Samie Foster's Blog - Posts Tagged "book-release"
The Broken Princess is Out Now!
Hey everyone, it's time for another round of updates. And let's start with the big one, the fourth short story in The Last Witch Series, The Broken Princess, is now released in ebook form. I will post all the details down below.
While Fran and Brian travel through the mountain pass, the cold gets the better of them. Brian's father falls ill, and is soon knocking on death's door. That is until a knight shows up out of nowhere. The knight claims he's from kingdom close by. He sees that Brian is a witch, and makes him an offer. They will save his father, if Brian can save the princess. Brian is hesitant, but accepts the offer. Once welcomed into the castle Brian learns of the princess, who has the strangest illness he had seen. She is frozen to the bone. Her presence chills the air around her. Frost clings to her ghostly white skin. He's told she has demon inside of her and needs an exorcism. But to Brian, too many things don't add up.
It is available for purchase for $0.99 as an ebook Amazon
and is free with Kindle Unlimited.
It can be found @ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YK6CYGT
Also the first part of a new audio story is posted. This time its the cute little fantasy called Socks & Fluffle Puffs. The link is down below.
Socks & Fluffle Puffs Part 1: https://youtu.be/WJW-VolLUw0
And remember if you enjoy this, you can support two ways. You can:
- Go to the ebook page @ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RPLH1WP and purchase the ebook version, or flip through the Kindle Unlimited version (That helps as well).
-Or go to the patreon page for Project Stories @ https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10411921 and make a donation. I'm not asking you to subscibe to anything monthly like the Patreon model suggests. A one time donation to show your support is fine.
Beyond that my focus is on the final tale in The Last Witch Series, The Abyss. It still needs a cover sketched out and then brought into photoshop for finalizing. The actual story needs a final review, which I am about to begin soon. The story is shorter, around the length of Old Hobbs, so it shouldn't take nearly as long as The Broken Princess. It's my goal to get this out before the end of the year.
Also the short In the Land of Gods is partially recorded into audio form, with my read out loud review process. It's fairly short, so that should be soon.
But after those two things, what is next? I have a half edited book that has been abandoned sometime back in 2015 because of college, called Finding Elodie. I want to get back involved in Scribophile writing community and workshop to get the rest of that cleaned up. I think that will be my new main focus, with a short story or possible side project here there to break up the tedium of working on one project all the time.
And that is all I have to share this week. If I have more stuff to share next week, I will be posting again. I hope you have a great week everyone!
While Fran and Brian travel through the mountain pass, the cold gets the better of them. Brian's father falls ill, and is soon knocking on death's door. That is until a knight shows up out of nowhere. The knight claims he's from kingdom close by. He sees that Brian is a witch, and makes him an offer. They will save his father, if Brian can save the princess. Brian is hesitant, but accepts the offer. Once welcomed into the castle Brian learns of the princess, who has the strangest illness he had seen. She is frozen to the bone. Her presence chills the air around her. Frost clings to her ghostly white skin. He's told she has demon inside of her and needs an exorcism. But to Brian, too many things don't add up.
It is available for purchase for $0.99 as an ebook Amazon
and is free with Kindle Unlimited.
It can be found @ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YK6CYGT
Also the first part of a new audio story is posted. This time its the cute little fantasy called Socks & Fluffle Puffs. The link is down below.
Socks & Fluffle Puffs Part 1: https://youtu.be/WJW-VolLUw0
And remember if you enjoy this, you can support two ways. You can:
- Go to the ebook page @ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RPLH1WP and purchase the ebook version, or flip through the Kindle Unlimited version (That helps as well).
-Or go to the patreon page for Project Stories @ https://www.patreon.com/user?u=10411921 and make a donation. I'm not asking you to subscibe to anything monthly like the Patreon model suggests. A one time donation to show your support is fine.
Beyond that my focus is on the final tale in The Last Witch Series, The Abyss. It still needs a cover sketched out and then brought into photoshop for finalizing. The actual story needs a final review, which I am about to begin soon. The story is shorter, around the length of Old Hobbs, so it shouldn't take nearly as long as The Broken Princess. It's my goal to get this out before the end of the year.
