Victorian Shoplifters
Pilfered Promises, the fifth installment of my Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, is now available in print and ebook. This book takes my two protagonists, Annie and Nate Dawson, into the world of the modern 19th century department store, and on the Historical Fiction Authors Cooperative blog, I have written a post about the surprising role of women shoplifters in the Victorian era. Please check out the blog post HERE. Pilfered Promises can be bought on Kindle iTunes Kobo Nook and as a paperback on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Get the chance to win one of two paperback copies by applying to the GoodReads Giveaway between August 8-22, 2016.
Murder and Mayhem: Four Historical Mystery Novels
Murder and Mayhem is a boxed set of four historical mysteries written by members of the Historical Fiction Authors Cooperative that will be only 99 cents between March 22-27. These four mysteries range in time periods and settings from I. J. Parker’s The Hell Screen, set in Medieval Japan, to Anna Castle’s Murder and Misrule, set in Elizabethan England, to Libi Astaire’s Tempest in the Tea Room, set in Regency England, to M. Louisa Locke’s Maids of Misfortune, set in Victorian San Francisco. ***** Normally costing you 19.96, this boxed set will be 99 cents until March 27, 2016 and can be found in the following bookstores: Kindle, Kobo, iTunes, Nook, Scribd and Page Foundry M. Louisa Locke, March 22, 2016
St. Patrick’s Day Giveaway Hop
The Pot o’ Gold Giveaway Hop is Coming – All Day on St. Patrick’s Day! 19 amazing authors have come together to give away $100 in gift cards to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, & Starbucks – plus eBooks, swag, and even more great prizes! Just visit any of the following Facebook pages from midnight to midnight, Eastern time on Thursday, March 17th. Then hop to the next author on the list for more chances to WIN! https://www.facebook.com/jordanfordbooks https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMartinaDalton https://www.facebook.com/MicaleaSmeltzerfanpage https://www.facebook.com/AuthReginaBartley http://www.facebook.com/AlexiaPurdyAuthor https://www.facebook.com/AuthorVanessaMarie https://www.facebook.com/SydneyLoganAuthor https://www.facebook.com/mlouisalockeauthor https://www.facebook.com/Debra-Holland-395355780562473 https://www.facebook.com/AuthorBelleWard https://www.facebook.com/ccmarkswrites http://www.facebook.com/BrendaHiatt https://www.facebook.com/authormaganvernon https://www.facebook.com/AuthorKaren https://www.facebook.com/K-B-Hoyle-155377154576880 https://www.facebook.com/brendabeemauthor https://www.facebook.com/EvieHarperAuthor https://www.facebook.com/devonandlaurenroyal https://www.facebook.com/tmfranklinauthor Don’t forget to give the pages a LIKE – and check out their books. You might find your next great read!
Friendship and Service: Remembering My Mother
I turned sixty-six today, and I can’t help but think about my mother, who died when she was my age after a long illness. In that context, this particular milestone seems unusually significant. Both of my parents are gone…and yet daily I am reminded of the impact both of them had on my life. Six years ago, I wrote a tribute to my father, Second Chances and Role Models, that talked about how his choices in life and his decision to write poetry in his retirement years influenced me in my decision to finally fulfill my dream of writing historical fiction by becoming a self-published author when I was sixty. Today, however, I would like to talk about my mother and how I can see her influence in my journey as an independent author. The two characteristics I associate most Read more…
Marketing Strategy for 2016: There I go, Pivoting Again
Apropos of one of my 2016 resolutions—to stay nimble when it comes to marketing—I have once again changed my primary marketing strategy for the first part of 2016. In 2014, my main strategy rested on having my series of Victorian San Francisco mysteries in KDP Select and doing monthly 99 cent promotions of each book through the Kindle Countdown tool provided for books in KDP Select. With no new book out that year, this strategy did a great job at keeping the three books in my series visible and selling. Then, in the summer of 2014, when Amazon introduced the subscription service Kindle Unlimited, I found this strategy no longer served my books as well as it had. That was when I decided to switch strategies for 2015. See Time for a Pivot: Kindle Unlimited and Marketing in 2015 for Read more…
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