Posts by Gene Doucette
Self-publishing article on HuffPo
Hi everyone! I have a new article up at the Huffington Post: The Self Published Authors Standing On Your Lawn Self-published authors, we are led to believe, are scheming “writers” who aren’t good enough to land an agent or a publisher, have no interest in improving the craft–and show no respect for that craft–eschew editing…
Read MoreRelease day– Immortal Stories: Eve
The latest book in the Immortal universe is available now! Did you want to know more about the mysterious red-haired woman? I did too! That’s why Immortal Stories: Eve now exists. Pick up a copy, post a review, let me know what you think! Buy it here
Read MoreKindle Select and the madness of crowds
First things first: I just finalized the last draft of Immortal Stories: Eve, more or less on schedule. It’s done and submitted and I love it and you’ll forgive me if I don’t want to look at it again for a long time, because that’s how self-editing works. You can pre-order it from Amazon by…
Read MoreImmortal Stories: Eve–pre-order now
The newest Immortal book, Eve, is now available on Amazon for pre-ordering! Place your order here! Immortal Stories You will note the full title of the new book is Immortal Stories: Eve. The title is there to distinguish this story from The Immortal Chronicles, which–like the full length novels–rely upon Adam as narrator. Eve is a little different…
Read MoreImmortal Stories: Eve– cover reveal
I have a confession: I’m terrible at cover reveals. What I mean by that is, while I know I’m supposed to be teasing a new cover in advance of actually showing off that cover, once I have one I basically want you all to see it right away. I don’t feel like keeping this in…
Read MoreWelcome!
Hello new readers Just a quick hello to the many new readers who’ve stopped by over the past couple of days. Most of you folks probably found your way here due to one promotion or another for the Immortal $0.99 deal. Or–and this is a long shot–you’re reading this having no idea such a deal exists and…
Read MoreAuthors Talk About It– interview with Gene Doucette
Would you like to hear me talk about Immortal, publishing, first-person authorship, Adam, and a whole bunch of other things? For thirty-five minutes? Of course you would! Honestly, I’m listening to the podcast right now, and this might be my favorite online appearance. Janelle Alex gives good interview. Here are a few of links: Authors Talk About It:…
Read MoreIMMORTAL for $0.99
You can own Immortal, the book that started it all, for only $0.99 starting today, 5/7, until 5/31. If you haven’t read it, now’s your chance! If you have friends who have resisted all your past demands that they read this book, now is THEIR chance! It’s the book that leads to Hellenic Immortal and Immortal at the Edge…
Read MoreDiscoverability
You might recall that a few weeks back I took one of my novellas– Immortal at Sea–and discounted it to free. You may also recall my taking it out of free a little while after that. So, funny story. The idea behind permafree markdowns is to expand interest in the other books associated with the free…
Read MorePacing myself
I’m becoming a big fan of multiple simultaneous projects. I used to think of it as multiple abandoned projects, where I’d stop working on something and then maybe go back and pick it up later to see where I went wrong, or maybe not. But at least two of these projects are definitely happening… eventually. A few…
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