Follow up on the tax letter

I got in contact with the CA BOE office. I found them to be quite friendly and helpful. I also was able to verify that I do not have to pay that much in taxes. It turns out that there was a mix up that caused a bunch of similar letters getting sent out. This has since been fixed and my confirmation letter should be arriving any time.

I would like to some day get sales up to or beyond that point consistently though. With sales like that it would mean so nice checks for the authors.

Well this is odd

I got a notice from the State BOE saying that the publishing company can expect to average $17,000 or more a month in sales. I've not come even close to this amount in a span of multiple years of pushing books.

No, I can't expect to see THAT much a month. Most months the money from book sales (before profit) does not even break double digits. The money that I personally get for working with Rowan is low triple digits. Something isn't adding up here. If I were a bigger name then I could see this. If I had money to spend on advertising like the big dogs do then perhaps.

I'm pretty confused.

"The Hero" Cover Reveal by Diantha Jones

"The Hero" is not one of our books, but as a Young Adult Mythology fiction it does fit into the theme of things pertaining to the spirit that I like to hold to here. With this in mind it is with pleasure that I take part in the cover reveal tour for this book,

Before he knew the Oracle…

Before he knew the Quad…

Before the Great Unknown threatened his world…

He was a hero, cursed forever.

Cover Designed by: Colin F. Barnes

Publication Date: March 18, 2014

Genre: YA Mythology

Series: Mythos: Stories from Olympus #2/Oracle of Delphi #3.5

 

*WARNING* To be read after Prophecy of Solstice’s End (Oracle of Delphi #3). 

Contains MAJOR spoilers!

 

Shunned by a family that doesn’t understand him, demigod Lenka Tahile aka “Swindle” is a complete loner and he likes it that way. Then he meets the hero, Ace Remedy, the brother of an infamous demigod Prince, and his life goes from bad to worse. Ace is loud, rude, and disruptive to his peaceful existence in every way. He’s also hilarious and daring, and Swindle ends up finding a friend just when he thought he’d never have another.

 

But little does he know, becoming friends with Ace was all part of the Fates’ plan. Now his past is slowly coming back to haunt him and there’s nothing he can do to stop it. Nothing but try not to bring to light the lost love, the failed hopes, and the cursed existence that he would kill to keep in the dark.

 

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Five Facts about Hero, Cursed

 

1. Lenka Tahile is a South African name. The MC was born in South Africa.

2. “Swindle” is Lenka’s celestial name. He is a son of Hermes. Figure it out.

3. The hawk on the cover is not a tattoo. His name is Bill and he’s Swindle’s Fauna Morph, an animal that morphs into a weapon on command.

4. Though it isn’t showcased on the cover, Swindle has extremely curly hair. Out of control, I tell you.

5. Just like Solar, Defeated, this novella switches back and forth between the present and the past, and reveals what life was like for Swindle before the Oracle of Delphi came along.

Mythos: Stories from Olympus #1 Amazon  |  Barnes&Noble  |  Goodreads

Diantha Jones was born the day thousands of turkeys sacrificed their lives to fill millions of American bellies on November 22 which also happened to be Thanksgiving Day (Her mother says she owes her a turkey). She is a Journalism graduate who wants to be a career novelist (of books, not Facebook posts). When not writing or working, she is reading on her Nook, being hypnotized by Netflix or on a mission to procure french fries.

The Oracle of Delphi fantasy series is her first series. She is also the author of Mythos: Stories from Olympus, a companion series, and there is another fantasy series in the works. She also writes (new) adult fantasy/paranormal romance under the name A. Star. Invasion (An Alien Romance) is her first title released under this pen name. Future releases under A. Star include, Mythos: Gods and Lovers series, the Love & Steampunk series, the Purr, Inc. stories, and more.

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Birthday giveaway, 15 winners possible

A fellow author and  mutual friend of Marantha D. Jenelle and myself, Georgina Hannan, is having a birthday. In honor of this she is holding a giveaway with up to 15 winners! Enter and you could win one of these fabulous books shown below.

To enter go to http://tinyurl.com/p3ht46x and follow the instructions.

Selkies' Skins Prequel information

The prequel story for the "Selkies' Skins" series will be available on Smashwords (and through other outlets as well) December 1st. This is not one that is currently available to read on the archive site.

In "Pearls of Sea and Stone: Book of Seals" we will join the half-selkie witch Kirsty Makay as she peruses an ancient manuscript that has been hidden in the Castle Carrick library for centuries. What will she learn by reading the book, and will any of it ultimately prepare her for when she is to begin her skinquest trials or for her priestess initiations?

For now this will only be available in e-copy.

Smashwords

Irony is now on Smashwords

The sci-fi/fantasy "Irony" by Marantha D. Jenelle is now available on Smashwords, which means that it is shipping out to various other ebook suppliers such as Kobo.
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/373689

Hathim, leader of the Superna refuge, and his mate have a crisis on their hands. Told through the eyes of his mate find out how they save their races from a terrible poison designed specifically to kill the non-human.

It will be $0.99 there, and once I get it uploaded on Amazon for the Kindle it will match that price there as well.

Marantha still has several other works that I am making my way through, including her trilogy. However, like "Selkies' Skins" and "Dragon Shaman" are for me since university classes have started my classwork must take more of my time. Otherwise Marantha may come back and keep prodding me, just like she used to call me up to check on how I was doing with school and how close the degree was getting.

The results of The Dragons' Beads party

The release party for the anthology went very well, and we had quite a few people come through. It did go out to three whole hours worth of music and chat which spanned many topics. This of course covered dragons, the book, some of my books, Dragon Hearts and games, and books Grease has been working on.

It was great seeing so many people come together and from different groups. Grease Coakes/John Krauss was busy DJing some great tunes, Methos Anubis one of those that helps to run to club was here, Kino was our lovely hostess... Salaiek, the cover artist was out there dancing with me (my mate was out on the floor with us at one point, that delightful fox over in the corner beyond the purple flouncy dragon that I am)... plus many other people that came by.

Here's a few pictures from the party.

Best part of parties thrown in SL? Cleanup is generally really easy. Soon we'll find out who the two lucky winners of free copies of the book are.