Narrated by the Author M.A. Lee
Find it here, on PodBean / 13 minutes / LINK
Launching *Hazard with Hearts*, Part II
Earlier this month (September!), we shared the first set of snippets from the novel. Remember, each post has a teaser tag and a buy link (similar to the first one shared here).
Here's the second set for your EnJoYMenT! (Oh, repeating Sept. 7--because I like it!)
Sept. 7
“Sheldrake! That sounds as if you believe you are a monstrous beast in the forest, devouring whoever nears your lair.”
“You don’t find me a beast in the forest?”
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GJXKK2N
Sept. 8
“You must keep all remaining secrets closer than a hand of cards,” Vivienne warned. “Miss Beale is an authoress. We mere mortals are fodder for her pen.”
Sept. 9
She touched the shadowy figure in the window. The oil dabbed to paint the image had rough lines. “The artist didn’t depict the windows accurately. See these mullions. They are bars, like prison bars. See, the windows have no crosspieces, and all the house windows have three.”
“The man standing in the trees, he’s as much a ghost as the imprisoned woman. But he’s free.”
“And watching the house. Watching her. A lover? Someone who wants to free her?”
“Ride back as if the hounds of Hell are after you, Greggs.”
Sept. 11
The candle guttered. She quickly shielded it.
“Vivienne,” came the whisper.
She shuddered, realizing that someone was in these passages with her. With only a narrow board between her and a steep drop onto twisting stairs.
Sept. 12
He called himself aloof … but he was hiding from life.
Only now, with his third wife, threatened, did he understand.
Sept. 13
“Max!”
“Do you know? I prefer Max to Sheldrake.”
“It’s not proper,” she choked.
“But it is now you think of me. Of me, not the title.”
Sept. 14
“You say that so easily. Find another way to kill me. I do not like that it sounds so easy.”
Dreams of knights gallant are all very well, Vivienne thought hazily, but a man who stops nightmares is a greater hero. |
Launching a New Book
Teasers on social media can help attract interest in your book. Whether you use Facebook or Twitter, finding ways to get the information out to the world is the most important.
In the past, here at W.Ink we've used the Octave system, bracketing a release with 8 days of promos, all with buy links.
- Cover Reveal
- Tagline Teaser
- Blurb Teaser
- Release Date Flurry of Posts on the Same Day
- W.Ink Glimpse of First Chapter (which usually introduces the main character).
- W.Ink Glimpse for the second main character
- W.Ink Glimpse ~ either of an inspiration for the novel, a subprimary character, or the known villain in action early on.
- Video Trailer for the Book
For the recent M.A. Lee release The Hazard with Hearts, 12th and final book in the Hearts in Hazard series, W.Ink planned extra promotional posts.
> A 2-Octave series of snippets from the HwH novel for Facebook.
>A lead-up for all 12 books and the 4 bundled books, covers and taglines, for Twitter, ending one day after the HwH launch day with the final three-book Hazard bundle.
Here's the first set of Octave snippets from Hazard with Hearts.
Here are the snippets (first Octave set) that I pulled from the manuscript to create promotional posts on social media for The Hazard with Hearts. These are an interesting preview of the novel.
Launch is on Sept. 16.
If you haven't seen them, well--Enjoy!
Aug. 31
“Ghosts, my dear. On the darkest night, when no moon lights the velvet sky.” Julius Cavell swirled the brandy in his glass. “She drifts along these halls. When you see her, your blood will freeze. When she touches you, you will scream.”
Sept. 1
Miss Beale watched the dowager’s ascent of the curving staircase. “I can never manage that floating ascent. I must add that to one of my books.”
Coming soon : The Hazard with Hearts ~ mystery and suspense with a dash of romance.
The "Coming Soon" alternates among three options.
Sept. 2
Miss Beale watched the dowager’s ascent of the curving staircase. “I can never manage that floating ascent. I must add that to one of my books.”
Sept. 3
“Will I enjoy meeting your new wife?” Mr. Beldreccan asked snidely. “Does she know that she is your third wife? Is she aware of the tragic ends of your first two wives? I might be tempted to call you Bluebeard.”
Sept. 4
“I was exploring the castle ruins,” Vivienne explained.
“I asked you not to go there without me. It is dangerous.”
That whiplike retort made her feel like a disobedient child. “You said very little more than that.”
“Clearly you didn’t listen.”
“Clearly I did not.”
“Clearly—.”
“You did not explain,” she said over him, surprising Max into silence. Since their engagement, she had treated him with deference, but she wouldn’t be lessened to a child.
Sept. 5
She drew herself taller, adding an inch to her small stature. “I am the countess of Sheldrake. I do not give an inch to fear.”