Also the short In the Land of Gods is partially recorded into audio form, with my read out loud review process. It's fairly short, so that should be soon.
But after those two things, what is next? I have a half edited book that has been abandoned sometime back in 2015 because of college, called Finding Elodie. I want to get back involved in Scribophile writing community and workshop to get the rest of that cleaned up. I think that will be my new main focus, with a short story or possible side project here there to break up the tedium of working on one project all the time.
And that is all I have to share this week. If I have more stuff to share next week, I will be posting again. I hope you have a great week everyone!
Once Upon A Time in Boston is Finally Out & Will Be Free This Week!
Hello there. It’s been another week and there is another round of updates, and there are a few fun ones today. So let’s get started.
First of all, Once Upon a Time in Boston is done. Finally Reggi’s and Tai’s strange dark odyssey is complete and will be out this week. It has just been uploaded to KDP and should be on the Amazon store front soon. And it’s great to put to get it out there. This tale has went through so many drafts and revisions. It has been expanded so much since the first short story draft. Now I can say it’s done officially and everyone will have a chance to read this strange dark fantasy novella on their Kindles. I really hope those who read it will enjoy the weird dark tale featuring the undead, bird monsters, an eternal winter, and a desperate attempt to fix a broken world.
Beyond that, I have made progress with my next work in progress. I am pretty much set on making The Siren on Berry Ave, my next official project. Sure. I should maybe return to a much shorter horror called Nowhere and work on that. It’s closer to done. But Once Upon a Time in Boston, takes place in a tragic and sad world. And even though it does end up having a happy ending of sorts, I spent six months working on something that dealt with heavy dark themes. So for me, I need this change of pace. Siren on Berry Ave is about a half siren moving in with her adoptive family. It has teenage drama with a side of monsters. It’s not too heavy. And just a couple days ago, I submitted my first draft to Scribophile to see what some beta readers are going to say about. I really do hope the reviews are good. It’s a very simple tale. It shouldn’t demand all the work that Boston did in the last few months. Also if you are a member of the Scribophile writing community, feel free to find my account and take a look at rough draft. Maybe you’ll like it.
And of course the summer of free book deals are still continuing. And this week, the free story is Once Upon a Time in Boston. I know it seems premature for any sort of promotion for this. But I really like the idea of getting this into a lot of hands on release week, so you all can have a chance to read it at no cost, and possibly some of you will leave some friendly reviews. I will post the synopsis below.
The world broke decades ago. An eternal winter has engulfed the Earth. The dead no longer pass on, becoming souls trapped in decaying bodies. Humanoid feathered creatures known as Ravens come to collect the souls to escort them to the mysterious council to move on to the afterlife. Many people have come to believe the Ravens are angels; doing God's work until the cosmos are fixed.
Tai is a teenager who learns this is a lie. The Ravens are doing something nefarious with the souls, and those who die are not moving on after death. Angry and frustrated with the recent loss of a loved one, Tai does something rash. He decides he will try to stop the Ravens. He will try to fix the world, and overthrow this mysterious council. But he's not doing it alone. He has found the aid of a Raven who holds a grudge against the council as well.
You can grab your free Kindle copy of this dark fantasy from July 14th to July 18th. It is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09947RR69.
And that is what I have this week. It was a lot more exciting than usual, and there was actually a new release this week. I hope you all enjoy the new story and have a great week!
First of all, Once Upon a Time in Boston is done. Finally Reggi’s and Tai’s strange dark odyssey is complete and will be out this week. It has just been uploaded to KDP and should be on the Amazon store front soon. And it’s great to put to get it out there. This tale has went through so many drafts and revisions. It has been expanded so much since the first short story draft. Now I can say it’s done officially and everyone will have a chance to read this strange dark fantasy novella on their Kindles. I really hope those who read it will enjoy the weird dark tale featuring the undead, bird monsters, an eternal winter, and a desperate attempt to fix a broken world.
