Alex Johnson's Blog
March 28, 2015
New novel: The Perfume Muse
It's taken me quite a while, but I've finally published the sequel to Run Away which is entitled The Perfume Muse.
I've worked in the perfume industry for many years and have always been fascinated by fragrance. For example, how perfumers put together "notes" in much the same way as a musician does when writing a piece of music. Perfume is mysterious, complex, intriguing and incredibly intimate - something magical happens when a beautiful perfume touches the skin.
My main character, Julie, is a journalist (like me, really!) who falls in love with a perfumer, Olivier, and moves to Grasse, the world capital of perfume, to be with him. He creates a beautiful fragrance just for her...but then his job takes him to New York and Julie has to decide whether to stay in Grasse or move back to her old life in Oxford. She meets Jean-Jacques, also a perfumer, suave and sexy, who plays with her affections through the creation of a trio or perfumes inspired by her.
I won't spoil the story, but things get complicated when Olivier's grown up son turns up who Julie never even knew existed. She has to make some big decisions...but will she make the right one?
You can find out how she resolves these dilemmas by going to my amazon page and downloading The Perfume Muse: //amzn.to/1BLJXF0
I'd love to know what you think!
Best wishes
Alexx
I've worked in the perfume industry for many years and have always been fascinated by fragrance. For example, how perfumers put together "notes" in much the same way as a musician does when writing a piece of music. Perfume is mysterious, complex, intriguing and incredibly intimate - something magical happens when a beautiful perfume touches the skin.
My main character, Julie, is a journalist (like me, really!) who falls in love with a perfumer, Olivier, and moves to Grasse, the world capital of perfume, to be with him. He creates a beautiful fragrance just for her...but then his job takes him to New York and Julie has to decide whether to stay in Grasse or move back to her old life in Oxford. She meets Jean-Jacques, also a perfumer, suave and sexy, who plays with her affections through the creation of a trio or perfumes inspired by her.
I won't spoil the story, but things get complicated when Olivier's grown up son turns up who Julie never even knew existed. She has to make some big decisions...but will she make the right one?
You can find out how she resolves these dilemmas by going to my amazon page and downloading The Perfume Muse: //amzn.to/1BLJXF0
I'd love to know what you think!
Best wishes
Alexx
May 21, 2013
New pricing for Run Away
Hi Guys
I'm dropping the price of Run Away on Amazon to 99p. Why? I've spoken to a few indie authors who say that this helped kickstart sales of their book. Of course it means a lower commission for me from Amazon but if it results in higher sales that's got to be worth it.
What's your experience? Are you getting better sales by selling your books under a pound/dollar?
I'd love to know!
Best wishes
Alexx
I'm dropping the price of Run Away on Amazon to 99p. Why? I've spoken to a few indie authors who say that this helped kickstart sales of their book. Of course it means a lower commission for me from Amazon but if it results in higher sales that's got to be worth it.
What's your experience? Are you getting better sales by selling your books under a pound/dollar?
I'd love to know!
Best wishes
Alexx
April 28, 2013
Download RUN AWAY free today!
Hi Guys
My novel Run AWAY is free to download on amazon kindle until tonight.
It's a contemporary romance set in Oxford, Paris & Melbourne centred around Julie, whose daughter disappears on a gap year trip. Find out how Julie copes, just as she is embarking on the relationship of her life with suave Frenchman Olivier.
http://viewBook.at/B00A9HW926
And don't forget to write me a review on amazon & Goodreads...
Or you can click the Like button on my amazon page.
Many thanks
Alexx
My novel Run AWAY is free to download on amazon kindle until tonight.
It's a contemporary romance set in Oxford, Paris & Melbourne centred around Julie, whose daughter disappears on a gap year trip. Find out how Julie copes, just as she is embarking on the relationship of her life with suave Frenchman Olivier.
http://viewBook.at/B00A9HW926
And don't forget to write me a review on amazon & Goodreads...
Or you can click the Like button on my amazon page.
