Happy Easter
Bunny
Sisters on Easter
Author copies
I think I can finally order my author copies of Love and Rockets. Haven’t done it yet because every time I’ve gone to do it it’s been out of stock. I think that’s a good sign. Anyway, it’s showing as back in stock again now so I’m going to hurry up and place my order. Probably about the time those arrive my Gripping Beast copies will arrive and I’ll fall into a “my books are here” delirium matched only by Steve Martin’s joy at the arrival of the new phone book in The Jerk.
And then I’ll have to share the joy. 🙂
Edited to add: what IS it with this book? It’s The Book That Cannot Remain In Warehouse. I kid you not, today it is out of stock AGAIN. I really hope this means that lots and lots of people are buying this book, and not that my book has fallen into the Bermuda Triangle of publishing. 😯
Easter?
It kind of snuck up on me this year. I’m fixated on The Book and getting it out the door, which may involve working until midnight until that happens (although I did send Proposal #1 off yesterday, yay), and so the holiday kind of took me by surprise.
Not that we really have any family traditions for this holiday. When I was growing up everybody else had the Easter Bunny and we ate lamb. I think bunnies are cute and Easter eggs are fun and a good family craft project, but our kids are still a bit young for playing with dye. None of us are really fond of lamb, although I’m sure Doug could give me a recipe that might change my mind. (He’s got a recipe for saltwater chicken posted today that sounds mouthwatering.) Anyway, we’re kind of left traditionless. Next year maybe we’ll see what new tradition we can create.
However you celebrate (or even if you just nod at the calendar and keep working) I wish you a happy Easter. Or Passover. Or whatever.
Crafty, recommended read, used books
I never have been the crafty type, but I really do get a kick out of the craft of novel writing. I got an email after yesterday’s post and realized I didn’t mention that my quandary was my twisted version of fun. Moving around in the timeline and the plotline, shifting pieces of the novel around to make a more pleasing overall design, tinkering with the story. It’s fun. After working through the variations and alternatives, I’m going with the option of making the detail correct and moving the timeline because I think it works better for the pacing.
Recommended read: if you love erotic romance, paranormal, or just plain outstanding characterization and flawless worldbuilding, run right out to get A Hunger Like No Other. It’s the first book I’ve read in a long time that I wanted to start over again as soon as I reached the end. This is one top-notch first class book.
Used books: PBW touches on the topic of gaining new readers from book giveaways and used books today, and I can vouch for this. It’s effective. PBW put the Stardoc novella Deimos up on her site for free download. I was so hooked, I bought the first three Stardoc novels at once. Used books: I can’t even count the number of authors I discovered through used books, and promptly began buying all their releases new. Including their hardcovers. Yes, I understand there are issues, especially with Amazon’s policy of used books competing with new copies of the same title. But that doesn’t change the fact that a trip to the used book store can allow a reader to discover a book that’s long since off the shelf and get them hooked on a new author they might otherwise have continued to miss out on. Every book is an ambassador, that’s my philosophy.
(Note that this does not relate to ebooks for two reasons. One, a print author is paid at least an advance sufficient to make the book worthwhile if it fails to earn out and pay royalties beyond the advance while ebook authors are paid only royalties. And two, while you could theoretically copy a print book you’d really have to go to a lot of effort and expense to do it. Whereas a pirated ebook can be used to create an unlimited number of copies, with the author earning nothing.)
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