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It’s Release Day for Paper Wishes – Take Two – (Head Smack)

Posted on August 7, 2013 | 13 comments

Okay – so, no one told me that release day means “within a couple of days of” a certain date at both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Color me silly.

Note to self – Schedule launch for a few day AFTER the official release date next time to let the big boys catch up.

But Fear not!

Astraea Press has all the Paper Wishes your heart may desire.

Available now. Yes, seriously. Right now.

And for the bargain basement price of $.99 for a new release!

How cool is that?

And yes, you can get it for your kindle or Nook over at Astraea. They are all sociable that way. Zip on over to Astraea Press to buy Paper Wishes for $.99

Oh! And the deal is still out there! Facebook or Tweet about the release and giveaway for a chance to win a free copy. Don’t forget to tag me so I see it!

Click to Tweet: “It’s release day for “Paper Wishes” a sweet romance by @Jennifermeaton. Check it out!”

Click to Tweet: “Win a free copy of “Paper Wishes” by @jennifermeaton”

Paper Wishes (jennykellerford.wordpress.com)
It’s Release Day For My Book Paper Wishes! Wahoo! (sisterhoodofthetravellingpens.wordpress.com)

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Posted in Marketing Madness

Tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Astraea Press, Bargain bin, Barnes & Noble, Facebook, jennifer eaton, jennifer M. Eaton, Noble, paper wishes, sweet romance, Twitter

Book Review of “Surrender” by Aimee Lane

Posted on July 12, 2013 | 14 comments

I wrote the header for this post, and then I sat and stared at it for a while. I’m not even sure how to review this book. Let’s try to start with the basics.

Were there any explosions? Yes, there was, but you’d miss it is you blinked. I had to re-read the section to make sure what happened…. But there was an explosion, so she earns an extra cookie for her efforts.

What POV was it in? Second person. That was fine… but it switched back and forth between the character of Lily and Cael. For half of the book, this worked wonderfully. The other half, it didn’t work for me. I’ll explain later.

Okay… let’s get into the good stuff

Aimee Laine has a sharp writing style. She is crisp, concise, and not overbearing on her settings. I prefer a novel that moves, and for the most part, Surrender does keep flowing.

The last 40% or so (yeah, I read on a Kindle) flew by. Great plot, great pace, and lots of heart pumping excitement. I really enjoyed it and had trouble putting it down.

Head Hopping:

Okay… so… here is my problem. I completely understand why she skipped between points of view in the end of the novel. I worked beautifully.

However, it didn’t work so well for me in the beginning. I think I could have gone through almost all of the beginning entirely in Lily’s POV and not missed out on much.

I think the author tried to keep it consistent, and made sure we saw Cael’s POV in the beginning so it was not jarring at the end. For me, it backfired, because I found I wanted to stay with Lily.

Too many characters.

There were just too many characters in Surrender. Half the time I was lost and had no idea who was who. Now, in saying this, there was a “book one” that I did not read. This may be part of my confusion. But my mind wanted to focus on Cael and Lily and the family that Lily went to live with. But Cael was always involved with long conversations with other people that just seemed to go on forever (from my perspective) because I wanted to get back to Lily.

Aimee Laine did her job, in that I cared about Lily… but I just didn’t care about all the rest of them… even if they were trying to save Lily.

Long conversations.

I touched on this a second ago. I feel like there were too many extended conversations. Honestly, I started to skim from time to time, thinking: “Let’s get back to Lily.”

Was this two short stories that became a novel?

At about 40% in to the novel, I was dreading writing this review. For the reasons above, I was really not liking it. It felt like it was winding down, and it pretty much did, with one loose end. But there was still 60% of the novel to go.

All of the sudden, when the characters grabbed onto that little loose end, my interest became peaked. Suddenly, I was drawn in. I cared. I stayed up late reading. I hid from my kids trying to get a few extra pages in. We had company, and I was bored, so I scooted upstairs and got a chapter in and slipped back before anyone wondered about me. I was interested. I was hooked. It came together.

I did have a slight cringe when three or so new characters were introduced into the ensemble, but the pacing kept me going. Right up until the very last page you find yourself on a roller-coaster ride of awesomeness.

When I finished, I closed my Kindle and said “Wow, that was great.”

