Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Margo wrote:Happy Friday!

Overnight something happened to my short story at Amazon UK:

"Dis" is currently...
#6,965 in the Paid Kindle Store
#31 in Books > Fantasy > Short Stories
#47 in Kindle > Books > Fiction > Fantasy > Contemporary

That is most awesome! Congrats!

Hey Cheekychook, late congrats!! That's great news.



And Margo too, though I already congratulated you on your blog.

Down the well wrote:Hey Cheekychook, late congrats!! That's great news.

Thanks Downthewell!

Thanks Claudie, HillaryJ, ChantelleS, Sommer...and anyone else whose messages I missed. It's awesome to have the support of everyone here. Bransforumers rock.

The 50th fan has just joined to follow the humble fanpage of my little fantasy trilogy. Considering the odds and other novel fanpages, It's a pretty good number for a novel which will be released only in November (Especially as I haven't started any sort of marketing campaign at all.).

Nathan - I hope this is the right place to post this.

[actually TWO!!!]

On June 18th, I signed a contract with XOXO Publishing of Montreal, Canada for my novel SONORA SYMPHONY. {This is the one I had a contract for with Virtual Tales who went out of business} XOXO is a full-service published that had problems in the past which the owner is trying to overcome with new management. She is expanding her book list. I'm impressed as it not only has the main website, but a blog and two Yahoo groups for authors and staff to discuss stuff.

And then, here's the latest:

I just received a contract offer for my novel, The Sailor and The Carpenter, Book One of Father Serra's Legacy from BlueWood Publishing in New Zealand. They indicate they not only publish digital but paperback and, in some instances, hard bound books. They are a full-service publisher that does not charge authors for anything and pay royalties.

I submitted this to XOXO and haven't heard back yet. So, I sent XOXO an info copy of my email to Bluewood explaining my situation on Sonora Symphony and asking if the contract would include paperback or hardback publishing.

[of everything I've written to day, Sailor and Carpenter is to me the most likely to do extremely well. It has a ready-made market of Roman Catholics world-wide and everyone who lives in California and wants to know more about the early history of the state.

Now all I'm waiting for is to hear if a magazine will buy one of my sort stories.

Wow, that is unbelievably awesome!! Congratulations! Very happy for you, and love the picture.

Just so you know, most people probably wouldn't notice this. You might try reposting in the procrastination section. the Squee Good News thread.

Congratulations again!

I am beyond excited to announce that I have just signed a contract on my NOVEL! The contract is from a small press that does both digital and print, so it will be released within a year as an e-book and then as a paperback a month or so later. Still hasn't sunk in---I think I'll go pass out now.

cheekychook wrote:I am beyond excited to announce that I have just signed a contract on my NOVEL! The contract is from a small press that does both digital and print, so it will be released within a year as an e-book and then as a paperback a month or so later. Still hasn't sunk in---I think I'll go pass out now.

Congrats!

cheekychook wrote:I am beyond excited to announce that I have just signed a contract on my NOVEL! The contract is from a small press that does both digital and print, so it will be released within a year as an e-book and then as a paperback a month or so later. Still hasn't sunk in---I think I'll go pass out now.

Hooray! Congrats!

cheekychook wrote:I am beyond excited to announce that I have just signed a contract on my NOVEL! The contract is from a small press that does both digital and print, so it will be released within a year as an e-book and then as a paperback a month or so later. Still hasn't sunk in---I think I'll go pass out now.

I know you worked very hard for this - Congrats.

Are we allowed to say we (virtually) knew you when...?

cheekychook wrote:I am beyond excited to announce that I have just signed a contract on my NOVEL! The contract is from a small press that does both digital and print, so it will be released within a year as an e-book and then as a paperback a month or so later. Still hasn't sunk in---I think I'll go pass out now.

Congratulations! I wish you lots of loyal readers and great sales.

And a little fun for today. Today, this art about the main character of my fantasy novel Crystal Shade has reached the stars for the second time, this time aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis (Minus text and logos).

Thanks for the good wishes Cookie,Claudie, Watcher and Guardian. I'll be keeping you all updated on the process. Hope to have a release date for the novella soon and the novel should be out within a year. Still having a hard time believing it.

I got the cover for the novella the other week---that made it seem much more real. I'll post it as soon as I'm allowed.

Filled out my cover art request form for the novel last night---that was surreal! No idea how long it will take but I can guarantee I'll show it as soon as I have permission!

I am excited to say that my newly-published eBook, RUNNING, has been available for only four days and already has two 5-star reviews (and no, not written by relatives!) It has also hovered around the 90th mark in Kindle eBooks for the "political" category. Which might not be high, but I'm pretty thrilled, since this is my first and it's so brand new.

Patrice
http://www.amazon.com/RUNNING-ebook/dp/B005AJA43O