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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Behind & Beyond My Books: LIP GLOCK and The Amalfi Coast
Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville, and welcome to another edition of Behind & Beyond My Books!
This time, I'm givin' ya the inside scoop on the new setting for my August release - LIP GLOCK - Book Two of my Cozy Cash Mysteries.
So buckle-up...we're on the way to...
Positano Italy and its superfab Amalfi Coast
Check this out:
How fantabulously beautiful is that?!
Wouldn't you luuuvvv to be sitting on the balcony of that hotel...with that kinda crazy-wonderful view?!
Well that's where my Cozy Cash Mystery heroine Zoey Witherspoon and her Secret Bond hero Roman Bellesconi, Prince-of-Many-Names end-up very soon after Page One of their next adventure LIP GLOCK!
We're talkin' all-things-Positano and The Amalfi Coast, Italian mafia, lemon trees and limoncello, plus gelato and Vespas along with a few, superfab fun surprises (***hint...see my previous post on LIP GLOCK's Swine Element).
Thanks to comments (and in this case, Amazon 5-Star Reviews) like these from my superfab readers and fans:
"As soon as I read her first book, "Bootscootin' Blahniks," I put all her books on my Kindle. They have it all ... romance, high fashion, adorable animals, feisty women, gorgeous guys, quirky characters, good food, great dancing .... The ultimate escape without spending a fortune on a vacation." --- Pj Schott
"...think of Zoey Witherspoon as Jason Bourne - with a good set of French tips and a designer holster for her Glock.
The difference is, D.D. is a master at making you laugh while both you and Zoey are hanging by your fingernails, over the edge of her latest cliff. Like a lot of the characters in D.D.'s latest book, Thug Guard just plain kills.
Buy it. Read it. Laugh your hindquarters off. And don't say I didn't warn you." --- Jeff Lee
I knew I could give y'all another Jason Bourne-esque comedic caper set in the amazing Amalfi Coast of Positano Italy!
LIP GLOCK will be available in August!!!
I sooo can't wait to treat you to another Zoey Witherspoon and Roman Bellesconi thrill ride...this time...on Bond-style Vespa Scooters!!!
Ciao!!!
Sexy Sassy Smart LIP GLOCK Behind & Beyond My Book Wishes --- D. D. ScottLabels: Behind and Beyond My Books, Lip Glock, Roman Bellesconi, Settings, The Cozy Cash Mysteries, Zoey Witherspoon
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Readers and Fans "Validate" Books - Not Just NY Pubs Anymore
Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!
This post today is a big 'ole shout-out and thank u to all my superfab readers and fans!!!
I sooo wantchy'all to know how very much your support and great buzz means to this author...that would be me...LOL...and how much it means to almost every author I know.
The Biz of Being an Author has sooo changed over this past year, thanks to the beyond wonderful Epublishing World!
And here's the little gem of all these changes that I think is a complete treasure and world wonder of its own merit:
Thanks to Epublishing, Readers and Fans "validate" books...not just The Big Six New York Pubs Anymore.
Readers and Fans - like all of you most wondermous here in D. D. Scott-ville - are the true gems...the proverbial diamonds in the roughs of every author's writing-for-publication journey.
It used to be - and I'm saying used to be in a short-term sense (as in just last year), that a writer, like me, as of last August 2010, still unpubbed after 10 years of playing by the TradiPub World's Rules, would still be sitting there, with 10 plus manuscripts ready to go, a big-time agent to handle her submissions, countless "we love your book(s), but they're too much this or not enough that to sell"...yada yada yada...you get the picture...
So yes, last year, at this same time, I was still waiting...waiting for the only type of "validation" writers have in the TradiPub World...in that, some editor, for some NY Pub, luuuvvved your book enough to convince the next editor up from them that "this baby will sell".
Without that "validation"...your career as a TradiPub Published Author is on hold.
You have no books on any shelves...whether cyber or brick-and-mortar store shelves...and thus, you have no Readers and Fans.
You're sharing your writing, if you're lucky, with only the dog and/or cat and/or both at your feet while you're cranking out pages and book after book after book.
But ohhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhh...not anymore!!!
Fast forward a year...I've got 5 books out, am finishing up number 6 which will be released in August, have two more coming in 2011 and another 5 to 6 scheduled for 2012!!!
Oh...and I'm now selling over 1000 books per month...just on Amazon Kindle alone!!!
And...getting beyond superfab Reviews too!!!
Why?
Because Readers are now "validating" my books! Readers are reading my books, luuuvvvin' 'em and addin' em to their keeper-shelves, then tellin' all their friends to check 'em out too!!!
I'm turning my Readers into Fans, with every new book I release, and sharin' my journey with other writers too...paying it forward and helping to fill my Readers and Fans' cyber shelves with even more "great books for great prices".
NO MORE WAITING!!!
Nothin' beats making Readers and Fans happy, and when you've got 'em, and they're continuing to grow in huge numbers, that's the only "validation" you need!!!
Sexy Sassy Smart Readers & Fans Rock Wishes --- D. D. ScottLabels: Finding Fabulous Readers, Publishing Industry Scoop, Readers and Fans
Thursday, June 16, 2011
D. D. Scott Writes "The Jason Bourne of Comedic Capers"!
Ohhh yeahhh, D. D. Scott-ville...that's one of the comments made in one of the best Reviews I've gotten to date!!!
I'm over the moon with Author and Reader Jeff Lee's Amazon Review of THUG GUARD - Book One of my new, Cozy Cash Mysteries!
Here's Jeff's Amazon Review for THUG GUARD:
Who Needs Bourne When You've Got Zoey Witherspoon?!
5-Stars
Everyone in Hollywood packs a hyphen; you've got your writer-directors, your agent-producers and your actor-parking valets. Well, Zoey Witherspoon is a completely different kind of Hollywood Hyphenate. She's a studio stylist-interior designer-P.I.
Picture Stephanie Plum here, but with a tall, dark and brooding Bond-type as her sidekick. Together, they're hot on the trail of a Ponzi-scheming con man who makes Madoff look like a Filene's bargain basement mark-down. Their trail takes them from Rodeo Drive to the Riviera, butting heads with everyone from crown royalty to the Russian mob.
This is one fast and furious, funny as H-E-Double Hockeysticks caper story, and I literally found my abs aching from laughter by the end of the first chapter. With books like Bootscootin' Blahniks and Stompin' on Stetsons under her belt, D.D. Scott is already a master at wise-cracking characters and action that moves as fast as any Ludlum flick. In fact, think of Zoey Witherspoon as Jason Bourne - with a good set of French tips and a designer holster for her Glock.
The difference is, D.D. is a master at making you laugh while both you and Zoey are hanging by your fingernails, over the edge of her latest cliff. Like a lot of the characters in D.D.'s latest book, Thug Guard just plain kills.
Buy it. Read it. Laugh your hindquarters off. And don't say I didn't warn you.
Here are my fave lines from Jeff's Review...which will now be a few of the superfab blurbs I'll be using all over for this book:
*** Picture Stephanie Plum here, but with a tall, dark and brooding Bond-type as her sidekick.
*** In fact, think of Zoey Witherspoon as Jason Bourne - with a good set of French tips and a designer holster for her Glock.
*** With books like Bootscootin' Blahniks and Stompin' on Stetsons under her belt, D.D. Scott is already a master at wise-cracking characters and action that moves as fast as any Ludlum flick.
*** D.D. is a master at making you laugh while both you and Zoey are hanging by your fingernails, over the edge of her latest cliff.
Thanks bunches, Jeff, for writing one of my all-time fave D. D. Scott Reviews!!!
U rock!!!
And speaking of what and/or who rocks...I'm now reading Jeff's debut release THE LADIES TEMPERANCE CLUB'S FAREWELL TOUR...and OMG, talk about LMAO fun!!! Wow!!! If you love winos and would enjoy a "Thelma and Louise meets Lucy and Ethel" adventure, check out The Ladies Temperance Club!!! Every page I read, I'm humming to myself that terrific Dixie Chick's song "Goodbye Earl". LOL!!!
