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Patrick Witz - SEX - Now that I have your attention...
LOL*fist bump*
And welcome to da party!! ^_~
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Annie: Back at ya... *fist bump - with explosion!!*C.L.: Yup... zombies (your fav), written in first person no less!
Jane: Thank you for the Howdee welcome.
C.B.-MOD: And BOOM, there you have it... the carnal word solicits attention like no other. So the question lingers, can a naked S&M button compete with scantily clad buff males and curvy females intertwined on the cover? Time will tell!!
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I often use buttons myself!
Good intro-LOL! Wish I'd thought of that!
C.B.-Mod: Ummm...TMI C.B. - LOL!Groovy: Thanks... hate to admit it... sex sells! :) But I don't write porn... sexy yes, porn no!
Alex wrote: I like this, nicely inventive, and true."Thanks Alex... it's getting some traction on FB... can't say if it will generate any sales... but thought it would be a good humorous tie-in! :)
Anybody had any success with Facebook Groups... the image above was shared on 33 FB "Book" Groups. It "reached" 3300 people, got 145 reactions, comments, shares, and 89 post clicks.... but it didn't generate any sales as far as I can tell. Can't tell if it was a waste of time or not!! I feel like I'm competing for attention with bots on FB.
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G.G. wrote: "Too funny. I'm not sure if it is because of the word Sex in the title but your thread is the only one from Goodreads that goes in my junk email instead of my inbox. :P"OMG... I'm being censored on GR?!? Umm...is that a good thing or bad? Wait a minute, there's a junk box?? Oh... e-mail!
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Hi GG, thanks for taking me out of the junk box. I hope I am no longer going to be labeled in your emails as a rectangular can of mystery meat... right? :)
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Hi Patrick! *Sees the word sex, faints, gets up again because she remembers what century it is* Sorry bout that! What I meant to say is, welcome! ;)
Snicker, hee hee Christina, your Sci-fi Fantasy Romance is showing. :D Thank you for the Puritan welcome. Its been rumored you're the mean one Mrs. Grinch, please be kind and limit the stoning of my self-promotional verbiage. At least, you didn't pitch me in the junk box (smiling poke at GG).
Hi Patrick! Welcome! Christina isn't mean she just gets a bad rap for enforcing the totally reasonable rules! Have fun here cuz in your own thread you enforce the rules! *winks* *Waves excitedly*
Ember wrote: "Hi Patrick! Welcome! Christina isn't mean she just gets a bad rap for enforcing the totally reasonable rules! Have fun here cuz in your own thread you enforce the rules! *winks* *Waves excitedly*"*Waving back excitedly* Hi fellow Californian Ember. Thanks for the winky welcome. Stated in my best Yoda, "Rules enforce them I will!" Noted you're a distopian... (warning, biased self-promotional plug) We have a couple of wonderful distopian short stories in our book. Ha ha, just realized... "wonderful distopian" sounds like a sick oxymoron?!? :D
A Californian and dystopian we have lots in common! Yes my first books are dystopian ya but also I am getting ready to release a romance! I will definitely check out your anthology it sounds like a good read!Your most welcome for the winky welcome!
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Now don't give me her mean mod title!
Seriously, you had me laughing/choking on this one. :P
G.G. wrote: "Patrick wrote: "At least, you didn't pitch me in the junk box (smiling poke at GG)..."Now don't give me her mean mod title!
Seriously, you had me laughing/choking on this one. :P"
*Coffee Foam Swirly Heart Art Cheers!* GG Mod... not to worry, I never label. Now every now and again I'll point and snicker, but never label. I've owned a child care program for 23 years. In this line of business, we modified an old saying... "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words, labels, and rumors can most assuredly put a child care out of business!"
A lesson I learned the hard way long ago, don't gulp coffee, tea, or soda while reading on a computer... laughing, choking and spewing wreaks havoc on keyboards. :P
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Yep most definitely can. Many reputations have been destroyed on hear say :(
But hey, I wouldn't mind being as 'mean' as Christina, since she is probably the only one who actually thinks she is mean. hehe
Patrick wrote: "A lesson I learned the hard way long ago, don't gulp coffee, tea, or soda while reading on a computer... laughing, choking and spewing wreaks havoc on keyboards. :P..."
