Because apparently everyone who published a new book between 4/20 and 4/23 got all of the books in their series pulled down from the Also Bought and notifications lists.
Yup, the Valens Legacy series, which used to be in a slew of 'Also Bought' lists on many other author's books has completely disappeared from Amazon. Along with several other series by other authors who published in that date range.
I've written Amazon, but if they fix it, it won't happen until Monday when they're back at work. So a lot of people who would have read this book are never going to know that it's out. And nobody new is going to be exposed to the series for a while.
Which seriously sucks. I was wondering why sales were off.
Last week really was the week from hell. :-(
Saturday, April 28, 2018
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
So today has really been a struggle
I thought a few days ago that I'd sign up for bookbub, and get an author's account there.
Well apparently the rules have changed, because they will not approve you, unless you have a facebook or twitter account.
I have neither, and so they refused me.
So, I created a twitter account. Then I go back to bookbub, and guess what? You have to give them the password to your twitter account. Gee, nice guys. Sixty seconds after I do that, the twitter account is suspended for 'automated activities.' I try to appeal that, but you have to give them your cellphone number. WTF? why do they need my cellphone number? They want to send me a text? Well, professionally I only have a landline. But that's not good enough.
So yeah, twitter account is suspended after one tweet, and bookbub account won't be confirmed obviously.
Then I say screw it and go work on the bass I'm building. It's time to start polishing out the finish so I can start building it. Problem is, a one inch piece of finish, right down to the wood, came off in a highly visible spot. Obviously there was some contamination in the body I got. Ideally you're supposed to sand the entire piece back to bare wood and start over from scratch (about a weeks worth of work). Yeah, this is a hobby, I'll throw it out and buy a new piece before I do that.
So, I had to sand that spot down to bare wood, an then into the wood a bit, because nothing would stick. Obviously it was contaminated, and whatever it was rose to the surface while the finish was curing. I may have saved it, I won't know until I get a few more coats of finish on the small area I taped off and start to sand it. If it comes off again, well, that's a waste of four hundred dollars and a week of work. I'll probably trash it and buy a new body.
So yeah, today hasn't been going very well. I just hope everyone likes the new book and it sells well. It would be nice to have something to cheer me up after I get back home from practice this evening.
Well apparently the rules have changed, because they will not approve you, unless you have a facebook or twitter account.
I have neither, and so they refused me.
So, I created a twitter account. Then I go back to bookbub, and guess what? You have to give them the password to your twitter account. Gee, nice guys. Sixty seconds after I do that, the twitter account is suspended for 'automated activities.' I try to appeal that, but you have to give them your cellphone number. WTF? why do they need my cellphone number? They want to send me a text? Well, professionally I only have a landline. But that's not good enough.
So yeah, twitter account is suspended after one tweet, and bookbub account won't be confirmed obviously.
Then I say screw it and go work on the bass I'm building. It's time to start polishing out the finish so I can start building it. Problem is, a one inch piece of finish, right down to the wood, came off in a highly visible spot. Obviously there was some contamination in the body I got. Ideally you're supposed to sand the entire piece back to bare wood and start over from scratch (about a weeks worth of work). Yeah, this is a hobby, I'll throw it out and buy a new piece before I do that.
So, I had to sand that spot down to bare wood, an then into the wood a bit, because nothing would stick. Obviously it was contaminated, and whatever it was rose to the surface while the finish was curing. I may have saved it, I won't know until I get a few more coats of finish on the small area I taped off and start to sand it. If it comes off again, well, that's a waste of four hundred dollars and a week of work. I'll probably trash it and buy a new body.
So yeah, today hasn't been going very well. I just hope everyone likes the new book and it sells well. It would be nice to have something to cheer me up after I get back home from practice this evening.
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Coming Soon
Just a teaser. First draft finished today, working on the rewrite and doing some editing. Will have a date for you all in a few days.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Release date for the next audiobook is April 17th!
With any luck, pre-orders will be allowed a week or so in advance.
Monday, April 2, 2018
Just a quick status update
For the last few weeks I've been dealing with some pretty serious insomnia, a combination of things interrupting my sleep (outside factors) as well as just not being able to get back to sleep. Well for now it looks like I've finally gotten than dealt with and gotten back a more normal sleep schedule.
That being said, this morning I revisited and finished up the major (and a good deal of minor) plots for the next six books. I even got some of the plots points for the third arc listed. So now with that all taken care of and a decrease in my day to day stress level, I'm hopeful that I'll be able to start burning through the writing of the second arc and get back to my 'book a month' schedule (yeah, ambitious, I know).
Book seven is being written, but it had been slow going as I had a lot of plot issues I was concerned with (I have two whiteboards in the house full of notes). Now that those are cleared up, things should start progressing much faster. Thanks all for your patience.
That being said, this morning I revisited and finished up the major (and a good deal of minor) plots for the next six books. I even got some of the plots points for the third arc listed. So now with that all taken care of and a decrease in my day to day stress level, I'm hopeful that I'll be able to start burning through the writing of the second arc and get back to my 'book a month' schedule (yeah, ambitious, I know).
Book seven is being written, but it had been slow going as I had a lot of plot issues I was concerned with (I have two whiteboards in the house full of notes). Now that those are cleared up, things should start progressing much faster. Thanks all for your patience.
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