BrandonBits: Obligatory New Year's Post

What a wild year for pretty much everyone it seems. At least all the negativity swirling around did force me to focus on other things and be rather productive. However, I still wasn't nearly as productive as I had anticipated. I had hoped to publish four books this year and have a fifth one nearly finished. Instead, I published one book, am editing another, have nearly finished the rough draft of another, and haven't done much with two that I started last year. Ah well, once the Jesse Boomer trilogy is complete it will open the floodgates of creativity, allowing me to publish a few things in quick succession.

Something I did do that I hadn't planned on was revisiting all my previous books and making them available in paperback form, which was pretty involved when considering how many additional edits I made, so that undertaking can probably be compared to the writing of an entirely new book.

All right, I guess now it's time to set goals for 2018.

Goal 1: Publish five books. Sure, that seems like a tall order, but considering the fact that one book is a few weeks away from completion and another will be done a month after that, I'm quite confident this goal can be met. I'm especially excited to work more on This Dinosaur Future I Dreamed and imagine I'll bang that one out pretty quick because I've wanted to focus on it for quite some time. Plus, it's a project I'm very passionate about.

Goal 2: Become a full-time writer. I do have a day job that isn't too bad, but it's definitely time to move on and pursue my passion. I'm hoping that by around spring time I'll have enough of a following (via Amazon, Patreon—which I really need to upload more content to—, and Ko-fi) to take a chance and devote all my time to writing and other creative projects.

Goal 3: Work on a variety of projects outside of writing, such as art, music, and videography.

Goal 4: Be more social.

Goal 5: Get out more. I'd like to spend more time in coffee shops and traveling around to various places. This sort of coincides with the goal to be a full-time writer because as soon as that happens I won't feel so tied down and will be more apt to go on random trips, actually staying in places while writing about them.

Goal 6: The obligatory eat-healthier-and-exercise-more goal everyone seems to have.

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I hope everyone had a great holiday. As is typical, I spent it watching Christmas-themed slasher flicks, drinking, and committing carbicide.

The free book promotion went okay, but not many seemed to be too jazzed about it this time. Ah well, it has only strengthened my efforts to be more proactive in reaching more readers. Thus, I am currently using Amazon Marketing Services to promote Night of the Killer Roos and Nudibranchs! The Modified Version through the long weekend, which has resulted in plenty of clicks and a few more sales. Of course, focusing more on public relations is a bit difficult while working on a book one hopes to publish in a month. Still, here I am running campaigns, posting to blogs, finally getting around to joining Goodreads, and buying a new camcorder that will allow me to produce more video blogs and other various videography projects to share in an effort to promote myself.

Last Day for FREE Books

Today (Monday the 18^th) is the last day to take advantage of the FREE book promotion. The updated digital versions of the five following titles are FREE:

The Emboof Influence
Night of the Killer Roos
Nudibranchs!
Nudibranchs! The Modified Version
The Unfabulous Horrors of Chameleon Island

FREE Books!

From now until Monday the 18^th several digital versions of my books are free to download. All have been recently updated (for the last time O_O), so I encourage all my readers to take advantage of this promotion even if they have downloaded them before*.

The Emboof Influence
Night of the Killer Roos
Nudibranchs!
Nudibranchs! The Modified Version
The Unfabulous Horrors of Chameleon Island

Jesse's Conveyance will be offered for free at a later date to coincide with the promotion of Jesse's Influence.

*If you have previously downloaded any of my books, just sign in to your Amazon account and navigate to the product page of the downloaded book. From there, click on the link "Manage Your Content and Devices". Find the book, select it, and delete it from your list of content (you may also need to clear your browser history). You will then be able to download the updated version of the book from the product page for free during this promotion.

BrandonBits: Free Books Tomorrow

Now that everything’s been sorted out, let’s try this again.

As I’ve done in the past, as a courtesy to my readers who previously purchased any previous editions of my books, for a limited time the updated digital versions of all my previous stuff will be made available for free. Tomorrow (December 15^th) through Monday (December 18^th), several of my books can be downloaded free of charge from Amazon.com. The free titles will be:

The Emboof Influence
Night of the Killer Roos
Nudibranchs!
Nudibranchs! The Modified Version
The Unfabulous Horrors of Chameleon Island
 
I will be posting links to these titles tomorrow. At a later date I will be making Jesse’s Conveyance free to coincide with the promotion of Jesse’s Influence.

BrandonBits: Paperbacks Video

BrandonBits: Paperbacks Available

All my completed books are now available in paperback form.

Free Books - HALTED!

I had to put a stop to the book promotion because Amazon never updated the files for any of my books. The previews show the correct versions, as does my KDP bookshelf, but after downloading the books from the website, I now see the files being sold are all the outdated ones >_<

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Per usual, I have been quiet lately. Also per usual, it has been for a very good reason. I have been extremely productive. First of all, Jesse's Influence is now available (links at the bottom of the post). Actually, it's been available since late September; however, I remained quiet about the release because I wanted to get the rest of my books up to speed. Furthermore, all my books are now available in paperback. No more revisiting. No more miniscule corrections. I am done fussing with past projects.

As I've done in the past, as a courtesy to my readers who previously purchased any previous editions, for a limited time the digital versions of all my previous stuff will be made available for free. Tomorrow (December 8^th) through Tuesday (December 12^th), several of my books can be downloaded free of charge from Amazon.com. The free titles will be:

The Emboof Influence
Night of the Killer Roos
Nudibranchs!
Nudibranchs! The Modified Version
The Unfabulous Horrors of Chameleon Island
 
I will be posting links to these titles tomorrow. At a later date I will be making Jesse's Conveyance free to coincide with the promotion of Jesse's Influence.

Finally, I can refocus on Jesse's Legacy and start adding more content to my Patreon.

Jesse’s Influence (digital): https://www.amazon.com/Jesses-Influence-Jesse-Boomer-Book-ebook/dp/B075W6ZYJ8/ref=la_B004XOA2H0_1_8/140-3237217-0434825?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1512694047&sr=1-8

Jesse’s Influence (paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Jesses-Influence-Boomer-Brandon-Blankenburg/dp/1973174731/ref=la_B004XOA2H0_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1512697145&sr=1-4