This review of THE WAITING ROOM made my day (which is amazing since I am exhausted and sunburned from a rather tiring beach trip)!
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Jun30
The Wait is Over
Another amazing review from another amazing book blogger!
Throughout the ages, the basic questions of humankind have been, “What is the meaning of life?” and “What happens when we die?” Alysha Kaye’s debut novel, “The Waiting Room,” changes that dynamic – it seeks to provide a possible answer to what happens after death, and will leave you asking, “What is the meaning of death?”
I am so thankful to Kaye for blessing me with a free pre-release copy of this book to review. It was a serious page turner and I had a hard time putting it down. It was also a book that I had a very difficult time not discussing with my friends and family, as I knew so many who would love it. (In fact, I had to dish – and share – this book with my mom.)
To put this book in a genre, I guess I’d have to call it a “paranormal romance,”…
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Jun29
Better Early Than Late: When pub dates go wrong…
If you’ve self-published, you probably know the exasperation of CreateSpace and Amazon.
In my case, I wanted to make sure my novel was out on July 1, the date which I’ve advertised everywhere. CreateSpace warns that the print process sometimes takes up to 5 days…so, of course, I uploaded 5 days before the 1st.
And then my book magically appeared on Amazon a day later. Friends and family excitedly posted on my Facebook and I deflated in my humid, Texas apartment.
“Well….better early than late!” My friend Nathan graciously pointed out. I drank three mimosas at brunch and decided to go ahead and let the world know: my book is available!
Here are the links, hope you check out THE WAITING ROOM 🙂
Kindle version:
http://amzn.to/TupzK9
Print version:
http://amzn.to/1ofMTXn
Jun28
6th Country to Review: ENGLAND:)
Youngest reviewer yet- and probably my favorite review yet! This girl can write, check it out:
Jun28
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Ah hometown newspapers, how I love thee.
This week, The Hays Free Press and The Wimberley News-Dispatch published articles about me and THE WAITING ROOM!
Check it out:
Thanks again to these awesome news outlets for making me feel like a small Texas town celeb 😉
Jun25
Kindle Select Program- yay or nay?
Self-publishing is sometimes the PITS, y’all.
Here I am, suuuuuper pumped for the release of my novel on July 1, completely expecting to make it available on multiple platforms. I mean, sure, everyone knows that Kindle is the best e-reader, but who am I to judge you Nookie fans? And you rare iTunes/iBooks/Apple lovers. And yes, even you, you Smashwords page-turners.
Let’s face it–authors don’t care HOW you read their books or HOW you buy their books–we’re just over the moon if you DO buy and read our books!
All of this is to say that I’ve been persuaded to try out Amazon’s Kindle Select Program. If you’re not a crazed self-published author, let me explain a bit.
The Kindle Select Program offers various *free* promotional deals to authors IF and only if the authors agree to sell exclusively through Amazon for the first 90 days. No Barnes & Noble, no Apple, no Smashwords, etc.
At first, I was outraged. I was very all-caps: MY NOVEL WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WHOMEVER WANTS TO BUY IT GODDAMMIT!
But then I was like…Oh yeah, this is my first novel. I am…a teacher. I am…poor. I…have nothing to lose.
Free promotion is kiiiiinda hard to pass up. This blog really helped me make up my mind- gracias, Karol.
So I am EXTREMELY sorry if you’re NOT a Kindle reader. This truly upsets me greatly. BUT, Amazon will still have the paperback available OR you can wait 90 days, when I will probably expand markets. Please share your own personal experiences and your thoughts on this decision.
And I hope you still keep an eye out for THE WAITING ROOM July 1 🙂
Kindle price: $3.99
Paperback: $9.99
Jun23
5th Country to Review my Book: Japan!
5th country to review my book – Japan!
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The book title: “The Waiting Room”
The author: Alysha Kaye
The release date: July 1st, 2014
*It will be available at Amazon.com. I’ll give you the link later.
The author’s website and blog:
https://alyshakaye.wordpress.com/
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Self-introduction by the author:
Alysha Kaye was born in San Marcos, TX, where she also received her BA in Creative Writing from Texas State University. She worked in marketing for a brief and terrible cubicle-soul-sucking time until she was accepted into Teach for America and promptly moved to Oahu. She taught 7th grade English in Aiea for two years and also received her Masters in Education from University of Hawaii. She now teaches in Austin, TX and tries to squeeze in as much writing as possible between lesson planning. She dreamt about The Waiting Room once, and offhandedly wrote her boyfriend a love poem about waiting for him after death…
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Jun22
Book Trailer for THE WAITING ROOM
Whew, I could be on Creative Commons ALL. DAY. LONG. I discovered so many amazing photographers today! Same with all the free to share video and music sites. You can get lost.
If I was a little more tech-savvy, this process would’ve been much smoother, faster, and the product muchhh more professional. HOWEVER:
I finally made a book trailer for THE WAITING ROOM. And I’m proud of it, amateur-status and all.
Check it out:
The Waiting Room – book trailer
Tips for fellow authors wanting to make a book trailer:
- If you don’t want to spend money (like me) then DON’T! Plenty of great, free resources–you just have to cite!
- DON’T FORGET TO CITE.
- Remember, you’re not making a MOVIE trailer. This is a book trailer…and people who watch it know that. So don’t get caught up in the visuals–your audience should know that the clip’s purpose is to further explain your novel–to hook them into reading and coming up with their own visuals.
- Don’t use your synopsis unless it works. My little back cover blurb is short and simple, so I think (hope) it worked. But I’ve seen other people add WAY too much text.
- If you’re worried about your readers getting a preconceived character image, then don’t use images that give them that!
- Get the opinion of others–not just other writers. Show it to a friend and ask how it made them feel. Which images captured their attention and which images didn’t?
- Have fun with it! Let it revamp you.
Remember: The Waiting Room releases July 1!
Jun12
Review #5 for THE WAITING ROOM
“I don’t think there’s a soul that has walked this earth and not wondered what happens after we die, and whether we will get to see our loved ones once we pass on, and that alone made me really love the topic of the book.”
5th review of THE WAITING ROOM, coming all the way from Australia:)
Thanks a million to this wonderful blogger- check out her page!
Jun12
Fourth Review: Four Stars…I like this number!
Fourth review for THE WAITING ROOM: and yes, I will pretend that the “3.5-4 stars” just means 4 😉 Big thanks to this wonderful blogger!
