{"id":11476,"date":"2012-09-29T02:55:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T09:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=11476"},"modified":"2012-09-29T02:55:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T09:55:24","slug":"good-read-good-deed-shiver-on-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/29\/good-read-good-deed-shiver-on-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Good read; good deed — Shiver on the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you like yourself a rip-roaring novel now and then? Then may I suggest you get yourself right on over to Amazon and check out Shiver on the Sky<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Go ahead. I’ll wait.<\/b> <\/p>\n

If you’ve got a Kindle, the book is just $.99 on Amazon. Whether or not you have a Kindle, you can read the book free with only one small catch. <\/p>\n

I’ll get back to that free-book offer in a second.<\/b><\/p>\n

Shiver<\/i> is a “contemporary fantasy detective novel.” Its author, David Young, is a regular reader and occasional commentor here at Living Freedom. But I wouldn’t recommend the book just because of that. I started reading it yesterday afternoon (a day after he put it on Amazon) and I’m hooked. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately Shiver<\/i> is also an example of what fiction writers have to go through with mainstream publishers these days. David shopped the book around without getting so much as a nibble, mostly because his work didn’t fit neatly into any standard genre. <\/p>\n

Then an editor at Baen — good house for this type of story! — took an interest. She asked for some changes, which David happily made. But when he went back with the alterations: “Oh, she doesn’t work here any more and nobody else remembers anything about it.”<\/p>\n

That sounds flaky, but sadly it’s typical. Used to be that editors were advocates for writers. A good editor helped good writers become better ones. Great editors advocated for “their” new talents even when their first efforts weren’t commercially successful. Now? It’s a revolving door for editors and all publishers want is the next teen vampire novel or the next 50 Shades of Gray<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Somebody like David with something unusual to offer has to go it alone. (Which, thank the Internet, he can. And, as he says in good freedomista style, “The self-publishing thing feels better than asking permission anyway.”)<\/p>\n

He’s not quite going it alone, though!<\/i><\/p>\n

This is where you — and those free copies — come in.<\/b> <\/p>\n

David is offering free e-copies to people who will promise to review the book on Amazon. He didn’t even specify that it had to be a favorable review, though if the rest of the book is as good as what I’ve seen so far, I expect most will be.<\/p>\n

So grab yourself a copy. Whether you buy one on Amazon or take David’s free-book offer, I don’t think you’ll regret it. I’d call it a page turner if the darned thing actually had pages. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

If you like this one, you might also want to know he’s got another coming out in a few months: Pagan Sex<\/i>. Yes, Pagan Sex<\/i>. I have no clue what that one’s about, but he’s definitely got himself an … er, interesting title.<\/p>\n

Three ways to get the book:<\/b><\/p>\n

1. Buy the Kindle edition on Amazon for just $.99.<\/a><\/p>\n

2 and 3. Contact David and get a free copy in exchange for putting up an Amazon review:<\/p>\n

email him at d.young at cabinfeversoftware dot com
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\nmake a request via his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amazon also has a pretty generous “look inside” if you want to read a bit before your commit.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

NFI on my part other than the usual Amazon commission, which on a $.99 book fails to qualify as a deep financial interest (though as usual every purchase is appreciated).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you like yourself a rip-roaring novel now and then? Then may I suggest you get yourself right on over to Amazon and check out Shiver on the Sky Go ahead. I’ll wait. If you’ve got a Kindle, the book is just $.99 on Amazon. Whether or not you have a Kindle, you can read the book free with only one small catch. I’ll get back to that free-book offer in a second. Shiver is a “contemporary fantasy detective novel.” Its author, David Young, is a regular reader and occasional commentor here at Living Freedom. But I wouldn’t recommend the…<\/p>\n

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