But here lies my quandary… I feel like I have read one three-cookie “okay” book, and one four cookie “really great” book. So how the heck do you tie that all together?

I’m just not sure. I wish that the author had found a way get past the first half of the book faster. There just seemed to be too much fat there, when all the beefy good stuff was at the end.

Would I recommend Surrender?

Yeah, I think so. Especially if you read Little White Lies. The beginning might make more sense if you have read the first novel in the series.

But if you find the beginning a little “tame”, don’t hate me… just get to about the 40% point and enjoy the ride. The second half of the novel really moves, and it is an enjoyable, tense read right up until the last few pages.

Special Release Day Review: 5 Stars to Surrender by Aimee Laine! (bookarooju.wordpress.com)

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Posted in Book/Movie Review

Tagged Amazon Kindle, Book Review, Cael, Fiction, jennifer eaton, Kindle, Lily, Little White Lies, mimic, mimics of rune, novel, Surrender

When you are lucky enough to have choices. Stuff to thing about

Posted on April 27, 2013 | 12 comments

When searching for a publisher, many authors target who they want, but settle for who will publish them. Right? This week, I found myself in the thrilling and cushy position of having a choice after being offered multiple contracts for Paper Wishes.

What’s Paper Wishes? Ha! I’m glad you asked! Paper Wishes is the re-envisioning of Jack and Jill Volume One.

As most of you know, Still Moments Publishing was purchased by another publishing house on March 15, and Jack and Jill was not one of the titles automatically shifted under their fold.

This was not a huge surprise to me, as Jack and Jill was not traditional Romance. The book really was a better fit for Christian Romance, so the minute I got my rights back, I began querying Christian Publishers.

Now – should this happen to anyone else, be prepared because the greater percentage of publishers out there (at least in Christian) DO NOT WANT previously published work. This surprised me at first. I had the nicest discussion with a really big house that liked my work, but had to decline because it had been published too recently.

But they were really a long shot anyway… and not so much on my radar. I was mainly focused in on one publisher that I contacted the day Still Moments made the announcement. I spoke with this publisher, explained my predicament, and we chatted about the publishing business in general for a while before I had even sent them my work. We were very much on the same page, so I bit my nails as I sent them my submission, and to a few other houses as well.

Less than a week later, I had two contract offers, and a third arrived last night. I have the luxury of matching up what each publisher has to offer, and also weighing the changes each publisher wants. (Yes, there will be changes)

Requested Changes:

1. Two of them want the cursing removed – and for anyone who has read my work, I really don’t curse. But what I WILL have to remove is dernit, darn, gosh, Hell, heck … anything even remotely looking like an explicative.

2. I will need to tone down the make-out scene to bring it more within the boundaries of Christian novels.

3. One of the publishers wants me to change it from First Person to Third Person.

So I am weighing the required changes alongside royalties, distribution, foreign rights, cover design, print rights and overall package offered.

It’s wonderful place to be, and I hope to be making an announcement shortly.

Don’t rock the boat, baby. (hopeofglory.typepad.com)

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Posted in Senseless Ranting

Tagged Amazon Kindle, Book, Business, choices, Christian novel, Christianity, chrstian publisher, Jack and Jill, Jill, offered a contract, paper wishes, publish, Publishing, Publishing and Printing, sold, still moments publishing

#free #ebook copy of Torn by Keri Neal and a handmade Crochet eReader cover

Posted on March 1, 2013 | 7 comments

Yay! It’s Freebee Fridays time!

First of all, Congrats to last week’s winner:

You’ve received a free copy of “A Heart Broken” by Sara Barnard.

If you’d like to find out more about Sara Barnard and her books, hop on over to www.sarabarnardbooks.com

Alien Smile Yee Haw! I had fun last week.

Great.

Hey, where have you been?

Alien Smile Texas! I was out with Sara Barnard explod’, stuff.

Oh, umm, that’s nice.

I’m glad you made a friend.

Alien Smile So what’s on tap for this week?

Kerri Neal is waiting outside.

Are you ready?

Alien Smile Of course!

What kind of host are you, making her wait?

One who likes to make sure her Little Blue Lady is in a good mood first before subjecting visitors to her.

