Having taken into account the fact that several people couldn't see what the cover was supposed to be (including my beloved husband ... he thought it was a dragon when it was small :)), here is version 2.


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So, what do we think of this cover:


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I'm coming to an inescapable conclusion - naked men on covers sell books. I wonder if I could get away with a naked man on Cat's Call ... I mean they do get naked ... for entirely non-sexual reasons of course ... ;)

I'm joking, but I am going to redo the cover for "Chip Off the Old Block?" so that it has at least semi-naked men on it. It did it in ( Read more... )

Reviews are wonderful things and undoubtedly help a book sell, but the modern world is a very busy one and sometimes readers just don't have time to sit down and put sensible words together to write a full review. Hence here is a list of other things readers can do that will help a up a book's profile that take seconds to do.

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Originally posted by beren_writes at New Novel: Advent by Natasha Duncan-Drake
My new novel is out today. The price is too high on Amazon UK at the moment, but that will be rectified as soon as Amazon KDP let me edit it (hopefully today) - if you are in the UK I suggest you buy it from Smashwords until then. (It's because UK eBooks have VAT on them). Edited ( Read more... )

We thought we'd like to give something away for Christmas, so we've put together a couple of short stories. Just some feel good fics for the Haward Mysteries universe.

Originally posted by beren_writes at New Free Book, Stockings - Two Haward Christmas Short Stories

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As I mentioned yesterday on my LJ I have a new short story out for Halloween. It's available free from Smashwords as a Halloween giveaway until the 3rd Nov using coupon code DG88V. It's normal price is 99c, but if you would like it free, download it now :).

Please be aware this title has Adult Content

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twig_tea commented with a link to cleolinda's LJ that has a fantastic round up op the whole say yes to gay YA situation.

Click here is you want to see all sides and lots of commentary

So this is post #3 - ( #1, #2)

Since I posted the first two, here's a response from the original author after the agency they were talking about outed themselves:

http://rachelmanija.livejournal.com/969918.html

On Monday I posted a Signal boost about Say Yes to Gay YA.

If seems there is another side to the story and it is only fair to post it.

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Agent Joanna Stampfel-Volpe has something to say about the claims made by the "Say Yes to Gay YA" authors.Not sure if the whole thing is one big misunderstanding or if one side or the other is ( Read more... )