Announcing: Special People
This week I am launching Special People, which is a fiction project about people with special powers and abilities. The stories are action-oriented, humourous, and, hopefully, unique!
The concept behind Special People lies somewhere in between a serialized novel, a text-only comic book series, and a long-form world-building exercise. The goal is to post weekly updates that tell interconnecting stories within a common setting. So far the site is seeded with two short standalone, or "single," chapters, as well as the six chapters of a longer story called Hands-On that you may have already read if you bought Feel-Good.
The main thing I have to hammer out at this point is my update schedule. Right now I’m planning to post new chapters every Wednesday, and occasionally on Mondays or Fridays, as well.
I hope you enjoy what’s there, and check back on Wednesday for the first chapter from a new story arc called King of the Dark.
Feel-Good: Now Available
It's finally here! For all of you eager readers who weren't lucky enough to get on the early access list, Feel-Good is now available for general download.
Feel-Good is a collection of flash fiction, poetry, and short stories, totaling about 40 pages, or 10,000 words. For more information, see the product page in the store.
Feel-Good is available as a free download, on a "pay what you want" basis, and is also on the Kindle Store for $0.99.
For the next week, the "preorder" bonuses are still available to people who pay for Feel-Good. Here are the bonuses you can receive:
- A donation of $1 or more will place you on the Early Access List to receive my next collection a week early.
- For $3 or more, I will write a 50-word story based on a title you suggest and post it on FiftyWordStories.com.
- For $5 or more, I will publicly thank you on Twitter, Google+, or Facebook--your choice! If you'd like, I can include a message and a link from you, as well.
- For $10 or more, I will write you a personal flash fiction story (100 to 500 words), based on a title you suggest, and I'll include it in a future collection, along with a personal acknowledgement.
Thank you for your support!
Living and Dying: Now Available!
Today is June 1, and that means Living and Dying has officially been released! Spread the word by retweeting the announcement tweet below, or share the link on Facebook (or anywhere else) using the social media icons at the bottom of the post.
You can now download the Living and Dying ebook from the TimSevenhuysen.com Store and pay what you want for it.
You can also buy it from the Amazon Kindle Store for $0.99. Here's a link to the US product page, here's the UK product page, and here's the German product page.
Don't forget: if you buy Living and Dying today, you get on the early access list for my next fiction collection (plus a free Fifty-Word Stories: Volume One ebook if you pay $0.90 or more), and if you write an Amazon review you get on the early access list and get to contribute a superhero name to a story I'm writing!
Thanks for the support, everyone.
The Plunge
Tomorrow I take the plunge.
The FiftyWordStories.com Store is now online, and the first two products (Fifty-Word Stories: Volume One in print and ebook) have been posted, but tomorrow I'll flip the switch and begin allowing purchases.
How well is this going to go over? I honestly have no idea. I have a few personal goals and targets for how many copies I think I can sell, but I'm keeping my expectations pretty low. To be honest, I've just had a lot of fun putting the book together and setting the store up, even though it's been a lot of long, hard work. The task has, in many ways, been its own reward. As long as that continues to be the case, any actual sales I make will be pure gravy.
If anyone who knows me personally would like to save a couple of dollars, I can get a bulk shipping discount, so send me an email at tim@fiftywordstories.com before buying and I'll try to make that happen.
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