Happy Holidays! 🎄🎁🌟
Now through January 1, 2026, get a copy of my eBook The Playgirl for half-off its original sale price! Far cheaper than a tiny cup of Starbucks coffee, and a lot more ethical as you’re supporting an independent artist with no corporate ties at all! Did I mention my work is also 100% free of A.I.? And racists and transphobes need not bother with my book; they’ll hate the hero. *hint-hint*
This sale is exclusive to Smashwords–nowhere else!
It may be my birthday today, but I have a gift for you: now through Saturday, November 1st, get a copy of my eBook The Playgirl for FREE! Available on Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, and more!
My 1st eBook…in your two years of existence, you’ve gone through now four different covers, a slew of freebie giveaways just to get you out there, and I still await your first written review on that jungle site that I really shouldn’t be doing business with anymore. (Last time I checked, all my reviews on that site were all star ratings–no written review just yet.) I’m currently working on a baby sister for you *hint hint*, but I never forget my first-borns. Here’s to you on your special born day, Playgirl! 🥳🥂
And if you want to celebrate, go and give her a read today on any of these sites. She’s also on sale (till end of this month), exclusively at Smashwords!
Some happy news for fans of The Playgirl: my eBook will be part of Smashwords’ Summer/Winter sale! Throughout all of July, you can get a copy of it for half-off its original sale price! (It’s fitting that the sale takes place on her birth month.) The sale is exclusive to Smashwords.com, and if you’re up for a good modern-day naughty, soap opera-esque drama that’s also LGBTQ+ & POC-friendly, get your copy today!
Today marks the start of Read An eBook Week, and also the start of a new sale on my eBook The Playgirl, exclusively on Smashwords! From now till Saturday 3/8/25, my book will be half-off at Smashwords.com. Get your copy now!
**Sale only valid at Smashwords.com**
Now through Saturday Feb. 15th, get a copy of my eBook The Playgirl for FREE! It’s been a while since I’ve done a giveaway, and this time, the freebie offer is available wherever eBooks are sold! I do these freebie offers periodically, and if you’re collecting covers of my work, now’s your chance to add another cover to your collection! 😜
I have my reasons why I changed the cover of my chart-topping bestseller (in my dreams) The Playgirl. Yesterday marked the end of my book’s exclusivity to KDP Select after being on it for 14 months, and, with its return to wide distribution, I felt like a cover change was needed. If you’ve been keeping track, yes, this is not the first time I changed it. And if you’re a cover collector, here’s another one to add to the trove!
If you’re wondering about the image I selected for the cover…I wanted something that embodied the salaciousness and drama of my story (which has not been changed, by the way). Somehow, I never considered using illustrated stock photos for cover art until recently. (My last cover was a photo of a nude woman silhouette, edited to make it look almost illustrated.) And when I eyed that simple yet striking illustration, after looking through pages and pages of stock photos, I thought, wait…I think I found her. After playing with fonts and line placements, I had done it again. I gave my story a new face. Compared to my last cover, it’s quite minimalist. And I actually like it!
Credit to Dasha Kovtun on Dreamstime.com for the artwork. It’s coincidence that the green lashes and dark brown locks of the illustration mirror the look of my green-eyed brunette protagonist. And this time, I’m sticking with this cover!
ETA: she’s now back on Wide Distribution! And on the jungle site too.
Birthday Special!🥳 Starting today through Sat. Nov 2nd, get a copy of my eBook The Playgirl for free! Available exclusively on Kindle Unlimited.
The three faces of my first book, changed in the span of a few months. 😆
I published my first-ever novel a year ago on this day, and it’s been an interesting first year for The Playgirl, to say the least! I went through three book cover images. I accidentally uploaded the wrong manuscript to the first cover. I marketed it under the wrong genre. I used a promo service that I thought was legit until I found out the hard way that any “promo service” from IG should NOT be trusted. (Those accounts that DM you on your IG bump your follower count and do some promo after you pay them, but they’re not and will never be BookBub or any of these legit promo companies. At least I got some nice bots following me.) And, outside of mentioning it here and there, I’ve gotten lazy in promoting my book at the moment, which can explain its current sale rankings on Amazon, I know. (In fairness, other things outside of my control are keeping me from promoting it some more *cough*💰*cough*)
I definitely learned some things in my first year of being a self-published novelist, and I do wish my book’s debut and rollout went more smoothly than how it did. (I also wish I had more money for a proper editor/proofreader (best I could get was ProWritingAid lol), and I would have that if I didn’t have a little minor thing called “bills” to pay.) I still have hopes for my book in the long run, but as long as I can get some readers to enjoy the story for what it stands for (women proud to be strong-minded and owning their sexuality and refusing to submit to the patriarchy), then I’ve done my job.
Happy birthday to my “first-born”! 🥳🎉And give her a read on her special day!
❤ Galentine’s Day special! ❤ From now until Saturday Feb. 17th, get a copy of my book The Playgirl for FREE! Available only on Amazon/Kindle Unlimited!
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