Print & eBook sales for Armed & Magical!
Sales for Armed & Magical are very good -- and Magic Lost, Trouble Found sales have increased to almost match it. Thank you everyone for all of your support!! -- I am a very happy author! That is for print sales. Fantasy traditionally does very well in eBook sales, and Armed & Magical is no exception. I got the coolest article on my Google Alert. Yes, we authors search the Internet for articles, blogs, etc. that mention us or our books. Needless to say, I love Google Alert -- it does the surfing for me. ; )
The article was on WebWire and announced BooksOnBoard's eBook bestsellers for the first half of May. (BooksOnBoard has the largest eBook catalog online at 200,000 titles.) The article is great, but the Top 10 list was what wowed me the most:
Bestsellers (not romance)
1 The Host Meyer, Stephenie
2 Star Wars: Legacy of the Force Allston, Aaron
3 New Moon Meyer, Stephenie
4 The Whole Truth Baldacci, David
5 Armed & Magical Shearin, Lisa
6 The Atlantis Prophecy Greanias, Thomas
7 Twilight Fantasy Bundle Meyer, Stephenie
8 Careless in Red George, Elizabeth
9 Odd Hours Koontz, Dean
10 Reliquary (audio) Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Now that's a list of names a newbie author can be proud to be in the middle of. ; )
Blog topic ideas: I've gotten some great ideas, but I always need more. Writing-related questions are best. Don't be shy, if you have a question -- except giving away plot twists ; ) -- either respond to this blog or email me at lisa@lisashearin.com. I love hearing from you all.
A reminder about the Amazon review contest -- If you want to have your name included in the prize drawings tomorrow, please post your reviews of Armed & Magical (and email me to let me know you've posted one) by tomorrow morning. Thank you SO much to all of you who have already posted reviews! I really appreciate it! For more details on the prizes, scroll down to yesterday's blog.
Drop back by tomorrow to see who the winners are, and for the Saturday Fun Pic -- I'll give you preview of some of the items that will be for sale in our CafePress store.
Have a great holiday weekend!
Lisa
The article was on WebWire and announced BooksOnBoard's eBook bestsellers for the first half of May. (BooksOnBoard has the largest eBook catalog online at 200,000 titles.) The article is great, but the Top 10 list was what wowed me the most:
Bestsellers (not romance)
1 The Host Meyer, Stephenie
2 Star Wars: Legacy of the Force Allston, Aaron
3 New Moon Meyer, Stephenie
4 The Whole Truth Baldacci, David
5 Armed & Magical Shearin, Lisa
6 The Atlantis Prophecy Greanias, Thomas
7 Twilight Fantasy Bundle Meyer, Stephenie
8 Careless in Red George, Elizabeth
9 Odd Hours Koontz, Dean
10 Reliquary (audio) Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Now that's a list of names a newbie author can be proud to be in the middle of. ; )
Blog topic ideas: I've gotten some great ideas, but I always need more. Writing-related questions are best. Don't be shy, if you have a question -- except giving away plot twists ; ) -- either respond to this blog or email me at lisa@lisashearin.com. I love hearing from you all.
A reminder about the Amazon review contest -- If you want to have your name included in the prize drawings tomorrow, please post your reviews of Armed & Magical (and email me to let me know you've posted one) by tomorrow morning. Thank you SO much to all of you who have already posted reviews! I really appreciate it! For more details on the prizes, scroll down to yesterday's blog.
Drop back by tomorrow to see who the winners are, and for the Saturday Fun Pic -- I'll give you preview of some of the items that will be for sale in our CafePress store.
Have a great holiday weekend!
Lisa
posted by Lisa Shearin at
9:20 AM
11 Comments:
Here's a blog topic idea for you... was writing your first full novel hard for you, and when did you write your first novel? I'm still a teenager, but I've been trying to write a full-length novel. I'll start with a spark - an idea, but then I have trouble thinking of more ideas to throw at my characters and ways to keep the plot moving. I usually have a beginning, and an outcome, but no middle. How do you get through a saggy middle? I'm curious about that. And of course, the process of writing your first novel. :)
Thanks!
Oh and by the way, I love your books! :) Keep on writing... I can't wait for the next one.
Anon from 10:04
Those are great topic ideas! I'll add them to the list for the next week or so. Though I can tell you that the "saggy middle" also known as the "swampy middle" doesn't really get any easier. The only parts that have the potential to make more trouble than the middle are the beginning and the end. ; )
I'm so glad you love my books -- thank you!!
Haha, Dean Koontz eats your dust, Lisa. No offense to Koontz, but I can imagine what a kick that is. Congrats.
Yeah, good suggestion by anon. I have another one: backstory/worldbuilding. How did you develop your world, the backgrounds for your characters etc.? You had them pretty much fleshed out before you started writing, or was it a process that continues even now? You have enough stuff for a prequel etc.?
It's a tremendous kick. *big grin*
More great blog ideas -- keep 'em coming everyone!
Congrats on your sales! Must feel great!
How about a post on how you tackle your twisty plots?
I think my twisty plots come out of my twisty mind. ; ) Ask my husband, I'm the poster child for making things more difficult than they need to be. Seriously, what's in the books is the way it forms in my head. Scary, huh? Though sometimes I feel like writing a book is like untangling a ball of Christmas lights.
Stephenie Meyer
Lisa Shearin
Dean Koontz
Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Congrats, Lisa, on being one of the success stories. :)
Another suggestion: choosing which idea to actually develop and write about. For example, I've got several ideas that I could try and flesh out, but how in your experience, what makes you pick one over another? What made you decide to tell Raine's story as opposed to a different idea that you might have had in mind.
Hi Lisa. This is another anonymous commenter (I don't have a blogger id). I wrote to you several weeks ago via email and like a good fangirl I check your blog out from time to time. haha. These questions came to me while I was reading MLTF:
One of the things that really struck me when reading your novels was how you set up your goblin...I guess 'species' is the right word? I was curious where your ideas for those characters came from?
To flesh out my question, how did you come up with the species to begin with? Usually when we think of goblins we think of scary, ugly things that go bump in the night. What inspired you to make them human-like and how did you decide the strenghts and weaknesses of the species (for example, the good night vision and poor sight in sunlight)?
And following on that question, how did you develop the intrigue and complex characters within that species? They seem to span the spectrum, from Nukpana and the king, who definately seem to be evil, to Primari Nuru, who I'm pretty sure is good but who still has those devious tendencies. Were you inspired by something or do you just have a soft spot for devious, gray area characters? [And I mean that question in a non-spoiler way].
Wow, wonderful question on goblins! I'll add it to the list to blog on.
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