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Double Book Review with P.S. Bartlett + exclusive Q & A

Thank you SO much Jim for taking the time to read not one but both of my novels and review them. I am so thrilled that you enjoyed them and are recommending them to your readers. Book bloggers rock!

Daddy Chapters's avatarLast Of The Authors

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Fireflies

Fireflies is a beautifully told story of a big family living in 1800s America. The novel primarily revolves around the youngest member, Ennis, and his special gift. Each and every member of the family has their own unique character, a real sense of individuality in such a warm and loving household. I was pulled into not only a great read but I felt to feel part of the family too, sharing their every up and down as if it effected my life also. Particularly intriguing were the sub stories of how the parents, Owen and Sarah, moved over to the ‘promised land’ from their native Ireland. I found fireflies a truly enchanting read that took me to peaceful and simple times. I was enriched with the powerful story of one family and their secrets, hopes and desires. I took a keen interest in Teagan, the adolescent girl with big…

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…Authors, there’s no need to sell yer soul to the Marketing Devil… just get yer promotional balance right… #TBSU…

Since I blogged about something similar last night and I want to believe someday I’ll have the smarts and savvy of this man, I’m sharing this blog. I know, I know I share him more than anyone else but his thoughts are always worth sharing.

Seumas Gallacher's avatarSeumas Gallacher

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…this ol’ Jurassic scribbler has been referred to more than once in the past as a ‘balanced Scotsman’—with a chip on each shoulder... that’s as may be, but I know for certain I’m a kinda 0% or 100% person in most of my undertakings… NUTHIN in between… when I threw the decision switch about five years ago to be a writer, it was of the 100% commitment variety… and I’m LUVVIN IT!… I keep bleating on about the ‘business of writing’, acknowledging that the creative writing part is just one element of the whole process… and prob’ly, comparatively, the easiest piece of it all… much waffle is shared on the Web regarding how much the Author should be involved in the promotional side of the business… in my ‘umble view, it’s paramount to be totally immersed in it… whether or not ye’re an indie quill-scraper, or locked…

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This is my weekend so I may not be around much

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10203906799004415&l=7777657605369629213 I'm keeping my three beautiful granddaughters for the whole weekend, while my daughter and her husband take a little break at the beach. Oh the joy! However, I won't be around much if at all during the day because I'll be smooching and loving on these darling babies! We are so blessed! Everyone have …

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Elmore Leonard: 10 Rules

Brian Marggraf's avatarIndie Hero

Elmore Leonard: 10 Rules

Among all the lists of writing rules and advice, this one ranks high, in my opinion. Simple, yet so important.

  1.  Never open a book with weather.
  2.  Avoid prologues.
  3.  Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue.
  4.  Never use an adverb to modify the verb “said”…he admonished gravely.
  5.  Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
  6.  Never use the words “suddenly” or “all hell broke loose.”
  7.  Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
  8.  Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
  9.  Don’t go into great detail describing places and things.
  10.  Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

 * Excerpted from the New York Times article, “Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle”

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More KDP Select Books on Bestseller Lists

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Amazon Bestseller Changes

In the past week, several books enrolled in KDP Select have landed themselves on the bestseller lists at Amazon.

This is according to data tabulated at Publishers Lunch: http://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2014/07/daily-update-influence-kindle-unlimited-amazon-bestsellers-grows/.

You can easily check the top 100 bestsellers at Amazon to see the current list.

The reason for the change is the introduction of Kindle Unlimited, Amazon’s new $9.99 per month subscription service (learn more here).

Many customers are signing up for Kindle Unlimited, then downloading Kindle e-books from Amazon.

This is boosting the sales ranks of participating books, while hurting the sales ranks of other books.

600,000 titles are participating in Kindle Unlimited. This includes 100,000 published titles (such as Harry Potter) and all 500,000 KDP Select books.

So who’s benefiting?

  • Self-published KDP Select books that are attracting Kindle Unlimited customers.
  • Amazon Publishing books. (Did you know that Amazon publishes books? I don’t…

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