Last Thursday I decided to add a lot of people to my mailing list, hoping to improve my book sales. Things got a bit interesting after that.
» Read moreLast Friday I blogged about a rather large increase in subscribers due to sponsoring a contest, and about my intentions to send them an e-mail stating hey everyone, I’m Jeroen, I sponsored a contest you participated in, these are my books, stay on this list if you want to hear when I write another.
» Read moreYesterday morning my mailing list had 83 subscribers. I’ve grown this list gradually over the past two years (I think? I’m not entirely sure when I started it and too lazy to look it up), with some of the largest increases coming from cross-promotions. I migrated it to MailChimp a while ago, finding it infinitely better than my custom built solution.
» Read moreAll of my books include a disclaimer that similarities to real persons are coincidental. This is pretty much a no-brainer for the Hunter in the Dark series as it takes place in a fictional universe, and mostly unnecessary for the Troll Warriors of Sheepbane, because whatever happens in my dreams is too weird to have any bearing on real life, even if my subconscious somehow keeps involving Kevin Sorbo.
» Read moreMy books feature a whole bunch of characters, creatures and forces with special or supernatural abilities. The Hunter in the Dark series has the seven Gifts, a bunch of ancient relics that enhance people in various ways, and entire civilizations that are simply badass because of their natural habitat (the Wanderers). The Unbound series has the Sleepers and Unbound, with mostly similar powers, and a whole bunch of other supernatural creatures with varying abilities, such as Thanatos and Paul.
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