Hey folks,

Good day fellow readers and backers.

First of all I want to thank you for the support you showed so far for Arcadia.

Today I am announcing the END of my campaign for Arcadia.

The main reason is : I have a book on production titled Lies and Deception , a short story for Too Many Controllers.  I really want them to be out there , in order to be fair to you my supporters.

once again a big thank you, 

André Brun

Hello Cape’s Side Bayers!

 Hope you’re having a wonderful day!

 Yesterday I was greeted with some wonderful news! Cape’s Side Bay has been selected for the GREAT SCI FI syndicate pick for August! It always means a lot when your fellow authors, and people you respect, support your work, and believe in what you are doing. A big BIG thank you to the Great Sci Fi Syndicate, you’ve given me and Cape’s Side Bay a huge boost, and I am extremely grateful! I’ve attached below the reasoning and the shiny new button you can see on Cape’s Side Bay’s main page!

Also, if you are into science fiction I definitely recommend you check out this syndicate! Matthew Isaac Sobin does a great job as the head of it, he finds fantastic science fiction books each month, and it was a pleasant surprise when he informed me that Cape’s Side Bay would be August’s selection.

Just over 100 orders to go! The home stretch continues. 

Please, as always, recommend, share, and order! Cape’s Side Bay is oh so close to becoming a reality. Let’s get it there!

https://www.inkshares.com/books/cape-s-side-bay

All the best,

James

We’re baaaaack! For those of you that haven’t met my acquaintance, I’m Francis, a character in Kingdom of Dreams. Perhaps I’m a real cat, or perhaps not. And maybe Francis is my real name, or maybe it’s something like... Oh, I don’t know-Timba. That doesn’t matter. What matters a great deal, is that we’re back up and cheaper than ever:

Check out our bright and shiny new book here:WE’RE SLASHING PRICES!

Oh that writer/artiste. There’s been muttering, cursing, and stomping-maybe even melodramatic, inconsolable weeping? I suppose he did work as hard as he could to make our page presentable. I wouldn’t know, I was outside hunting and using nature’s litter box to my heart’s delight. Anyway, we’re back in Geek & Sundry’s contest coming from the back of the pack. But I think we can do it. A sneak attack that they’ll never expect...

The fun of these contests seems to be to get introverted, anti-social writers to beg for an unrealistic plethora of unique orders. That means as fantasy fans of a good old fashioned illustrated yarn, they’ll probably say things like, tell your friends and your friends’ friends daughter’s, son’s, cousin’s and cousin’s parakeet about this book. (And then, oh pretty please let me know where said parakeet resides.) My thoughts? This book will double as a wonderful coaster, door stop, and foot prop. And don’t underestimate how good it will look on top of the back of the commode. A conversation piece if there ever was one. Did I mention there are pretty pictures inside? Or how about extra copies to donate to your local school? Let’s get kids reading instead of being devoured by Pokemon NO!

Aha! The writer/artiste is so desperate, he’s giving schwag away with every order: Magnets, reusable totes (oh, how responsible of him). He’s even having the lady of the house bake dog treats upon request. Deplorable, yes, but I suppose it could make some worthless pooch somewhere in Des Moines happy. I’m giving away some of his original artwork too. Let’s just keep that one under wraps. Shall we?

Okay, enough prattling. Shopping tip of the day: if you have a $5 coupon bestowed upon you by Inkshares, use the e-mail to link into to the site to make your purchase. Each person can purchase up to (10) copies of any tier. And always look both ways before crossing the street. People drive like maniacs these days.

Stay well and feel free to pester me upon my golden Twitter perch.

Best,

Francis

We are one month away from the release of Rise into the world wide wild!  And Rise needs your help yet again when this happens.  Well, really before it happens.  Here’s how.

Bookstores!  Go to them wherever you see them and request they stock the book.  All you need is the book title and my name and they will find it in their system to order.  Even if you have a copy coming, doing this helps tell bookstores there is interest in this product and gets them putting copies on their shelves for you to, I don’t know, take friends to get.

Amazon!  This is the big one.  The number of reviews a book gets is critical in getting it visibility on Amazon’s pages.  The magic number for this is 100.  Don’t assume everyone else will do this so you don’t have to.  Just go real quick and knock it out.  And your review does NOT have to be a work of literary note itself.  It can be something as simple as “I like this book” with a star rating to show how much.  Pro tip: in the subject line put “ARC review” or “Advance Reader Copy review”.  That tells people looking at the reviews who see you aren’t a “verified purchaser” because you didn’t buy it from Amazon that you did read it because you had special access early.  Second Pro tip: copy pasta!  Once you put one on Amazon, go to Goodreads, copy and pasteJ  And Bn.com.  And Indigo.  Anywhere you want.  You can reuse the same review on all of them.

Now for the big question.  When?  Well, with bookstores, now!  With the reviews, do them as soon as you can.  Amazon won’t open it up for reviews until about 2 weeks before or less.  I’ll be sure to send out a reminder once I notice it.

Now for the last big question.  The release party.  I’m still ironing out some details but Michelle and I will be at Dragoncon.  Don’t worry, it won’t happen at con so you don’t have to rush out and get a con badge.  When I know more details, I’ll let you know.  It’s only meant to be a little deal for all of you who supported this project in GA and who come to Dragoncon to come see me and chat about the book.  For those of you in Europe, I’ll have another in Frankfurt after I get back.