How to win a new Kindle Fire on Friday

Dear Reader,

I need a quick favour, and to encourage you to say ‘yes’, I’ve decided to give away a brand new Kindle Paperwhite next Friday.  Do you want it?

Yes, it’s worth £110 and someone reading this blog is going to win it – will it be you?

Here’s the thing – in order for my book to become the official bestseller on Amazon’s Kindle Platform, I have to have real people, real customers with real reviews.

If only 50 people reading this buy my book at just 0.99 it will probably get into the top 100 in its category.  Will you help me?

Now what’s a good way to motivate you to help me but with an “ethical bribe” so you and a few other nice people will buy my new Kindle ebook for just 0.99 and then write a quick review.   And if you like it, rate it 5 stars.

I don’t know if only 2 people will do this for me, or 100 people, but the odds of YOU winning a kindle Fire are waaay better than winning the lottery.

Next Friday I’m going to take all the names of people who left me a review directly from the Amazon page, I’m going to put them into a hat to randomly pull out the winner of a new Kindle Fire. Then I’m going to have it shipped right to your home, no matter what country you live in… just for buying an ebook and writing a nice review.

Oh, remember if you don’t win you’ll still get to download and read a really great fantasy novella which you’ll probably enjoy anyway.  And after this promotion I’ll raise the price back to retail level.

I know I’m being very greedy by asking you to spend 0.99.  You could just write the review on Amazon, even if you don’t own the book, but there’s a reason behind my request.

You see, buyers are given more credibility than non-buyers.  If you write a review for a book that you don’t own, Amazon doesn’t rate it very highly.  But if you actually buy it through your Amazon account, they think it’s highly credible and place your review higher up the page.  This helps new people discover and realise that "SprawlBall" is a great new book.

So if you’re willing to help get the new Kindle book SprawlBall to bestseller status, use this link

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SprawlBall-Paragons-Virtue-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01LXVWJ5Z

Please buy it and post your review before Friday the 30th September so I can enter you into the prize draw.

Garry Miller

Author of SprawlBall

Writing Superhero Fiction When You Have too Many Ideas!

It's a wet and windy September morning as I write this.  Paragons book 1 "SprawlBall" launched last week and is currently doing well on the Amazon kindle platform.  I'm waiting for the first reviews with excitement and trepidation.  There's something very vulnerable when you publish your ideas for the world to see...

Meanwhile I'm delighted to say that book #2 "Skin In The Game" is coming together nicely.  In fact, it's taken on a life of its own with an emerging theme that I didn't even realise was lurking under the surface.

Add to that a villain who is so despicable that even I'm finding the grizzlier scenes hard to stomach.

Meanwhile we have the 3rd in the series gradually forming in the wings.  All very hush hush for now but suffice it to say that a tall, dark and handsome Paragon is getting his own book next.

Then there's an idea for a completely different team of enhanced supers - set in the same Paragons universe but nothing to do with them - that I'm talking to another author about in collaboration.

So the old brain cells are firing and the keyboard is smoking.  And if you subscribe to my VIP list over there, you'll be first to know when they get released.

In the meantime, I've put together a short survey to find out what you think of my work.  If you've read any of my books, click on the link to take the 2 minute survey and you will be offered the next book for free.  CLICK HERE

Thanks for reading this, I'm off to Algonquin National Park in the year 2053.  If you go down to the woods today...

SprawlBall paperback back cover

Chris just came through with the cover design for the back cover of the paperback version.

SprawlBall Just Went Live On Amazon Kindle!

Today is launch day!

Yes today the first of the Paragons Of Virtue novels - "SprawlBall" - featuring superhero Chase - went on sale internationally on Amazon Kindle.  How exciting!

From an idea back in 1985, then the inspiration to turn it into a novel in a tiny hotel room in London in January 2016, and now here we are.

You can see the final cover design at the top of this page, after taking feedback from fellow authors and the loyal public.

I'm now working on the website www.GetTheNext Book.com where I can put the whole series on display as they get published, but for now you can get your teeth stuck into "SprawlBall."

Already working on the second novel in the series called "Skin In The Game."

Make sure you join my VIP mailing list and I'll let you know when the next book is ready.