Sexy Sassy Smart All-Time Fave D. D. Scott Reviews Wishes --- D. D. ScottLabels: Interviews and Reviews, Readers and Fans, Reviews, The Cozy Cash Mysteries, Thug Guard
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Behind and Beyond My Books (LIP GLOCK): The Swine Element
Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!
Boy...did me and The DH have a huge aha moment this weekend!!!
Yep...The DH was actually helping me brainstorm plotting ideas for my August release LIP GLOCK - Book Two of The Cozy Cash Mysteries.
And here's a hint at what we came-up with:
That's right...LIP GLOCK and all the Cozy Cash Mysteries hereafter will have a big-time...
"Swine" Element!!!
No more hints for now...just know that the Cozy Cash Mysteries do deal with...
A. A Ton of "swine"-like thugs
B. Tons of wine-and-dining in Zoey and Roman's royal, red-carpet worlds...or could that be "swine"-and-dining? LOL!
C. A ton of Cozy Cash-style crimes in the worlds of Wall Street and the "pork" barrel politics influencing all that money and those markets
D. And certainly tons of various "bring home the bacon" angles
R U gettin' the Piggly-Wiggly picture now?! LOL! Do they have even Piggly-Wiggly groceries in Europe? I'll have to research that...LOL!
And u betchya, there's gonna be a ton of Bond-style mud-slingin' goin' on too!
So there you have it...LIP GLOCK and its Swine Element...a total "out-of-money experience" or so says the too cute Piggy Bank the DH bought me Saturday at a Cracker Barrel Restaurant and Shop!
Sexy Sassy Smart Swine-Filled Wishes --- D. D. ScottLabels: Behind and Beyond My Books, Being a Gutsy Romance Writer Girl, Lip Glock, Muse Therapy Extra Tips and Tidbits, My Writing Process or Lack There Of, The Cozy Cash Mysteries
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Behind & Beyond My Books (LIP GLOCK): Writing Page One
Happy Thursday, D. D. Scott-ville!
And welcome to my first Behind & Beyond My Books for my next release LIP GLOCK - Book Two of The Cozy Cash Mysteries - which will be released in August!
So...how is it...that an author gets to the point when he or she can write that first page of a book?
Well...for me, that first page begins in a series of images, that, for whatever reason, grab-hold of my muses and scream 'oh yeahhh...you're writing this one about these things'!
For example, for LIP GLOCK, here's what my muses are demanding of me...
And here's the result...
SPOILER ALERT!!!
LIP GLOCK (Page One...plus a wee bit more):
CHAPTER ONE
Life in a castle ain’t all it’s cracked-up to be.
Especially when you’ve arrived here after being at the wrong end of a Glock.
A Glock held to your chest by a woman old enough to be your Granny, and who’s endowed with these monster-sized lips, formed into a maybe-evil-maybe-not, super-botoxed, Cheshire Cat-style grin.
And I mean it...Granny Veruschka’s lips take-up half her damn face. A face that once graced the world’s top fashion magazines, with a body attached that also got her on every hot catwalk. But now, a face that had seen one too many botox injections, and a body, although still sleek and cat-like, was currently filled with who knew what the hell kinda motivation to be holding me at Glock-point.
So now...here I sit, in my fave of all positions – the fetal position...my new M.O. –gazing at the Actaeon sculpture in the cascade of the castle grounds now holding me hostage.
Not familiar with the story of Actaeon?
Here’s the scoop...
Actaeon is an iconic motif used in ancient art, both Renaissance and post-Renaissance, in which a hunter becomes the hunted.
Are you starting to get why I’m in the fetal position staring down good ‘ole Actaeon?
Let me make it perfectly clear and paint y’all a rather disturbing snapshot.
Actaeon was once a hunter of stag and wolves, but now, thanks to Artemis, another Greek Mythology big-shot, Actaeon was a stag himself, with the wolves he used to hunt now about to rip him apart.
Kinda the story of my life the last couple weeks.
