Monthly Archives: November 2014

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HRG CharityHis Robot Girlfriend: Charity is live for preorder at Amazon.  Unfortunately it already has two 1-star reviews.  How did this happen?  Well apparently, some unscrupulous individual tried to publish a plagiarized version of my first His Robot Girlfriend book and a couple of observant and wonderful people posted reviews warning everyone what it was.

Somehow though, those two reviews got stuck to my new book.  This has happened before at Amazon.  Some reviews for His Robot Wife, got stuck to His Robot Wife: Patience is a Virtue.  It has something to do with their automatic review process.  Not really a problem, except in this case.

Anyway, you can rest assured that His Robot Wife: Charity is my book and I’m not plagiarizing myself or anyone else.  After the book comes out, please feel free to review it, good or bad, based on the correct book.

Oops Part III

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HRG CharityFor some reason I had much more trouble getting my manuscript ready for publication with His Robot Girlfriend: Charity that I usually do.  As soon as I fixed one formatting problem, another popped up.  Finally, I got a message form Smashwords that everything was fine, except that I had an extra line at the end of each paragraph.  There!  It’s fixed!

Finally everything is set and the book is now available for preorder at Smashwords, Amazon, and iBooks.  It should be available for preorder at the other bookstores that offer such, soon.

If you enjoyed the previous His Robot Girlfriend and His Robot Wife books, I think you will like this one.  I personally think its the best of the series.  Keep an eye out for it.

His Robot Girlfriend on Scribd

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His Robot GirlfriendRead His Robot Girlfriend on Scribd.  Scribd is a “Netflix for books” and is available across platforms.  All of my books, including the original His Robot Girlfriend are available.

Mike Smith’s life was crap, living all alone, years after his wife had died and his children had grown up and moved away. Then he saw the commercial for the Daffodil. Far more than other robots, the Daffodil could become anything and everything he wanted it to be. Mike’s life is about to change.

His Robot Girlfriend is also available free from a variety of great ebook vendors.

Oops Part II

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HRG CharityYesterday I talked about creating a big error in my book.  Well I did it again, sort of.  I was setting up my newest book for publication at Smashwords and created a really big error.  The error wasn’t in the book, but in Smashwords itself.  Instead of typing the title as His Robot Girlfriend: Charity, I typed His Robot Wife: Charity.  Since I typed it in the title section, I couldn’t just edit it.  I had to start the process all over (The Smashwords meta-data reviewer probably hates me).

In any case, it shouldn’t affect the publication timetable.  His Robot Girlfriend: Charity is available for preorder at Amazon now as well as Smashwords, and should be available for preorder at all other ebookstores soon.  It is still slated for release on January 16th, 2015.

Oops!

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Astrid Maxxim and her Hypersonic Space PlaneWhen you publish your own books, you’re always on the lookout for errors.  Of course the most common is the typo.  I work very hard to find and correct all the typos.  Every once in a while though, you have a much bigger mistake.  I’ve just dealt with one of those.

I discovered that on one of the title pages for Astrid Maxxim book 4, it actually had the title for book 3.  This was because I was pasting in the pages from the earlier book (which I knew had correct formatting) and then changed the text.  Well, I forgot to change all of it!

If you are one of the first 24 people to buy Astrid Maxxim and her Hypersonic Space Plane, you’ve got the error.  You should be able to download an updated file from any of the bookstores by now.  Or you could keep it.  I doubt it will ever be as valuable as the Beatles original Here, There, and Everywhere album cover, but you never know.

Read Princess of Amathar free as part of your Oyster subscription.

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Princess of AmatharMysteriously transported to the artificial hollow world of Ecos, Earth man Alexander Ashton finds himself in the middle of a millennium-long war between the reptilian Zoasians and the humanoid Amatharians. Adopted by the Amatharians, Ashton must conform to a society based on honor and altruism, ruled by Knights whose power comes from the curious energy forms known as “souls” which inhabit their supernaturally powerful swords, and rife with its own peculiarities and prejudices. When the Princess of Amathar, whom Ashton has longed for since first seeing her, is captured by the Zoasians, he must cross an alien world, battle monstrous creatures, and face unknown dangers to save her. Princess of Amathar is a sword-swinging novel of high adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the story a strange world filled with alien races, aerial battleships, swords and energy weapons, amazing adventures and horrible dangers, and the man who must face them all for the love of a woman he has never met.

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Princess of Amateur – 99cents at Smashwords for a limited time.

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Princess of AmatharHey!  Guess what?  It’s my fifty-fifth birthday today.  To celebrate, I’m offering my novel Princess of Amathar for just 99 cents at Smashwords.  It’s regularly $2.99.  Follow this link.  Be sure to use coupon code XU78G when you check out.  This offer is good for one month from today.

Mysteriously transported to the artificial hollow world of Ecos, Earth man Alexander Ashton finds himself in the middle of a millennium-long war between the reptilian Zoasians and the humanoid Amatharians. Adopted by the Amatharians, Ashton must conform to a society based on honor and altruism, ruled by Knights whose power comes from the curious energy forms known as “souls” which inhabit their supernaturally powerful swords, and rife with its own peculiarities and prejudices. When the Princess of Amathar, whom Ashton has longed for since first seeing her, is captured by the Zoasians, he must cross an alien world, battle monstrous creatures, and face unknown dangers to save her. Princess of Amathar is a sword-swinging novel of high adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the story a strange world filled with alien races, aerial battleships, swords and energy weapons, amazing adventures and horrible dangers, and the man who must face them all for the love of a woman he has never met.

His Robot Wife – 99 cents for nook!

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In His Robot Wife, the novella-length sequel to His Robot Girlfriend, it is the year 2037 and Mike has been married to his robot wife, Patience, for five years. Troubles are on the horizon though. Prop 22 promises to annul marriages between humans and robots. And Patience hasn’t quite been herself. Is there something wrong, or does she just need a software upgrade?

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The Drache Girl – $2.99 for nook!

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The Drache Girl (New Cover)More than three years have passed since the colonists arrived in Birmisia, and Port Dechantagne is a thriving colony, with the railway line almost complete. Twelve year old sorceress’s apprentice Senta Bly, Police Constable Saba Colbshallow, and former maid Yuah Dechantagne must deal with wizards, prejudice, steam carriages, boys riding dinosaurs, and the mysterious activities of the lizardmen.

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The Dark and Forbidding Land – $2.99 for nook.

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The Dark and Forbidding Land (New Cover)Two years have passed since Senta, the sorceress Zurfina, and Bessemer the steel dragon arrived in the strange land of Birmisia. Now it is up to the settlers to build a home in this dark and forbidding land, ruled by terrifying dinosaurs and strange lizardmen. Ten year old Senta must discover which is the greater threat, a would-be wizard or the ever-increasing presence of the tyrannosaurus.

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