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Finally took the plunge and published my book

Edgewriter said:
Physical copies are available for all the books. The print editions are gorgeous!
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I'll look them up and give them a try one of these days.
I only saw the kindle version but admittedly I did not dig in and look for paper versions.
Time is the issue for me, probably a good idea to stop posting crap here and do something productive like read your series.

You make more money from a print sell, or a kindle sell? Just curious.

Also, what do you think about the Library idea?
 
JazzSpazz said:
I'll look them up and give them a try one of these days.
I only saw the kindle version but admittedly I did not dig in and look for paper versions.
Time is the issue for me, probably a good idea to stop posting crap here and do something productive like read your series.

You make more money from a print sell, or a kindle sell? Just curious.

Also, what do you think about the Library idea?
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Kindle profits on books selling for 2.99 or higher are 70%. So I actually make a little bit more from Kindle sales on books 2-5. I make about $2.79 per book. With the print editions, I make about $2.30.

In order to get the books in libraries, I would just need readers to request them. Smashwords has a library program for digital books and they have all my books but the last one available to that program. As far as physical copies in libraries, they can get the books at library rates directly from Createspace. So that works great.
 
Finished Eye of the Moonrat, now on book 2. Pretty enjoyable, frankly better than I expected. Congrats! Parts of the books remind me of R.A. Salvatore--he's not my favorite fantasy author, but certainly knows how to put together a good read. If I had one piece of advice to give, it would be to avoid fantasy cliches like the plague. For example, the whole schoolboy bullying thing in book 1 has been done to death. I think there's less of that in book 2, which is maybe why I'm liking it a little better than book 1 so far.
 
colton said:
Finished Eye of the Moonrat, now on book 2. Pretty enjoyable, frankly better than I expected. Congrats! Parts of the books remind me of R.A. Salvatore--he's not my favorite fantasy author, but certainly knows how to put together a good read. If I had one piece of advice to give, it would be to avoid fantasy cliches like the plague. For example, the whole schoolboy bullying thing in book 1 has been done to death. I think there's less of that in book 2, which is maybe why I'm liking it a little better than book 1 so far.
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Thanks, Colton.

I'm glad to hear you are reading the books. I hope you will find that the books get continually better as you go, just as my writing style grew. Please continue to let me know what you think as you go!
 
Edgewriter said:
Thanks, Colton.

I'm glad to hear you are reading the books. I hope you will find that the books get continually better as you go, just as my writing style grew. Please continue to let me know what you think as you go!
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Just finished book 2, and really liked it. Nice job! I'd recommend it to anyone here. As you hoped, I thought the writing style was more sophisticated than the first book, and none of the things which bugged me about the first book (which I still liked) were present in the second. In particular I thought you did a great job writing the non-traditional viewpoints, those were very enjoyable. On to book 3!
 
colton said:
Just finished book 2, and really liked it. Nice job! I'd recommend it to anyone here. As you hoped, I thought the writing style was more sophisticated than the first book, and none of the things which bugged me about the first book (which I still liked) were present in the second. In particular I thought you did a great job writing the non-traditional viewpoints, those were very enjoyable. On to book 3!
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Thanks, Colton. It's good to hear that you're liking the books. I came up with the ideas for these characters and the situations they were in when I was a kid, so I can see how the beginning might have felt a little cliche. I was heavily influenced by the other authors I was reading back then. But then again, that's genre fiction for you. Every idea has been done by someone at some time before.

Green, tell your wife I said thanks for reading, and please let me know what you think when you get the chance to read!
 
franklin said:
Mr. Edgewriter -- any plans to have these put into audio?
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Mr. Edgewriter is my father's name LOL.

Franklin, I would love to, and you're not the first one to ask, but hiring voice talent costs money. I'm not quite ready financially to handle that. I'm just glad the writing pays my bills and allows me to hire a cover artist.
 
So, what age would you put on these books? My 11-year old breezed through and loved Harry Potter, Leventhumps, and is now on the 2nd Michael Vey. Would your books be appropriate for a kid that age?
 
MoTappin said:
So, what age would you put on these books? My 11-year old breezed through and loved Harry Potter, Leventhumps, and is now on the 2nd Michael Vey. Would your books be appropriate for a kid that age?
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I did not write them specifically for a YA audience, but my 11 and 13 year olds have read them as have several nieces and nephews. Most readers have told me they feel the books appropriate for young teens. One lady even told me she reads them to her kids.

Content wise, there is no sex in the books (though some is implied in the later books.) and any cursing is mild (Damns and hells or completely made up). The only thing I can think of is the violence. There is fighting and monsters and when the characters are battling monsters, the fighting can get a bit gruesome.

Does anyone else here that's read them have an opinion?
 
Tarah Woodblade

For those of you interested, I have the first two chapters of upcoming book, Tarah Woodblade up on my site.
Feel free to check them out.

Chapter one: https://trevorhcooley.com/?p=2161

Chapter two: https://trevorhcooley.com/?p=2207

Tarah Woodblade is the first book of the second Bowl of Souls Series

Here is the cover: 1557641_10200668345109969_1730333892_n.jpg

This is the back cover blurb:

"A BOWL OF SOULS NOVEL
The war is over, but there is a void of power that must be filled and no shortage of men eager to fill it.
Tarah Woodblade was the best guide and tracker in the land, but she ran away from the war. She returns to Dremaldria expecting to be labeled a coward, but instead finds herself lauded as a hero. It seems a hero is needed too, because someone is hunting rogue horses . . ."
 
Btw, I finished the first Bowl of Souls series a month or so ago. As mentioned in the thread, I liked book 2 quite a bit. I liked book 3 equally as well. Book 4 was kind of a let down for me--I felt that the plot bogged down because of the large number of battle scenes that were in the book. But then I liked book 5 again as much as books 2 and 3.

Good luck on the new series!
 
colton said:
Btw, I finished the first Bowl of Souls series a month or so ago. As mentioned in the thread, I liked book 2 quite a bit. I liked book 3 equally as well. Book 4 was kind of a let down for me--I felt that the plot bogged down because of the large number of battle scenes that were in the book. But then I liked book 5 again as much as books 2 and 3.

Good luck on the new series!
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I am just totally shocked that you wouldn't like battle scenes. Just doesn't seem like you Colton...
 
colton said:
Btw, I finished the first Bowl of Souls series a month or so ago. As mentioned in the thread, I liked book 2 quite a bit. I liked book 3 equally as well. Book 4 was kind of a let down for me--I felt that the plot bogged down because of the large number of battle scenes that were in the book. But then I liked book 5 again as much as books 2 and 3.

Good luck on the new series!
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Thanks, Colton! I am glad you enjoyed them. The War of Stardeon was definitely a battle heavy book. Thank you for the feedback.
 
Wait, Archie was talking about your book? I thought he was referencing something else. What a ****.
 
VINYLONE said:
Wait, Archie was talking about your book? I thought he was referencing something else. What a ****.
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Call me a ****, but that's just my two-cents. 90% of the books I read are in the fantasy genre, and a lot of the books sell me on my purchase by the cover as well as the back summary. Edge's first book cover was poor and he realized it and hired a professional to make the covers for his previous books and..... They're absolutely great and we'll done. I don't like the cover for his new book for a few reasons: It's overly photoshoped, it's a real photo at least I think (kinda went away from the feel of his previous books), looks like a b-graded book.

It's just my opinion. Nothing at personal at all to Edge. I'd love to read his books as soon as I'm done with the ones I'm reading now.
 
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