Ummm… Frazzled… 🙂
BUT, Rimworld- Diplomatic Immunity is out to the alpha readers and the cover is in work.
Five short stories written, three published (so far), one in Unmasked, from Kevin James Anderson and I don’t understand why this one only has EIGHT reviews total and only one with an actual comment… Weird… Another one in It Came From the Trailer Park, and the last in Can’t Go Home Again. Another is in the second Tales Around the Supper Table, which ‘should’ be out shortly…
And last, the fourth has been accepted by a major publisher for an anthology that will be out in 2022, but I can’t announce who or the title yet, but this is the second sale to a major publisher!
One novel- Showdown on the River published earlier in the year. The one star review has no comment, and the two star review says- Author is a good story teller! This would make a wild movie. I assume that another book will tell what his uncle left in the barn.Â
Yes, there was a Magoffin in the story… FOR A REASON… geez… And this particular reviewer leaves mostly 1-2 star reviews. Sigh…
And one novella, A Rifle A Pistol and A Good Horse, published in September to fairly good reviews.
Over all of my stuff, I seem to be averaging between 4.6 and 4.8 on Amazon reviews and an average of half a point lower on Goodreads, and I’m perfectly happy with that. I KNOW you can’t/won’t please everyone with every short/novella/novel, so I do the best I can.
Most of the books have over a hundred reviews, and all of my stuff has at least fifty reviews, so I do get a little push from Amazon on the also read pages, which is greatly appreciated.
In answer to an emailed question, yes, I am strictly Amazon/Kindle for everything except The Grey Man- Vignettes. I did try to go wide with that one, and I think I sold 9 copies via B&N, which is why it isn’t in Kindle Unlimited and can never be.
I do appreciate the honest reviews, and those of you who have stuck by me for now seven years I’ve been publishing stuff. I’m now a Z list author, and can now afford a hamburger AND a coke in addition to a cup of coffee… 🙂
I’m hoping more of your work will be available on Audible in 2022.
Merry Christmas!!!
Mike- Some of it already is! Note that I have NO control over the pricing… sigh… https://www.audible.com/search?keywords=JL+Curtis&ref=a_ep_authors_t1_header_search
I’ve got plenty of credits. No worry. Thanks!
I bought RIMWORLD: THE RIFT from Walmart.com. Read your article and so left a 5 star review. Walmart said no one had reviewed the book yet. I will see if my review is accepted. I wish more of your books were available from Walmart. I will review as I get them.
I enjoy reading your stories, and not only learn stuff, but get lost in them when I open up the covers…so I hope you will continue to write, so that I can continue to read them. Maybe you will get enough of a following to afford an ice cream cone to go along with the burger and cuppa coffee!!
Have a Merry Christmas!!
Doc- Thank you!
Suz- Thanks, that is what I ‘try’ to do! And the same to you and yours!
Where do you need reviews written?
When I check Amazon / Kindle I seem to see fewer reviews than I remember, though mine are there.
I really enjoyed “A Rifle A Pistol and A Good Horse”. I’m currently working my way through the Maxwell Saga books and greatly enjoy what I have read so far. I will leave a review upon completion of the read.
Hat tip to your proofreader(s). Unlike most books I have read the last several months since I retired, I have yet to spot a typo or grammatical error in your work.