Yeah, I know that's why I needed a new keyboard a few months ago. :P
Hi Patrick! You had me at Sex, then your awesome T-shirt. I've tried FB ads and I'm not an expert. I know there are awesome, worldly authors here who can offer great advice.
Tee-hee. Love your teaser. Nothing like a little sex in the afternoon.
Nat: Thanks for the sweet response. (Warning: Unsolicited Self-Promotional Plug) We have an LGBTQ Coming of Age short story in our book... and 12 other genres... check out that excerpt and the others on our webpage http://www.PlacerGoldWriters.org. Phyllis: Oh my! I can tell you've acclimated well from Canada and throughly embraced the sultry California seductive coastal lifestyle... hee hee, a nooner! *High-Five* :D
Patrick wrote: "...please be kind and limit the stoning of my self-promotional verbiage... "I thought you Caifornians were only limited by your glaucoma when it comes to stoning? ;P
Have to share one of the "Through Button Eyes: A Collection of Short Fiction" Kickstarter Publishing Campaign FAQ's that I created... Q: How many writers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: We don't know... as each of our author's brilliant short story twists created shocking conclusions!
Christina wrote: "Patrick wrote: "...please be kind and limit the stoning of my self-promotional verbiage... "I thought you Caifornians were only limited by your glaucoma when it comes to stoning? ;P"
Like wow man, it's legal here now. I personally believe it's an insurance business conspiracy... envision a million stoned drivers in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic with motorcycles splitting lanes. Insurance companies are going to make a fortune on fender-benders and biker speed bump rate hikes. The only good thing will be reduced road rage... nobody will give a rat's hind-end about anything! So, like dude, where's my car?
I'm behind the times. Though admittedly, last time I was in California, that's about what I remember the freeway being like. Except, yeah, there was plenty of road rage.
Can't go anywhere in California without a good dose of road rage! I honestly believe it would be better for my anxiety to live anywhere else! Hahaha! But yeah! "Stoning" is supposed to help with anxiety too, so there is that!
Christina wrote: "I'm behind the times. Though admittedly, last time I was in California, that's about what I remember the freeway being like. Except, yeah, there was plenty of road rage."Luckily I live in the beautiful Northern CA Gold Country foothills. Hate the cities, too many people, too many cars, too much metal, glass and concrete. Born and raised city, now I live where I used to vacation. Forests, rivers, fresh clean air, pitch black nights illuminated by a bazillion stars, wild carnivorous critters, and enough insects to wear out a sizzling bug zapper in a month! Hang on... sorry, had to chase a half-dozen glorified tick-infested goats (deer) away from my garden. Besides the occasionally caught mercury laden catfish, devastating fall into an unmarked 150 yr. old deteriorating gold mine shaft, or a smoky raging forerst fire engulfing pine beatle killed trees... it's paradise!
Ember wrote: "Can't go anywhere in California without a good dose of road rage! I honestly believe it would be better for my anxiety to live anywhere else! Hahaha! But yeah! "Stoning" is supposed to help with an..."Not to worry Ember, road rage nuts can only shoot you ten times now with the new 2017 gun laws... banana clips over ten bullets are illegal!
I know right?!?! Don't get me started on all the crazy new laws! Lol! I was actually talking about my own road rage hahaha! I get road rage pushing a cart in Walmart! Just sayin... lol yeah!
Ember wrote: "I know right?!?! Don't get me started on all the crazy new laws! Lol! I was actually talking about my own road rage hahaha! I get road rage pushing a cart in Walmart! Just sayin... lol yeah!"Ummm... thank you for the heads up, I'll make a note to avoid Lyndsay CA and it's Walmart for "health" reasons. I'm assuming you haven't been invited to join the Lyndsay Tourism/Visitors Welcoming Committee or to become a member of Lyndsay Good Neighbors Association. LOL
lol that would probably be a good idea and no I haven't hahaha. But come on! You have been to a Walmart, right? They are all crazy annoying with rude people everywhere! Lol!(Just for clarification sake and so you know to avoid it I'm actually in Bakersfield and Lyndsay doesn't have its own Walmart haha it's a super small town the kind with like two stop signs and they just got their first stop light kinda small lol!)
Here's our book's Facebook ad posted the day after Christmas... [image error]
Oh, need to introduce the book's marketing mascot "The Button Man" that I created at the beginning of our book project. He was at one time a consideration for the cover art.