Alien Smile What?

Nothing.

Alien Smile Hmmm. Well, okay.

Ms. Neal? So nice to meet you. I am the Little Blue Lay From Mars.

How are you today?

Oh, ah, good.

Is this where I talk about my book Torn?

Alien Smile Yes oh yes! I love to talk about books, but only if they are worth reading. So let’s cut to it. Why would someone want to read a torn book? Isn’t that a little hard?

Huh?

Oh, not… the book isn’t torn.

The title is Torn.

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Well, if the title is torn, how will anyone know what it’s called?

No, it’s umm…

You know what, ladies… next question. Let’s just leave it at that, okay? What makes your novel great, Kerri?

It’s fun, it’s sexy, it’s a nail biter.

What more could you want?

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Sexy? Is it human sexy or Martian sexy? I really don’t get into all the half-headed men on this planet.

I think everyone is Kerr’s book has whole heads.

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Are you sure?

Pretty sure.

Go ahead, move on.

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Well, if there are no sexy Martians, why would anyone want to read it?

Did I mention it’s fun, sexy and a nail biter?

Well, ok then. It’s also a love story. And there is some violence for you adrenaline junkies.

Alien Smile Oh!

What kind of violence?

Does anything explode?

Why, yes. Yes something does explode.

Your heart! There’s also an actual explosion, but I don’t want to give anything away.

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Jennifer, she’s talking about exploding hearts. Is this a horror book, because that sounds really messy.

I don’t think that’s what she meant.

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Are you sure?

Keep going see what she says.

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Okay, so, what exactly is it about?

After Agent Shane Baxter’s last mission failed both professionally and personally, he fled the States and changed his name. When Dixie Peterson re-enters his life, he has a second chance to make things right. Dixie is determined to find out the truth about Shane’s departure from her life two years ago, but someone else from her past is seeking revenge. Shane and Dixie are forced to confront the past, while their future is still unclear.

That doesn’t sound like anything explodes. Hey, is this a squishy Romance novel?

It’s a nail-biter!

It’s exciting.

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 She doesn’t sound very convincing. I have a bad feeling about this one. How do I know she can be trusted?

Ask her some trust-worthy questions.

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Okay, Ms Neal: Would you like to take over the world?

Um…YES! Disney World!

Cuz I’ve never been there and it sounds awesome!

Is that too many exclamation points?

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Disney world? What the heck are you supposed to do with Mickey Mouse and a bunch of dancing animals?

But I like dancing animals.

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Erghhhh. Are you making fun of me? I don’t like it when people make fun of me. Last chance, Neal: If you could explode just one thing, what would it be?

Ok, what’s your fascination with exploding?

I wish I could blow up a watermelon.

Seriously, I only blown up things in my head.

PKO_Alien 3 0003387 Ugh! She’s done. Exploding watermelons and dancing fruit. I have nothing in common with this woman! Where’s my ray gun! Once I get rid of her, let’s go out and get something to eat.

Wait! Ummmm… Kerri, quick, she’s hungry describe your favorite dessert.

See if you can distract her!

Well, I love white chocolate lemon cheesecake. Let that soak into your brain for a minute. The buttery white chocolate, the tangy lemon, the melt-in-your-mouth creamy cheese. Then when it’s all gone you have those little ooey-gooey graham cracker crumbs that stick to the plate and the fork. That’ll satisfy your sweet tooth.

Ooooo. You would have had me if you didn’t include lemon! I tried lemon a few weeks ago.

What is it with you authors and lemons! Disgusting! Prepare for your demise!

Wait! Stop… just blow up her book… don’t blow up her! Quick, Kerri, do you have a bribe?

How about a hand-crochet cover for her e-reader?

I’ll make it myself!

A pretty blue to match her hair!

[[Sniff]]

You’d make me something?

Sure. You look like a nice little blue alien… when you’re not painting that ray gun at me, that is.

You can even use it as a comfy bed.

It would fit you perfectly.

Sniff.

[Powers down ray-gun] Okay.

I’ll pretend you didn’t say anything about lemons.

Awesomesauce! And how about we give away a handmade crochet eReader cover to a guest today with a copy of your ebook of Torn?

Sure.

They can even pick the color.