Sept. 6
His second wife Rowena had believed him guilty. Something twisted in her had thrilled at the suspicion that her husband had killed his first wife. “Bluebeard,” she called him then laughed and said, “Goldenbeard, but still the same.”
Sept. 7
Julius Cavell nodded. “Her ghostly aura was there, waving a warning to Lady Sheldrake.”
Miss Beale shuddered. “That is a delightful thought, a dead wife warning the living one.”
All Things Writerly
Writers Ink NonFiction is THE site
for all things writerly.
(Is "writerly" a word? It
should be.)
May and June and July focused on
writing occasional poems for live audiences. These months offered guidance for
rocking that Live Mic experience. Mother's Day, Father's Day, and the patriotic
Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day occasioned several close analyses
of poems written for specific occasions.
The analyses focuses on major poets
like Judith Viorst (Mother's Day), Robert Haydn (Father's Day), and Walt
Whitman, Waldo Emerson, John MacRae, Rupert Brooke, Gwendolyn Brooks, and
Wilfred Owens (patriotic days).
In August, occasional poems are cast
aside to look at influences that help poets execute their concept.
Aug. 5 compared the Eagles' rock hit
"Hotel California" to Carl Orff's "O Fortuna".
Aug. 15 revealed Edna St. Vincent
Millay's crafting of "First Fig".
Aug. 25 examined how Millay and
Robert Frost used Aristotle's Three Unities of time / place / action to develop
several poems.
In September, we start drilling down
into poetic devices.
Join us on the 5ths (5th / 15th /
25th) for the continuation of our year-long lessons in improving your poetic
craft.
The link will carry you to the
August 25 blog. Work backwards from there.
Happy writing!
For Poets
Over at Writers Ink NonFiction is an on-going blog series about the poetic craft.
Drawing upon major poets, contemporary and canonical, each post examines the poem, from concepts to devices used, including allegories, inferences, the standard literary devices like extended metaphor, the rhetorical devices of catalog and circular construction, and much, much more.
Writers Ink NonFiction is THE site for all things writerly.
(Is "writerly" a word? It
should be.)
As examples of the analyses offered, here's the summer schedule.
May and June and July focused on writing occasional poems for live audiences. These months offered guidance for rocking that Live Mic experience. Mother's Day, Father's Day, and the patriotic Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day occasioned several close analyses of poems written for specific occasions.
These analyses focus on major poets
like Judith Viorst (Mother's Day), Robert Haydn (Father's Day), and Walt
Whitman, Waldo Emerson, John MacRae, Rupert Brooke, Gwendolyn Brooks, and
Wilfred Owens (patriotic days).
In August, occasional poems are cast
aside to look at influences that help poets execute their concept.
Aug. 5 compared the Eagles' rock hit
"Hotel California" to Carl Orff's "O Fortuna".
Aug. 15 revealed Edna St. Vincent
Millay's crafting of "First Fig".
Aug. 25 examined how Millay and
Robert Frost used Aristotle's Three Unities of time / place / action to develop
several poems.
The winter and spring seasons presented a wide ranging look at modern poets, most often found working in the music world: "Clocks" and "He Ain't Heavy, He's my Brother", Dolly Parton and Sting, "Paper Cup" and "Both Sides Now", and Carole King and Ryan Teddar (of "Counting Stars" fame).
Looking ahead, in September, we start drilling down
into poetic devices and continue that into October.
Join us on the 5ths (5th / 15th /
25th) for the continuation of our year-long lessons in improving your poetic
craft.
The link will carry you to the
August 25 blog. Work backwards from there.
Happy writing!
Newbie Notta Mistakes
Yep, you read that title right. In August, Edie Roones and Remi Black looked at three mistakes that many writers make--but which they managed to avoid.
Curious? This link will take you through the looking glass to Edie Roones' site. Work backwards #3, #2, and #1 so you can start three steps ahead of most other newbie writers.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
The Write Focus ~ Who / What / How / Why
Writer's Block ~ Defeat It! / Pro Writers' Advice, part B / 7:42
We’re back with more advice from Pro Writers on Defeating Writer’s Block. Let’s launch straight into business. TIMINGS 0 0:38 Introd...
See What Others Like
-
Hi, y’all! It’s been a hectic week of the expected and unexpected again, with so many things swirling about that it’s best to call this Ch... -
Intimidation is Not a Factor for Elizabeth Zelvin. While most writers settle into the comfort of one format, Elizabeth Zelvin explores the ... -
Jam-packed with goodness is this interview with Paul O’Connor, a writer of short stories and novels. You’re going to take tons of notes and...