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Kimmy's Korner

November News

The Holidays are almost upon us! Can you believe it? I have my fake tree up but not decorated because I like to do these things in stages so I don’t burn out by the 25^th. And because my freshman college student is coming home next week for a few days and I’m excited enough to start the tree, but it's too early for decor.

From August to mid-November I wrote like a speedy chipmunk on espresso, and what do I have to show for it besides a little weight gain and flab?
Two Books!

One is a Kindle World Novel (5 Hour Read) ROCKY BLUFF and the other is a continuation of my DREAM JUMPER series that has two different names. Sorry to confuse anyone.

First I published the book in an 8-Book Bundle that I put together with Alexa Grace, Ann Charles and Misty Evans, Adrienne Giordano, Jacki Delecki, Alicia Dean, Lori Leger and Amara Draska called Criminal Christmas. Then I got the book ready for it's very own publishing and re-named it The Dream Jumper's Christmas. It releases MONDAY, November 23rd!!! www.bit.ly/TDJXMAS  Available now.


The story stands alone as a Christmas Suspense Mystery but follows The Dream Jumper's Pursuit after Tina and Jamey return from Nicaragua.
In the Dream Jumper edition, I've included my husband’s Amazing Fool-Proof Turkey recipe that is so EASY and moist! 

So, inside Criminal Christmas, my book is called Christmas Interrupted but alone it's called THE DREAM JUMPER'S CHRISTMAS.

I hope you enjoy the story of Pops' strange neighbors at Christmas time and the threat they impose to not only ruin the holidays but to the safety of Jamey, Tina, Pops, the twins and Harry the dog.

Deals

If you haven’t read THE DREAM JUMPER’S SECRET or THE DREAM JUMPER’S PURSUIT, they go FREE on Monday! (A lot is happening on Monday J )

Feel free to spread the news if you know anyone who would enjoy the books.

SECRET: http://amzn.com/B00JTMDO7G (This novel finaled in the Chanticleer Book Reviews’ Paranormal Awards this year)

PURSUIT: http://amzn.com/B00VKPXB14 (This novel is entered in Chanticleer Book Reviews’ Paranormal Awards (Thriller category) right now!

News

*I’m thrilled that my Kindle Worlds novella, ROCKY BLUFF is doing well in the Lei Crime/Police Procedural Category. I thought Lei and Tina were somewhat similar in character except that Lei is a Maui cop who loves solving crimes.

* I’m headed to Nicaragua to a wedding in January with my husband and friends and can hardly contain myself. I’ll be staying near the hotel that Jamey and Tina pretty much lived in during PURSUIT, eating lots of beans and cheese and avocado fries at El Camelo (where Jamey and Tina often ate) and I even plan to cruise the islands off Granada in a ponga and swim in the Pacific Ocean in San Juan del Sur and the Laguna de Apoyo.
I’ll post lots of pics on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram so if you don’t follow me and want to see my photos, you might want to friend me. This house is where Diego and Annie live on Mombacho, but in reality where my cousins Rob and Jill live.)
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We'll be staying at this hotel in Granada http://www.hotelcolonialgranada.com/
And here in San Juan del Sur
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/6213979?s=W0rk
I plan to write a bit at the end of the stay while we are in this house on the Laguna de Apoyo

http://www.vrbo.com/307353 

Here's a photo of me and my cousin, Robyn, swimming in the bathtub-like lake in 2013.

I’m trying to lose 5 pounds before Nicaragua, to make my clothes fit better after the last 4 months of sitting and writing. And to look a wee bit slimmer in the Laguna de Apoyo. Keep posted!

*In the Passion & Danger Box Set of 10 Books, we were able to donate over $1,000 to Cancer Charities – Breast Cancer Foundation and the Foundation for Thymic Cancer! Thanks to everyone who bought that set. It will be on sale for only two more months, then will dissolve forever.

*My first novel Necessary Detour, was picked up by Amazon Encore and got a second chance at sales through their promotion. It's doing great!

*FYI, when I drive anywhere near Carnation, Washington, I feel like stopping in to chew the fat with Pops, then I remember that Pops lives only in my head. Dangit.

*I've spend hours lately trying to figure out how to navigate a sign up for my newsletter and I feel like I'm getting close to understanding the process of adding a link on my website, but even though Mail Chimp tailors their instructions to chimp-level IQ's, I'm not quite there yet.

ENJOY the FREE Books this week Monday-Friday, and feel free to tweet or email this link to anyone who likes to read!

Happy Thanksgiving.
This year, I'm thankful that I have enough readers to make me feel encouraged to keep writing and getting better.

Thank you for making my dream come true, 

Kim 

Kim Hornsby

You only journey if you dare to leave home

The Dream Jumper's Promise

The Dream Jumper's Secret

TheDream Jumper’s Pursuit

Necessary Detour

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Just Spewing...

