Happy New Year everyone. xxx

Wishing everyone a super-duper Christmas & New Year.  

My books UK

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​If you're a reader looking for your next favourite story, we have a variety of themed monthly promos designed to appeal to your broader yet still discerning sense of taste. 

If you're an author who doesn't like being pigeon-holed by the limited genre selections on most online book sellers websites, look no further than our out-of-the-box monthly promos.​

Something for Every Taste

 

99c/99p promos from Feb 2019.

Planned promos 

Sentiments: Perpetual Calendar

Click here to buy 
  

A perpetual calendar with an inspiring quatrain for every day of the year.
Record your annual events, birthdays, anniversaries and greetings reminders.
This perpetual calendar references some of the more well-known UK bank holidays and celebrations in the daily thoughts as the author is English. It is intended to appeal to everybody though, so it doesn't go into all religious holidays and celebrations from around the world.
There are blank pages in the back to add your own dates, memories, reminders, Christmas card/presents list and general notes plus pages for addresses.
This book comes with love and peaceful wishes for all, wherever you are.
Ideal gift for yourself, a loved one or that difficult to buy for person in your life.

 

It's here...

Cheap Quickies
​Black Friday Thru Cyber Monday 99¢/99p eBook Sale

Cheap Quickies

 My 3 entries are...

Murder Melange

 20 short fictional stories involving murder.

Trio: 3 short stories

Ferrying Riches 

Gabe and Derry Thomson were twin brothers looking for a new life, in a new town, where they found themselves mixed up in the type of criminality that they’d only ever seen in films before. 

Blocked 

Jasmine had a nasty case of writer’s block; this is a fictional short story of how she overcame it, eventually. 

If... Spending a million 

When sisters win £7 million, they have plans regarding how they want to spend a large amount of it in an altruistic way. The odd cruise thrown in here and there though, is of course, a must.

Life Returns: 

3 fictional, short stories of reincarnation

Vienna 

Crendole 

Dopted 

 

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 To buy any of the books in this promo, please click here or on the Cheap Quickies link above the top banner.

November 22 thru Nov 26, 2018
​Several authors, multiple genres,
dozens of ebooks, scores of stories.

Something for everyone
Several authors, multiple genres,
dozens of ebooks, scores of stories.

 SPFBO 2018 Promo

All books 99 cents  (Some including my Witch Spelling will also be 99p (UK).

From Nov. 15 - Nov. 19

The promo page link... SPFBO 2018 Promo

If you're still not sure what SPFBO is, there are more posts below with info on this great annual competition.

It runs for several months, has a max of 300 self-published books & at the end, there can be only 1 winner.

Being the outright winner is not the main aim of entering for most authors, as the benefits of entering are far-reaching in terms of 'meeting' other authors, getting exposure for our work & having readers buy & possibly review not only the book entered but also other books in our own catalogue. 

If you're interested in buying my Witch Spelling, it's at the bottom of the promo page so here's a link to make it easier...

Witch Spelling

There are some amazing books in this competition, some I've read, some are already purchased, sitting on my computer waiting to be read & others are in my TBR (to be read) list.

I keep discovering new gems as the competition bloggers review books from their pile, so I'm guessing my TBR list will continue to grow for some time yet.

Nervously waiting for my blogger judge to review mine, I do hope she likes it. :)

I decided to reduce the price early on my 4 books that will be in multi-author promos soon.
It can take up to 3 days for Amazon to approve the change but it only took them a couple of hours this time, so the following books are now 99c/99p (other countries are based on these prices)...

In the SPFBO4 promo
Witch Spelling

In the Cheap Quickies promo
Murder Melange

Trio

Life Returns 
 

Cheap Quickies: Short Story Collections 99c/99p ebook sale

Sounds good so far except...

Amazon are having huge problems so I don't know how many people will be able to find & buy books in the promos.


The following link goes to an explanation by David Gaughran, 
who seems to know an awful lot about everything relating to books and self-publishing. :)
A very trusted voice when it comes to advice & info regarding all things writery :)


amazon-kdp-books-unavailable-international-readers

I can only hope that Amazon fixes this soon or the promos will be a waste of time & effort & book buying will be affected even without promos.

I've added the .co.uk link to my promo books as I'm in the UK & can't see my books on the US (.com) site, they are missing to me but I don't know if they show up to people who buy from that site.  
If you want to buy any of these books, following the UK link should (usually when there are no problems) have directions to go to the site for your own country.

I'll add actual promo info, banners, links etc as soon as the promo hosts have given them out. 

If you do buy any of my books, my biggest hope is that you enjoy them, if you do enjoy them, authors do love good reviews & I only have 1 review out of all the books I've sold. Hint, hint :) 

If you like my books & do give a nice review, let me just say, I love you. 💖

 

 

Coming soon...

Black Friday promos...

Watch this space, actually watch for spaces above this, scrap that, they won't be spaces as they'll contain promo info :) 

4 of my books will be included in 2 promos, a bunch of authors, well, 2 bunches of authors are banding together to reduce our books to 99c (mine will also be 99p but I'm not sure if all of the others will be).  
A lot of these authors will probably be in both promos.

I'm waiting for the promo hosts to post the banners/info/dates etc but when I have them, I'll post them here, on Twitter & on Facebook. 

