Visit me at Spooky Spectacle, busy with non-book life this week, a new character. All this week’s Secret Knowledge is below…
You can get autographed copies of all four books in Selene Reborn Series (Artemis Rising, Celestial Accord, Forging the Chain Breakers, Selene Unchained), Antarctic Honeymoon, and Mirim’s First Christmas at Spooky Spectacle at the Lake Granbury Conference Center on Saturday or Sunday. https://malcolmupton.com/events/
Another supporting character. This shaman is on a spirit walk (hence no need for translation bands or anything). Yes those are diamonds. Honestly, this is going to take several books before all the Easter eggs are revealed…
My video didn’t make the cut for voting, but it did get me to learn how to make them. It also gave me a video ad I put on Instagram, Facebook, and Amazon. I’m not sure why it hasn’t shown up on Amazon…
I’ve started a temporary job as a political canvasser. That will eat up most of my time between now and November 3. I will keep everyone informed of progress, however.
Between the video and a new job, not much progress this week:
Weird The Third I: The House of Doors – progress
Word Count is 65,096 in 14+ chapters of an estimated 70,000-130,000 in 32 chapters.
Since Artemis Rising was originally published in the middle of the month, my sales cycle ends on the 20th. July/Aug Sales: Artemis Rising sold 6 ebooks, 776 pages on Kindle Unlimited, and 3 paper books off Amazon, 1 in-person. Celestial Accord sold 1 ebook and 599 pages on Kindle Unlimited. Forging the Chain Breakers sold 1 ebook, and 735 pages on Kindle Unlimited. Selene Unchained sold 1 ebook, and 523 pages on Kindle Unlimited. Antarctic Honeymoon sold 3 pages on Kindle Unlimited and 1 book in-person. Mirim’s First Christmas had no sales. Surprisingly, Goth Galore sold 1 ebook.
High Adventure is available as a stand-alone novelette. It is #1,516 on Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), #1,715 in Steampunk Fiction, #2,662 in Action & Adventure Short Stories (Kindle Store). It is ebook only available here. No reviews yet. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Goth Galore is available as a stand-alone novella. It is #2,155 in Gaslamp Fantasy (Kindle Store), #3,201 in Gaslamp Fantasy (Books), and #9,141 in Historical Fantasy (Kindle Store). It is ebook only available here. No reviews yet. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Antarctic Honeymoon is #2,542 in Steampunk Fiction, #9,127 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books), and #14,014 in Exploration Science Fiction. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here, or the kindle version here. The audiobook is available here. No reviews yet. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Artemis Rising is #379 in Steampunk Fiction, #479 in Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), and #1,566 in Alternative History. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here or the kindle version here. There is also an audiobook version here. Seven reviews for Artemis Rising. More will help others find the series as well – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Celestial Accord is in #1,101 Steampunk Fiction, #1,270 in Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), #3,674 in Alternate History. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here, the kindle version here, or the audiobook version here. One review but two ratings so far. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Forging the Chain Breakers is #1,102 in Steampunk Fiction, #1,377 in Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), #3,955 in Alternative History. If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here, the kindle version here, or the audiobook here. No reviews yet. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.
Selene Unchained is #1,138 in Steampunk Fiction, #1,445 in Steampunk Science Fiction (Kindle Store), #4,117 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books). If you don’t have yours yet, you can get the paper version here, the kindle version here, or the audiobook here. No reviews yet. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here
Mirim’s First Christmas is #6,871 in 90-Minute Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads, #12,179 in Colonization Science Fiction, and #12,597 in Alternate History Science Fiction (Books). You can find the paper version here or the kindle version here. One review so far. If you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so here.