I am almost too busy to blog and that's saying a lot because I love to spew on here, imagining that no one reads this, and no one really cares.
Why have I not been blogging?

1. I'm trying to find a college for my son who is a junior, also a phenomenal soccer goalkeeper. I've been told I'm too late for Division 1 but might still get him in to Div II.

2. I published the 2nd book in the Dream Jumper Series and am taking a break from writing, editing, rewording, formatting, worrying. THE DREAM JUMPER'S SECRET is doing well and free until the end of May 9th.

3. I published a Cookbook with my imprint Top Ten Press. It took about 40 woman hours to do the book and I'm really hoping karma catches up with me or it gets us authors some business! Sweet & Savory Cookbook. If not, it's just plain hilarious to say I published a cookbook because I'm not known as an amazing cook.








4. I'm getting ready to go to England next week for 12 days to finally meet the young man who used to be our sponsored child from Romania. He's now a chef in London and although we've written back and forth for years and now Skype call all the time, I've never seen him face to face. It will be marvelous to spend days on end with this fine young man and my dear friend Lynn.
This is Marian........................................................

Update: This is us in England

5. I'm organizing a soccer team car wash for tomorrow and have to coordinate 15 boys and parents to make washing cars in the Seattle rain sound like the funnest thing ever!

I'll try to blog from England but my computer time will be limited. Like me on Facebook and you'll see my trip there.

#FREE Today - The Dream Jumper's Secret
#99c The Dream Jumper's Promise
#FREE Today - KDP FREE Days Guidebook
#FREE until May 11 - Sweet & Savory Cookbook

Top Ten Press is on FIRE!!!! Lots of great deals.



Over & Out!

FREE STUFF - READ ON

Free stuff is good. I think we can all agree on that one. When I lived in Hawaii and taught SCUBA diving I used to say that nothing in Hawaii is free but the sunshine. Customers used to laugh and nod knowingly at that one. Every once in awhile, you run across something entirely free and wonder 'what's the catch?' sometimes there's no catch. Sometimes your email address is needed by the good folks who offered you the free beauty product or free pair of pantyhose. That's when it's handy to have an address for junk mail only. Sometimes a phone number, or a friend's email address is needed, or signing away your first born.
Here's the beauty in Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. Everyday the good people over at Amazon in Seattle offer the world FREE BOOKS. In every genre. Entirely free. All you need to get one, or a hundred, is an AMAZON account, which is also free. You can read these ebooks on your computer, phone, ipad, kindle, nook, and any mobile device just by downloading the Kindle App. You don't need to own a Kindle! Ever. At all! The catch has nothing to do with you. They are simply trying to generate eventual  sales by letting the publisher offer books free for a few days every 3 months.

You can even get on a list that sends you an email daily (or weekly)with free books in your favorite genre. There are about 50 sites out there that compile these on a daily basis. Check our Freebooksy, Kindle Books and Tips, Pixel of Ink, eReader Cafe, Free Book Dude, Awesome Gang, Bargain eBook Hunter.
As an author, going free is a wonderful marketing tool to generate interest in your book. Especially first time authors. Or Indie Authors. Building a readership is key to us new authors and getting 20,000 downloads on free days is going to look good for our book's ranking, as well as get reviews from people who don't expect much from something they didn't pay for. My latest review for THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE this morning said "I feel guilty for not having paid full price!" Those words were payment enough, Rhonda.

Here's my tips to authors when getting ready to go free on Kindle Select:

1. Do 3 days and save 2 for later
2.Two weeks in advance, submit your free day notice to as many sites as possible. See AuthorMarketingClub for a good start on this
3. Write some blog posts and set up several days of blogs during free days to lead readers to your book.
4. Get ready to Facebook blast and ask friends to do this by sharing. People love free stuff, don't be shy!
5. Prepare tweets on Hootsuite or another timed site, to go off every 30 minutes for hours on the first day. (Say something compelling and include #Free#Kindlefree)
6. Retweet, share on FB, and keep promo going the first day, especially from about 2 a.m. Pacific Time to noon. This is when you'll get your biggest 'sales'.
7. Set up some cheap ads for the day after you are free. Keep the book at .99 or 1.99 to avoid sticker shock for those lollygaggers who got their emails late about free days.
8. Keep the momentum going as long as you can for downloads- have a contest, do a radio interview, drop flyers from the sky.
9. Write the 2nd in the series ASAP and get it out there!
Remember free days isn't a time to make money, but to generate interest. Two to four days after the promotion ends on Select, you'll see a bump in sales and this is the golden time to keep the momentum going.
Enjoy all the free books out there, everyone and be sure to review as if you're saying this to the author's face.

Good luck Authors and You're Welcome Readers!

Kim Hornsby is the author of Amazon Best Seller The Dream Jumper's Promise