I have been remiss in not mentioning my art and photography side... check it out... over 400 eclectic images. I guess I should post a few for the heck of it.http://patrick-witz.pixels.com
A week old spotted fawn stands frozen, alerted to a noise nearby just moments following a brief feeding. Seconds later, both mother and fawn bounced away into the forest. Copyright artistic image. #cutefawn #fawnart #spottedfawn
Just realized, if you click on the image it links you to a larger easier to see view... cool!
Anybody else get a kink in their neck as you watch your book's hourly Amazon sales chart go up and down? It was recommended to me by another author, "Forget about it, check it only once a week!" That's hard to do... how does one ignore your baby for a week... I love watching the jubilating spikes upward, but I hate those damn dives down.
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G.G. wrote: "Hourly sales?? I wouldn't mind having a kink in my neck to see that! hehehehe Grats!!"WISH they were hourly... it "says" it's calculated hourly, sorry for the misunderstanding. It was depressing to watch that line drop like a lead weight on a fishing pole line down to the 6-digit bottom ratings the first week we published. Since then it's up into the 4-5 digits, shoot down, shoot up, shoot down. I'm trying to limit myself to viewing it only once a day.
Ah. You're looking at sales rank. Don't bother. It will swing wildly. And if your bottoming out in the six digit range, consider yourself blessed. That means you are still selling. It only takes a few days of no sales to get to the seven digit ranking.
All one can do is laugh *LOL* when your Amazon sales ranking lists your book at 18,000,000 out of 8,000,000 books - me thinks something is statistically amiss! I'm keeping this screen shot image on my wall to prove it can't any worse than THAT and to motivate marketing efforts! 
Out of "over" 8m books. On the Kindle side it says out of over 1m when there are now at least 5m Kindle offerings. All it means is they haven't updated their wording since Author Central began. ;)
Christina... I know "of over 8m books". But you have to admit, the yo-yo effect in two days to go from the 200k's to 18m and back is a dramatic sight! Regardless *with tongue in cheek*, its still a nice motivational image of what "could happen" if an Indy author doesn't invested time and energy in marketing their book. :)
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I just found out that some books are not books, according to Amazon. Like, for instance, my books.
*Shrugs*
Smile instead and be proud of your hat, because let's get real here, that is an awesome hat.
Not much sex, but can still be a whole lot of fun to read...
BOOK INFO: "Through Button Eyes: A Collection of Short Fiction" is a multi-author, multi-genre book that has 15 diverse stories spanning 13 genres. It will assuredly give book-lovers a thrilling emotional roller coaster experience of – excitement, fear, laughter, tears – as they revel in reading one marvelous short story after another. The authors, editors, and publishers of Placer Gold Writers group set our goal high… to create the best anthology of short fiction possible. We feel confident in stating that we have fulfilled our "Three E’s of Authorship" goal... to Entice, Engage, and Entertain our readers.
🎖️Out of somewhere around 5000 U.S. and International book entries, "Through Button Eyes, A Collection of Short Fiction" was selected as one of the five "Finalists" in the Anthology Division of the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (NGIBA).
AUTHOR INFO: I'm Patrick Witz, one of the seven authors. I wrote 7 of the 15 stories, created the cover image, developed our successful Kickstarter Publishing Campaign, created the Kickstarter video, and co-edited, co-published the book. I have not found comfort in one particular genre. My eclectic nature leads me into a labyrinth of fictional paths, varied narrative points-of-view, and blending of genres. I strive to create characters that visually come to life in a reader’s mind. In “Through Button Eyes” story collection, my character’s range from caring family members, cautious adventurers, and relatable quirky aliens to rotting zombies and psychopath killers. I enjoy composing unique settings, emotional plots, and introducing sudden story-line surprises. My diverse style is the spice of my writing – sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter, often includes a sprinkle of humor, a pinch of peculiar flavor, and on occasion I'll end by tossing in an unsuspected twist or emotional punch.
Ever notice how many racy books there are on all those Facebook Book Groups... guess I should have put a naked person on the cover instead of a button!!
CONTACT & BOOK DETAILS:
http://www.placergoldwriters.org (my writing)
http://patrick-witz.artistwebsites.com (my art/photographs)
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