Aaron Ross Powell - Latest Comments

Re: Part 13

jesse — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:10:00 -0000

well as far as i can tell this is shaping up to be a fine novel. im not a publisher or writer so i dont care about typos or misspelled words. i do care about a great story,and this is a great story; keep up the good work

Re: Abandoning Superstition: Why I Don’t Believe In God

Uglypedro — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:05:52 -0000

I love it when "believers" start their augment with "Such-in-such biblical event really happened because in John 19:76 it says....". I usually respond with..."Hearsay!"

Re: The Hole: Part 81

kim — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:41:59 -0000

It was definitely a different read. But in a good way. I couln't stop reading and when I did, I couln't wait to start again. I'm glad that boy Rod found Hope. I was a little worried that you would forget him, but I guess I did'nt need to worry. I hope I get to read more of your work. Keep up the great writing.

Re: The Hole: Part 54

kim — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:51:23 -0000

got me hooked. I'm wondering the same as everyone else about the crazies, and evajean, and the puppy is driving me crazy. Muzzle and harness the little critter. Can't wait to find out how everything connects. Curiouser and curiouser.

Re: The Hole: Part 22

kim — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:32:22 -0000

so far pretty darn good. keeping my interest.

Re: Abandoning Superstition: Why I Don’t Believe In God

BenK — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:26:09 -0000

Hey, Just curious what you actually believe in, because using the same logic you can disprove evolution, humanism, cosmic humanism, and every other religion out there.

Re: My experience selling a draft novel on the Amazon Kindle

Aaron Ross Powell — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:09:07 -0000

Miranda-

It's super easy. Just go to https://dtp.amazon.com/ and poke around and it'll tell you everything you need to know. Good luck.

Re: My experience selling a draft novel on the Amazon Kindle

Miranda Knox — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:00:24 -0000

I have a novel of 240 pages that I would like to post for purchase on kindle myself. It is a memoir of working and traveling on board a billionaire's yacht.
I thought this might be a great way to attract interest and get some editing tips as well.
Is there a way to find out more information about the steps to selling an unpublished manuscript on Kindle?

Re: 6 Tips on Promoting Serial Novels

Monica — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:10:58 -0000

Hey Aaron,

Would like to connect with you but didn't see a way to contact you here. Found this article while looking for a way to promote my own serial novel, and saw that we share the same blog theme as well. After reading your article, it looks like we have some channels in common.

Kind regards,

Monica

Re: THE HOLE lands a publisher

Aaron Ross Powell — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:40:28 -0000

Thanks, James, and congratulations to you, too. When Permuted made the offer, I asked around to some of their authors about experiences with them and the response was entirely enthusiastic. The Permuted family looks to be a great one to be a part of.

And it definitely is cool that Permuted is so friendly to serial writers. I hope this encourages more authors to give serializing a try, since it's such a fun way to go about writing a novel.

Re: Not Since Jim Crow: The Racism of Affirmative Action

IronythatisLife — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:36:56 -0000

In order to forge "A More Perfect Union", the divisive race-based policy known as Affirmative Action must "Change". President Obama is living proof that Affirmative Action is obsolete and that racism is not a prominent factor in society today! Can we end Affirmative Action as we know it? - "Yes We Can!" And, President Obama agrees (see the video)! Also highlighted are many of the REAL societal problems encountered that limit prosperity and that Affirmative Action does not help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgzWt6p_4eQ

Re: THE HOLE lands a publisher

James Melzer — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:11:33 -0000

This is excellent news! Congrats! I got signed with Permuted last November after releasing my novel trilogy, The Zombie Chronicles, as a free podcast novel.

To see that they are doing it again with someone else who serialized their work gives other writers hope that giving your work away for free isn't necessarily a bad thing.

James

Re: The Hole: Part 2

Aaron Ross Powell — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:57:38 -0000

Thanks, Tim. I hope you continue to enjoy it -- and that you'll come back when you're done and let me know what you think.