As long as it’s not gray. I don’t do gray.

There you have it! Comment below for a free copy of Torn by Kerri Neal, and a bonus custom handmade crochet eReader cover. How about them apples?

Thanks for coming Kerri!

If you’d like to find out more about Kerri Neal check out her blog kerineal.com/author or check her out on Twitter twitter.com/@authorkerineal or Facebook facebook.com/authorkerineal

The Little Blue Lady From Mars © Jennifer M. Eaton.

Myths about crochet (bretonyarnerie.wordpress.com)

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Tagged Amazon Kindle, Book, E-book, exploding things, Interview, keri Neal, lemon dessert, little blue lady from mars, Neal, torn

The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest: Did you make the first cut?

Posted on February 16, 2013 | 29 comments

The top 400 pitches in each category have been listed. Did you make the cut?

I didn’t recognize anyone on the YA list, but congrats to everyone who made it. I wish you the best of luck.

And, yes, that means that my name was NOT on the list.

Am I upset? Honestly, not really.

The only thing I could really be upset about is that I stopped doing what I SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING and spent two weeks polishing my manuscript, rewriting the beginning, and writing an (unsuccessful) pitch. I am now behind on a writing project that I should have finished and sent to beta yesterday. (I haven’t even written the climax yet)

However

My Fire in the Woods manuscript now has a KICK BUTT beginning that I believe fixes everything that was wrong with my first draft, and I also have a pitch that I know needs some tweaking, because there were 400 out there that were better than mine.

So, yes, I am behind on my current Work in Progress, but my “Big Tamale” Fire in the Woods is now quite a bit closer to being ready for query land.

So, am I mad I didn’t make the first cut? Nope, not at all. It was no reflection on my novel. They didn’t even look at it. My pitch didn’t grab them. No harm, no foul.

Thanks, Amazon, for giving me that extra pressure to fix the overall problems.

What about you guys? Did anyone make the first cut? Are you in the same boat as me? What do you think about all this?

$50,000 breakthrough novel award from Amazon (wheredoyougetyourideas.net)
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award – Made the first cut! (timhscott.wordpress.com)
The Perfect Pitch: The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest begins (chazzwrites.com)
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (scottdavidbrown.com)
Amazon kicks off its Breakthrough Novel contest (csmonitor.com)
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (laurenwaters.net)

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Posted in Senseless Ranting, Writing Contests

Tagged Amazon, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, Publishing, Writers Resources

Review of Make Believe Anthology

Posted on December 31, 2012 | 3 comments

Are ya looking for Romancing Your E-Reader? 25 Ebooks Up for grabs! Click Here to Enter!

Yay! (I hope) There is another review scheduled for today! Please hop on over to Kindle and me http://www.kindleandme.com/2012/12/blog-tour-make-believe-by-ja-belfield.html and let me know what they said!

Thanks!

Why all the hullabaloo? Well, it’s to promote my two new releases “Make Believe” and “For the Love of Christmas”

That’s why!

And don’t forget to click on “Enter to Win” for a chance to win your choice of the two titles! Yay!

Oh, I almost forgot… A few random commentors along the tour path will win their choice of anthologies, too. So be sure to hop on over and say “Hi”

ChristmasFiligree

Hop on over and send me some love!

Click on over to see Emily’s interview on Mywithershins

Check out today’s Review: http://www.kindleandme.com/

Visit my Anthology buddies! They are celebrating too!

CHRISTMAS WARMTH Anthology/”The Ghost Of Christmas Presents” (G-Excerpt) (trsparties.com)
HEARTS AND HOLLY Anthology, erotic short story “A Gift From St. Nicholas” (PG-Excerpt #1) (trsparties.com)
Make Believe Blog Tour: A 4 Star Review! #anthology #review (rebeccahartwriting.wordpress.com)
Muse-Sings December 2012 Special Feature & Giveaway (juliecatherinevigna.wordpress.com)

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Posted in Book/Movie Review

Tagged Amazon Kindle, anthology, Christmas, E-book, Emily, Kindle, Last Winter Red, Love of Christmas, Make Believe, Reader (academic rank)

Wow. I Gotta Admit. If Feels Good.

