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Monday, January 10, 2011
My Inaugural WG2E Real Numbers Post Is Up!!!
Happy Monday, D. D. Scott-ville!
And what a fabulous kick-off to the new week it is!!!
My inaugural WG2E Real Numbers Post Is Up!!!
Check it out at The WG2E !!!
I'm ecstatic with my sales numbers, and I'm thrilled to share 'em with you at The WG2E.
Keep in mind when you're reviewing my numbers that unlike the traditional publishing world of old where you had to have a huge push by a major publisher to sell well, I didn't have that.
I'm totally self-made via Indie Epublishing.
And I'm here to tell you - then show you how - it can be done.
I'm right on track - as you'll see comparing my numbers to other Bestselling Indie Authors - to selling my own multiple thousands of Ebooks by the end of 2011.
How?
By making some of the same tough but great decisions that they did too! (More on that in future posts both here and at The WG2E.)
So check this out...here's a teaser at the numbers you'll find today at The WG2E:
*** Super cool stat here...I've sold 47 BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNIKS books in 4 months - 35 MUSE THERAPY books in just 2 months - and 18 STOMPIN' ON STETSONS books in 1 month!
See what's happening with each book I add to my backlist?!
*** My first royalty check was $32.66 (for August 2010 sales). The second check was $53.65 (for Sept/Oct sales). A 62% increase!!! Yesss!!! - I went from selling 17 books in the first check to 31 books in the second check!
*** Two of my books - MUSE THERAPY and STOMPIN' ON STETSONS - have made several of Amazon's bestseller lists (again...more on that in another post)
Not bad for a writer who's made absolutely nothing for the last ten years!!!
That's right...as I've mentioned several times and will continue to slide in here whenever I can - LOL!...it took me ten years of struggling thru the traditional publishing world to get here, the last two of those years having been lead by a fabulous agent who is now right there with me on my Epublishing journey (more from her later too)!
For the complete analysis of my first set of Real Numbers, go to my post today at The WG2E .
I'm looking forward to your comments and questions, and I'm looking forward to sharing all my future sales numbers.
Only by sharing today's Epublishing Real Numbers can writers Pay It Forward and help those that are considering the Epublishing route but have yet to take that leap.
Sexy Sassy Smart The Real Numbers Wishes --- D. D. ScottLabels: Bootscootin', E-Book Country, E-Book Country Experiments, Muse Therapy, Stompin' On Stetsons, The Real Numbers, The WG2E
Friday, December 24, 2010
2011 Means 5 New Releases for D. D. Scott!!!
Hello, D. D. Scott-ville!
I'm a doin' a big 'ole happy dance around our Christmas tree 'cause I'm about to spill the beans on all five (yes...5) of my 2011 new releases!!!
Here's the scoop...
Valentine's Day 2011
BUCKLES ME BABY
Book Three of The Bootscootin' Books Series
Think paparazzi-hell and Ponzi-scheme fall-out meet home-shopping and Babies “R” Us.
May 2011
THUG GUARD
A Cozy Cash Mystery
August 2011
LIP GLOCK
A Cozy Cash Mystery
November 2011
SMOOTH CRIMINALS
A Cozy Cash Mystery
December 2011
GOT TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN...MT. OLYMPUS THAT IS
The Naked Hero Christmas Anthology
***For The Cozy Cash Mysteries, think Stephanie Plum meets your Avon Lady. In other words, what if Stephanie Plum was your Avon Lady, backed up by a hot-flashin' Mom Squad of Charlie's Angels wanna-be's?
***And for GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN...MT. OLYMPUS THAT IS, hold onto your Spanx 'cause your favorite grog Goddesses of The Naked Hero are releasing their first ever Christmas Anthology, including stories featuring all your favorite characters from each of their individual series, all together in one helluva fun, LOL Christmas read!!! For more details, go to http://thenakedhero.com
How fun is all this?!
Happy Holidays to all of you!!!
And I can't wait to share all my D. D. Scott-ville Sexy Sassy Smart Stories with you in 2011!!!
Sexy Sassy Smart 2011 Wishes --- D. D. Scott
P.S. I also can't wait to hear how many of you got E-readers from Santa!!!Labels: Behind and Beyond My Books, Bootscootin', E-Book Country, E-Book Country Experiments, The Cozy Cash Mysteries
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
STOMPIN' ON STETSONS Release Day is Here!!!
Happy Turkey Day Day-Before Eve Day, D. D. Scott-ville!