Beyond that, I have made progress with my next work in progress. I am pretty much set on making The Siren on Berry Ave, my next official project. Sure. I should maybe return to a much shorter horror called Nowhere and work on that. It’s closer to done. But Once Upon a Time in Boston, takes place in a tragic and sad world. And even though it does end up having a happy ending of sorts, I spent six months working on something that dealt with heavy dark themes. So for me, I need this change of pace. Siren on Berry Ave is about a half siren moving in with her adoptive family. It has teenage drama with a side of monsters. It’s not too heavy. And just a couple days ago, I submitted my first draft to Scribophile to see what some beta readers are going to say about. I really do hope the reviews are good. It’s a very simple tale. It shouldn’t demand all the work that Boston did in the last few months. Also if you are a member of the Scribophile writing community, feel free to find my account and take a look at rough draft. Maybe you’ll like it.
And of course the summer of free book deals are still continuing. And this week, the free story is Once Upon a Time in Boston. I know it seems premature for any sort of promotion for this. But I really like the idea of getting this into a lot of hands on release week, so you all can have a chance to read it at no cost, and possibly some of you will leave some friendly reviews. I will post the synopsis below.
The world broke decades ago. An eternal winter has engulfed the Earth. The dead no longer pass on, becoming souls trapped in decaying bodies. Humanoid feathered creatures known as Ravens come to collect the souls to escort them to the mysterious council to move on to the afterlife. Many people have come to believe the Ravens are angels; doing God's work until the cosmos are fixed.
Tai is a teenager who learns this is a lie. The Ravens are doing something nefarious with the souls, and those who die are not moving on after death. Angry and frustrated with the recent loss of a loved one, Tai does something rash. He decides he will try to stop the Ravens. He will try to fix the world, and overthrow this mysterious council. But he's not doing it alone. He has found the aid of a Raven who holds a grudge against the council as well.
You can grab your free Kindle copy of this dark fantasy from July 14th to July 18th. It is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09947RR69.
And that is what I have this week. It was a lot more exciting than usual, and there was actually a new release this week. I hope you all enjoy the new story and have a great week!
Let’s Talk About Upcoming Releases, Writing Groups, & A Snowy Mountaintop Dark Fantasy & A Bunch Of Other Stuff To Talk About
Hey all. I wanted to share another one of these update blogs, or newsletters, or whatever the heck you want to call them to let you all know what is going on. I think it’s been three weeks (or month maybe) since the last one so I wanted to share what’s going on. So what has been going on?
Well…. I have a confession to make. I’ve been distracted. After finishing the final draft of Rainy Day Hotel I just didn’t want to do anything with it for a while. I just wanted to enjoy the bliss of being done. And in that break I joined a local writing group at a book themed cafe which is incredibly lovely. And then in those sessions and during writing at home I returned to something I started around last September. It’s a wintery mountaintop horror, dark fantasy. I am making so much progress on it, and I am just reminded how storytelling is so much fun after crawling out of the sea of editing, beta readers, formatting, proofreading and blah blah blah. I’m having a really good time writing it, and I am looking forward to the day that I can share it with you in the future. But that is miles away.
What about now? I am shifting focus back to Rainy Day Hotel, and I am sure you want to know what is going on with that. So this is the tentative plan. I’m shooting for a March release. I’m gonna do a social media push with a free book giveaway during the first week, so that it can get some real reviews and get it in the hands of a lot of people at first. So there will be a press release and notes on Substack about t beforehand. I’ll release a newsletter on Goodreads. Threads and Twitter writing communities are going to hit with a bunch of ads. There will be an announcement on Scribophile. And quite possibly I may try to boost it with Freebooksy. I have looked into Amazon Ads, and the general feedback I heard is they aren’t as good as they appear to be. Booktasters seem good, but a tad shady. I would like to do more research before doing anything with them. And maybe Bookstagram.
Here me out. This is my Instagram, or Bookstagram as writers call it, idea I get my account going. I am constantly posting nature and hiking photos from my outdoorsy trips on Twitter and Threads already. So I’m thinking about making a paperback of my shorts, or longer projects (Or hardbacks of those said stories. Might hold up better in backpacks now that I think about it) and setting them up in really pretty places and taking a snapshot to promote my stuff. I don’t know how long it would take to a get physical copy made and delivered. It has been a long time since I used Print On Demand. But if it can be done in a timely nature, then I may do that as part of a promotion gig as well for Rainy Day Hotel. It’s just an idea. I’m not sure if it the idea will work overall, but it’s worth a try. And starting with almost no followers with Rainy Day Hotel? Why not give it a try? If nothing else, it might be a fun way to start a Bookstagram account and get a following.
