My first impression about Witches was that it was ideal for a series, even if the two poor, orphaned sisters eked out a living in an obscure village. The elder sister pretended to be a seer. Fortunately, the warlord of their district tries to kill them for not following his orders. Pretend seer gave a true reading when her unsuspected powers manifested.
See what I mean about cliches?
Barb Hendee is lucky to be an experienced writer. She quickly turned the lukewarm fantasy into a mystery. While book wasn't engrossing, it was a pleasant read -- that I read in a couple of sittings.
Four stars out of five because I'll probably go out of my way to read the sequel.
Hendee rates high because I finished the book in good time. I'm still trying to wade through Kevin Hearne's last Iron Druid story where the chase back to fairyland where he hopes to be safe from the Olympians, Nodic gods, and vampires trying to kill him. [You can note I can't remember the title at the moment and am not going downstairs to find where I left the copy.]
Yeah, Hearne is still funny ... or, at least Oberon is. Hearne sort of lost his edge for me when Coyote took a hit for him. The story lines have really slowed down in following sequels.
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Marketing Lament
Of course, I don't have an edge to lose. I manage to stay solidly in the lumpen of self-published authors who make a few sales here and there. Of course, most of my posted works are free. I must say I'm good at selling free stories. But I'm not going to get rich on 99c sales either.
I get a laugh, though, when someone puffs their book ... and I do check because I like to like author pages ... and their Amazon ranking is lower than mine with one short novella up.
Just got the new version of Taking Vengeance up. Will start promoting it when the upload doesn't have two copies of the cover in it. Don't ask me how it happened. I'm a star computer klutz. Just as the "help" departments of where I post or self-publish stuff.
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Maybe I'd do better if I liked marketing and promo. Any authors out there have any semi-good suggestions on linking with actual buyers? I don't expect you to give away your best secrets. Just a place where you can contact engaged buyers of books.
Of course, it'd be nice if they read their downloads and gave reviews. I'd be happy for just a few more sales.
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People keep telling me that Goodreads is the place to connect to readers. I'm signed up there but haven't done much yet. I'm also signed up on Library Thing.
As for the mojo to write a series...I wrote two books in a series and quit. I'm writing standalones now. I didn't like the idea of getting stuck with the same characters forever.
I'm signed up on Goodreads. Even post standard book reviews there. I think of it as plopping a stone in a pond. Don't know if anyone reads them.
I excuse myself because hermits don't do socal media well. At least that's what I tell myself.
You gave me a chuckle about writing about the same character. I've got the same three people as main characters acting out over 400 years of history.
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