I’m Zoey Witherspoon, a fairly new, badge-toting P.I., who’s been on Thug Guard hunting a twisted bundle of Ponzi-scheming turds throughout both The States then Europe too, along with my Secret Bond – as in James Bond-esque - Roman Bellesconi, Prince-of-Many-Names, and now his Granny Veruschka too.
Except the strangest thing happened on my way to get my all-things-green Naked Juice, my fellow hunters – Roman and his could-be-lethal Granny – decided I was the one to be hunted.
At least that’s the impression I got.
But maybe that’s just me, and there was another reason good ‘ole Granny had a Glock pointed at my Gucci blouse in the parking lot of the Jiffy Mart back in Music City.
Not like I’d know said reason...because Roman and his Could-Be-Lethal Granny had so far refused to tell me shit!
I’m tellin’ ya...life in a castle ain’t all it’s cracked-up to be...not when you don’t have a God damn clue how or why you’re here.
Okay...so maybe I had the tiniest of ideas “why” I’m here.
‘Course that was before Granny drugged me and got me all comfy in the family kingdom’s private jet for a flight across the pond...then into Milan...and straight to Castle Command Central.
Thus the fetal position...
And...oh shit...here comes Granny...
Now...from here, I'll spend a couple weeks fine-tuning these first couple pages, along with writing the first three chapters.
The first three chapters of each book are the toughest for me, and thus, take the most time.
That's when I'm really fleshing-out my characters and plot-points.
Once I've nailed these first three chapters, I can write the rest of the book in about four to six weeks.
I'm writing at a pace of one book every two to three months now...and that's sooo workin' for me and my muses and my readers and fans too!
It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: What questions do you have about my writing process or are there any of my characters you're dyin' to read more of...and no worries..."Yes, your fave Mom Squad is back in LIP GLOCK...and OMG are they outta control!!!"
Sexy Sassy Smart D. D. Scott Page One and Beyond Wishes --- D. D. ScottLabels: Behind and Beyond My Books, Lip Glock, My Writing Process or Lack There Of, The Cozy Cash Mysteries
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The D. D. Scott "Put Your Big Girl Panties On and Deal With It" Blog Tour Is Here!!!
Happy Tuesday, D. D. Scott-ville!
Yesterday, at my grog The WG2E, I kicked-off my new, D. D. Scott "Put Your Big Girl (Or Boy) Panties On & Deal With It" Blog Tour!!!
Why?
Here's the thing...
Every week, on The WG2E, I share my Real Sales Numbers.
But...if I hadn't Indie Epubbed, I wouldn't be sharing Real Sales Numbers.
Why not?
Because I wouldn't have any Sales Numbers period!
I'd still be waiting...like I'd done for ten years...before finding the courage to go the Indie Epub route to launch my writing-for-publication career.
And in that ten years, I had a ton of beyond horror-story worthy experiences that damn near did me in.
If I hadn't learned how to...
Put My Big Girl Panties On & Deal With It
...there wouldn't be any D. D. Scott, bestselling books to the tune of now over 1000 Sales-a-Month, plus a D. D. Scott Reader and Fan Base that is beyond over the moon terrific and anxiously awaiting every new book I release!!!
My new Blog Tour will explore a ton of the over-the-top, super-huge, pile-of-crap snafus and experiences that have forced me to hang tough or give-up.
Yeah...Publishing is Tough...so
Put Your Big Girl (or Boy) Panties On & Deal With It!!!
But no worries...'cause, unlike me, you won't be stuffing yourself into your pull-ups alone...I'll be right there - only a couple clicks away - to perhaps save you a couple accidents, based on my own setbacks.
We'll talk:
1. Evil Editor Turds Be Damned
2. Grogging Your Way to Readers & Sanity
3. Making the Kindle Boards Work For U Without Making an Ass Of Yourself
4. Writing Bi-Polar: I Suck vs I'm a Genius
5. Stimulants: When Coffee, Chocolate and Martinis Aren't Enough
6. Flyin' High with Nair
Plus...much, much more!
