…is now available on Amazon.com for $4.99!
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By Force or Fear
…is now available on Amazon.com for $4.99!
Month: June 2012
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Coming to Amazon
I’ve just “unpublished” my ebook, By Force or Fear, on Smashwords because the market is too small. The book is now in review on Amazon for Kindle. It should be available by tomorrow some time. I’ll put out the news when it’s actually ON Amazon.
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Smashwords
Don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner: here’s the link to Smashwords.com to find my book. 20% of the book can be downloaded on a trial basis. If you like it, buy it; if not, you’re not out a thing.
Here’s the link. Still trying to make it live but you can copy it and paste it to your browser or look for the live link in the blogroll.
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Still waiting…
While Smashwords.com has published BY FORCE OR FEAR, the conversion to Kindle, Amazon, B & N, Kobo, Sony and Diesel haven’t yet passed the manual vetting process. On June 11, my book was submitted to what the publishers call “Premium Catalog” which means it will be available to all the above once it is accepted. Hoops to jump through, to be sure, but necessary if I want to do this right. I’ll put the word out loud and clear when it comes out. As it is now, thanks to the readers who bought my book through Smashwords.com.
More about the story:
I set it in Sonoma County for obvious reasons–I live here and know it well. I have worked for several law enforcement agencies including Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department. It should be obvious how much I respect it.
But a few more notes about setting: When I first wrote this book in the late 90’s, the County Courthouse was situated around a quad found in the scene where Meredith shoots the old man with a knife. The SCSD was on the east side of the building with the front door off the Quad. The department has since moved into it’s own new building on Ventura Dr. I chose to stay with the scene as I orignally wrote it for expediency. I needed Judge Stephen Giroud to witness Meredith’s officer involved shooting, and the courtrooms are on the second floor with huge plate glass windows overlooking the Quad. Perfect. I also kept Community Hospital (now Sutter Health) and the field adjacent to Norton-then Oakcrest Mental Health facility. As for the chases, foot and car, these were fictional spin-offs of every back road I’ve ever been on between Santa Rosa and the coast.
I hope I’ve done justice to the portrayal of Sonoma County’s beauty-even in the soggy winter.
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Outta my hands
By Force or Fear has been downloaded to my epublisher Smashwords. It is up for manual review so it could appear online any time in the next few days. I’ve done my part. I wish I’d known there was so much lead time–I would’ve downloaded sooner.
Please be patient!
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The Setting
As I hammer out the eleventh hour re-writes on the prologue, I fall under the spell of the setting of my novel, Sonoma County, more precisely Forestville and the Russian River area. The scenery and weather have roles as strong as any character. In fact, in my first draft, the climax occurred as the heroine battled the antagonist while her house was being shattered by a monstrous mudslide. Exciting but a bit predictable so I changed it. The story takes place over a period of two months–winter months, complete with rain, flood and a mudslide (not at the climax).
Thought you might like a summary of the story. Heroine Meredith Ryan is a Sonoma County Sheriff’s Deputy wrestling with an unraveling marriage damaged by her career and an officer involved shooting. When her husband is killed in a seemingly random hit-and-run accident, she turns to her former partner for help. Superior Court Judge Stephen Giroud witnessed Ryan’s heroic shooting incident and becomes more than infatuated with her. Promoted to detective, her first homicide case promises exciting chases–in vehicles and on foot–shoot-outs and more!
It is my hope that the reader will be entertained throughout the twist and turns in this story. Rest assured, Isabel Allende won’t lift an eyebrow of concern. This is not a literary masterpiece but a fun ride to escape your daily drudges!
BY FORCE OR FEAR is set in a nearby canyon. River Road starts in Santa Rosa, Ca. and ends at Highway 1 along the Sonoma Coast.
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Publicity Postcard
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Countdown
Okay, five weeks of family commitments, visits, trips are done! It’s time to finish up this story and publish it!
Despite last minute catastrophes (post card print job was so bad that I had to have it redone and late critiques that needed to be corrected), this epublshing thing is moving along. I’ve set a date for June 8th to be online with Smashwords who converts the text to download on Kindles, Sony Readers and IBooks among others. Last minute changes include a new first chapter.
More to come on facebook!