Posted on December 28, 2012 | 2 comments

Are ya looking for Romancing Your E-Reader? 25 Ebooks Up for grabs! Click Here to Enter!

Wow. I gotta Admit. This feels good. Pictures speak volumes. There’s just something about actually holding it. Ya know?

Now… On with the Blog Tour

Over at Once Upon a Time there’s a Make Believe Anthology Book Review and ebook giveaway (Please hop over and let me know if the review is good)http://onceuponatime.jaedia.net/

My Favorite Books, Movies, and Vacation Spots are revealed in an interview with Ceri Hebert. Hop over for another chance to win!

And last but not least, I’m also hanging out with Laura at Not Just 9 to 5 talking about finding time to write around your job and family.

Don’t forget to visit me! I enjoy seeing friendly faces! (Or avatars, as they may be) 🙂

Why all the hullabaloo? Well, it’s to promote my two new releases “Make Believe” and “For the Love of Christmas”

That’s why!

And don’t forget to click on “Enter to Win” for a chance to win your choice of the two titles! Yay!

Oh, I almost forgot… A few random commentors along the tour path will win their choice of anthologies, too. So be sure to hop on over and say “Hi”

Hop on over and send me some love!

http://onceuponatime.jaedia.net/

Interview with Ceri Hebert.

Not Just 9 to 5

Visit my Anthology buddies! They are celebrating too!

Muse-Sings December 2012 Special Feature & Giveaway (juliecatherinevigna.wordpress.com)

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Posted in Author Interview

Tagged Amazon Kindle, Arts, author, Book, Christmas, E-book, Facebook, Love of Christmas

The Proper (and easy!) way to Market your Novel #4 – The dreaded Public Appearance

Posted on October 26, 2012 | 15 comments

Alright, we’ve talked about not marketing your novel… instead, marketing yourself. How do you do that? By being nice.

(Check out the last few Friday posts if you’re just jumping in.)

Okay, so it’s all well and good doing this over the internet… but what about those public appearances?

We can all be nice, that’s not too hard. Getting out there in front of people… that is hard. But when you do, just remember that you don’t need to shove your novel in people’s faces.

Just smile pretty. Answer questions. Be yourself.

If you are a scared, timid writer, invent a new character who is outgoing and friendly… and be that person for a little while. (It’s called acting).

In the end, the connections you make will sell your work. The connections you make will lead to “word of mouth”. And you never know when you will be nice to someone, and they will help you out.

Remember Ed Griffis? After my post on his novel, dozens of my followers re-tweeted it. It’s the Twitter snowball effect. His Kindle rating jumped. Pretty cool, huh? I’m not saying that is all because of my post. Maybe it was just a coincidence. (There is a lot that goes into your Amazon rating. It not only has to do with your sales, but everyone else’s too.) But if you guys did all run out and buy his book, that’s great… and you found out about it because the author was “nice” to me for a little while.

Easy self-promotion, right?
Market yourself. Not your novel.

Smile pretty at everyone.

You never know who you might meet.

By the way… thanks for stopping by.

It’s great to meet you! 🙂

What else is out there for Writers? (buildingrelations.wordpress.com)
5 Low-Cost Social Media Marketing Strategies for Authors (openforum.com)
Guide to Keeping Up With Twitter (lauraleewalker.com)
7 Tips to Avoid Social Media Productivity Loss (kylelacy.com)

15 Comments

Posted in Author Interview, Marketing Madness

Tagged afraid, Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Facebook, fear of public speaking, how to speak in public, interviews, jennifer eaton, marketing, public speaking, Snowball effect, Social media, Social network, speak in public, Twitter, your vovel

Road to Publication #19: Completing the ARCs

Posted on October 8, 2012 | 15 comments

Whew! Anyone want to take a breath with me? Breathe in, Breathe out. Breathe in, Breathe out. Ahhhh feels good, doesn’t it?

So, yes, the arcs are done. What did I find?

There were a few odd editing errors. I mean… really odd editing errors. For instance, a sentence ended a paragraph in the original version. All of the rest of that paragraph was deleted, but that particular sentence remained, but was added to a different paragraph where it made no sense. Yeah, weird… I know.

What I also came across were places where a string of speech was removed for one reason or another, leaving what was left behind “hollow”… meaning someone answered a question that was never asked, or things like that. Yes, weird again.

