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Amazon Rush Current Results

P.G. Holyfield — Sun, 16 May 2010 02:04:53 +0000

We have certainly rocked it today, people!!!

This is where we are right now:

#1 on the Movers and Shakers List (all books),
#3 in Hot New Releases, Fantasy (General),
#10 in Hot New Releases, Fantasy
#16 Overall, Fantasy (General)
#30 Overall, Fantasy
#274 in Fiction

So far we have 14 reviews on Amazon for the print version of the novel, and five more on the Kindle page. These help out a book’s place on Amazon, so please add a review if you purchased the novel!

Thanks so much for your generosity and support for me, for this novel, and for podcast fiction authors everywhere. I’d love to have one more push tonight, but whatever happens for the rest of the night and tomorrow, this has been a successful launch in my mind, that’s for sure!

Audio Update – Amazon Rush, May 15th

P.G. Holyfield — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:45:15 +0000

Yes, we plan on doing an Amazon Rush on May 15th, 2010. That’s next Saturday, and I’ll be doing a live show on Stickam.com

This audio update gives some info on what’s going on for the next week leading up to the book release. Enjoy!

Promo: Seth Harwood’s Young Junius Special Edition

Promo/Skit: The Book Launch Promo – The Mercuralia!

If you are a podcaster, help a brother out; grab a promo and play it on your podcast before the 15th!

Book Launch Promos

P.G. Holyfield — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:45:56 +0000

Here are some links to the book launch promos I’ve created for next Saturday. If you can link to them in your blog, play them on your podcast, or send them out to people, I’d certainly appreciate it!

Shorter promo (1 min. 30 sec.) – plot info and amazon rush info – http://bit.ly/aLyir0

Longer promo (2 min. 15 sec.) – longer plot info and amazon rush info – http://bit.ly/9WS9Rq

Promo/Skit (3 minutes) – more of a funny skit than a book promo, written by Morgan Elektra. Christiana Ellis appears in the promo with me: http://bit.ly/dCxXaJ

The shorter promo is attached here so it will drop in my feed.

We’ve got a DATE!

P.G. Holyfield — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:48:17 +0000

Murder at Avedon Hill will be released on May 15, 2010. It might actually be on Amazon a bit earlier that this, but the 15th is when I would like people to purchase the book, if they are doing it on Amazon.com. This way we’ll make sure there isn’t any “out of stock” snafus as has happened in the past with Amazon’s database system.

If you have a podcast, a blog, or even just friends that you’d like to share info about Murder at Avedon Hill with, please send me an email (pgholyfield at murderatavedonhill dot com) or ping me on Twitter @pgholyfield. I’m setting up interviews and will send out promotional materials to anyone that might want them.

An audio update will be released in the next couple of days about this, and about a contest I’ll be doing for those purchasing the novel day 1.

This is actually happening! Woo Hoo! (wait, I’m supposed to be the reserved author… ).

Thanks for your continued support…. (yay!)

April Fool’s Day Cover…

P.G. Holyfield — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:56:11 +0000

Yesterday Alex White told me that they wanted to change the cover, even though Gwen over at Dragon Moon Press had already signed off on it. They did some market research and said they needed more action on the front cover… you know… to really SELL it.

Sometimes I don’t know about this whole publishing thing. I mean, I can make a wood chipper work, but nobody in Caern has light blue socks!?

Sigh.

Oh, I’ve got a cover for you… right here…

P.G. Holyfield — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:30:08 +0000

Thanks to the great work of Alex White, art director at Dragon Moon Press, I’m honored to reveal the cover for the soon to be released (more on the book release date next week) DMP print version of Murder at Avedon Hill. If you recall, I interviewed Alex back at Dragon*Con in September, and he claimed that he loved working with authors that had definite ideas and feedback. Well, he put up with my questions, suggestions, cries, and pleas, and in the end I think he created an awesome, eye-catching cover: one that will get readers to look at the book for more than five seconds… and then… we’ve got you, got you, got you… oops, channeling Katherine Hepburn from The Lion in Winter again. I hate when that happens.

Well, hopefully you understand why I’m excited.

It feels more real every day. Thanks for coming by to see the cover, and get ready for the push… you’re going to be flooded with content over the next two months.

I’ll be interviewing Alex again as we approach the book’s release, to talk with him about the process we went through, and also about his own journey finishing up The Gearheart.

