The first Detour Trail review

The first review of Detour Trail is up on Amazon, and it got 5 stars.  Here’s the link if you want to read it: http://www.amazon.com/Detour-Trail-Joy-V-Smith/dp/1612355706/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1364491553&sr=8-8&keywords=Joy+V.+Smith

 

 

Why send out a press release? (link)

Your book’s press release is an important tool.  You need it to spark interest for reviews, interviews, publicity, and sales!   Learn more at Build Book Buzz: http://buildbookbuzz.com/why-you-must-have-a-press-release-that-announces-your-book/?goback=%2Egde_1848415_member_135544517

Joy’s writing news

My house remodel e-book, Remodelling: Buying and and Updating a Foreclosure , is half price at Smashwords this month: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/71560

My review of Time Machine Troopers (sequel to The Time Machine) is up at The New Book Review: http://www.thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/

 And my short story collection, The Doorway and Other Stories, will be available free as a Kindle download on July 7.  Don’t forget that you can get a free Kindle app on the website:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SV1FB2

Time Machine Troopers and Man-Kzin Wars XIII reviews

My reviews of Man-Kzin Wars XIII and Time Machine Troopers are on Amazon and my media blog: http://pagadan.livejournal.com/
; and my Man-Kzin Wars XIII review will be posted on The New Book Review June 21: www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com

Man-Kzin Wars in one of my favorite shared world anthologies and Time Machine Troopers is an outstanding sequel to H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine.

Book blog tours (link)

Learn about virtual book tours here: http://www.amylpeterson.com/

Bad book reviews

Here’s a helpful article by Joan Stewart of Publicity Hound on reacting/responding to reviews of your book: http://publicityhound.net/authors-why-you-shouldnt-respond-to-bad-book-reviews/       Be sure to check out the article and comments on Good Reads also. (She includes a link.)

Meet Amy Peterson–and her family!

I have the privilege of hosting Amy Peterson’s book blog tour on April 28!  I enjoyed reading Amy’s book, From Zero to Four Kids in Thirty Seconds, and I’m happy to share the book and the fun. 

See below for an excerpt from my review and her book tour schedule.

Review excerpt:

“I came across this book online; it sounded intriguing–and fun, so I got it. I enjoyed it from Amy and Mark’s first meeting in the workplace when he rejects her proposal (for a study grant), their tentative attempts at getting to know each other and date–despite her understandable reluctance to get involved with a man with four children. …”  I gave the book 5 stars, btw. 

Tour schedule:

8th April    - Debdatta @ b00k r3vi3ws - GIVEAWAY (1 EBOOK GIVEAWAY)

9th April    - Nilsa @ Nilsa’s Book Blog 

10th April  - Literary Corner @Allahabad Post

11th April  - Patricia @The Joy of the Written Word 

12th April  - Pragya @Reviewing Shelf - GIVEAWAY (1 FINAL QUALITY PAPERBACK OF CREATESPACE)

13th April  - Kathleen @Jersey Girl Book Reviews

14th April  - Makayla @Makayla’s Book reviews

15th April  - Twitter Party #zero2fourkids - BIG GIVEAWAY (3 FINAL QUALITY PAPERBACKS OF CREATESPACE AND 3 NECKLACES)

16th April  - Aparajita @Le’ Grande Codex

17th April  - Rachel @Stressed Rach

18th April  - Nicole @Purple Penguin Reviews

19th April  -

20th April  - Cece @Cece’s Reading and Writing Safari - GIVEAWAY (1 FINAL QUALITY PAPERBACK OF CREATESPACE)

22th April  - Sue @Books books the magical fruit

23rd April  - Allizabeth @The Paperback Pursuer

24th April  -

25th April  - Elemillia @Book Reviews, Fiction Reflections n’ More

26th April  - Ella @Mymcbooks Blog  - GIVEAWAY (1 NECKLACE)

27th April  - Donna @My Life. One Story at a Time. - GIVEAWAY (1 NECKLACE)

28th April  - Joy @Joy’s Galaxy  - GIVEAWAY (5 PAPERBACK REVIEW COPIES)

 

 

Hidebound (SF adventure and romance)

Hidebound, my SF novella with some adult content, is now available for .99 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005ICFOHY

Review: Fissa’s desire for independence, leaving the safety of her home planet to travel space on her cousin’s ship, the St. Catherine, may be her first and final adventure. The ship is attacked, and she crash-lands in a shuttle on a planet covered with carnivorous vegetation. Now her life is in the hands of Ferenc, an alien humanoid with strange physical powers. Will he abandon her, force himself upon her, or continue to save her as they journey over deadly terrain? Under the constant threat of death and with a growing attraction for the enigmatic humanoid, Fissa must grow up fast and make some life-altering choices. Joy V. Smith has deftly combined science fiction adventure with romance, realistically exploring an emotional and physical relationship between human and humanoid.

Joy’s writing news update

I finished the rewrite of my SF novel and sent a query off to an editor.  Now I have to work on my western novel.  This is my first western ever, btw.

I’m still waiting to hear back from other editors about an earlier SF novel and short stories.

My review of  The Tin Men and Other Poems  is in the winter issue (Volume VII, Issue 3) of Tales of the Talisman. which is full of short stories (including a western and one about truck drivers), poems, Cthulhu’s advice column (adult advice), book reviews, and more.  My favorite stories include The Om Tree (wherein an assassin learns about death), Ieia (how helpless is a statue of a goddess?) and Tested (a different story about quests).  My favorite poems include The Legend of Sequoia Sapling and The Fairy’s Granddaughter. 

 The next issue (spring) of Tales of the Talisman is a steampunk issue that sounds like fun.

The Tin Men and Other Poems

My review of The Tin Men and Other Poems (Sam’s Dot Publishing, 2011) by Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel is in the current (winter) issue of Tales of the Talisman. This is a special fantasy issue, btw, and I’m looking forward to reading the stories, poetry, reviews, and columns… You can see the Table of Contents here: http://www.talesofthetalisman.com/