Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Kindle Users, Get Paladin Free Until Friday

The point of this post is simple:

Amazon is allowing Kindle users to download my first book, Paladin, for free until Friday night at 11:59.

If you own a Kindle, now's your chance to grab it while you can without paying a dime.

Here's the linkety link:

Arr! This be the link to get Paladin for Free!

Once you've read the book, show some love by dropping a comment here or on Amazon (much appreciated, thanks).

Til next time,
Coty Schwabe

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Read My Books? Tell me What You Thought! And a free Book.

Hile, Reader!

Welcome. I've been expecting you.

In a moment I'm going to tell you how you can get one of my books for free. But first:

First off, if you read Paladin (Crossblade, or any other book), thank you. I wrote it not for myself, but in the hopes that others (fans of fantasy and adventure) would read and enjoy.

Now, I know there is no perfect book. There are bad, good, decent, fair and great, and I honestly don't know where Crossblade lies. I rewrote parts of it three times at least, and it went through two full edits before being finished. it's also my first fully fleshed out book.

If you landed here via the link in the book, great! It's awesome to know that some people actually do take action when prompted. And I would ask that you take a few minutes to take just a tiny bit more.

Below, I'd really appreciate it if you could tell me what you thought of the book. I'm looking for an honest opinion. What did you like? What didn't you like? What did you think overall of the story? Things like that would be awesomesauce.

I'd also like to know one more thing: Are you interested in the sequel? Simple yes or no will suffice, but I like to push people. What would you like to see in the sequel? More backstory, action, suspense? No guarantees as to the change of the story itself, but I just might tweak it if enough people agree.

Here's where we come full circle. For the first ten commenters to leave an honest, thought filled response here, I will give you a copy of Crossblade's sequel absolutely free when it is finished. Just make sure that you leave your email in the comment (either at the end, or in your commenting name).

But wait, there's more! (I was a marketer before this...) If you leave an honest comment on Amazon's website (or Smashwords if that's where you picked it up), I'll make sure you get a copy - regardless of whether you're in the top ten or not, cause that's how I roll. You can copy the comment to both, but if you leave an awesome, unique comment on both, email me at address listed on this site, and I'll hook you up with a copy of my next book which is a thriller. You get first dibs!

I look forward to your honest (and hopefully kind) words below.

Thanks,
Coty Schwabe

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Paladin 2 Completed, Next Project in the Works

The first day of the year is finally here but it sure doesn't feel like it.

But the last year has been extremely productive and no day more so than yesterday. Last week I finished Paladin sequel (Paladin 2 for now) and yesterday I spent the day storyboarding my next book. I actually finished the whole thing, from where I currently was in the story to the end. My goal is to have it written by the end of February.

And this one is not in the fantasy genre - it's a thriller.

Wouldn't that be nice?

Well Reader, my hope is that this year is even better for all of us - you included. I'm looking to get published.

What are you looking to do in 2013?