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Wired Kingdom book trailer now showing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV7fELigwjg

Would love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks very much, Emily!

UPDATE: Thriller fans, WIRED KINGDOM (mass market paperback edition, $7.99) is now available for PRE-ORDER on Amazon and B&N.com: http://www.amazon.com/Wired-Kingdom-Rick-Chesler/dp/1935142070/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270329783&sr=1-1 http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Wired-Kin...

Thanks, writing bug. I agree that it is a writer's job to make people feel connected, and that the depth of this connection has the potential to be greater than what can be found elsewhere. As far as getting off the 'net long enough to read--don't forget the video games and the high-def TV's!

"Given the utter lack of control, Amazon ratings are essentially meaningless. A book can receive a (low) one-star rating for lots of reasons or for no reason at all. The rater might: 1) misunderstand the rating system and mean to indicate that the book is superb; 2) dislike the cost of the book...

The cliché says that truth is stranger than fiction. Novels are supposed to pull the reader into another world for a few hours—an escape from the everyday to a fantastical place where nothing is mundane and everything is remarkable. The best fiction has long held the respect of the entertainment wor...

Just a quick update:

The release date for Wired Kingdom will be May 25, 2010, just in time for Memorial Day and the summer beach read season.

In addition to mass market paperback, it will also be available as a Kindle e-book.

Thanks,

Rick

Cooper,

Thanks for the kind words. I agree that the ocean--that great interconnector of continents-- provides for a rich source of storytelling ideas.

Rick

Thanks, Mira! You could also consider it a mystery, although not a cozy one.

Thanks a lot, Mira.

I thought it might be good to have a marketing thread, since most of us here hope to sell books. To kick it off, here's a link to a guest blog post I did today for Tony Eldridge's Marketing Tips for Authors Blog: http://blog.marketingtipsforauthors.com/2009/12/pre-publication-book-marketing.html Fee...

Personally, I can't think of any blog I would pay to read or post on. There are just too many quality free ones out there. I think for writers who set out hoping to make money from blogging, dissapointment is the likely outcome. Then again, one could argue that goes for writing books, too. A large n...

FYI Thriller fans:

Coming May 2010,
WIRED KINGDOM

http://rickchesler.com

http://www.variancepublishing.com/books ... esler.html

http://www.facebook.com/WiredKingdomNovel