My personal adventure into the Amazon Forums and an account of a 5 Day Free Promotion in KDP Select!
Though I am a gay male and admit I have never read any lesbian erotica, I was more than willing to give Ms. West’s short story “Night Train To Florence” a try after having read her novel The Leaving just a few months ago. West wrote it with pure perfection when it came to good story telling and strong characters, so I expected her shorter work to be no different and I truly was not disappointed.
Jason Derr’s novella, The Boston 395, started off as a very captivating read with sharp wit and vivid details that really piqued my interest. I’ll try to leave out all locomotive puns since the book is about a train, but by the end it had lost a lot of steam for me.
Every once in a while there’s a book that almost gets away, especially when you are like me and read and review mostly indie or small press titles. I just can’t read them all. That’s almost what happened to Lara McLaughlin’s Alabaster Houses which was first queried to me last October. Other reviewers passed on it, but there was something in this book that made me pick it. And now I’m glad I did.
I first became a fan of author C.V. Hunt after reading and reviewing her Endlessly vampire series. I was delighted to read her new novella, Danse Macabre, when she inquired. The description above leads you to believe it would fall in the genre of zombie fiction, of which I know C.V. reads a lot of so it’s easy to guess she would be inspired by such. I myself am not a big fan, though I love watching AMC’s The Walking Dead, but I was willing to give her new book a try since I was already familiar with her writing style.
A new free self-promotion LLBR is doing to give author’s a chance to tell the world why they wrote a book!
As an author whose books are available on Kindle, I often feel like I’m left in the dark when it comes to finding out important information when I visit the KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) dashboard and check out the Amazon FAQ sections or even the Kindle community forum. I often find good information, but just enough about the big highlights, and never an answer to my real question. I feel like Jeff Bezos is the man behind the curtain, or a magician and maybe I’m just giddy with excitement over what the outcome will be. Patience, Shannon, patience!
Normal young women go on dates on Saturday nights. Betty “Boo” Boorman goes on ghost hunts. The paranormal investigator is more comfortable around ghosts than guys, anyway. A violent haunting forces Betty to team up with her rival ghost hunter, the arrogant Carter Lansford. When the violence is turned toward her, though, Betty enlists the help of a handsome stranger, who introduces himself simply as Maxwell, Demon.
A young stargazer receives a surprise late night visit and embarks on a journey he will never forget. This beautifully illustrated story is sure to warm the hearts of children of all ages, instilling childlike wonder and awe.
The New Death and Others by James Hutchings ASIN: B005Q8Q8DY Copyright © September 2011 264 KB (119 Pages) Kindle .99 cents Having read and reviewed James Hutchings’s Two Fisted Tweets I have to say that Mr. Hutchings is a master at microfiction. Able to tell a story in 172 characters or less in order to meet [...]
