Brain to Books Blog Tour – C.L. Schneider

Read this interview with the incredible fantasy author C.L. Schneider (one of my absolute favourites!)

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Brain to Books Blog Tour

Fast Fact

Author: C.L. Schneider

Genre: Fantasy

Books:

The Crown of Stones: Magic-Price

The Crown of Stones: Magic-Scars

Official Site

Bio

Born in a small Kansas town on the Missouri river, I grew up in a house of avid readers and overflowing bookshelves. When I was sixteen I wrote my first, full-length novel on a typewriter in my parent’s living room. My main focus is adult epic fantasy, but I also write urban fantasy, and the occasional science fiction or post-apocalyptic story.

I am proud to be a self-published author and a member of the #indiebooksbeseen community. My goal as a writer is to stir emotion and make the reader feel, whether it be good or bad. I believe in writing fearless, and that telling a story as it is meant to be told, is far more important than word count.

The Crown of Stones:…

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Aug 30, 2015 by dmcain84

Facebook Author Event and Free Book on Amazon

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Awethors Awareness Day

What happens when a group of Awesome Awethors get together on Facebook? Find out on August 15^th and August 16^th. Pure pandemonium? Brilliant repartee? Exciting exchanges? Surprising revelations? Meet some of the bravest and boldest contributors to the world of writing. We’ll be talking about and promoting the books of authors other than ourselves. Find out what books we like. Find old favorites and discover new ones.

Today and tomorrow (Aug. 14th & Aug. 15th) “Riddle” is FREE on Kindle. Take this opportunity to read my romantic thriller. It has an overall rating of 4.6 stars. You may ask yourself why I would give my book away. The main reason is that I LIKE the story. I think it’s a good book; an exciting and compelling mystery/thriller. I believe readers will enjoy it. I’m an indie writer. I don’t make a lot of money…

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Aug 15, 2015 by dmcain84

Why I’m doing a #BookGiveaway (Psst. There are actually 2)

Sunshine Somerville

Here’s something the average reader may not know: Most authors at some point think making our ebooks free seems like a good idea. Once it’s free, we see a spike of downloads — “Look at my ranking! This is amazing!” …And then we don’t see much after that. But we keep trying, because it’s a good way to get our books “out there” and maybe build up our audience. And, quite frankly, everyone else is doing it so we feel like we have to or else we’ll get lost in the shuffle.

Unfortunately, ebook consumers are “trained” to look for freebies — “why pay $0.99 for a book that might be a dud when I can get this other one for free?” But a lot of free ebooks get lost to the sad end of a rotating Kindle carousel, never to be looked at again. Admit it, we all have them (I’m including…

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Aug 15, 2015 by dmcain84

Indie Success –10 things that really matter

Sue Vincent's Daily Echo

Hans Christian Andersen by Anne Grahame Johnstone

There are a lot of articles and reports out there giving various and often conflicting figures about the Indie book market. All seem to agree, however, that the percentage of Indie writers and publishers is huge and growing. You only have to read a few Indie books to realise there is some seriously good stuff out there and marvel at the ingenuity and diversity of the imaginations from which they were born.

Yet there is still a stigma attached to independently published work. There are those, it is true, who see it only as a way to make a fast buck and churn out little more than rubbish. These are not writers in my opinion and it is not of their books I speak, they are little more than opportunists; marketeers who, seeing a potentially lucrative product churn out a cheap imitation that…

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Aug 14, 2015 by dmcain84

Kelly Hall day!

I am delighted to be hosting the fabulous Kelly Hall as part of her book tour for the release of ‘The Secret of Strange Waters’. Kelly is here today to talk about her top ten young adult paranormal books:

Hi I’m Kelly Hall, author of The Light Keeper Series. When I’m not writing I’m busy reading. I love going on a journey in the pages of someone else’s mind, and this is a list of my top ten favorite YA paranormal book series and why I love them!

The Mortal Instruments- Cassandra Clare – This series is my absolute favorite of all time and I read it at least once a year, including the infernal devices because, well, it’s that good. I am also super happy that ABC family is going to release the TV show, Shadowhunters, in 2016! I can’t wait!
The Morganville Vampires- Rachel Caine- I just love Shane Collins so much and I adore this series. This is one that I read over again as well! It needs a TV Series too. I do hope the web series continues on Geek and Sundry.
The Infernal Devices- Cassandra Clare- This series is so much fun and I love learning more about my favorite characters from The Mortal Instruments. I can’t get enough Shadowhunters.
Bloodlines- Richelle Mead- I know that technically I should be naming this series AFTER Vampire Academy, but I kind of liked it more and I will admit that is probably because it has more Adrian. All books need more Adrian.
Vampire Academy- Richelle Mead- This series was so good I have read it a few times too. I even loaned out a copy of the last book and then never got it back, so I had to go out and buy it again because I refuse to not have the complete set. I also learned a valuable lesson about loaning my babies out!
Vampire Diaries- L.J. Smith- I honestly love many of L.J.’s early books, but this one is my favorite and mostly because of Damon and Bonnie! How cute are they? If you haven’t read the books and only watched the show I encourage you to read them. It’s a whole different experience.
Sweep- Cate Tiernan- This series was so good that— as I would finish one book, I’d go to the book store and buy the next. I read them so fast that after the third trip in my husband said to just start buying them two at a time. It helped a little. Instead of going every day, we went every other day. I devoured this fifteen book series!
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children- Ransom Riggs – Aside from the awesome photos, this book is full of interesting characters that come together for a great tale.
Evernight- Claudia Gray- I really enjoyed this series and its take on vampires. I love Balthazar and the fact that Gray used the name Balthazar. He’s a great character and I loved his book too.
The Forest of Hands and Teeth- Carrie Ryan- I found this book at my local library at a time where I had hit a reading slump. I just didn’t feel like reading and so I didn’t want to buy a book series and then not read it, so I found this and told myself I was going to try to read, thinking I would just read a bit and put it down, but I couldn’t. I read it all night then went back for the others the next day. It’s really a creepy fun story and it takes you through all of your emotions. Plus, all the books in this series have really awesome names. I’ve now added it to my personal library.