The audiobook of A Reason to Live is a wrap and, to celebrate, I’m giving a free digital copy of the audiobook away. No purchase necessary and, since I’m doing this through Rafflecopter, there are multiple ways to enter to win, like Tweeting about the giveaway, Liking my Facebook page, reviewing one of my books, and so on.
The latest Marty Singer book has fought me every step of the way (and little things like flooded basements, vacations, and audiobooks have proven distracting, as well), but I’m nearing completion.
To reward all of you for your patience, check out this “rough plus” version of Chapter One of Marty Singer #4, The Spike.
p.s. A Reason to Live is free today through September 2 on Amazon! Tell your friends!
As some of you may know, I am going to be a panelist on e-book publishing at the Virginia Writers Club annual writers symposium, Navigating Your Writing Life. Becky Mushko, author and panelist moderator, asked if I would mind posting both a Q&A of my self-pub experiences and a resource sheet I put together for the participants. Hopefully, both attendees and non-attendees should get a kick out of some of the answers and some mileage out of the resource sheet.
Long-time readers of this blog might remember a wee bit o’ ire I’ve shown in the past for reviews of the one- and two-star variety, like the guy who gave me two stars for my Three Shorts anthology because it was “too violent, too scary”…even though it has bullets on the front cover and is sold in the Crime Fiction section.
In Part I of this mini-series, I talked about my debut foray into audio book creation–with the redoubtable Lloyd Sherr of the History Channel’s Modern Marvels show narrating A Reason to Live.
The project is now out of our hands and in its final validation phase with audio book producer ACX, which is checking for sound quality and consistency. Once ARTL passes this quality control phase, it will be available on Audible.com, Amazon, and iTunes. There will no doubt be a part III to this series upon my muddling through promoting the audio book, which is going to be a very different animal from ebook or print promotion.
In the meantime, however, I wanted to give you a few highlights of my experiences working with Lloyd and submitting our project to ACX. There were a few bumps along the way–hopefully, these warning signs will help you when you take your own plunge into the audio book market.