Well, that was fun while it lasted …..
I had a bit of downtime today in my day job so I set out to explore promotional opportunities on Amazon.com for my book. OK, I thought, I’ll do a giveaway. That’s easy. Invest a few dollars and see where that takes me. I opted for a small number of giveaways and it was all over in what seemed like seconds. By the time I’d logged on to Twitter to promote it, it was all over. Well I’m happy for the readers who will get a free book courtesy of the giveaway – which was the intent
Well, that was fun while it lasted …..
I had a bit of downtime today in my day job so I set out to explore promotional opportunities on Amazon.com for my book. OK, I thought, I’ll do a giveaway. That’s easy. Invest a few dollars and see where that takes me. I opted for a small number of giveaways and it was all over in what seemed like seconds. By the time I’d logged on to Twitter to promote it, it was all over. Well I’m happy for the readers who will get a free book courtesy of the giveaway – which was the intent

Life imitates art … or is it the other way around?
Life imitates art – well, my book cover I looked at these flowers this morning in my living room and realised just how closely they resembled the image I used on the ‘new and improved’ cover of my first novel – The House of Secrets: Julia’s Story. I bought them at the local farmers’ market on the weekend. Roses are so beautiful. What I want to know is – how do you combine a full time career – I’m a publisher of magazines for Yaffa Media – with the burning desire to get out t

Life imitates art … or is it the other way around?
Life imitates art – well, my book cover I looked at these flowers this morning in my living room and realised just how closely they resembled the image I used on the ‘new and improved’ cover of my first novel – The House of Secrets: Julia’s Story. I bought them at the local farmers’ market on the weekend. Roses are so beautiful. What I want to know is – how do you combine a full time career – I’m a publisher of magazines for Yaffa Media – with the burning desire to get out t

Read my book for FREE online ….
I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve made my book available FREE OF CHARGE – LINK HERE This format does require some patience. Otherwise I’ve reduced the price on Amazon.com and Kindle – and also it’s available to Australian readers on www.pmabooks.com – also on special this month. #JuliaBelleville #JMaryMasters #Books #Publishing #Australia #TheHouseofSecrets #PriorPark #Writing

Read my book for FREE online ….
I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve made my book available FREE OF CHARGE – LINK HERE This format does require some patience. Otherwise I’ve reduced the price on Amazon.com and Kindle – and also it’s available to Australian readers on www.pmabooks.com – also on special this month. #JuliaBelleville #JMaryMasters #Books #Publishing #Australia #TheHouseofSecrets #PriorPark #Writing

The House of Secrets … is still The House of Secrets … but with a new cover and sub head
The House of Secrets
Julia’s Story
by J Mary Masters I’ve been working on this for a few days now – and I decided finally not to change the title of my first novel – just define it. It is now THE HOUSE OF SECRETS – Julia’s Story – with a much brighter cover. (I must have looked at hundreds of stock photos to find this image, but I think it works.) I was really excited by a 4 star review posted on Amazon.com – you can see it here in this link – and yes, the cover is being upda

The House of Secrets … is still The House of Secrets … but with a new cover and sub head
The House of Secrets
Julia’s Story
by J Mary Masters I’ve been working on this for a few days now – and I decided finally not to change the title of my first novel – just define it. It is now THE HOUSE OF SECRETS – Julia’s Story – with a much brighter cover. (I must have looked at hundreds of stock photos to find this image, but I think it works.) I was really excited by a 4 star review posted on Amazon.com – you can see it here in this link – and yes, the cover is being upda
Sleepless night, light bulb moment, changing my first book’s title ……
OK, so I said I was getting the cover of my first novel The House of Secrets re-designed . And then I started thinking about the limitations of the title – it isn’t a horror book or a spine tingler – and I came to the decision that the title wasn’t right. I’m not going to reveal yet what the new title is, in case I change my mind again. (I can just see all those men nodding knowingly.) So I spent most of yesterday evening trawling stock image sites for a suitable image – and
Sleepless night, light bulb moment, changing my first book’s title ……
OK, so I said I was getting the cover of my first novel The House of Secrets re-designed . And then I started thinking about the limitations of the title – it isn’t a horror book or a spine tingler – and I came to the decision that the title wasn’t right. I’m not going to reveal yet what the new title is, in case I change my mind again. (I can just see all those men nodding knowingly.) So I spent most of yesterday evening trawling stock image sites for a suitable image – and