In Thriller Guy’s recent review of 50 Shades of Grey he stated that after the first big sex scene
(which occurred on page 112, not on 120 as he mistakenly reported) there were
only five or so more sex scenes in the book. After reading other reviews of Shades, TG has found there were 15 more
sex scenes, which is a number significantly higher than five. TG regrets this
error and admits he may have been reading rather hastily and hopes that those
seeking a heap o’ sex scenes in the novel didn’t pass it up just because TG
said there wasn’t all that much more meat in the freezer. (Meat in the freezer?
Where the hell did that image come from?) But onto The Big News…
TG is announcing that he and his alter ego Allen Appel have
put up a New Website, The Appel Store,
where readers and writers can find a plethora of goods relating to Allen Appel,
his writing and his rants. At the store, visitors will find a list of Appel
books and novellas now available for purchase and access to writing services
provided by Appel and Thriller Guy. If you’ve got a book that you want to
write, a book that you’ve already written that you’re not happy with, or other
writing projects that you need help with, this is the place for you.
Why The Appel Store? We’ve all seen the stories: Unknown
author writes book, puts it up on the internet and makes a gazillian dollars.
Hmmm, that pretty much describes 50
Shades of Grey right there. There are other stories, though, about authors
who have published successfully in the industry in years past and now are
rejected because they weren’t successful enough (meaning they didn't sell enough copies) to keep publishing with the big
boys, writers who have a large backlist that they put up as Kindles and find new life as eBook
authors, tales that fuel imaginations and give hope in an industry where there
is precious little hope. But are these stories just anomalies, or is there
really a future for writers outside mainstream publishing? Thriller Guy decided
to work up an experiment and see what’s truth and what’s pie-in-the-sky. Enter,
The Appel Store.
So check it out. Buy a book. Buy a novella. If you need first class help in
your writing endeavors, contact us. Let us know what you think. Thriller Guy
will keep a running diary of how the enterprise fares and try to discover just
how the eBook, independent publishing business really works, if it works at all
beyond putting up vanity works. Check it out, there's some excellent stuff here.
Good luck with the time travel series. Even now, a few generations after they first appeared ( I was lucky enough to read the first printings of the first three), they are head and shoulders above nearly anything in the same genre being published now.
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