Update: The Sorceress and her Lovers

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The Sorceress and her Lovers

I needed a little change from what I have been writing, so I sat down this week and worked on two chapters of The Sorceress and her Lovers.  I have never worked like this before– switching back and forth between two chapters of the same book.  Like the stories in Senta and the Steel Dragon, this book will have four different main characters and will switch back and forth between them.  The two chapters that I have been writing this week are a Senta chapter and a chapter featuring Hsrandtuss.  The latter is a lizzie that first appears in The Young Sorceress.  I always had fun writing the “Cissy” chapters of Steel Dragon because it gives me a chance to look at human beings from the outside.  Here’s another little teaser.  The Hsrandtuss chapter takes place at the Dragon Fortress (last seen in The Two Dragons), while the Senta chapter takes place in the country of Freedonia.

Veronica Mars Movie

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I don’t know if you’ve heard of Kickstarter projects or not, but they are based on a web site that encourages people to donate toward some artistic or creative endeavor.  Recently the creator of the cancelled TV show Veronica Mars proposed a movie and fans ponied up for the money.  If you haven’t seen Veronica Mars, you should.  It was an awesome show, staring then unknowns Kristen Bell and Amanda Seyfried.  I have all three seasons on DVD.  With any luck, the movie will be such a success, they will bring back the show.

Astrid Maxxim in Paperback

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Astrid Maxxim Cover

You too can own your very one paperback copy of Astrid Maxxim and her Amazing Hoverbike for only $5.50 + shipping.  Follow this link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/wesley-allison/astrid-maxxim-and-her-amazing-hoverbike/paperback/product-20297525.html

Much Ado About Nothing

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For those of you who love Shakespeare, like me, or for those of you who just think Joss Whedon should direct every movie made, like me, check out the trailer for the upcoming Much Ado About Nothing.  It looks great and has practically every actor who has ever worked for Whedon.

His Robot Girlfriend Audiobook

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Some enterprising person going by the name of Clay Mann has a running feature on YouTube called “This Week in Audiobooks” wherein he posts a computerized-voice audiobook each week.  He has just posted His Robot Girlfriend.  I didn’t have anything to do with this and hadn’t heard of it until I ran across it by accident, but it’s pretty well-done for a text-to-speech program.  You can also read along with the text.

I’m not sure where the text came from– possibly Manybooks, in which case, it’s not as well edited as I would prefer.  Also, comments to Mr. Mann are disabled.  I’d like to send him a hello and thanks.

Update: 82 Eridani

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82 Eridani Journey

The other evening, I shared chapter eight with my writer’s group.  I got pretty positive comments.  I’ve still got notes from the last two meetings to go through, but I’ve started on chapter nine.

Chapter eight involves one of the character’s reaction to finding that his wife is cheating on him.

It seems like I’m just a little more behind every day, but Spring Break is only two weeks away and after that, it’s only ten weeks till summer.  I can’t remember ever looking forward to anything as much as I am this year to summer.  Still, I’m cranking away, managing to get some writing done here and there.

One Little Error in the Spreadsheet

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I mentioned the other day that I had sold the same number of books in February that I did in January.  Turns out that wasn’t true.  But more than that, I didn’t have the right numbers for my sales for about the last five months.  My spreadsheet was off, because I didn’t change the formula to account for more rows ( I have more book titles than I did), so it turns out that I’ve actually sold about 40 books more each of the last five months than I thought I had.  That’s pretty cool.  I had thought my total sales number was about 10,006, but in actuality it is 10,236.

I spend way more time calculating my sales than is actually warranted, I guess.  I have spreadsheets of monthly and yearly sales and of my free downloads– which have hit 705,178, not including samples.  But it helps keep me focused on my goals.  You have to do whatever you can to stay focused.

You also have to remember that most books written don’t sell– at all, really.  Of those that do, most sell very few copies.  It’s easy to get discouraged.  I would easily become discouraged if I had only one book out there, or was selling through only one bookstore.  For instance, The Young Sorceress just hit its 100th sale.  I’ve sold 1 at Sony Ebookstore, 4 at Kobo Books, 13 at Smashwords, 13 at Barnes and Noble, 27 at Amazon, and 42 at Apple iBookstore.

So, every book sold, every email, every blog comment, every blog follower– each of these is a success for me.  And I keep plugging away.

Tesla’s Stepdaughters at Kobo eBooks

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Tesla's Stepdaughters - New Cover & New Price

Tesla’s Stepdaughters is available at Kobo eBooks.

In an alternate 1975, where men are almost extinct due to germ warfare, someone is trying to kill history’s greatest rock & roll band. It falls to Science Police Agent John Andrews, only recently arrived from the distant male enclaves, to protect them. As the band continues their come-back tour across North America, Andrews must negotiate a complicated relationship with Ep!phanee, the band’s lead singer; drummer Ruth De Molay, bassist Steffie Sin, and the redheaded clone lead guitarist Penny Dreadful, as he protects them and tries to discover who wants to kill the Ladybugs.

His Robot Wife at iBookstore

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His Robot Wife

His Robot Wife is available at iBookstore.

Five years ago, Mike Smith was an unhappy man living all alone. Then he purchased a Daffodil. Far more than regular robots, his Daffodil Patience, changed his life in ways that he had never thought possible. Now it is the year 2037, and Mike and Patience have been married for five years. Retired and enjoying life, Mike thought that all his troubles were behind him, but it seems as though they are creeping up again. California Proposition 22 proposes to define a person as a biological entity, thereby annulling marriages, like Mike’s and Patience’s, performed in other states. Battle lines have been drawn, at least as far as the proponents of the bill are concerned. Now Mike must muster his own support to defeat the measure. But there is more going on than just politics. Daffodil, the robot maker, is in the news again. Hardware issues are leaving robots across the globe unable to function. Is it only an antenna issue? Now Patience herself is behaving oddly. Is there something really wrong with her, or does she just need a software upgrade?

The Many Adventures of Eaglethorpe Buxton at iBookstore

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Eaglethorpe Buxton Mini

The Many Adventures of Eaglethorpe Buxton is available at iBookstore.

Eaglethorpe Buxton, famed adventurer and story-teller, friend to those in need of a friend and guardian to those in need of a guardian. He is a liar and braggart, not to be trusted, especially around pies. Who are we to believe? Buxton himself leads us through The Many Adventures of Eaglethorpe Buxton. This volume includes the previously published Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Elven Princess in which our hero comes to the aid of… a poor orphan? An elven princess? And Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Sorceress. When the sorceress, subject of Eaglethorpe’s play arrives with fire in her eyes, the hapless story-teller must pretend to be his good friend Ellwood. Will he pull off this charade and survive? And what happens when the real Ellwood shows up? One can never tell, especially when Eaglethorpe tells the story. Plus thrill to three all new Eaglethorpe stories. In Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Queen of Aerithraine, our hero is back in his homeland, just in time to stop a mysterious murder, meet the Queen, solve the mystery of his best friend, and face off against a zombie apocalypse! In Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Amazons, our hero and his new friend Percival Thorndyke tramp through the horrible, stinking, insect-infested land of Ennedi in search of treasure. Eaglethorpe must deal with man-hating Amazons, jungle-dwelling goblins, vicious centaurs, the dreaded and feared frog-bear, and a companion who seems determined to get himself killed. In Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Day of the Night of the Werewolf, the famed story-teller is sent to hunt down an unusual werewolf and manages to run into practically everyone he has ever met along the way. The Many Adventures of Eaglethorpe Buxton is a farcical fantasy of heroic proportions, sure to elicit more giggles than gasps.