And talk about a big 'ole time to celebrate!!! Today is not just a pre-Turkey Day Eve Day but also Release Day for Book Two in my Bootscootin' Books Series STOMPIN' ON STETSONS!!!
STOMPIN' ON STETSONS will heat up your heart for this holiday season as well as heat up your kitchens too! In this romantic comedy, it's all about cupcakes and bbq! Think Hell's Kitchen mixed with Meet the Fockers!!!
Here's the scoop:
Manhattan-raised, culinary-schooled pastry chef Jules Lichtenstien wants to make her new Nashville, Tennessee bakery a success. Catering the wedding of a Music City socialite and her country music, chart-topping beau could do just that. But learning the Wedding Planner From Hell is her ex has Jules’ nerves frosted. Having never found the sweet comfort in a man that she gets from her sugary confections, she vows to never again cook up anything but food in her kitchen.
Meat n’ Three diner heir and produce man Cody Weiss is fantastic with food but lousy with relationships. Or so says his ex-fiancé whose wedding he’s unwittingly agreed to help his friend Jules cater. Cody wants to help Jules, but what he really wants is to succeed in their relationship where he’s failed in the past.
With both of their exes stirring the pots, can Jules and Cody pull off the wedding without making minced meat of their relationship? And when a hat causes heat to simmer between them, will they be able to survive both in and out of the kitchen?
Love is a lot like cooking...delicious...with the right ingredients.
I'm tickled beyond tickled to bring you this one-of-a-kind holiday story where Christmas trees aren't just Christmas trees, they're aphrodisiacs too. And being naughty and nice isn't an option...there's just plenty of both to go around!!!
Here are the links so you can gift your favorite E-reading devices and/or free E-reader Apps of choice:
For Amazon Kindle and all Kindle Apps:
http://www.amazon.com/Stompin-Stetsons-Bootscootin-Books-ebook/dp/B004DI7N32/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1290567282&sr=8-1
For Smashwords (for all other Ereaders such as nook, Sony, Kobo, or iPad):
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/31026
Oh, and here are the links for Book One in the Bootscootin' Series BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNIKS, in case, like me, you like to read a series in order from book one on:
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Bootscootin-Blahniks-Books-ebook/dp/B003ZDO30W/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1
Smashwords
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/21363
The Happy of Happiest Thanksgiving Wishes to all of you and your families too, and
Happy Reading to go along with it!!!
Sexy Sassy Smart STOMPIN' ON STETSONS Wishes --- D. D. ScottLabels: Bootscootin', E-Book Country, Stompin' On Stetsons
Thursday, August 12, 2010
BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNIKS Release Day is Here!!!
It may be the eve of Friday the 13th, but here in DDScott-ville, we're kickin' superstition to the curb!!!
BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNIKS is finally off my pages and screens and is available for the first time - today - to be downloaded to your PC, laptop, E-reader of choice or smart phone!
Here's the scoop...
It's taken me almost nine years - you heard me - Nine Years - to get to this day! And as you know from my blogs, and if you're a writer writing-for-publication you know from your own personal often horrifying experiences, it ain't no easy journey on the Yellow Brick Road to Publishing Oz.
I survived the nine, tougher-than-tough, heartbreak-after-break years it took me, the ten complete manuscripts-written it took me, and the larger-than-life failures that took me and shook me by believing in myself (and my muses too!) even when and especially when no one else did!
For me and my muses The Carrie Squad, we stayed-on the dance floor, even when the crowd surrounding it's edges closed-in like vultures circling prey, snickering and sneering about my audacity to keep bootscootin' to my out-of-the-norm manuscripts, characters and narrative voice.
And because we kept on dancin', you can now check out our BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNIKS results by going to Amazon's Kindle Store at http://www.amazon.com/Bootscootin-Blahniks-Books-ebook/dp/B003ZDO30W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1281641043&sr=8-2 !!!
Oh, and no worries if (a) you don't have an E-reader like Kindle or (b) you have another E-reader like a Sony E-Reader, Barnes & Noble nook, iPad or Kobo. Once you buy a Kindle E-Book from the Kindle Store, you can download right from the store free apps to read any of their E-Books on your PC, laptop or smart phone! And if you have the other readers (Sony E-reader, nook, iPad, or Kobo), you can buy my book on www.Smashwords.com using this link http://smashwords.com/b/21363 .
How cool and easy is that?! The best part yet...it's cheap! I'm sharing my dreams-come-true with you for my E-Book price of $2.99!
