Showing posts with label Billionaire Ever After. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Billionaire Ever After. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

1T Status Update--It's OCTOBER already?

Whew! That was a whirlwind of releases last month. First the explosion of activity to launch the 22-author Billionaire Ever After anthology/box set. Then the gnawing of the fingernails waiting for the lists to post...then the joy of learning that, at long last and after many attempts, we'd made USA Today. Then the giddy week of Night's Caress and a return to my favorite small Midwest town, Meiers Corners.

So I'm basking on my well-deserved vacation now, right? Um, not quite, lol.
  • Night's Kiss (The Ancients bk 2) proposal package submitted. Draft is coming along nicely.
  • Hot Chips and Sand--Sale coming up Oct 30-Nov 3
  • Hunt Mates (Pull of the Moon, #3 by the new numbering system) releasing early November
  • Bad Boy Billionaire's Lady releasing late 2017 or early 2018
  • I'm participating in a mind-blowing citizen's police academy. I'm going to have to adjust the Taser scene in Biting Oz.
  • Gearing up for the holiday season
  • My new orchestra is fun! There were nine cellos though so hubby is playing second violin. Keeps him out of trouble :)

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Don't miss a single moment! Preorder goodies disappear starting 9/12.

Get ready! This month is packed with good stuff. TWO brand new releases, ZILLIONS* of contests, a week-long party, and tons of fun.

This fabulous vampire-themed gift basket is a giveaway prize for my newsletter subscribers http://www.maryhughesbooks.com/Newsletter.html

If you're not a newsletter subscriber, now's the time!




Get in on the PREORDER goodies before they're gone!!

**FIRE Giveaway** Kindle FIRE giveaway+free reads just for entering! To Sep. 13
**Fun Thank-You Gifts** Preorder Billionaire Ever After and get a free calendar and more!
**Facebook Release Party with giveaway TBD**
**AUTHOR-ONLY Giveaway**
**Read & Review Giveaway**

Keep your eyes open for announcements all month!

September 12 Billionaire Ever After releases
September 25 Night's Caress releases
Amazon | BN | iBooks | Kobo | Google | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU

*Slight hyperbole. Zillion is not an official number or unit recognized by the General Conference on Weights and Measures.

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Self-employment: You make your own schedule, right?

What do you do when you have more than one release in a month? Movie it! Check it out :)

Want more info? Here's the page for Billionaire Ever After. SPECIAL NOTICE: if you want Billionaire Ever After for Nook or iBook, make sure you get yours on preorder. I've heard rumors the set is going KU after the first week.

And In this small town, nothing is as it seems…

One of the comments I get when I tell people I'm an author is, "It must be great making your own schedule."

Having been self-employed in one form or another for decades, I just smile and nod. LOL.

I had a vacation last week. I tried not to work, because I desperately needed the break. But we stayed close to home and I monitored emails and when they turned out to be time-sensitive, I went into the office and got them done.

The fact of the matter is, when you're self-employed, the only decision you get to make is the product you offer (and even that is subject to your customers'/clients' needs).

Even indie authors are buffeted by the winds of the availability of their cover designer, editor, etc. Box set authors must coordinate their efforts, and that means joint scheduling. The complex weave of daily life affects all of us, time-wise.

Reflecting on it, I do get to make my own schedule. If I want to work my hours from midnight to ten am, I can do that. But as far as number of hours go, well, if I want to eat, I work.

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

1T Status Update

June! The windows here are finally open, at least until summer's heatwave closes them again, lol. Here's what I've been up to:
  • Night's Caress first round of edits is done. Seriously excited about this one!
  • Billionaire Ever After--preorder now and get some fun thank-you gifts!
  • Finishing up Hunt Mates (Pull of the Moon, When Gabriel Met Emma) for the March of Dimes charity anthology Haunted by Love. This set is wide 2 weeks only! Look for it August 1-15.
  • the peonies are blooming!
  • New musical group! This spring, my husband and I retired from the symphony we played with for decades, but we've joined the area American Legion Band. Yes, he's put aside his cello to play percussion, lol. Great group, great music!