Re: The Hole: Part 2

tim sparklin — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:12:23 -0000

hey,

i found this about six months ago, but am just getting around to reading it. it looks good so far. gotta love end of the world zombie affairs.

Re: My experience selling a draft novel on the Amazon Kindle

Libby Cone — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 11:08:52 -0000

That's great Aaron! Best of luck to you, too!

Re: My experience selling a draft novel on the Amazon Kindle

Aaron Ross Powell — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:39:57 -0000

Congratulations, Libby! I wish you the best of luck on their offer.

The Hole is currently being looked at by a publisher, so I'm hopeful, too.

Re: My experience selling a draft novel on the Amazon Kindle

Libby Cone — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:34:53 -0000

Blogging works! I have heard from a publisher, and am waiting to receive their offer. Hit the blogs, folks!

Libby Cone
Author, War on the Margins: A Novel
http://www.waronthemargins.com/
http://tinyurl.com/5bcta4
http://tinyurl.com/6y973d

Re: How the Bias for Intent Makes Fools of Us All

Aaron Ross Powell — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:57:46 -0000

Fredrik, I'm not sure why spam as suddenly started getting through. Akismet was doing a great job catching it and then, weirdly, it stopped working as well. Hopefully it'll start working again properly. I apologize for the spam.

Re: How the Bias for Intent Makes Fools of Us All

Fredrik Bränström — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:46:47 -0000

I want to keep subscribing here, but you need to take care of the spam :-\

Re: Four tips on writing a serial novel

Aaron Ross Powell — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:19:34 -0000

I'd be happy to have you link to the article, but please don't simply repost it on your blog in its entirety.

Re: Four tips on writing a serial novel

how writing — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:44:03 -0000

good tips. would u mind if i copy your post to my blog.?

Re: My experience selling a draft novel on the Amazon Kindle

Libby Cone — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:28:39 -0000

Jeffrey,

You must blog and blog and blog, linking to reviews of your books and including your book's Amazon page in your signature. Some blogs:http://www.amazon.com/gp/forum/cd/discussion.html/ref=cm_cd_notf_thread?ie=UTF8&cdForum=FxBVKST06PWP9B&cdPage=29&asin=B000FI73MA&cdThread=Tx15UAKRX5252A#
http://www.amazon.com/gp/forum/cd/discussion.ht...

Also submit your book to book review blogs, like Literate Housewife. Avoid the mistake many make of hyping their own books ("My book, such-and-such, is a masterpiece of science fiction that will hook you from the beginning") or quoting extensively from good reviews (especially if they're from your friends). Just say what the book is about, how you came to write it, and link to the Kindle and any other editions (not your Web site) at the end. Good luck!
Libby Cone
Author, War on the Margins: A Novel
http://tinyurl.com/5bcta4
http://tinyurl.com/6y973d

Re: My experience selling a draft novel on the Amazon Kindle

Jeffrey M. Hopkins — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:08:19 -0000

I too have a book available on Amazon Kindle. How did you attract attention to yours. I feel like mine is just buried there. What other E book formats do you use? I haven't been the best at marketing my book, I'm active duty military. What do you do to market yours besides the blog etc? Wishing you success.

Jeffrey M. Hopkins
author of
BROKEN UNDER INTERROGATION

Re: 6 Tips on Promoting Serial Novels

Temujin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:37:32 -0000

Hi. I would like to add a technique I am following.

You can find it here http://prosethief.blogspot.com/2008/12/promotin...

Thanks Aaron

-Temujin

Re: My experience selling a draft novel on the Amazon Kindle

Aaron Ross Powell — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:07:56 -0000

Libby, I'm not sure that my experience bears out your conclusion. I'm an entirely unknown author and I've sold a relatively strong number of books on the device. And, given that every link I've created on my site has included my Amazon affiliate ID, and given that that ID has tracked very few sales, my guess is that the majority of people buying THE HOLE aren't coming to it from my site (people who read my site probably already read the book in its serialized blog form). Maybe people who are willing to try one new thing (the Kindle) are also willing to try another (my novel).