Book Review for Innocence Coming April 3!

I have connected with a book blogger I'm excited to work with.  Her name is Karen Steer and she lives in Australia. (I thought that was really cool!)  She has agreed to review my first mini-book Innocence.  I am really excited and grateful to be working with her.

As an introduction to her, I would like to give you the link to her website www.karensbookhaven.com so you can check out her reviews of other books as well and see what she's all about.  The review for Innocence will be posted on her website on April 3, 2015, so mark your calendars.  I will post the link as soon as it's available, and, believe me, I'll be reminding you all of the upcoming review all week long.  I love connecting with other people who are passionate about any aspect of books or writing.

Below I have posted a bit about Karen from her about page (reprinted with permission), along with her picture.

Karen Steer

Here is a bit about Karen:

"Hi there - I'm Karen and welcome to my haven.

To say I love books would be an understatement. I adore them. I love all sorts of genres. Romance, erotica, young adult, women's fiction, some paranormal and thriller are the ones I gravitate towards the most. I love nothing more than diving into a book and being transported to another world and being bewitched by the author's characters. There is no better feeling than a book hangover.

"I am a mother of two boys, married to the man of my dreams and live in a beautiful part of Australia, just north of Sydney.

"I love talking about books. I can be often found on instagram and twitter talking about the books I've reviewed. I give honest reviews and I welcome others recommendations too."

Here are the links for her social media:

Facebook  (She's got an amazing 1,133 likes.  Be sure to add yours!)

Instagram 

Twitter

Karen also offers Beta and Proofing services at a competitive rate.  If any of my writer friends are reading this, or you know of someone looking for this type of service, click here for more information.

I would like to thank Karen in advance for her hard work and support of authors.  Without readers and book bloggers our skill set would be kinda useless.  Thank you so much, Karen!

Don't forget to get your copy of Innocence.  It's the first mini-book (which means it's only six chapters long so it's perfect for a quick read) in my Gold Dragon series.  The second book will be out very soon.

You can get a copy at...

Etsy for only $1.99 in PDF format!

Amazon for the low price of $2.99 (lowest they'd let me go) in .epub format.

iBooks also for the low price of $2.99 in .epub format.

And coming soon...in print!  The hard copy version will be sold on Etsy.com as well as locally in a wonderful shop called Simply NC.  So if you live in my lovely hometown of Clinton, be sure to stop by for your copy.  I will post when they are available.  In the meantime, check out Simply NC on the Square in Clinton for everything North Carolina.  You'll love the shop.

Thanks for reading, as always, and I'll keep you posted about the release of the next book Awakened as well as the link for Karen's review!

Now available on Amazon and iBooks!

Ok, this is exciting.  My book is now available on Amazon and iBooks.  You can go to Amazon or iBooks and search "Rebecca Yoder" and my book Innocence will pop up.  Or you can click on "Amazon" and "iBooks" above for their respective links.

So now is your chance to get the very first in the series the Gold Dragon.  The lowest I could price the book on Amazon and iBooks was $2.99, and you're going to love it!  The format is great.  I have to admit that the cover looks best on iBooks.  (That's hard for me to say because I'm a Galaxy/Android person.)  But for some reason the cover is darker on Amazon.  I don't know what they did to it, but I'm too happy that it's on there to make a stink about it.

You can still buy Innocence in PDF format (which, I must say, is beautifully done as well and reads just as easily as the epub version) on Etsy.com.  The plus to buying this version is that it is only $1.99...AND coupons will be available if you leave a review on Etsy.com after your purchase.  I am offering a discount coupon for the second book, Awakened, for anyone who leaves a review on Etsy for the first book, Innocence.  Just leave a review and I will email you the coupon when Awakened is released.

So get out your phones, tablets and Kindles and start downloading.  Let me know what you think.  Leave a review.  Leave a comment on the blog or my Facebook page.  I'm excited to hear your feedback.  And as always, thanks for reading this.

One more time:  Buy me on
Etsy,
Amazon-Kindle
iBooks

BUY ME!

BUY ME!

Ok, so I don't really know how to market a book.  Heck, I never even liked selling candy bars in high school.  So, here goes.  I just published my first mini-book, Innocence, one week ago.  I think you'll really like it because it is a short read and introduces the Gold Dragon Series which includes paranormal and fantasy elements.  Who doesn't like a little magic to carry them away?

This first book introduces our main girl, Mint Julep Greene, to us and the ugly new backwoods town her mother forced her to move to.  Like many teens, she just wants her freedom to live how she wants to live.  In spite of her mom's lecherous ways, Mint never developed a wild, rule breaking attitude.  She just wants some stability.  But Ben, the guy at her new high school is about to test her limits.

Read Innocence for the introduction to Mint's new life in the country and the strange things happening around her like the guy that's spying on her from the woods.  Then don't miss the second mini-book in the series, Awakened, which comes out at the end of this month (March 2015 in case you needed to check a calendar).  Mint's story continues as Ben focuses his attentions on her and makes her question the worth of sticking to the rules.  Maybe letting go a little is the way to really live...

So there you have it, and here is the link to buy it: Buy me!
It's only $1.99, sold as a beautifully formatted PDF file in my shop on Etsy.com.  It views great through the free Kindle app or any other app that views PDFs, and it was formatted especially for phone screens or a device of a similar size.

I have also submitted the book to be sold on Amazon and Ibooks.  I am waiting for their review process.  I will post a link after it's available for sale.

Thanks so much for checking out my book.  Remember to tell all your friends, and if you leave a review on Etsy.com after your purchase, I will send you a discount coupon for Awakened when it comes out.

Remember to subscribe by email to my blog so you can be notified immediately when I post about new releases, deals and freebies.

(And coming soon will be a link to a sample of the book on Wattpad!)

Failure & Future

Well, it looks like I have failed at another NaNo event.  I know there are still two days left, and miracle word counts have happened.  But my plans include something other than winning a word count this month.  Through my failure I learned what I really want, or rather, what my first step is to getting where I want to go.

My goal is to make a living from my writing.  And I believe that when I complete my first adult book, finishing the next one will be easier.  I also believe that the right readers will be attracted to my work and news will spread.  However, I have tried time and again to finish this first novel that I'm talking about.  I have the story chosen and the plot mapped out, but the finish line seems ever in the future.

Last week a friend challenged me to finish any book I choose by Easter and she would carry it in her store.  As I pondered on finishing my novel for this challenge, I also knew that a goal so far away felt daunting to me.  I wanted something I could complete in a week.  I did some research on stories I had completed, half completed and of various genres.  Then it dawned on me what would work.  I had a children's ebook I had published almost two years ago.  I decided to make that one my first paper version.  I checked pricing at a local printing business and found out that printing my own work was going to be much simpler than I had thought.

So my task this weekend is to format my children's book Betty Butter into a version to send to the printers.  It's lacking a few illustrations.  The e-version has no illustrations but is also less expensive to purchase at only $1.99.  A fun recipe to make homemade butter at the end of the book makes up for the lack of illustrations in the digital version.  I feel that the printed version will not fair so well without the illustrations.

After the completion of this first paper printing project, I have a second story I will write about Betty Butter and print in e-format as well as paper printing.  These were small steps I could see myself completing without being overwhelmed.  And the anticipation of being able to say I have two books out before the New Year is a huge affirmation for me.  As I build my faith in myself, I know that novel will look easier and easier.

That's my plan.  I made a schedule this morning to show my purpose to myself and the universe as to how I'm managing my time in order to meet my goals.  I now feel confident that I will meet them and that God will be there to help me all along the way.  I know he will give me more than I ever dreamed and planned for.