Showing posts with label harmless shorts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label harmless shorts. Show all posts

Sunday, May 27

The Harmless Shorts

Hello, All! Well, the time has come to address the Harmless Shorts. If you want them directly on your device via B and N or Kindle, I would suggest getting them now. I am going to start pulling them down soon and offer them only on my website. They will first premier in the Harmless Addict group, then they will go up on the Website. That will start in August when my new website is done.
I have a couple of reasons for doing this. The main one is that no one except for ARe will let me list it for free to begin with. I never wanted to make a profit off this books so I don't really want to charge. Secondly, since the books went for free on Amazon, people are downloading them, then complaining to me that they are not full stories. Yes, the explanation in the blurb says that, but people are giving me bad ratings for it, one calling my writing poor because it was just one little scene.
When I came up with the idea for Harmless shorts, it was for Addicts really. People who loved the characters and wanted another little glimpse into their lives. I have had readers accuse me of trying to make a profit off them because at first I had to charge .99, and now people are commenting that they don't understand the situation because it picks up in the middle of a story. So, I am done. If you want them from now on, you will either have to be an ADDICT or come to my website.  I will have to come up with a temporary place for it for everyone before the new site goes live.
There will be a way to download the story and they will be up on the site just to read. Another change will be the name. From now on, they will be Harmless Love: with the characters' names. So, the next one will be Harmless Love: Kai and Jocelyn and I hope to have it out in July along with another one out in August for Rome and Maria.

Tuesday, March 27

Writing, editing and house hunting

Well, the Schroeders have been on a roller coaster the last few days. Thankfully, it looks like we will not be homeless but we are still waiting to finalize everything.

Harmless News
I have been editing A Little Harmless Fascination. I am finally happy about it which rarely happens this early in the process, so that kind of worries me, lol. I have been double timing it, writing Possession rough draft and it is going scary easy. I will warn you, because of certain things, Possession will not be BDSM. Mainly because it doesn't fit the characters. There might be a little play here and there, but no heavy BDSM. Not sure about Surrender. A Little Harmless Submission is off for formatting for print. It will be releasing right around the time that A Little Harmless Addiction does this May. Not too long after that will be the Infatuation print release. I wasn't going to do it, but I love all the Harmless Military covers, so I really wanted them in print. I will be adding the Harmless shorts to it so it won't be too short. That will be releasing about the same time as the others in print.
 I had a notion of doing another Harmless really fast. Problem is, because we have to move ourselves, thanks very much for that Maxwell Housing Office, I won't have the time to do that one, with the next two books I have planned.

So, next up will be some paranormals. I have not decided which way to go yet. I know I have had a lot of emails about Angus and I wanted to talk about The Cursed Clan. I love this series. Just love it. I love all my books, but this really allowed me to play a little bit. And, for those of you who are looking for more paranormal in the storyline, it will expand with each book. As the clan works to break the curse, the magick surrounding them will increase.

The other paranormal I have is By Blood: Desire. This is the first of my Victorian vampire books and one that Kris Cook and Joy from Joyfully Reviewed won't leave me alone about. The idea was born back in 2009 and was the last project I shopped to NY with my agent. They all said it wouldn't work, then proceeded to put out their own versions. Thanks for that, lol. But it is another book where I get to mix it up with an entire world built within the ton.  I am kind of excited about it and hope that readers like it.
 Here is the blurb:

By Blood: Desire


Nicodemus Blackburn has seen the best and worst of mankind. Five hundred years of dealing with them teaches the vampire to be very wary of the creatures. Unfortunately, alarming events leave him no choice but to enter the world of the ton to hunt a villain. He must find a rogue vampire, one who is making his own army of blood thirsty vampires. Searching for the villain is not the worst of his troubles. That can be laid at the feet of bluestocking Lady Cordelia Collingsworth.


Cordelia has always been an outcast, even in her own family. She has forged her way in the world with her ability to write, and Nico Blackburn is the focus of her next article. Before she can obtain any information about the mysterious man, she is pulled headlong into a scandal that leaves her with no choice but to marry Nico—a man with dangerous secrets.  


Thrust into a world she knows nothing of, Cordelia finds herself falling in love with a man who claims to be a vampire. As their passion grows, so does the danger around them and Nico will have to call on all of his powers to protect the one thing he has realized he cannot live without: his opinionated, infuriating, and thoroughly delectable wife.


So, I am back to work. Lots of teaching and getting ready to move. And editing and writing. 

