Anyone who downloaded my book 'The Published Writer' will find a link in it to this blog. I promised readers who would like to have a free pdf copy of any of my books, to send me an email and ask for it. Even it you're just a visitor by chance, the offer also stands. Send an email to hegro@shaw.ca and ask for one of my books. Please, mention how you know about the offer.
I hope I could be of some help in your quest to publish your book after reading The Published Writer. It is available from Amazon for $2.95
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Published Writer
I took the plunge today and did something I've been thinking about for some time. I wanted to make the first book in my Xandra series 'Daughter of the Dark' available for free on Amazon for a short period of time, but they only do that with books that are in the KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) program. So I wrote a book. A book on how to become a published writer, and I entered it in the KDP Select program. I'm not quite sure about this, but the way I understood from their terms, it will be available for free for 5 days; after that it will sell for US $2.99. But it will also be available for readers to borrow it from their library. I still get paid for every book readers borrow. Not a bad thing. And it will be available everywhere in the world where Amazon has sites. We'll see how it goes.
It is not that complicated to publish with Amazon. I wrote the book in Word first, then I followed Amazon's instructions and saved in in their requested format. The first time is always the most difficult. Now I know what to expect and the next time will be easier and won't take that much time.
I designed the cover myself using the publisher in my Word program. I'm quite happy with it. Unfortunately, when people download it to their Kindle, it will be in black and white, actually, in 16 shades of gray.
The book won't be available for at least 12 hours, perhaps even longer. I'm not sure about the cover and the picture of me on the last page. They may take longer to appear.
Anyway, here is the cover I designed:
It is not that complicated to publish with Amazon. I wrote the book in Word first, then I followed Amazon's instructions and saved in in their requested format. The first time is always the most difficult. Now I know what to expect and the next time will be easier and won't take that much time.
I designed the cover myself using the publisher in my Word program. I'm quite happy with it. Unfortunately, when people download it to their Kindle, it will be in black and white, actually, in 16 shades of gray.
The book won't be available for at least 12 hours, perhaps even longer. I'm not sure about the cover and the picture of me on the last page. They may take longer to appear.
Anyway, here is the cover I designed:
Saturday, February 09, 2013
MFRW Blog Hop -My First-
Welcome to my blog. The theme for this blog hop is ‘My
First’.
I don’t really write romance novels, but in all of my books
there is a certain element of romance. Without that, my characters would never
have any intimate encounters.
The book I’m featuring here is the first of two books in
‘Stars in Chains’, a Science Fiction novel. ‘Slave’ tells the story of David
Stark, who is abducted by aliens and kept as a slave. It is also a story about
love. The book begins when David Stark finds again the young girl he met ten
years ago. She was his first true love. He could never forget her and she
haunted his dreams every night.
Here is a short excerpt:
His thoughts came to an abrupt halt.
A shape on the side of the road.
A girl…waving her arms.
His tires screeched as he hit the brakes.
Before he realized it, he had
stopped and backed up toward the girl who
came running. He opened the door
for her and she slid into the bucket seat.
“Hi, what are you doing walking on the road
at this time of night?”
Looking outside, he noticed there were no
houses. Without comprehending,
he had left the city.
She smiled shyly, hooding her eyes with one
hand. “I ran away,” she said
with a soft voice. She had a strange, heavy
accent. A strangely familiar
accent.
“So you ran away,” he said. Looking at her,
he noticed that she was
practically nude. She wore a transparent
cape that didn’t hide anything.
She wore a small red cloth around her hips,
like a loincloth, to cover
parts of her lower body.
He kept his eyes on the road, but the sight
of her shapely legs and nude
white hips made his loins pound with desire.
He cursed under his breath for
getting himself into this situation. Picking up a naked girl-hitchhiker was
never
a good idea.
“Would you get my cigarettes from the glove
compartment, please,” he
said.
She reached into the glove compartment and
handed him the package.
“Take one for yourself,” he said.
She shook her head. “No, thank you. I don’t
smoke.” She brushed her
long black hair out of her face and looked
at him for the first time.
An icy breath seemed to touch his mind as he
looked into her eyes.
They glowed softly in the dark. She had the
eyes of a cat.
The strange people in the Brazilian jungle.
He remembered their eyes.
They had eyes like the ones that looked at
him now. The same eyes that
haunted him every night in his dreams.
She smiled gently. Her hand reached out and
touched his arm. “Hello,
David. I finally found you.”
Her soft voice awoke something in his sub
consciousness. He
remembered a girl—a girl with strange eyes and
an enchanting voice. She had
looked after his needs, feeding him and
washing him, as he recovered from
his wounds. Sometimes she sat beside his bed
and sang for him with that
sweet, alluring voice.
One night she came to him…
I hope you’ve read this far and want to read more. Feel free
to check out all of my books. Should you like one, send me an email to hegro@shaw.ca and tell me which of my books you
would like to read. I will draw a few names from the emails I receive by
February 14, Valentine’s Day, and send you a free pdf copy of the book you
selected.
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