Let's Talk 2019

What’s planned for the coming year?

1. Publish Whisper in the Universe
2. Write Balance of War
3. Get Amy to do a cover for Balance of War
4. Giveaways…many, many giveaways

Giveaway Schedule (11am EST every Saturday except when I’m planning to attend a con)

NOTE:  As of February 1, this schedule has changed.  Based on January experience and Facebook responses I'm completely committed to offering these books to interested readers, but am trying to be less intrusive of those who follow the series Facebook page.  I will be offering giveaways only 1 day per month, but will be offering multiple books on these days.

• January 5^th – Dark Passages
• January 12^th – The Fourth Age
• January 19^th – Dark Passages
• January 26^th – The Fourth Age
• February 9^th – Dark Passages, Heroes of Bardoom
• March 9^th – The Fourth Age, Heroes of Bardoom, Broken Circle
• April 6^th – Dark Passages, Broken Circle, Against All Gods
• May 4^th – The Fourth Age, Council's End
• June 8^th – Out of Time
• July 13^th – Blood and Magic
• August 10^th – The Fifth Age
• September 7^th – The Fourth Age

Note#2:  Due to the upcoming loss of my employment, I've had to cut plans for this year short.  While response to my books has been overwhelmingly positive, they are still sort of mired in a plethora of tens of thousands of other works out there.  I'm not giving up; just stating a truth.  As always, can't appreciate enough the people who try to help spread the word.  The Chronicles will continue.

After all the marketing attempts I’ve tried, the easiest, cheapest and most satisfying are kindle giveaways.  Paperback giveaways on Goodreads used to also be a good choice until they started charging for them.  If you go that route, I wish you better luck.  I gave away 10 copies with over 1000 people interested in the book. I got a couple of really nice ratings and reviews and I got 0 in sales and by year end no additional interest.  Continuing with that approach is too costly when I can get my book into the hands of more than 75 people for the same price through a kindle giveaway.  Not everyone who wins a book will read it, but you don’t have to be a math genius to know your odds are better if your book is in the hands of 75 people versus 10.  Now, doing a Kindle giveaway through Goodreads is a very good choice, but its only an option if you publish through Amazon Publishing.  That just isn't an option for me. 

Anyway, I hope these Giveaways generate enough interest that some will read the books and potentially enjoy them.  If you do, please let your friends know.  And in the future you can expect more Verdan Chronicles.  I've written the first couple of pages of Balance of War: Volume 11 and may have a working title for Volume 12 (more to come on that later).  In the meantime, enjoy the giveaways, look for updates on the Facebook page and you can always come to this site to check out random musings or leave a question or comment.