We're a friendly lot & we don't see each other as competition, we're all in this together, promoting the promos wherever we can in the hopes that...
a) we sell more books
b) we may be discovered by new readers who might like our cheapie books & go on to read more of our work
c) we sell more books
d) we might possibly get some good reviews from our readers
e) we sell more books
f) I think there's an echo in here but you might get the idea that this is mostly about selling more books. 😉








 

Then after you've reviewed an author you love, you could buy & review one or more of my books.
I love unicorns too.  😊

 

 The end of Kboards

For the last few days, I've been editing & removing over 900 of my posts in Kboards Writer's Cafe.
A place (forum) I've recommended to other new & not so new authors from other forums over the last year or so, I loved that place, I've learnt so much there about so much to do with self-publishing, interacted with so many lovely authors from around the globe (sorry flat-earthers) & my books have improved so much regarding formatting thanks to the lovely community & its members.

I've been directed to so much help with making my own book covers & all things writerly, I've found & been involved with book promos, I've had laughs, lots of laughs, interesting discussions & just generally really felt like a part of the community & everything that goes along with that.

The end is near & I'm sad to see what it has become since being bought out by VerticalScope.
VerticalScope slipped in a new (hidden) TOS (terms of service).
The fact that it was hidden meant that none of us agreed to it, we wouldn't even know about it now if an eagle-eyed forum member hadn't found it & alerted the rest of us to it. 

The resulting discussion has been going on for days with most of us wanting to leave but guess what? We're not allowed to, go figure!
We've been instructed to email VerticalScope in order to request an exit & our data to be purged, which I did 2 days ago.
With 1000s wanting to leave at once & VerticalScope not wanting that to happen, there's no telling how long it will take to actually leave.

This post is aimed at warning other authors thinking of joining there that you will be signing away your rights to everything, your name, your profile pic, your content, possibly even your privately held data.
I can't speak for the accuracy of this bit but people are reporting more email spam (since the forum was sold) than ever before with an email address that's only used for that forum.
These people believe that their details are being sold.

I asked on the forum if anybody had a blog post that I could copy/paste onto my page as I didn't think I could explain everything without leaving out any important info.

Julie pointed me to the following from her blog & it makes for very interesting reading if you're an author...

Tales From the Sith Witch  (Julie's blog).

Thank you Julie. 💖

Julie has also added a timeline of events that are important & that may be added to as more nefarious dealings present themselves. 

I've joined a new forum that's being set up by another Kboards member & a lot of my fellow authors are migrating there, so all is not lost but it's a sad day/week for Kboards & everyone that made it the place it was.
It will never be the same again.

Apparently, (from people doing Google searches) VerticalScope have a habit of buying out successful forums, running them into the ground but adding so many adverts that get them a far-reaching revenue as people still find the dead-ish forum from searches etc.

Kboards, you'll be missed by so many.

Books by A. Woodley

Murder, stalking, witches, ghosts, poetry, tarot, etc here are all of my books...

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Here's the latest author spotlight featuring

Amanda LeMay

Dance of the Hunter's Moon (Sakana Series Book 3) 

Jules Havarr is a Breeder. For her, it’s a problem. Smaller than other wolves, she grew up feeling inferior to her pack mates. It didn’t help that males tended to avoid her, or looked down on her as though she were unworthy of attention. When a visiting Breeder extends an invitation to breed, Jules accepts his offer, even though it means leaving her home, friends, family, and pack behind.

Breeding at the Moon Dance is an honor she can’t refuse.

That is, until the moment she meets Sorin Campion, and a rare and ancient bond binds them together. She knows it in her heart, feels it deep in her soul. This male is her sakana, and she's all in.

The only problem? The Breeder whose invitation she recently accepted is Sorin’s twin brother.

Sorin is a dead wolf walking. He's suffered tragedy and heartbreak that left a lasting reminder of all he’s lost burned into his flesh. He’s lived the past few decades barely existing.

Can the sakana bond he shares with Jules awaken him from his misery, and bring purpose and hope back into his lonely life?

While exploring their love for one another, Sorin and Jules are tested by a dangerous ongoing threat to their pack. A dark and vengeful enemy may tear them, and their new found happiness, apart. 

Click on the title to buy.

Here's another author spotlight featuring 

Joyce Reynolds-Ward 

Klone's Stronghold 

In a world of supernatural beings, not knowing what you are is dangerous.

After Reeni Dutta's ex-husband Karl attacks her at a music festival, she finds a refuge teaching cryptid construct children at Klone's Stronghold in northeastern Oregon's isolated Bucket Mountains. But things are not as they seem at the Stronghold, from the older proprietors of a nearby store and the Stronghold's leader Alexander Reed Klone, to Reeni herself. She discovers it's not just Karl who seeks to control who and what she is, but forces from her past that threaten her present. Can she learn the truth about herself and do what is needed in time to defend the Stronghold?

 Click on the title to buy.

Not sure if I get any regular visitors but if I do, you may have noticed a lack of posts recently.

I've been away, having a wonderful time with my wonderful family, lots of laughs, food & drink. 😀

Speaking of food & drink, it's my birthday today & I'm being treated later to lunch out, so more food & drink. 
Back to the diet tomorrow. 😅 

Lots of cards & pressies, gotta love birthdays (even at my age) lol.

Just wanted to post this virtual card from my youngest bro...

Don't believe it though, he has delusions of grandeur. 😁