The two things authors need most to advance their careers are sales and reviews. Caffeine comes in a close third. From what I've been hearing, sales for most writers have been sluggish: Readers who've been quarantining at home are apparently making their way through the piles--or files--of books they already had.
That leaves reviews to stimulate sales, but reviews have been slow in coming, too. But in recent days my newest novel, Coming Attractions, has attracted two:
https://www.amazon.com/review/RK11GEC0X2MRP/?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B07KM6JWQC
https://www.amazon.com/review/R38GWKWFYBP6NC/?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B07KM6JWQC
But wait--there's more!
Storm Chaser, my first novel, has also gained a new review:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1N97KH04O12LB/?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=B01E9D8YXS
It's a short, one, but it's very enthusiastic.
One of my Coming Attraction reviewers is also an author ... no, I didn't pay her, although I'm going to review one or two of her books as soon as I have a chance. If you'd like to read the review on her blog, it's over here:
http://www.fionamcgier.com/blog/book-review-coming-attractions
Thanks for taking the time, everyone!
This is the part where I remind you that you, too, can write a review, or even buy a book--or better yet, both, in the opposite order. Find out all about it here:
http://markrhunter.com/
https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0058CL6OO
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/"Mark R Hunter"
https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0058CL6OO
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/"Mark R Hunter"
Congratulations! Three in one day is fantastic! Tweeted.
ReplyDeleteThey actually came in over the course of a week ... although, in writer's time that is a day, isn't it?
DeleteThree comments; good for you.
ReplyDeleteRetweeted. Hopefully that might garner another few.
Thanks! I had a fourth review just come in--quite a rush, after a year with none at all.
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