I also found a sentence where a word was missing, but it was in the original text. Isn’t that odd? I guess I took for granted that the file would be cut and pasted. Apparently not.

What I marked mostly was something that I DON’T think they will fix, even though I asked for it. The reason is that I just saw the same thing in a published novel from this publisher.

It’s silly, and very anal I will admit… but on my Kindle, if a sentence falls off with a “…” at the end… if placed correctly, the “…” will be treated as its own word and end up all by itself on a line. I asked that ending “…” ellipses be attached to the final word in each case where they appear.

Like I said… I can ask, right? I hope they do it, because I think it will look better.

The hard part of this whole project was transferring all my notes from my Kindle onto an Excel spreadsheet so they could review it in the format that they requested. I suppose it would have been easier if I edited on my computer in PDF format, then I could have just created the spreadsheet at the same time.

Yes, in retrospect it would have been easier, but if I come across this again, I will probably do it the same way. The reason is that I enjoyed the experience of reading it on the Kindle, as my readers will see it. It just looked “different.”

(And it’s cool having the cover with my name on it appearing in my Kindle Carousel 🙂 )

Ah… vanity… definitely my favorite sin.

Oh! Impromptu movie game! Anyone know who said that line, and what movie it came from?

Self-Editing For Self-Published Fiction (advancedfictionwriting.com)
My Book Is Ready for Publishing (muponisi.wordpress.com)
effective editing: it’s not terminal or is it? (roxieh.wordpress.com)
So what does an editor do, exactly? (heydeadguy.typepad.com)
Life Happens, and the Novel Continues (vitaro.wordpress.com)
Copy editing jargon explained: the standfirst (alisonharmer.wordpress.com)
Self-Publishing ‘Properly’, Or: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (dan-harris.net)
Self-Editing (niaforrester.com)
Can e-book sellers survive the tablet war? (stuff.co.nz)
Step, step, step … the novel progresses (lindacassidylewis.com)

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Posted in Road to Publication

Tagged Amazon Kindle, betting published, Business Services, Communications, connect the dots, Copy editing, deadlines, E-book, editing, editor, Google, Kindle, Paragraph, Publishing, Sentence (linguistics), too much to do, working with an editor, working with deadlines, Writing and Editing

Road to Publication #17: Getting the ARCs for final approval

Posted on September 24, 2012 | 31 comments

Why is my blood pressure up today? The Advance Release Copies (ARCs) for the Make Believe Anthology have been released.

They arrived while I was at work, and unable to download them. I see a flurry of “Yay” and “high-fives” from a few of the other authors during the day as they review their own, and see the other author’s work for the first time.

They seemed excited.

I’m not excited.

Excited is definitely not the word for it. I think nauseous covers it about right.

I think part of my problem is that the first 500 words were recently released. I found a sentence in the wrong place. My heart sank. I contacted the publisher, and they said to go ahead and fix it for the first page release, and to make sure I fix it when I got the ARCs. Whew!

But now I’m worried about what else I might find. Maybe I’m overreacting. I hope I’m overreacting.

Okay. Enough stalling. I’m going to download it to my Kindle now.

Okay. Wow. So cool to see it for the first time. I need to fix any errors in mine in the next two weeks and return it. So… sorry ladies, but I will read yours later.

I flip to my story, and my gaze hovers over the cover page. Yep. That’s my name. Feels good.

I flip to the next page. Something’s wrong. Have you ever stared at something, not even read it, and known something was not right?

The formatting. Oh, crud. The Font in my title pages is important. It gives an emotional impact… a “feel” of being outside. They replaced it with a blocky, emotionless ruggedly bold text.

The first “first 500” that was sent to me to post on-line had the correct font. Hopefully this will be a simple fix.

Before I really get down to reading, I receive an email with the instructions on how to notify them of changes, and what kind of changes will be accepted. One phrase stood out.

“We won’t guarantee all your final changes will be made, but now is the last possible time for you to make them.”

Now my blood pressure is pumping because I never had the chance to “okay” a final completed version before it went to ARCs. I have no idea if the changes that I discussed with the editor “piece meal” were inserted correctly BEFORE it was sent to copy editing.