by Colby R Rice | Jul 31, 2014 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements
So, July has been very hectic, a righteous start to the third and fourth creative quarters of the year. I’m excited about this post, because much of July was about finishing projects and polishing off my preparation for the rest of the year! I have to say too...
by Colby R Rice | Jul 25, 2014 | Afro Futurism, Novels, Sci-fi Thriller / Science Fiction Thriller, Space Opera, Thriller
Dive into a deep space sci-fi thriller that chronicles the rise and fall of a world long lost. From gods and wars to aliens and depravity, Glendale Makoto takes us by our imaginations and guides us through the last days of his world as he saw it… and we never...
by Colby R Rice | Jul 20, 2014 | Book Production & Publishing, Independent (Indie) Publishing, Producing
Okay, so I’m back with part TWO of “10 Things I Learned (as a Sci-fi & Fantasy Writer) from Producing an Audiobook”! Let’s get it! 😉 6. Don’t be afraid to give your characters uniqueness, extreme personality, voice, and...
by Colby R Rice | Jul 16, 2014 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements, Independent (Indie) Publishing, Marketing & Selling, Pre-Launch & Author Preparation
So, unfortunately, Digital Book Day has passed, my dear readers, but it was an awesome run! We gave out tons of free books and hopefully made you all super amped for our next promotion, which will open around the holidays! If you want to stay updated on when the next...
by Colby R Rice | Jul 15, 2014 | Afro Futurism, Apocalyptic, Dieselpunk, Dystopian, Epic Fantasy / High Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Fantasy Thriller, Historical Fantasy, Horror, Independent (Indie) Publishing, Marketing & Selling, New Adult, Novels, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi Thriller / Science Fiction Thriller, Space Opera, Steampunk, Technothriller, Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult / YA, Zombie
DIGITAL BOOK DAY has been EXTENDED for another 24 hours!! Apparently, this promotion is so hott and so internet-destroying that we had to extend it just so that you all had more time to get all the books you wanted! So yeah, again, we 407 bestselling indie...
by Colby R Rice | Jul 14, 2014 | Afro Futurism, Apocalyptic, Dieselpunk, Dystopian, Epic Fantasy / High Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Fantasy Thriller, Historical Fantasy, Independent (Indie) Publishing, Marketing & Selling, New Adult, Novels, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi Thriller / Science Fiction Thriller, Space Opera, Steampunk, Technothriller, Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult / YA, Zombie
If you missed the announcement in the side bar… TODAY is DIGITAL BOOK DAY! CHYEAH!! For the next 24 hours ONLY! Basically, 407 bestselling indie authors in the genres of Sci-fi & Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery, Romance, YA, General / Historical Fiction,...
by Colby R Rice | Jul 10, 2014 | Book Production & Publishing, Independent (Indie) Publishing, Producing
So writing a book is challenging, but producing an audiobook is a different kind of crazy altogether, trust and believe! Now that I’ve gone through the process, I’m going to give some perspective and tips on audiobook production from the author’s...
by Colby R Rice | Jul 7, 2014 | Afro Futurism, Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Fantasy Thriller, New Adult, Novels, Post-apocalyptic, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult / YA
Narrated by the talented Michael T. Bradley, check out this heart-pounding, dual-volumed urban fantasy thriller in audiobook form! DESCRIPTION BOTH EXCITING VOLUMES of Ghosts of Koa, The First Book of Ezekiel! For over one hundred years the Civic Order and the...
by Colby R Rice | Jul 4, 2014 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements, Independent (Indie) Publishing
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! Or this post should actually be called “The Power of the Back-post”, because this is SUPER late, but I’m acting like it came out on July 4th. But it’s not my fault, I promise you! Okay, it’s my fault, lol. Been...
by Colby R Rice | Jun 30, 2014 | Creative Inspiration & Creative Achievements
This month, especially the first half of it, has been utterly insane! I admit, not much creative writing has gotten done, unfortunately. There have been 100 words here, 100 words there, etc. As I mentioned in my Kicking off the Third Quarter posts, as of JULY 1st,...