Amazon Ranking and FREE BOOKS!

So for about half a day, something amazing happened. 

I did a five day promo on Amazon for my first novel, 98012 and the Guardian's Key. For people with the Kindle device or Kindle app, the download was free for a period of 5 days. 

Here is the amazzzzzing part:

I RANKED #7 WORLDWIDE in the Amazon Free sci-fi category!
Below is a screenshot of it. (Yes, That's "The Time Machine" by HG Wells right above me). 

Today is the last day of the promo, in case you read this in time. Download the kindle app if you don't have a kindle to check it out!

Free books----Worldwide

FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN, UK, JAPAN, DENMARK and SEVERAL OTHERS...
What do these countries have in common? 
They all have readers who have recently downloaded my first novel "98012 and the Guardians Key."
Thanks Amazon! :) 

FREE TO DOWNLOAD Promo ends in 3 days.

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Free books!

Starting tomorrow, through the weekend,  98012 and the Guardians Key will be available for FREE through the Amazon/Kindle Store.

Share this promotion with your friends. It's a great way to check out the first book before I release the second one, VERY soon. :)

Updates and New Novel!

After a nice long winter break, I am back to writing. My last novel is out on query, so I am trying to keep busy and not think about it.  

I spent a great New Years Holiday in Los Angeles and got to play beach volleyball on Jan 1st. How awesome is that! 

Anyway, I'm excited about 2015 and look forward to writing several books this year. Wish me luck!

Editing, Prepping for Query and Playlist

After I completed the first draft of my second novel, Volare (insert happy dance here), I flew down to LA to celebrate and work. It was also Halloween, which worked out nicely. 

Now that I'm back, I've been jack-hammering away at the draft, editing and fixing beta-reader-found holes. I'm pretty excited though. Everyone seems to be loving the piece so far. Most request are to actually add parts to the 83,000 word draft. I'm feeling pretty blessed about this already and I haven't even sent off a query.

I've also been drafting a synopsis to put into a query letter. This is an exercise in conciseness and adjective-killing.

In other news, I've decided to make a playlist of songs that I was listening to in my life during the time of the actual writing. These songs make me feel like my characters (and self) are badasses, as well as helped me picture the scenery/themes/motivations/overall feel. 

(In no particular order.)

1. Crystallize- Lindsey Stirling
2. The Sweetest Thing- Lauryn Hill
3. Take Me To Church- Hozier
4. Elements- Lindsey Stirling
5. Knights of Cydonia- Muse
6. Cherry Bomb- The Runaways
7. Violet Hill- Coldplay
8. Universe and U- KT Tunstall
9. The Little Things- Danny Elfman
10. Rap God- Eminem
11. Cracks [Flux Pavilion Remix]- The Freestylers
12. Crave You [Adventure Club Dubstep Remix]- Flight Facilities 
13. Apothéose The Sleeping Beauty- Tchaikovsky


"Eclectic Taste" at this point would be an understatement.  

Surprise!

I have been looking forward to writing this post for some time now.

I can finally say that I have completed the first draft of Volare. It feels like a lot of time has passed, but from start to finish I wrote it in about 9 weeks. As of now it clocks in at 82,000 words.

When I look back at the story lines and themes in the piece, it's crazy to see how much of your life creeps in, even when you don't intend for it to. I mean this is a young adult, sci-fi/fantasy piece, so it's interesting to see how characters from different worlds relate to us. (Excuse me while I get all Socrates on ya.)

("Y-A" Did you get that? :)

Anyway I'm crazy excited about this piece. I'm really in love with it, which means now it's time to chop it to bits. #dexterMode

I'll try to write on here more regularly now that I've got the story out of my mind... For now.

Updates and Motivation

I know that I'm not as regular on here as I would like to be, but I promise it's for a good reason.

And I know I was excited about my book before, but I dare say at this point that I am ferociously writing this book. 

Here is part of a quote from Les Brown that I feel pertains to me. He is an awesome motivator, check him out on the google. 

"If you want a thing bad enough to go out and fight for it, to work day and night for it, to give up your time, your peace and your sleep for it...
If all that you dream and scheme is about it, and life seems useless and worthless without it..."

I'm not going to give you the rest. Like I said before, "use the google."

Oh and here's a quick update on my book if you wanted to know where I'm at...