To hear more about my journey "Bootscootin' My Way Into E-Book Country", come along with me on my BOOTSCOOTIN' Blog Tour which kicks-off tomorrow at www.SavvyAuthors.com . For all tour stops, see the Where's DD Page on my website at www.DDScott.com !
In the mean time, I'm looking forward to your comments!!!
Sexy Sassy Smart BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNIK Wishes --- D. D. ScottLabels: Bootscootin'
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
My Big Huge Bootscootin' & Beyond News!!!
Hello from RWA10 at Walt Disney World!
Not only is it super sunny today and wayyy, wayyy beyond hot here in Orlando Florida but the Mouse is in the House and helping me announce the most magical news to date in my Creative Kingdom!!!
Since the big huge Bootscootin' news is now officially to be seen and heard in the RWA10 Goody Room, I want you all at home to share in my celebration!!!
Drum roll please...
My Romantic Comedy novel BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNIKS is going to be released as an Amazon (http://www.amazon.com) Kindle E-book in mid-August!!! And for those of you who E-read by Sony's E-reader, Barnes & Noble's nook, a Kobo or IPad, no worries, you can purchase BOOTSCOOTIN' from http://www.Smashwords.com.
How cool is that?!!!
Wow...has it ever been one long, looonnng road to publication (try 8 to 10 years...the exact number I've lost track of...and I'm not kidding about that...)!!! But here I am...thanks to the love and support of my family and friends plus the fabulous-ness that is my amazing agent Mary Louise Schwartz of Belfrey Literary Agency in LA!!!
As soon as Kindle and Smashwords have each book available for purchase, I'll have the links for you at http://www.DDScott.com. So mark your calendars for the week of August 15th for my launch title BOOTSCOOTIN' BLAHNNIKS!!!
But wait...there's more...LOL!...another drum roll please...
Thanks to the huge success of my Muse Therapy Online Classes & Live Workshops, MUSE THERAPY: UNLEASHING YOUR INNER SYBIL will also be available at both Amazon Kindle & Smashwords this Fall as will books two and three in the BOOTSCOOTIN' trilogy and a brand new Cozy Mystery series to kick-off 2011!!!
Thanks to all of you who have continued to keep me and my muses somewhat sane during my writing-for-publication journey! And you all know with me that ain't no easy task!!! LOL!
Sexy Sassy Smart E-Reading Wishes --- D. D. Scott
P.S. A very special thank you goes to my SweetMan! He's shown me that heroes do exist in real life and not just in the pages of the novels I love to write and read. I love you, SB. Forever, Always, and Beyond...Plus One Plus Two.Labels: Bootscootin'
Friday, October 3, 2008
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville was great! I would encourage anyone to visit the city. DD and I saw some sights, had great food and finished the trip with a river boat ride that included dinner and a show straight from LasVegas. Fortunately, DD knows what she likes and does not spend a lot of time walking from store to store to store to look at stuff. I did something I don't normally do. I spent a lot of time in the downtown bars at night. You don't go there to drink. You go to listen to the music. There are some fantastic bands that play the bars. They are hoping to be "discovered". It's like listening to a free concert. Every now and then an urn is passed. You throw in five bucks or whatever as a donation. That's cheap to listen to good music. And it was good. We walked into one bar and there stood Ronnie Dunn of the group Brooks and Dunn. I walked right past him (I didn't know who he was). He sang a couple of songs before leaving. It was kinda neat.
The best part about the trip? I didn't have to bootscoot! Yes!!
See ya.
SMLabels: Bootscootin'
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Bootscootin'
DD and I had the opportunity to watch a line dance class last weekend while visiting one of those tourist towns. It seems simple as there are only 8 steps that have to be made over and over again. Impressive was the way the obviously experienced just seem to glide together, all in rhythm. There was one guy that had very little, if any, experience. He looked a little lost at first. However, after a couple of songs, he was moving with the best of them.
Nice story, huh? Well here's the catch. DD wants ME to take line dance lessons. My body movements are better suited for like, say, the Robot. I don't glide. My hips don't swivel. We're going on a trip to Nashville in a couple of weeks. She wants me to learn at the Wildhorse Saloon. I'm like, "No way! Not in front of everyone else". I am being assured that there are so many people on the floor, nobody cares how anyone else looks. Ugh!
I guess I'll try it (Like I have ANY choice). A couple (half dozen?) of gin and tonics will be in order, first.
What a guy won't do for love...Labels: Bootscootin'
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