All Blog Posts Tagged 'books' (62)

Being a sci-fi novelist, I consider myself to be a small business entrepreneur, and I don't like Obama saying: 'If You've Got a Business, You Didn't Build That. Somebody Else Made That Happen.' Damn Obama straight to the pits of hell where he belongs, I sit in front of my computer twelve to fourteen hours a day, using my imagination talents to write two to three novels per year. Please check out my eNovels, and their all priced under three dollars so everyone in…

Geek to Author is exactly what it means, a career Geek (me) taking a journey to being an Author, a writer, a creator of something meaningful that will last. There are many sites out there on the Internet on how to take charge, make yourself marketable, how to generate traffic to your blog(s), but rarely do you find anyone that details these words of wisdom in actual practice outside those advise sites.



Geek to Author is going to do that. Document what I do, what I…

I have heard it is wise to create backlinks to your work!  Anyone have experience in this area?  Thoughts?

 As a veteran teacher and Children's Reading Specialist, I have always rejoiced when novels are accompanied with teaching resources with lesson plans, ideas and follow up activities. If you are a children's author consider adding a supplementary package along with your novel as a great resource to teachers as this will make your novel so much more marketable. I am working on a resource package to accompany my latest upcoming YA novel , Mysteries…

OK, the title of this post is perhaps a little silly and I am stating the obvious. There cannot be a writer out there who does not love books, but I am open to comments if you can prove me wrong. Anyway, my point is that I love books. I have always loved books. As a child, my mother taught me to read, and would take me to our local library every Saturday morning. I would step into that small one storey building full of excitement and happiness, and spend a few hours searching the shelves in…

Epic Marvels, Short Sci-fi Stories is dedicated to all the wonderful technical engineers throughout the world……

Hi All,

I've recently joined Authors.com and I'm so excited about being a part of the community.  I'm the author of the Evolution Trilogy, a YA Fantasy trilogy about angels and demons, not in the biblical sense, but in the we-evolved-from-humans sense!  The first book is called Angel Evolution, see below for a synopsis.  It's available on Amazon in print and anywhere e-books are sold :)

Angel Evolution Synopsis

The first book in the young adult fantasy trilogy: The…

It has been a very merry Christmas in the Green household this year. We celebrated my daughter’s first Christmas, and she was thoroughly spoiled by the whole family. In fact, we had to open her presents in three different houses! I do love having a large and close-knit family. We may not live so close to each other any more, but we certainly make the most of the holidays.

Anyway, my wish was for some money…

Creepy Crawlers

A short sci-fi story by Chuck Keyes

               "Detective Stone, you need to come down to autopsy right away," said Dr. Herbert Eckerd.

          "Alright,…

I have no problem with selling my book to the general audience. As I travel across the country I am approached by people wanting to know about my book and me, (The Master Wine Cellar Builder), I telll them who I am and they buy at least one on the spot.. Since I have the means to travel from coast to coast (In The Wine Cellar RV), I am looking for an agent to help me sell hundreds of thousands of books. I know this can be done, I just am not sure of which road to take. This is where an agent…

All I want for Christmas is to for you purchase my book. Whether by e-book,Amazon.com, or BarnesandNoble.com, or www.magnumcellars.net

Giovanni Gelati. That's right, Trestle Press's main man is back and he says something to say. Oh, this is a big deal and I am thrilled to be a part of it!





Amish Knitting Circle now occupies the numbers 2,3,4,5 rankings in short story fiction in all of Amazon Kindle, not by category, but overall. 





Check it out HERE:…

Excited to tell everyone that those two eBooks are sold on bn.com and…

I am hosting a giveaway over at my blog just in time for Halloween!

Pop over to my blog and leave your name for the chance to receive a free ebook of my historical fantasy FROZEN IN TIME.

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READ WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT Chuck's 'THEY!'

You can also find these same reviews at Amazon Kindel and B&N Nook

They!…

As a published non-fiction author, people have "pidgeon-holed" me into a particular style and genre; which is okay. However, I am also a very multi-faceted individual who has a huge imagination, and I wanted to try my hand at something very different than what people would expect. Sticking with one type of writing is okay and "to each his own", but I feel if you're a writer, well, you can write whatever you fancy whenever…

Since my first article on publishing an e-book to Amazon’s Kindle, some things have changed with the Amazon DTP (Digital Text Platform). Instead of uploading a zip file with an HTML document and other digital files to be included, there is now the option to upload a Word document. This was good news to me because I had already been working with Word documents and uploading them to…

It occurred to me that every writer has a routine, or certain habits when working on their masterpiece. My routine is usually working from about eight or nine o'clock in the evening, very often staying up past midnight while the family are fast asleep in bed. Luckily I don't have to get up early in the morning, because I can lazily breastfeed my baby in bed and she enjoys her cuddles.

Alongside my routine, I need snacks. These vary according to my mood. For example at the moment I am…