A note about Twelfth Moon

It was brought to my attention that I had misspelled a couple of words: lightning (spelled as lightening - ouch!) and reins (spelled as reigns). I cringe every time I think about someone reading my book and seeing those mistakes! I do know how to spell those words in the correct context - I just missed them during my many editing sessions.

I have corrected the misspellings and re-uploaded to amazon. Whew.

Free Promos Can Generate Positive Book Sales

For many authors, the knee-jerk reaction to the thought of offering their book for free may be to shy away from it. We all want to make money as a result from the hard work we put into our writing. Contrary to the idea that if you give something away for free you won't make any money, my book sales have actually skyrocketed since the implementation of free promotions. Through Amazon's KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) platform, I have been able to offer my books for free for a specified number of days.

Since I began the promos, I've had a combined total of nearly 25,000 free downloads of three of my books, with sales increasing exponentially. Whether this is a fluke or not remains to be seen. It could be that March and April are high-selling months because of tax refunds. Time will tell if this method is sustainable over the remaining months of the year.

So, in keeping with that marketing idea, my first book, Whispers in Time, will be offered for free this week (April 18 - 20).

The Devil Rogue free downloads

I had about 11,000 free downloads of The Devil Rogue during my promo on Amazon.

An explanation about Whispers in Time and Kissing Mr. Bellamy

Whispers in Time

This is my first book, which I finished writing about six years ago. It has been edited, tweaked, rearranged, and tightened up since then. It was originally published as a paperback through an independent publisher, who shortly after publishing my book, went out of business. Faced with a dilemma, I decided to publish a new version of the paperback myself. When that became an expensive endeavor, I decided digital publishing was the way to go.

Over the years, I’ve gained a better concept of writing fiction, hence the many other changes Whispers in Time has gone through since that first publication. Although I believe that I still have a long way to go as a writer, at least to be considered in the same category as some of my favorite authors, Whispers in Time is still an entertaining read with all the elements required to make a good romance story.

Kissing Mr. Bellamy

After finishing Whispers in Time and re-reading/proofreading/editing it about a million times I desperately needed a break from that story. I began work on The Devil Rogue and when I finished with that one, revisited Roger and Emily from Whispers in Time. I had totally fallen in love with those two characters and felt compelled to tell their story.

It was a difficult undertaking, to say the least, to turn Emily Templeton’s investigation into the murder of her uncle and the growing relationship with Roger Bellamy into a stand-alone book. The fact that the timeline of their story overlaps Gabriella and Damon’s in Whispers in Time made it a challenging process (understatement).

I couldn’t begin their story where Whispers in Time left off because Roger and Emily had already met. I needed to explain the circumstances of their meeting, Roger’s friendship with Damon, and how it pertained to the story. There are a couple instances in the book that seem repetitious, but are actually events seen first through the eyes of Emily, and then Roger (or vice versa) – or events from Gabriella or Damon’s point of view in Whispers in Time, and the same event seen from Roger’s point of view. It wasn’t thrown in there as filler or to beef up the word count. I have quite an aversion to meaningless prose used just to take up space. This was intended for the reader to have a better understanding of what happened in Whispers in Time and how those events had a profound effect on Roger and Emily’s relationship.

 
All I ask is that you read the story and enjoy the interaction between Roger and Emily.

The Devil Rogue is FREE

My historical romance, The Devil Rogue, is free on Amazon until Sunday, April 8. Also, my time travel romance, Whispers in Time, is only $0.99 for a limited time.


I'm happy to announce that I had over 15,000 free downloads of Twelfth Moon and Kissing Mr. Bellamy, combined, as a promos on Amazon!