Saturday, February 25

Short stories, parties, and surgery

Hello, everyone! It has been a busy week of writing and promo planning for me. I am about to finish up A Little Harmless Fascination rough draft today and will be diving into Possession next. They are my next releases, April and May. I have some updates on some things that will be happening.

As of right now, if you win a prize from me that must be mailed, it will be at least two weeks. My wonderful PA Brandy Walker had surgery on her arm and needs some time to heal. I am sure all of you will understand:)  Email from the contact on my website will also be slow during this time.
Harmless shorts are about to change. From now on, they will be offered free individually on a members' only kind of special. I am planning on having a members' only section on my new website, but it might be months before it is ready to go. So, Brandy and I will come up with something else before then. Jocelyn and Kai need their short story and I will have it out this spring. The only way you will be able to get it outside of that is in collections. I am going to start bundling my Harmless shorts and releasing them. They will be entitled Harmless Love. I am hoping to have the first one out in the April/May time period. 
Callum is about to be put in KDP select starting March 1. Since ALH Submission was so successful, I wanted to try test it with a fairly new book in a different genre and see what happened. So, if you buy from anyone but Kindle, make sure you get it by Feb 29th as I will be pulling it down the morning of March 1.  I want to see the difference in sales and borrowing for other genres. I am still learning this business of self-publishing so please be patient with me. I plan on doing some other promotions in the coming month as I test out some of my marketing ideas.  
 If you are going to AAD, the two public functions I am sponsoring are open to everyone, but a word of caution. If you don't sign up for the tickets you could miss out on promo stuff. I am basing my promo ordering on the number of people signed up for the event. While I understand that everyone can come in and I will be happy to hang out, I will have to make sure that I don't waste money on stuff. ESPECIALLY the huge things. Little stuff I will have a lot of, and I will be happy to buy 400 of anything for readers, but I am also working on getting this stuff there. While I am driving, I will have to haul all this stuff and I want to make sure there is a reason:) Make sure you go get your tickets if you are signed up for AAD TICKETS. Registration is completely sold out for the entire con but there is a wait list. 
That's it. I am back to writing hoping I can go ahead and finish up the fugly rough draft of the book so I can dive into Deke and Sam's book tomorrow morning.

Tuesday, February 14

HELP!!!!!

Hey, folks. I am trying my best to get my Harmless shorts posted at as many places for free. I have tried this before, but I have had little success. But, for readers, I want to try once more. Both Harmless shorts are free right now on ARe. Here is what I need from you. Please go to Amazon, you will have to be signed in although you do NOT have to buy it or have a kindle, and scroll down to the product details. The last part looks like this:

Would you like to give feedback on images or tell us about a lower price?

I need you to click on the lower price and give them the info. I am going to list it here, first link to the amazon page, second for the ARe link. A little box should come up and ask if it is an online or offline price, and you click online, then copy the ARe link and put 0.00 in the box:) I have heard it takes about a week, but if we can get a lot of people doing it, it might happen faster and I would be more willing to give it shorts for free on kindle. I still have NO idea what to do on B and N. So, here is the thing for  each book. Please share with friends and get these free for everyone:

A Little Harmless Surprise
AMAZON

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-alittleharmlesssurprise-625020-144.html


A Little Harmless Gift

AMAZON

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-alittleharmlessgift-657450-144.html

      Tuesday, December 13

      A Little Harmless Gift Now on Sale

      A LITTLE HARMLESS GIFT


      ALL ROMANCE EBOOKS


      AMAZON


      BARNES and NOBLE


      BOOKSTRAND 


      SMASHWORD




      Join Micah and Dee from A Little Harmless Lie to celebrate Micah's holiday birthday. 

      This is not a stand alone and should not be ready that way. It is a 3,000+ short story that is a continuation of A Little Harmless Lie.

      Warning: A hot Native American Dom, a woman with a special gift, naughty, naughty bondage scene, and a happily ever after Christmas Eve.



      Here is the follow up story with Micah and Dee. and when I say SHORT I mean it. It is only a little glimpse into what is up with Micah and Dee. :)

      Monday, October 17

      A Little Harmless Gift-The Next Harmless Short

      The most wonderful Kendra Egert has given me yet another great cover. For those of you still lusting after Micah, this will be his and Dee's story and I will be releasing the short in December just in time for Christmas.
      For those of you who didn't know, Micah was born in December, so it is sort of a double gift:)
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