Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
A Review, via Haiku:
Eight arms hold secrets
Lost things may still find their way
Hope has many forms.
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An Unfinished Love Story — A Review
A Review, via Haiku
Love outlasts the years
America, passion, youth
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On Ads, KDP, Stats…and Beyond!
As promised, I’m checking in with the takeaways from last month’s promotion. What worked? What didn’t? And how do I measure success? In January, Scribble & Spark ran a special through KDP with the “goal” of getting the 2018 release White Dove to the number one book in its genre on Amazon. To help promote the…
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Free eBook Day 1
Day 1 Strategy: Ad stacks, social media, word of mouth. Inspire people to click and see what the fuss is all about. Day 1 Results: So far, so good! As of this afternoon, White Dove was #6 in Historical Fiction- Irish (exciting, but probably a really small niche community of interest), but #44 in Fiction-…
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Experiments with Ads
Back in October I ran a promo for White Dove and had unexpected success. For five days, the eBook version was free on Amazon. I had stacked a few ads and made a few social media posts, hoping that it would gain some attention. What I didn’t expect was that it would rise to the…
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Setting the Scene for Historical Fictions
When I began writing my last novel, White Dove, my main fear was that I wouldn’t be able to set it accurately in time and place. I agonized over it. I lost sleep over it. The fear of missing the mark rattled my confidence more than once. For White Dove–and for any work that requires an author to…
