Thursday, February 14, 2013

Leave them hanging or not?

To leave them hanging or not is always an author's question when writing a series. I have reached that part in the "Chronicles of the Marauder" that I ask myself is this a good point to stop book one.
Some readers don't like to be left hanging because they don't want to find out what happens witting on the book to be written, edited, published to find the answer. Yet, it is a good hook to make them want the next book in the series to find out what happens next. What do you think?
I have been so involved writing the Chronicles of the Marauder that my blogging and other things have suffered. Now, that I am at a point of whether to write more or stop here, I will send it to the editor and see what she thinks. Just want to know what you think!
Now, my thoughts are back on Brandi's Nightmare I wonder what I can do to improve the exposure of this book to more people. I have done more for it than my other book "T.T. Gristman-Time traveler"  except make it free today on Kindle as my Valentine's Day gift to the readers. You can get your free copy until midnight tonight your time at this link http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009E9DQZE because it has a love story embedded in it.
I hope all those pure hearts out there had their wished come true. My wish came true thirteen years ago when I married my wife. She is my everthing including my best friend, that is what makes a good Valintine, true love.
Talk back to me, I'm listening! Visit my other site at http://amazon.com/author/agmoye to see what I'm about!

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

late night edition

Normally, I do this early in the day but today I got so busy on my new book "Chronicles of the Marauder" that I just about forgot. It has been a couple of days since I last wrote something on this blog even though I did write a couple of blogs late last night on my other blog sights.Today is a cold cloudy, raining day, what better way to spend than reading or writing. I chose to write being so deeply involved in writing the Chronicles. I am so close to the end of the story and want to have it finished by the end of the month so it can be edited. Sometimes, if you noticed that I need an editor for this post as well. I need to proof read my blogs more closely since some times I hit the key and it doesn't put it on the page. It still is a word that spell check doesn't find but it doesn't make sense using that word in the sentence where I screwed up!
Anyone needing a good book to read can go to my author site on Amazon to see all of them even though I am going to recommend a couple at the end of the blog for them. Maybe you want something different go to
http://amazon.com/author/agmoye   There my be a book there that you will enjoy. Since it is close to Valentine's day, I will be offering my time travel book free on that day because it has a love story also in involving the main character Tee! T.T.Gristman is the name of the book. I know it is a strange title but it is the name of my main character in the story. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009E9DQZE for everyone to enjoy on Valentine's day. All you lovers take a look at it. If you refer it in paperback, sorry it is not free but you can get it at these two links http://www.amazon.com/dp/1481071628 or http://www.creatspace.com/dp/4068227 Thanks for dropping in, I look forward to your chatting with me.
I have joined a couple of other sites so maybe I can get guest articles soon on this blog.
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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Drawing a blank!

Normally, I have a lot I can write about but my mind is stuck on my newer book I'm still writing called "Chronicles of the Marauder" yet I still want to get the word out on my mystery book "Brandi's Nightmare" because I believe this is one mystery book that you don't know who the killer (s) are until the end! Those that have read it are shocked because they had no clue in the story how the mystery would end. This book keeps you turning the pages as events unfold and doesn't allow you to put it down. If I may say so myself, I was surprised myself!
My new book, "Chronicles of the Marauder" doesn't have the same action  scenes of "Brandi's Nightmare" but it does keep you reading taking you to new worlds, different species and allows you to learn the characters of these different aliens. Enough said about that book. I don't want to give away too much of the story.
I won't keep you reading today but will give you the link to Brandi's Nightmare available both as ebook on Kindle and paperback as well. get your copy and enjoy. Http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B50XLFU
For those into time travel and romance, my time travel ebook "T.T. Gristman" will be available for free downloads on Valentine's Day since it is a love story as well. Check it out.
Talk back to me, I'm Listening at either http://agmoye.moye406@gmail.com or send me a message on twitter at http://twitter.com/Agmoye have a nice day!

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Having a baby?

Writing a book is almost like having a baby because it is a baby to the author. They nurse to life and tries to set it on the right path after it is published. Whether you are a male or female, it makes no difference, you gave it life and now have to raise it up to its full potential. Like any proud father, I had to announce to the World that my book "Chronicles of the Marauder" was due to be born in a few months. Nursing it through the editing process will take the longest once I've finished writing it. I am close, maybe fifty or sixty more pages of 8 X 10 size then I will conclude it. Since I intend on it being a series at this point in its young life, I don't want to make it too long. LOL! I guess I will keep writing to where I find a good spot to stop and pick it up from there. Note here to the left, like any proud father I enclosed a picture of my baby.
What do you think of the cover? I especially like the words from A.G. Moye signalling  I had a part in its creation!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Keeping your head above water

