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Last post Author Topic: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!  (Read 431663 times)

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #675 on: August 02, 2013, 02:41 PM »
Thanks, wraith. Joined all three and posted.

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #676 on: August 02, 2013, 02:43 PM »
My GF said to say she thinks you look like John Cusack in the movie The Italian Job.

@40hz: Believe it or not, people have been telling me that for years!

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #677 on: August 02, 2013, 02:46 PM »
No problem :)

Also... a question... on your blog, you have transcendant living... shouldn't that be transcendent? :)

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #678 on: August 02, 2013, 02:50 PM »
Yep. Fixed spelling. Thanks!

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #679 on: August 02, 2013, 04:30 PM »
@k - liked that picture of you over at Columbia Magazine.

My GF said to say she thinks you look like John Cusack in the movie The Italian Job. :Thmbsup:
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High praise indeed. She likes John Cusack. 8)
er...isn't that Ed Norton?

Maybe she meant John Cusack in the Raven?
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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #680 on: August 02, 2013, 04:31 PM »
^ That was a great movie! I saw it only a couple months ago, on Netflix.

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #681 on: August 03, 2013, 09:11 AM »
wraith, I've reestablished my Blogger blog to point to the new Wordpress blog: kyrathasoft.blogspot.com

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« Reply #682 on: August 03, 2013, 10:45 AM »
wraith, I've reestablished my Blogger blog to point to the new Wordpress blog: kyrathasoft.blogspot.com

It can only help :)  You might want to update your about me also... any little bit of promotion helps, and some people actually look at those profiles when you post elsewhere :)

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #683 on: August 03, 2013, 10:49 AM »
My "About Me" page is up to date. It's had 30 viewers. Sold my first copy of Kyrathaba Rising on Amazon today. CreateSpace should soon push 5"x8" paperback version to Amazon as an option in addition to the ebook format. I've already ordered 3 paperback copies. One gal I work with wants an autographed copy. If any of you want an autographed copy, it's $10.80 plus shipping/handling to mail it to you. Otherwise, it'll be available at $10.80 on Amazon. At that price-point, I make $1.00 royalty per sale.

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« Reply #684 on: August 03, 2013, 10:54 AM »
The about me that I saw on your blog didn't seem to contain any mention of your burgeoning authorship, nor links to your site, so I didn't think it was up to date.
* wraith808 shrugs

Also, many of your links posted on your G+ stream now go to 404s.  You might want to update or delete those. :)

But that's cool about the purchasers, and the hard copy :)

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #685 on: August 03, 2013, 10:56 AM »
I thought you meant this about me: "about.me/kyrathasoft/

I'll update the blog to promote myself more obviously.

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« Reply #686 on: August 03, 2013, 11:22 AM »
Okay, there's now an About Me page on the blog, and it's in the primary menu:

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« Reply #687 on: August 03, 2013, 11:28 AM »
LOL... I'm not being clear enough.  Go to your old blogspot blog.  Look to the right.  There's something about you there... probably not a big deal, but I figured I'd mention it. :)

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #688 on: August 03, 2013, 11:39 AM »
Yeah, I saw it. Should I remove it? Or might it encourage others to click-through to the new Wordpress blog?

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #689 on: August 03, 2013, 11:42 AM »

er...isn't that Ed Norton?

Maybe she meant John Cusack in the Raven?

Nope. She meant John Cusak. She knows her babe-magnets. I got the film wrong. :-[

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The movie was 1408. Which she said. But I was thinking Ed Norton so I.J. was the movie I was thinking about.

According to her Ed Norton doesn't look anything at all like John Cusack. (I think they look very similar. Enough to pass as brothers at least.)

I guess the genders really do see their opposites differently. 8)

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #690 on: August 03, 2013, 11:48 AM »
Couldn't help but share this:

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« Reply #691 on: August 03, 2013, 12:14 PM »
Yet another very complimentary review of Kyrathaba Rising.

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Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Reply #692 on: August 03, 2013, 12:16 PM »
I currently have six people who have promised reviews on Amazon and Goodreads, so hopefully some more are soon to follow.

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« Reply #693 on: August 03, 2013, 12:17 PM »
Yeah, I saw it. Should I remove it? Or might it encourage others to click-through to the new Wordpress blog?

I didn't know if you could edit it.  Perhaps even make it a bit more concise to talk specifically about your authorship.  With a long one, not really sure how many people will read it... but a short one, I'd think so.  And not sure where that profile is shared... but if it is with other places, it can be self-promotional.  Any little bit helps :)

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« Reply #694 on: August 03, 2013, 12:28 PM »
It wouldn't let me edit it, only delete it. So I did and posted some relevant info promoting myself as an author.

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« Reply #695 on: August 03, 2013, 12:55 PM »
Ok. I opened up a Smashwords account and bought me a copy!

Just loaded it up on my hand-me-down Nook. (EPub looks fantastic - love the cover!) Looking forward to spending some quality time with this.

And just think, when K-Man moves into the sci-fi big leagues someday, we can all say "Hey! I know that guy...we used to rap about books over at this place called Donation Coder..."
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« Reply #696 on: August 03, 2013, 01:55 PM »
Ok. I opened up a Smashwords account and bought me a copy!

Just loaded it up on my hand-me-down Nook. (EPub looks fantastic - love the cover!) Looking forward to spending some quality time with this.

And just think, when K-Man moves into the sci-fi big leagues someday, we can all say "Hey! I know that guy...we used to rap about books over at this place called Donation Coder..."
 :Thmbsup:

We need autographed hard copies before that happens :D

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« Reply #697 on: August 03, 2013, 02:11 PM »
I've ordered 3 paperbacks to autograph and sell to some local friends.

Why don't we compile a list of ppl here on DC that want an autographed copy, and I'll make a bigger order, autograph them all, and then ship. They'll be $10.80 apiece, plus shipping/handling cost.

40hz, thanks for the purchase. So appreciated! I also sold a copy on Amazon last night.

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« Reply #698 on: August 03, 2013, 02:12 PM »
Just loaded it up on my hand-me-down Nook. (EPub looks fantastic - love the cover!)

Perry is amazing isn't he? He's also the reason paperbacks are now available. I couldn't wrap my head around the CreateSpace exacting specifications for front/spine/back graphic.

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« Reply #699 on: August 03, 2013, 02:14 PM »
Be alerted, 40hz, it ends on a cliffhanger. A couple of reviewers have griped about that, but they also both said they HAVE to buy volume 2, to find out what happens (see my plan?) I'd appreciate your review on Goodreads and Amazon when you've read the book :)