My self-published novel "Only The Lonely" is free on Amazon on January 8; one day only.
I haven't been offering the novel for free because it has a formatting problem with paragraph indentations. I've wanted to fix the problem, but my attempts failed. But when I read it, especially on the Kindle Fire (I love the back lighting), it looks good enough to read.
My short-story collection "Battles and other stories" will be free on Amazon on January 15; one day only.
I hope someone reads them and gives me feedback, especially a review on Amazon and Goodreads.
I hope to add a book or two this year. We'll see what happens.
Showing posts with label Only The Lonely. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Only The Lonely. Show all posts
Friday, January 4, 2013
Monday, March 12, 2012
My novel "Only The Lonely" is free today.
My novel Only The Lonely is free today on Amazon.com. See the slideshow on the right for a link.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Apology: My novel "Only The Lonely" is NOT free today.
I'm sorry but something has gone wrong and my novel Only The Lonely is not showing up for free on Amazon.com. I assure you, I did set it up, but it isn't free today. I will reset it for Monday. I'm sorry for any inconvenience this has caused anyone.
My Novel "Only The Lonely" is free today.
My novel Only The Lonely is free today. See my slideshow to the right for the link to Amazon.com
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Download my books for free
Well, I finally did it. I've self-published Only The Lonely on Amazon.com. Now I have two books available: OTL and Battles and other stories. I'm offering them for free: Battles will be available on March 8th and Only The Lonely will be available on March 9th.
Unfortunately I had a formatting problem with OTL. It's certainly readable as is, but most paragraphs are not indented. I attempted to fix the problem, but I don't think it worked. I believe the problem lies in my Word program. Somehow in trying to set my book up for Smashwords awhile back, I set my program default to Normal, which seems to be causing problems on Amazon. I've been unable to unset it from Normal. If anyone can tell me how to fix the problem, I would be grateful.
BTW, I'm published under the penname R Patrick Hughes. See my slideshow for links to Amazon.com. Thank you.
I hope you download each book and give them a read and let me know what you think. A review (good or bad) on Amazon would be appreciated.
I hope to have a third book out by this summer.
Unfortunately I had a formatting problem with OTL. It's certainly readable as is, but most paragraphs are not indented. I attempted to fix the problem, but I don't think it worked. I believe the problem lies in my Word program. Somehow in trying to set my book up for Smashwords awhile back, I set my program default to Normal, which seems to be causing problems on Amazon. I've been unable to unset it from Normal. If anyone can tell me how to fix the problem, I would be grateful.
BTW, I'm published under the penname R Patrick Hughes. See my slideshow for links to Amazon.com. Thank you.
I hope you download each book and give them a read and let me know what you think. A review (good or bad) on Amazon would be appreciated.
I hope to have a third book out by this summer.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
I'm in a quandary.
Yes. I'm in a bit of a quandary. I've basically finished Only The Lonely and hope to publish it soon. The quandary is: what do I work on next. Maybe you can help me decide.
I've got perhaps 80-85% of a sequel to Only The Lonely already written called Battlefields of Love. My crude estimation is that I can finish it in 3-6 months, maybe even closer to 3 months. In some ways I think it's a better book than OTL. It will be about the same length, 75-80 thousand words.
I've got another novel that I wrote maybe 8-10 years ago that is probably 99% complete called The Sendoff. It has nothing to do with the OTL saga I have planned. I crudely estimate finishing it in 1-2 months. In some ways, I think it's the best book I've ever written, but it's from when I was first transistioning from literary writing to a more popular vein of writing. And it's somewhat, though not entirely, different from OTL. It's probably a bit shorter than 75,000 words, more like 50-60 thousand.
So, there's my quandary. Which do I work on next? Which one would you work on?
I've got perhaps 80-85% of a sequel to Only The Lonely already written called Battlefields of Love. My crude estimation is that I can finish it in 3-6 months, maybe even closer to 3 months. In some ways I think it's a better book than OTL. It will be about the same length, 75-80 thousand words.
I've got another novel that I wrote maybe 8-10 years ago that is probably 99% complete called The Sendoff. It has nothing to do with the OTL saga I have planned. I crudely estimate finishing it in 1-2 months. In some ways, I think it's the best book I've ever written, but it's from when I was first transistioning from literary writing to a more popular vein of writing. And it's somewhat, though not entirely, different from OTL. It's probably a bit shorter than 75,000 words, more like 50-60 thousand.
So, there's my quandary. Which do I work on next? Which one would you work on?
Friday, February 3, 2012
Word Count: Six Months Later
Yesterday I finished the revision of my 117,000 word novel Only The Lonely based on Tanya Reimer's comments on reading the entire book.
I've trimmed the book down to about 81,000 words by eliminating some of the subplots. I consider my work on the book about 95% complete. I rewrote some chapters, added a few new ones, and combined some chapters. The 5% of the work I have left to do is polishing the revisions, possibly adding one small element, and making sure the book flows properly. Hopefully, I can get that done this month. Then it's on to self-publishing the book.
I need to come up with a book cover. The one I have works, but I may look into doing something different. I'm undecided.
The subplots I eliminated are not lost or wasted effort. They will be the basis of, or part of, one or two sequels I have planned.
I've trimmed the book down to about 81,000 words by eliminating some of the subplots. I consider my work on the book about 95% complete. I rewrote some chapters, added a few new ones, and combined some chapters. The 5% of the work I have left to do is polishing the revisions, possibly adding one small element, and making sure the book flows properly. Hopefully, I can get that done this month. Then it's on to self-publishing the book.
I need to come up with a book cover. The one I have works, but I may look into doing something different. I'm undecided.
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