So starting today (Tuesday, June 7th)...put on your pull-ups and begin the journey with me...as I share with you the Evil Editor Turds Be Damned experience that forever changed my life and writing-for-publication career path in one - as recorded on the RWA Conference CD Roms - moment of beyond horror-filled terror.
Evil Editor Turds Be Damned! is now posted at...
A Little Bit of Monika (Sassy Observations About Life...)
Here's a hint:
Also, I'm talkin' all-things-Grogging Your Way To Readers & Sanity at:
Author Sharon Hamilton's Blog
It's Your Turn, D. D. Scott-ville: Tell us a few of your writing-for-publication horror stories. Let us share your agony then help you defeat the despair...
Sexy Sassy Smart Put Your Big Girl Panties On & Deal W/It Wishes --- D. D. Scott
P.S. I sold over 300 books last week alone...and a total of 646 books in the last two weeks...how's that for defeating the despair?!Labels: Being a Gutsy Girl, Being a Gutsy Romance Writer Girl, Blogs2Follow, Blogville, Guest Blogging Today, Muse Therapy Extra Tips and Tidbits
Thursday, June 2, 2011
The D. D. Scott "Put Your Big Girl Panties On and Deal With It" Blog Tour
Hello, D. D. Scott-ville!!!
Boy-oh-boy do I have some superfab fun scoop to share with y'all today!!!
My D. D. Scott "Put Your Big Girl Panties On & Deal With It" Blog Tour kicks-off this coming Monday, June 6th!!!
To celebrate the release of my 5th Indie Epub book - THUG GUARD - and to continue happy dancin' and bootscootin' my May Inauguration into Kindle's 1000 Sales-a-Month Club, I'm making my latest Blog Tour all about beating the odds and creating your very own Publishing Oz.
So...with the help of one of my fave artist's Mary Phillips' comics, I found the perfect theme for my upcoming Blog Tour:
Here are the dates I've booked so far...with tons more to be announced:
Monday, June 6, 2011
"Put Your Big Girl Panties On & Deal With It" Blog Tour Kick-Off
The WG2E
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Evil Editor Turds Be Damned!
A Little Bit of Monika
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Grogging Your Way to Readers & Sanity
Author Sharon Hamilton's Blog
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Making The Kindle Boards Work For U Without Making an Ass of Yourself
Cheryl Grey's Mysteries & Histories Blog
Date TBA
Writing Bi-Polar: I Suck vs I'm a Genius
Michele Scott's Adventures n' Writing
Date TBA
Stimulants: When Coffee, Chocolate and Martinis Aren't Enough
Micole Black's Micole Writes Romance Blog
Date TBA
Inaugural Featured Author Interview
Charlie Kramer's Romantic Comedy Review
September 21, 2011
Flyin' High with Nair
A Moose Walked Into a Bar
Grog home of Indie Epub Superstar Authors Barbara Silkstone, L.C. Evans & Karen Cantwell
In addition, here are all the fantabulous Indie Epub Book Blogs I'll be featured on in the days ahead:
Today - yes, Thursday, June 2, 2011
Indie Books List
Featured Book: BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNIKS
Friday, June 17, 2011
Kindle Nation Daily
Free Short Excerpt of THUG GUARD
Friday, August 26, 2011
Bargain eBooks
Featured Book: BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNIKS
Also, every Wednesday, you can find me fulfilling my Hump Day Goddess Duties at The Naked Hero...
And...
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, and most days in between too, you'll find me talking all-things-epublishing at my grog The WG2E - The Writer's Guide to Epublishing.
I'm over the moon to show and tell y'all about all the tips, tricks and treats I've used to force myself to "Put My Big Girl Panties On & Deal With It" along my writing-for-publication Yellow Brick Road From Hell to Publishing Oz!!!
Sexy Sassy Smart D. D. Scott Blog Tour Wishes --- D. D. Scott
P.S. If any of y'all would like me to Guest Blog on your blog or grog, just email me at ddscott(at)ddscott(dot)com , and I'll be glad to try and get something scheduled for you!!!Labels: Blogs2Follow, Blogville, Breaking News, Where's D. D. Scott
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