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Justin I like your blog. It's well-maintained and has good info too.
Noorilhuda wrote: "Justin I like your blog. It's well-maintained and has good info too."Thank you Noorilhuda.
A Comparison of Shaojin and Trump:An article in which I compare the antagonist of my book Opium Warfare to presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump.
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New Folder: Articles on Book Trailers- Seeing as I've now written four posts on book trailers I thought i'd create a folder so they are all in one place and easier to access.http://jbienvenue.webs.com/apps/blog/...
In honor of it's birthday on the 26th, I am doing a giveaway for A Bloody Bloody Mess In the Wild Wild WestYou can comment for a chance to win a Paperback or an E-Book copy. For more details check it out @
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Hi,Would you be interested in joining a blogging community?
If so, read more about it here http://www.segilolasalami.co.uk/blogg...
I have started a new blog recently called Hungry for Books. It combines books & food, it doesn't get any better than that! Just trying to get myself out there. Thank you. The link is---- http://hungry-for-books1.tumblr.com/
Hey Everyone,I am currently working on my fifth book, The Macabre Masterpiece: Repressed Carnage, a sequel to my first book. The book will contain 60 poems and there will be 12 poems in each chapter of a creepy place or person. I was recently asked what made me want to write a sequel and why now and the answer two reasons. One is I wanted to go back to my roots and my two writing passions of horror and poetry. I feel horror is at an all-time high right now, people enjoy it and I feel I can really bring a presence to it. Also seeing as poetry is not so popular and horror is I felt readers could use another book of horror poetry to make them appreciate poetry. My second main reason is more personal which is I want this book to help my first book.
As some may know, I went with a bad company to publish my first book and while I got out of it, I never got the royalties I deserved and I never got the book the recognition it truly deserved. By the time I marketed the book, I had already wrote books to and three. So in a lot of ways I want this new book to resurrect the first one and that they can both share the horror spotlight so to speak.
There are three main parts to Repressed Carnage that the first book doesn't have. This book has more detailed gore and talks about real horrors that actually exist in the world to go along with the representations and personifications that we know as horror. The chapters are all of places rather than levels of horror. I thought it'd be fun to make creepy places such as the morgue, cemetery and asylum as chapters. Finally, there are ten more poems in this book than the original because well I got carried away and just kept spinning out creepy poems, no issue there I suppose.
So that's pretty much the next book in a nutshell, I will keep this thread updated with any news on the progression of the book. So stay tuned to the latest.
After I put the book together one thing I am looking into doing as a promotional idea is to make an adult coloring book of horror images based on the poems in the book. I'm debating on whether or not to go with an illustrator or use a few of my friends who can draw. Seeing as adult coloring books are big right now I feel like it'd be a good marketing tool toward the book and a fun little extra to include during the promotion of the book.
Like I've done in the past, in honor of Halloween I will have promos running for my two horror books from 10/28 to 10/31.The Macabre Masterpiece will be free and A Bloody Bloody Mess in the Wild Wild West will be $0.99.
Both make for great reads for the season so be sure to pick up a copy of each when the promos begin!
Hey Everyone, I just finished putting together my latest book, The Macabre Masterpiece; Repressed Carnage. I of course still need to place, edit and format some final touches to it but for the most part it's complete. After I go over it I will likely have others go over it to beta read it to look for any discrepancies and errors. Also I will make sure it's properly fit and formatted. After that I will look for some reviews before it's release in a few months.
Looking forward to completing the book for all of you to read.
Justin wrote: "Hey Everyone, I just finished putting together my latest book, The Macabre Masterpiece; Repressed Carnage. I of course still need to place, edit and format some final touches to it but for the mos..."
Hi, I wanted to ask if it's all poetry? I'm not a fan of gore but I do love creepy and horror, especially in poetry, which people don't seem to include these genres in much.
If the gore isn't over the top, I'd love to request a review copy of your book, but I'm available for review starting February 2017.
Nada
Nada wrote: "Justin wrote: "Hey Everyone, I just finished putting together my latest book, The Macabre Masterpiece; Repressed Carnage. I of course still need to place, edit and format some final touches to it ..."
Hi Nada,
Thanks for your comment. Yes the book is all poetry. Yeah you don't see too much horror in poetry theses days. The book isn't too gory though some poems are gorier than others but for the most part the book is a perspective and contains elements of all things that make up horror.
Thanks for your interest, I'll make a note to send you a copy.
Justin wrote: "Nada wrote: "Justin wrote: "Hey Everyone, I just finished putting together my latest book, The Macabre Masterpiece; Repressed Carnage. I of course still need to place, edit and format some final t..."
Hi Justin,
Thank you for the elaboration. I look forward to reading your book :)
Nada
Hey Everyone, I'm about finished my latest book, The Macabre Masterpiece; Repressed Carnage. I just had the cover for it finished and it will be up sometime soon. A collection of sixty poems within 5 chapters, each chapter representing a creepy place within horror. I've edited and formatted as much one person can edit their own work until they have to stop to let someone else look over it lol. I will likely have others go over it to beta read it to look for any discrepancies and errors. I am currently looking for people to read it to get some early reviews before it's release in a few months. If you're interested in a pre-release copy please let me know and I will send you a copy.
Interested in reading the book before it's release? Well you're in luck because I am looking for a few people to read and review. If you'd like a free read & review PDF copy let me know and I'll send one your way.
I recently took part in a promotion and giveaway in a Facebook that helped me gain 400+ new e-mail subscribers. While I'm not sure how many are genuine horror fans I have seen many people download the freebies I gave out. I have seen around 40 people unsubscribe and I have only seen two sales from it but I still hope to build off the list and hope these people will become fans of my works and e-mails.
Justin wrote: "Are Videos A Good Marketing Tool?:http://jbienvenue.webs.com/apps/blog/...-"
Intersting post Justin. Certainly video is proving a favourite media with many. Just see how Facebook users have taken to it. But as you point out, it is not for everyone. However, again as you point out, it is something all authors should consider.
Just an aside: Your website colours and pattern are different and overall I like them. However, the blue writing on the green background, especially over the lightening strikes, is very hard to read. My eyes are still adjusting from it. I certainly could not read long term on it. Thought I would mention as I may not be the only one.
T.R. wrote: "Justin wrote: "Are Videos A Good Marketing Tool?:http://jbienvenue.webs.com/apps/blog/...-"
Interesting post Justin. Certainly video is provin..."
Thank you for your comments and input T.R. I'm actually going to invest in book trailers more. I feel like there's potential and an audience there it's just hard to get that overall reach.
Your not the first to tell me the colors are hard to read, I been playing around with some so I'll look into it and try to make it easier on the eyes. Thanks
Hey Everyone!Long time no talk I know. So I cleaned up my blog, big time! I got rid of a lot of posts, not because they weren't valuable but I feel it just wasn't the right direction I needed to be focusing on. So I've cleaned up the blog and I kept posts still useful and what I'm aiming at writing about stuff that I am passionate about and know about.
So the posts you still see are ones I kept and any new posts will be posted here as I hope to start blogging more and getting my info out.
I hope you will enjoy the stuff I post and I look forward to getting it out.
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Macabre Masterpiece: Repressed Carnage (other topics)A Bloody Bloody Mess In the Wild Wild West (other topics)
Here you will find my blog posts on my website, The Plasmatic Writer. Topics are Book Marketing/Writing/Publishing, Horror, Weird West, Poetry and other things such as book trailers and book announcements.
Please feel free to check out the blog and give feedback and comment on here if you have your own opinions on any of the topics.
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