Month: April 2014

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The Alignment on Indies Unlimited

Today THE ALIGNMENT is featured on Indies Unlimited, a source for high-quality indie books. The feature is permanent, so even if you’re not reading this the day I posted you can still link to it here.

They also have a Bookstore with so many great finds I blame them for adding pages to my TBR list. You’ll see THE ALIGNMENT on the first page of the Platinum Club.

If you’re hesitant to browse independent books because, let’s face it, there’s a lot to wade through before you get to the good ones, Indies Unlimited is a great place to start.

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Book Two Progress as of April 9

Someone on Pinterest said THE ALIGNMENT is “truly a great book, and an even better love story.” I don’t use Pinterest, but thank you, person on Pinterest. :)

Editing progress for THE TWO: We’re working on big picture items right now, so I can’t really give a percentage of completion. As of today, my editor has taken a turn and I’ve taken a turn. Now it’s back with my editor again. Let’s call this Round 1. Of how many rounds total? I’m guessing 5. But don’t hold me to it.

I think we can consider cover art to be started, too. A couple weekends ago I dropped some props off with my photographer, Keith Lee. We examined the props and discussed my vision at a table in a packed Jimmy John’s and I’m pretty sure the other customers thought we were larpers. And no, I’m not telling you what those props are. Sorry. Keith is experimenting with different setups and lighting as we speak. He’s a bit of a photography god. I can’t wait to see what he does.

Progress of THE TWO
First Draft: Complete (129,282 words)
My revisions: Complete
Professional editing: Round 1 Complete
Formatting: Not started
Cover art: Photographer at work (shooting props)

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Giveaway Ends, Countdown Deal Begins

The latest Goodreads giveaway of 3 paperbacks of THE ALIGNMENT has ended. Congrats to the 3 winners! Your autographed books will ship tomorrow. To all the losers (wow, that kind of sounds mean): thank you for entering! I wish I could send a copy to all 1,013 of you. Subscribe in the sidebar if you’d like to receive announcements of upcoming giveaways.

But! If you lost the giveaway, you can get a Kindle copy of the book for $.99 today!

An Amazon Kindle Countdown Deal starts today for THE ALIGNMENT. Grab a Kindle version for $.99 today or tomorrow. The price increases after tomorrow by a buck a day for a final sale price of $3.99 on April 10.

Buy it, read it, be prepared for THE TWO when it’s released this summer. Right now THE TWO and I are in Editing Hell. I’ll post a status on that later. (But for the record, Editing Hell is awesome in that being-tortured-yet-kind-of-loving-it way. And the food is great.)