Also, I am working on some other things sporadically. I am editing some rough drafts of some other stories, trying to figure out what I want to add to the editing block next and put on the route to publication. I’m also revising an older horror book called Hollows. I’m just smoothing it out of any mistakes I may have overlooked because I didn’t know about ProWritingAid at the time of the release. It’s never too late to go back and revise your work. I have a become so thorough in my editing process in the years since, that it is worth the effort to do so.
Also, one other thing. My book covers, especially on my older shorts, are quite shabby. So I really wanna redo some of those. Especially now that I have a professional art tablet. It all should be so much easier now.
But that is what’s going on. Like always, it is constant chaos. But things are getting done. Maybe it’s all done in a scattershot, almost seemingly nonsensical fashion. But a book is coming out. Writing is happening. New projects are on the way. I will have more news for you in future posts.
Well…. I have a confession to make. I’ve been distracted. After finishing the final draft of Rainy Day Hotel I just didn’t want to do anything with it for a while. I just wanted to enjoy the bliss of being done. And in that break I joined a local writing group at a book themed cafe which is incredibly lovely. And then in those sessions and during writing at home I returned to something I started around last September. It’s a wintery mountaintop horror, dark fantasy. I am making so much progress on it, and I am just reminded how storytelling is so much fun after crawling out of the sea of editing, beta readers, formatting, proofreading and blah blah blah. I’m having a really good time writing it, and I am looking forward to the day that I can share it with you in the future. But that is miles away.
What about now? I am shifting focus back to Rainy Day Hotel, and I am sure you want to know what is going on with that. So this is the tentative plan. I’m shooting for a March release. I’m gonna do a social media push with a free book giveaway during the first week, so that it can get some real reviews and get it in the hands of a lot of people at first. So there will be a press release and notes on Substack about t beforehand. I’ll release a newsletter on Goodreads. Threads and Twitter writing communities are going to hit with a bunch of ads. There will be an announcement on Scribophile. And quite possibly I may try to boost it with Freebooksy. I have looked into Amazon Ads, and the general feedback I heard is they aren’t as good as they appear to be. Booktasters seem good, but a tad shady. I would like to do more research before doing anything with them. And maybe Bookstagram.
Here me out. This is my Instagram, or Bookstagram as writers call it, idea I get my account going. I am constantly posting nature and hiking photos from my outdoorsy trips on Twitter and Threads already. So I’m thinking about making a paperback of my shorts, or longer projects (Or hardbacks of those said stories. Might hold up better in backpacks now that I think about it) and setting them up in really pretty places and taking a snapshot to promote my stuff. I don’t know how long it would take to a get physical copy made and delivered. It has been a long time since I used Print On Demand. But if it can be done in a timely nature, then I may do that as part of a promotion gig as well for Rainy Day Hotel. It’s just an idea. I’m not sure if it the idea will work overall, but it’s worth a try. And starting with almost no followers with Rainy Day Hotel? Why not give it a try? If nothing else, it might be a fun way to start a Bookstagram account and get a following.
Also, I am working on some other things sporadically. I am editing some rough drafts of some other stories, trying to figure out what I want to add to the editing block next and put on the route to publication. I’m also revising an older horror book called Hollows. I’m just smoothing it out of any mistakes I may have overlooked because I didn’t know about ProWritingAid at the time of the release. It’s never too late to go back and revise your work. I have a become so thorough in my editing process in the years since, that it is worth the effort to do so.
Also, one other thing. My book covers, especially on my older shorts, are quite shabby. So I really wanna redo some of those. Especially now that I have a professional art tablet. It all should be so much easier now.
But that is what’s going on. Like always, it is constant chaos. But things are getting done. Maybe it’s all done in a scattershot, almost seemingly nonsensical fashion. But a book is coming out. Writing is happening. New projects are on the way. I will have more news for you in future posts.
