazon Kindle System completed 30th January 2021 at 9.35am GMT UK, and thence to sit back remembering to check later on to see when Amazon has made it public so the promotion via free books can be allowed (please, please Amazon co-operate and don’t do something ‘interesting’). Of course try as you might as a humble self-publisher you cannot guarantee that Kindle will (1) Align the word ‘Chapter’ at the centre of every single heading, no matter how hard you slaved over the business on WORD (also not the most dependable instrument for a writer of fiction) (2) Adhere to the same page breaks as WORD for much the same reason. But for the price I am settling either ‘Free’ (Don’t let me down Amazon) or 0.99 (whatevers) one should not make too much fuss over such matters; it shows a lack of taste. Thus sometime in the next 72 hours the 4th Edition will be in the Amazonverse. And those are the mechanics of the situation.
For those readers who are new to the saga of my own journey here (and there) and have not seen the dedicated site. The outlines of the categories / genres sub-genres / themes are as follows:
Fantasy: Epic (ie very long and lots of characters)
Feel-Good & Upbeat endings (Not fashionable in Epic Fantasy)
Action & Adventure: (Heroic, of course)
Humour: Various – Acerbic, Bawdy, Observational and some Satire
(Did I mention Feel-Good?)
Convoluted Events: Based on Reality- No perfect plots, no cunning villains always one step ahead, basically a Real World environment- If it can go wrong, it will. No one, like no one is every in control. If you want Illuminate stuff, go elsewhere.
Characters: Three main. Building through the experience. Bonding through trials.
The Special Power?: Oh yes, but no one really know how it works, so don’t expect any enigmatic folk of unspecified age turning up with an ancient mystic staff and talking at great length about the historical back story as if that was The Only Fact. That sort of thing doesn’t happen in this world and it certainly doesn’t happen in these books.
Controversial Aspects or Things That Might Annoy Some Readers (apart from typos, syntax and grammar that is): (A) In case I forgot to mention there is a Feel-Good Factor- a possible heresy in Epic Fantasy. (B) Then there is the portrayal of religion as simply institutionalised, generally only nodded to by the population, and also somewhat inefficiently run. So no sinister Bishops plotting in dark corners (C) Strong female leads, who are not particularly alpha, a positioning which might annoy all sides (D) LGBTQ female romance- potential minefield for a male writer. Don’t you shudder when the characters take over the narrative? (E) Just to repeat, no very all powerful, very all-seeing, darkly ruthless person or group who have minions who laugh a lot when someone can’t pierce their armour (Man! That is so boring) (F) Introspection- Not the brooding sort, more the ‘What the heck do I do next?’ sort or a lot of general grumbling (you know you do it too, so don’t complain). (G) A lot of folk and organisations- that’s the way History works, so that’s the way I wrote.
Reason for Writing: To hopeful produce a work which is there to entertain and provide a distraction from the Day around you. (Oh yeah, Annnddd I because I wanted to!)
That’s all then
For anymore information on the books, characters, lands, peoples, motivations, environments as an introduction please visit:
The Precipice Dominions… (A Fantasy Trilogy) — WordPress.com
And as I was about to close this down Amazon has notified me the revised volume is up and available. Please note this will free on Kindle from Sunday 31st January 2021 to Thursday 4th February 2021.
via Streets Ahead Book Promotion – The Scarlet Ribbon, by Anita Dawes
The premise of this books sounds fascinating. Followed the link and find out more
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