Happy Second Anniversary to Me! + Kindle countdown sale

Today marks two years as an author. Time flies when you're having a blast!

Two years ago I hit "publish" for the first time... and send Caged out into the wild.

To celebrate, I've put Caged up for a Kindle Countdown Sale. What does that mean? Well, right now, you can get Caged for 99¢/£0.99 at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk, but the price will continue to increase every two days until it goes back to the usual.
Just follow this link and get your copy today! :)

I know what I'm going to listen to today:

Ho Ho Ho! Surprise! Merry Christmas from Baal’s Heart

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Surprise! A holiday short!

Man, was I happy to catch up with the guys :)

Available exclusively at Amazon (and Kindle Unlimited)

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(Bloggers, if you want to hit me up for a copy, email me here)

Happy Birthday, Sacrificed – 50% off sale

Sacrificed: Heart Beyond the Spires is one year old today! To celebrate, I'm putting the Baal's Heart trilogy on 50% sale for the rest of the month at Smashwords.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/12012

Just enter the following coupons at checkout:

Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas: CZ46V
Sacrificed: Heart Beyond the Spires: BN46V
Fated: Blood and Redemption: NY83Q

Love thy psychopath

Psychopath is an outdated term, psychologically-speaking. You cannot be diagnosed with psychopathy. That being said, when the term was bandied about with some validity by those who travail in the psychological arts, there was no distinction between psychopath and sociopath. Being a sociopath didn't mean you were a less-dangerous psychopath (like I once thought). It just sounded nicer. Who wants to be called a psycho?

Today, psychopath and its more palatable equivalent are sometimes used by headshrinkers as blanket terms to describe a variety of  personality disorders (mostly cluster A and B): narcissistic, histrionic, borderline, antisocial, paranoid, etc.

However, the terms psychopath and sociopath are still used widely in law, by the general public, and most notably, in fiction.

Personally, I get a kick out of the word psychopath.

I also get a kick out of psychopaths themselves—at least on screen/in print. Some of my favourite characters (like ol' Freddie up there) are unrepentant psychopaths, and I wouldn't have them any other way.

Some are accidents of nature, born missing that integral part necessary for empathy. Others are created; whether by physical or psychological trauma, they somehow lose that bit of humanity.

I like writing psychopaths, and I'm fascinated by people's reactions to Captain Baltsaros. I fully expected readers to have issues with him—not everyone loves a dyed-in-the-wool killer the way I do.  Some people really dislike him, and many plain don't understand what he is.

Baltsaros is charming, he's intelligent... but he's not lovable. Yet, some do like him, maybe even love him.

And that makes me smile. :)

Baltsaros and Jon

Baltsaros & Jon
Baltsaros & Jon

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Wondering which retailer pays me the most?

#1 is Payhip. Not a retailer, but an online shop that I've set up myself. This is where I make the most return on my books.

Then after that it gets a little complicated, but these are the three best choices:

At Eden Books*, I make 70% royalties for all titles.

At Smashwords, I make 60% royalties for all titles.

At Amazon, for books OVER $2.99 (USD) I make 70% royalties and for books UNDER $2.99 I make 35%

So... if the book is under $2.99, buy from Eden Books or Smashwords.

If the books is over $2.99, buy from Eden Books or Amazon.

But best of all, buy from my Payhip store :)

Questions? Contact Me!

*Not all my titles are available at Eden yet as of 25/09/23 - I'm working on it.

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