MaAH Special Edition: Behind the Scenes – Gabrielle Harbowy, Pt. 2

P.G. Holyfield — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:11:55 +0000

Today we have our next “Behind the Scenes” episode leading up to the print release of Murder at Avedon Hill. This is Pt.2 of my interview with Gabrielle Harbowy, my editor with Dragon Moon Press. Gabrielle was also the author of the first Tales of the Children story, “Swimming Lessons.”

Excuse the low sound quality of this episode. We recorded in a room at the Atlanta Hilton during Dragon*Con and there was a lot of noise that didn’t clean up very well. But it is listenable, and the interview itself turned out great.

Be sure to join in the fun on Wednesday evening, 9:30 pm Eastern, for the next vidcast on Stickam.com

Enjoy!

Blurb – Me chatting about 7th Son: Descent

Promo – J.C. Hutchins – 7th Son: Descent.

Music: Grande Rue De Pera – Ruben van Rompaey, courtesy of Magnatune.com

MaAH Special Edition: Behind the Scenes – Gabrielle Harbowy, Pt. 1

P.G. Holyfield — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:55:17 +0000

Today we have our next “Behind the Scenes” episode leading up to the print release of Murder at Avedon Hill. This is Pt.1 of my interview with Gabrielle Harbowy, my editor with Dragon Moon Press. Gabrielle was also the author of the first Tales of the Children story, “Swimming Lessons.”

Part 2 of the interview will be released on Monday.

Enjoy!

Promo – This new podcast called 7th Son: Descent. I hear it’s okay.

Music: Grande Rue De Pera – Ruben van Rompaey, courtesy of Magnatune.com

Tales of the Children Announcement

P.G. Holyfield — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:54:05 +0000

I’ve got a ten minute audio update for you this evening, focusing on what’s been going on for the last six weeks.

But more importantly, we talk about the next fiction podcast project I’ll be working on, called Tales of the Children.

It’s going to be a lot of fun… with a lot of great friends coming along for the ride!

Call the Caern Line! – 704-315-5884
If you haven’t reviewed MaAH on iTunes, please do!
Balticon Rocks!
I’m still on the Dead Robots’ Society podcast (not every week, but often!)
Flinchy is coming… really it is!
I’ll be podcasting some interviews/discussions with my editor Gabrielle Harbowy
the promo for Tales of the Children
closing thoughts
Bloopers from the past

Christiana Ellis’s Nina Kimberly the Merciless: Buy it Friday!

P.G. Holyfield — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:24:11 +0000

Friday marks the release of Christiana Ellis’s debut novel, Nina Kimberly the Merciless. Christiana is a wonderful person and an awesome talent. And for those that don’t know her own work (which you should), you should recognize Christiana from MaAH as the voice of Marrissa, the town herbalist.

Nina Kimberly is being published by Dragon Moon Press, so I’m even more invested in this novel’s success! If you follow me on Twitter, follow along on Friday for an opportunity to have one of the last remaining copies of MaAH (the self-pub version) signed and mailed out to you that same day! (oh, and did I say it would be free?)

Get on board, and defeat those sparkly vampires!!

Appearance: Dead Robot’s Society Ep. 73

P.G. Holyfield — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:46:23 +0000

I like what the guys over at the Dead Robot’s Society are doing with their writing podcast… because they keep asking me to come over and play.

Last week I co-hosted/was a guest on DRS and we chatted about something I know a little about… self-publishing. I also talked a little about signing with Dragon Moon Press, so if you are interested, the episode can be found here.

Announcement – MaAH has a publisher!

P.G. Holyfield — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:43:45 +0000

Ah yes…

00:00 – Announcement

Dragon Moon Press will be publishing Murder at Avedon Hill. No set date at this time, but we’re looking at late ’09.

03:30 – Spread the Word!

Press Releases can be found on the Media Kit Page. Please send to your local paper or media outlet… any entity that might be interested in the story of an unpublished author using ‘new media’ to land a publishing deal. Send me an email and let me know what you’ve done… we’re going to take this to the next level. Thanks, people!!

Last thing (not mentioned in the audio announcement). If you have a website or blog, please add a quick post about the publishing deal and link to the Press Page at http://pgholyfield.com/the-book/press – It will definitely help!

Music – “Sunset Serenade” – From Marc Gunn’s new CD, Heart’s Ease.