Many thanks
Alexx
April 26, 2013
Run Away is free this weekend on Kindle
Hi Guys
My novel Run AWAY is free to download on amazon kindle this weekend.
It's a contemporary romance set in Oxford, Paris & Melbourne centred around Julie, whose daughter disappears on a gap year trip. Find out how Julie copes, just as she is embarking on the relationship of her life with suave Frenchman Olivier.
http://viewBook.at/B00A9HW926
And don't forget to write me a review on amazon & Goodreads...
Best wishes
Alexx
My novel Run AWAY is free to download on amazon kindle this weekend.
It's a contemporary romance set in Oxford, Paris & Melbourne centred around Julie, whose daughter disappears on a gap year trip. Find out how Julie copes, just as she is embarking on the relationship of her life with suave Frenchman Olivier.
http://viewBook.at/B00A9HW926
And don't forget to write me a review on amazon & Goodreads...
Best wishes
Alexx
March 24, 2013
Getting noticed
I've been at this self publishing game for 4 months and consider myself to be a novice. My book Run Away (http://t.co/CYsBi2T4db) is only available on amazon kindle for two reasons:
1. I still don't fully understand how to get the most out of publishing exclusively with kdp select
2. I'm not sure if I would need to go through the long and arduous process of reformatting my book for other platforms.
Then there's the question of free giveaways. With amazon kdp select you're allowed 5 days every 3 months. It's astounding how many 100s of downloads I get but does anyone actually read my novel?
So is it worth doing? I'd say only for the dozens of retweets and thrill of seeing people download your novel around the world. Maybe I'm not doing something I should be. Please tell me if you know!
My biggest success has been with twitter where I've built a following of around 1,500. I try to target authors, book reviewers and bloggers but it doesn't always work that way. One of my most enthusiastic #FF fans isn't a writer as far as I can tell.
In my next post I'd like to discuss pricing: how some authors are allowed to sell for 20p on amazon but I'm not allowed to...what is the optimum price that makes people hit the buy button...
Comments welcome! See you soon.
Alexx
1. I still don't fully understand how to get the most out of publishing exclusively with kdp select
2. I'm not sure if I would need to go through the long and arduous process of reformatting my book for other platforms.
Then there's the question of free giveaways. With amazon kdp select you're allowed 5 days every 3 months. It's astounding how many 100s of downloads I get but does anyone actually read my novel?
So is it worth doing? I'd say only for the dozens of retweets and thrill of seeing people download your novel around the world. Maybe I'm not doing something I should be. Please tell me if you know!
My biggest success has been with twitter where I've built a following of around 1,500. I try to target authors, book reviewers and bloggers but it doesn't always work that way. One of my most enthusiastic #FF fans isn't a writer as far as I can tell.
In my next post I'd like to discuss pricing: how some authors are allowed to sell for 20p on amazon but I'm not allowed to...what is the optimum price that makes people hit the buy button...
Comments welcome! See you soon.
Alexx
January 20, 2013
Hello everyone!
I'm thrilled to be part of the Goodreads family and look forward to connecting with great, quality writers across the world!
I'm very new to this game, so apologies if I haven't quite "got it", but hopefully you will help me along the way. I hope to do the same for you too.
Like so many authors, it's been a long, long journey to get my book, Run Away, published on amazon kindle. I could have pursued hundreds of agents and publishers and looked multiple rejection in the face, but decided to take the harder, more arduous path myself. Twitter has been great and I thank all those who have bothered to follow me and also to retweet or favourite my tweets. I know it's a numbers game and hope that eventually the news about my book will spread.
Let me know your story too and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
I'm very new to this game, so apologies if I haven't quite "got it", but hopefully you will help me along the way. I hope to do the same for you too.
Like so many authors, it's been a long, long journey to get my book, Run Away, published on amazon kindle. I could have pursued hundreds of agents and publishers and looked multiple rejection in the face, but decided to take the harder, more arduous path myself. Twitter has been great and I thank all those who have bothered to follow me and also to retweet or favourite my tweets. I know it's a numbers game and hope that eventually the news about my book will spread.
Let me know your story too and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
