Amazon Is a DUD!

Despite the fact it has been published for over a week, Amazon says my newest ebook “doesn’t meet the criteria” to have sales rank yet. Even though it has had many sales.

The print book was published August 2 and has rank, but not the ebook. And they claim they cannot tell me why the ebook “doesn’t meet the criteria.”

So just putting it out there that if you go to the ebook page to even consider seeing what this book is about or buying The Reluctant King, please know that despite the fact it would appear the book is a dud that has had no sales, the dud is, in fact, Amazon.

Just a Reminder – The Reluctant King Is Out!

The Reluctant King is here in ebook (print available in a few days)!
https://books2read.com/LSK-RK

It can be read as a stand alone, but if you wish to get all the background, the first three books are in an ebook omnibus:
https://books2read.com/LSK-SEC-Omnibus

The Reluctant King – get it now!

The Reluctant King is here in ebook!
https://books2read.com/LSK-RK

Maradhor and his new bride flee for their lives, pursued by his former clan who have now become their enemies. With the treacherous mountains looming ahead and the harsh winter weather closing in, their only hope of salvation lay in crossing the distant Great River.
 
But even as they struggle towards safety, Alcandhor faces his own troubles back home. Forced to take the throne in order to protect Maradhor, he now confronts the terrifying possibility that his friends may have fallen into peril and are beyond his reach.
 
As he grapples with the weight of his newfound kingship, his ex-wife returns, demanding to be made queen or else she will take away his beloved daughter.
 
To add to the turmoil, the return of the Enaisi, a mysterious and powerful alien race, throws their society into even greater chaos.
 
And just when it seemed like things can’t get any more complicated, Alcandhor also has to contend with a band of scheming nobles, each vying for his favor and with their own hidden agendas. If they feel threatened, how far will they go to protect their interests? Assassination?

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This Is Why I Don’t Do Pre-orders

D2D was great. All set up, ready for release date.

Amazon on the other hand… First it gave me fits about the print cover, so I had to go back to my artist. That took time.

Then, Amazon would not accept my doc file. The red box with the red exclamation point in it had no error message to tell me what the problem was. So I downloaded the Kindle Previewer. It claimed the file was fine.

Amazon still wouldn’t accept it, but only gave an Angry Empty Red Box with no clue as to the problem.

So I downloaded Kindle Create. Had it turn my book into their preferred format.

Finally it uploaded.

But—new problem. The earliest day Amazon will allow for pre-order is much later than the D2D pre-order date. So I have a choice: do I just hit “publish now” on Amazon to coincide with the D2D pre-order date (August 3), or move everything forward to next week?

The Reluctant King Cover Reveal

TA DA!

*grumble* *grumble* *grumble*

I completely *****DESPISE***** writing fight scenes!

That is all.

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Dover Comic Con – This Saturday!

It’s almost here!
Honest!

Dover Comic Con, this Saturday, 8 June 2024, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
I am at vendor spot #91 on Federal Street, and I would love, love, love to see you stop by!

Be seeing you!

Dover Comic Con 2024

Are you ready for Dover Comic Con 2024 on Saturday, June 8, 2024?

I am! I have everything packed, and I cannot wait for the day!

I am at vendor spot #91 on Federal Street. And no, unfortunately I will not have The Reluctant King with me, but I may be able to give you a firm date on when it will be published.

I hope to see you there!

Music That Inspires the Muse

I always used to play music when writing, and it helped so much, but I stopped doing it because of reasons I won’t go into right now.

But I’m in a position to play music again. Now to decide what to listen to in order to inspire my muse for my WIP (work in progress).

Which brought to mind some songs that were inspirations in the past.

If you’ve read Deuces Wild: Beginners’ Luck, there are some bits and pieces of ideas taken and shaken (and stirred) from Queen’s Sheer Heart Attack album. And “Rich Girl” by Hall and Oates heavily influenced a certain character from that book as well.

Hmm, which character could that possibly be?

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The Muddle That Is the Writer’s Brain

Sword’s Edge Chronicles book four, The Reluctant King, is with my amazing copy editor. Yes, yes, my readers, it’s getting close now!

I’m supposed to be polishing a twenty-plus year old manuscript entitled Haladhon, hopefully to be released by the end of summer.

So naturally, I had a very bizarre dream last night, which made my brain jink sideways into thinking about the Deuces Wild universe.

This caused a long conversation with my son (long story short, I borrowed “his” universe when I first started writing DW, and his mind is where much of Carter’s genius—or insanity, depending on your point of view—comes from), and we have a basic plot premise for DW4.

So I’ll be trying to organize stuff for DW4 while rewriting Haladhon.

Let’s see what happens.

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