Ever since I chose to dive into the publishing business, I found it difficult to keep my head above water with the pool being so crowded with others trying to do the same thing. I tried to float but found I kept getting my head pushed under the water by a publisher that I thought was Traditional Publisher but it wasn't. Now, I have become an Indie writer it is even more difficult to tread water and stay afloat. With a crowded pool everyone is grabbing onto something to keep themselves afloat. Some try riding on other coattails, some strike out for the deep end hoping no one else was there so they can stand out. That is the most difficult thing, Getting your head above the crowd for the reader to find. Yet, more keep jumping into the pool or bailing out the water. I have twelve books published and as yet no one has really seen my splash. I see others with thirty to forty books published and wonder what it took to get their splash noticed. I will keep treading water in the deep in by going out of my started genre with the just published "T.T. Gristman" Time traveler story and "Brandi's Nightmare" just released last month. It is my mystery book. My first SiFi "A Stranger Comes Crawling" has been out for a few months but the pool sure is crowded with all the SiFi writers. I like writing SiFi because it allows my imagination to come up with all these different creatures and personalities. That is why I am writing "Chronicles of the Marauder" and "Planet of the Midnight Mist" it is my personal favorite genre when I was younger and still is. My western called, Saddle Spurs is sitting on the back burner. I am not yet ready to throw it into the pool. I am pondering or started writing sequels to "A Stranger Comes Crawling" and Brandi's Nightmare but they are just thoughts left over from the first book. I put them in a file to come back to later when I finish "Chronicles of the Marauder". 
Anyway, I have my awesome cover of the "Chronicles of the Marauder" so when I finish writing and  having it edited I can publish it.  I just wanted to share it one more time. 
Talk back to me or resend out this post to your followers that love Sifi, mystery or time travel!
Amazon has made the books both ebook and paperback available world wide. check them out!
Links to: Brandi's Nightmare http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B50XLFU
to T.T. Gristman  http://www.amazon.cm/dp/B009E9DQZE 
link to Stranger comes Crawling http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009I3R9Z4 
Check them out when you have time and recommend them to your friends! Have a nice day and talk back to me, I'm listening!

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Hocus-Pocus

   A good title for this blog. What I'm speaking of is those followers that un-follow you after you follow them. I went through my twitter account and removed from my following list all those that un-followed me. There was quite a number of them. I follow back anyone that follows me out of courtesy feeling that is right. What I noticed was most of those that un-followed me were people trying to get you to buy their services and when you didn't they dropped you. That is okay with me, I don't un-follow someone just because they didn't buy one of my books. I would have very few to follow if that was the case. LOL! This is a social media where people make contacts with people even the 160 word limit still allows some connection about what you are doing and what is on your mind. I read where the majority of your followers never see your tweet because they are not viewing the twitter at that time. That is a sobering fact understanding how the system works. Re-tweets help you connect to others that are not normally following you, that helps a lot! We all want to connect with other human beings, I have followers in Russia, Germany, Finland, Italy, China, Korea, New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Israel, Turkey, Great Britain, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Peru. India, Thailand, Barbados, as well as in the USA.  I'm sure I forgot a few countries but what I'm seeing is the desire to connect. Since I don't speak any foreign language, I use the Translator on Twitter, Google and other sites to help me along.
    Connections is what social media is all about that is why I have joined various groups on the Internet, to make connections all over this world. After all, we are all human and need the personal contact that is important for an author or anyone else that might be trying to make themselves known. It is like an actress or actor trying to get discovered by Hollywood. It takes a lot of work and effort to make it happen.
   Now to mention what I'm doing. Chronicles of the Marauder is about three quarters finished and my awesome cover designer, Kate the Half-Light has made me five of them and I selected the second on so watch out I will be blogging on that soon just to introduce it to the world. My wife is pushing me to stop writing it and go back and rewrite the second book in my Lightning in the Tunnel series  called "Lightning in the Tunnel Rescue" it became necessary when I pulled my first book from the market called "Lightning in the Tunnel, In the Beginning" because it contained to much sex and no one really read the story. I took almost all the sex scenes out of the two books that replaced the "In the Beginning" . The first one is called, Lightning in the Tunnel Begins" it is out now on Amazon and paperback. So she says that unless I finish "Lightning in the Tunnel Rescue" there will be a gap between Begins and Zigzagging Home that the reader will not understand in the flow of the saga. I agree with her so I will switch my focus from Chronicles to Rescue! But I couldn't resist giving you a sneak peek at my cover that I have selected for Chronicles.
I like this the best, What do you think? Talk back to me, I'm listening!

Friday, February 1, 2013

Time flies!

It is hard to believe that it was just the other day when we were saying Happy New Year and now we are already in February. It seems like the older you get, the quicker the passing of time. I recall when I was a child that time seemed to pass so slow. Now, as I have gotten older, it seems like the weeks fly by not just the days. Do you feel the same way?  I used to hear "that time flies when you are having fun!" now it seems that time flies when you are just living each day. Are you having fun?
Now back to what I do everyday. I write a little in my next book "Chronicles of the Marauder" when I'm not blogging or reading other people's blogs. Joining in several discussions in Linkened Writer's groups takes up a lot of time but I want to see what others are doing and help out any other Indie Writer that I can using what I have learned being a writer. I try to help each one get their book on the best seller list just as I want my books on the list as well. I know not everyone can write a best seller but everyone can hope that it finds enough readers to make it all worthwhile.
Brandi's Nightmare, my first mystery book is hopefully being reviewed and I look forward to the reader's reactions to my books. Everyone hopes for five stars but I'm realistic, not everyone will find the book enjoyable even though most will enjoy the twists and turns in the story along with the action. I probably made a few minor grammar mistakes according to the English teachers out there but it is my style of writing. The everyday speech of us Americans without the cuss words, because I don't believe my characters need to cuss to get their point across.
I am offering free one of the Lightning in the Tunnel Series on Kindle on Saturday, February 2,2013. Feel free to download it and give it a review. I noticed on Amazon it has not been reviewed yet even though it has been downloaded before. I am speaking of "A Need for Lightning" part of the series! You don't have to read the entire series to enjoy this book but it would give you background on where the characters are coming from or how they got to this point. Still I think it is a good story that you will enjoy!
the link is http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AHLS3RY for your free download!
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