Thursday, March 14, 2013

H.E.R.O. - Malice is nearly ready for release

I've completed my edit work on H.E.R.O. - Malice, and it's off to the copy editor and WTF readers/editors (last minute readers who have a keen eye and look for things that make them say "WTF is this?" or search for inconsistencies).

I've been tweaking the character for my cover image (and the background), and have that nearly finalized as well.  If you want to see some work-in-progress on that, check the Facebook page.  I posted numerous pics http://www.facebook.com/herobooks.

I'm short on time until Friday evening to tweak the image further (won't have enough time at my primary computer).  So at this point, I'm in a holding pattern.

What to do now?  Start working on the plotlines for the next H.E.R.O. novel!  I already have two of the core ideas for it, created by situations that occurred in H.E.R.O. - Malice.

'Til next time.

--Kev

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Hopping Across The Internets Jan 21th - 28th

I've gotten together with a few of my friends to introduce you to them and them to you. These folks have entertaining & educational blogs. Note that the blog hop posts (and any giveaways) will only be active from Jan 21-28, 2013.  Here they are:

What I'm doing special for this blog hop is giving away a coupon code for H.E.R.O. - New Markets (the 2nd book in the H.E.R.O. series) to make it FREE from Jan 21 - 28th.  

The first book, H.E.R.O. - Metamorphosis, is already free on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/140093
Here's the link to H.E.R.O. - New Markets on Smashwords:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/140113
The coupon code to enter at the checkout is:  SR99N   to make it free.  (Make sure to hop over and "buy" the book with the coupon code by Jan 28.  Once you "buy" it, it's yours to read and download after that date, should you choose.)
Note that Smashwords allows you to download most e-book formats, so just about any e-reader can use them.  (Or, choose to download the PDF or TXT version of the books, and read them on your phone or PC!)

By the way, ever wonder how to get .mobi (or .prc) files to a Kindle via email?  Here are details:  http://kevinrau.blogspot.com/2012/12/how-to-get-kindle-books-from-smashwords.html 


 Robert is an author and blogger - check out his site at www.beginingsinwriting.wordpress.com.  I accidentally forgot to list him here - go check out his blog!


 Rebecca is a great lady, and an excellent comedian. Her blog gets me to laugh and brightens my day whenever I read it. You can find her here (www.sweetmotherlover.wordpress.com) And did I mention I get to call her a friend? Feck yeah!





 Vy has a hilarious blog that features recipes commentaries on things that matter to her. Warning, don't go to Vy's blog if you're hungry: you want to go devour cupcakes after reading. Here's (http://vyvacious.com/) where to find her awesomeness.





 Lanise is a great author with a hurculean task in front of her: writing four books simultaneously. Sheesh. I'm having a hard time with one. Here's (http://laniseb.blogspot.com) her site. She has some posts about her novels and some other interesting stuff. Go look.



 Fab is another begining writer with some funny posts. Her's is the newest blog of all that is here. Go (http://thewritingbean.wordpress.com/) check her out and give some love, eh?










These folks are all taking part in the blog hop. Click around, get to know them, maybe win some prizes.  

Thanks, everyone!

'Til next time.

--Kev