SUED FOR PEACE (The Kurtherian Gambit Book 11) (32 page)

Most of that chapter is exactly what Mark would say, because he sent it to me.

Fastest thousand words I’ve ever written.

NEXT:
Update on the Military Kindle efforts.
 
First, good news!
 
I’ve finally figured out how to freaking get it to the person (at least from here anyway).
 
There was (on my side) some major concern due to what I read online related to sending Kindles.
 
When I went up (after emailing everybody, checking out mulitple options etc. etc… It was a non-issue.
 
No only that, it cost like $11.00 to send it.

USPS - I think I Love You (and the agent who helped me - You were the best!)

I wonder if she will ever figure out that the strange author guy sending something to an APO address was kinda famous.
 
If you count about 10,000 people across the world as famous.
 
So, yeah.
 
Not so famous after all ;-)

The email side HELPED the Indie Authors amazingly well.
 
One second while I go look at the loot…I mean, the income generated from our efforts to make this self-sustaining.

The (carry the four, add the two…That’s in currency, Mike…)
 
The total for the Email efforts AND the Snippet Effort (basically, all the damn effort) is $352.82 for this month as of the moment I am writing this.

WOOHOO!

The highest day (income) for the first email release was July 7
th
with $26.80, the lowest was
 
July 14
th
with $1.48.
 
The highest day of the month was July 15
th
with $34.17.

So, all told, the expenses for two Kindles (I bought one on the summer sale) was about $400.00, email, raffle copter etc. etc. probably puts that up to a little over $500.00.

The email list size for the Kindles for Military just crossed 200 a couple of days ago, and that is without any major advertising expense, yet.
 
I used my personal email list for the first sending, but I told everyone on that list I’d only do it once.

Dammit!
 

It’s ok.
 
It’s a cool thing we are doing and however long it takes to grow, it takes that long.

BUT, I do need more Military names for people to send Kindles to, just saying.

You can nomiate someone (give me your name, and then I’ll contact you for their Address information if Rafflecopter picks you). ALL of the necessary information is at this link on my website:

http://kurtherianbooks.com/readers-supporting-military-book-newsletter/

Also, if you want to know more about it, just read the link above, or the story is in the Author Notes from the last book.

NEXT:
Audio…

So, I’ve been approached by two Audio companies for rights to the books.
 
Both are super companies and pretty big names.
 
The problem, at least from a publishers perspective (mine in this case) is that they tie up the audio rights for 5 to 7 YEARS and the income exchange is … smaller.
 

Because of my fans, and the fact you READ so many of the books, there is a healthy income for me to do this.
 
(I think I’ve gone through this math, right?)
 
Anyway, good audio is going to cost something like $3,000 - $3,500 a book…21 books and we are talking $63,000 to $73,500 to produce the series.

That’s a bit much to chew on.
 
But POSSIBLE. (Well, over time, I’m pretty sure American Express would have alarms going off if I tried to charge that bad boy).

I have one other option I’m tracking down in the next two weeks before I have to decide where and how to go.

I’ve no idea how many of my readers, are audio listeners as well.
 
Someone should probably put up an Amazon Forum thread on that. I figure (guessing) one audio book makes about $5 a sale, so it would take about 700-800 sales before you get a return on the investment?
 
If the $5.00 number is right.

NEXT:
Can I say how much this scene cracked me up?

She stepped off the roof of the building while keeping Hirotoshi’s gaze, then disappeared.

Ryu looked to Hirotoshi, “Did she forget we are three stories up?”

From below, the two men heard Tabitha cussing, “Motherfuckingcocklickingassmunchingshhhit!”

A pause, then, “I swear to god I’m fucking someone up tonight.”
 
And her soft padded feet running down the alley.

I still smile reading it.
 
Tabitha has really become a fun character with her kinda ‘out there’ personality.
 
Hirotoshi and Ryu, as her two bookends to help her out of the shit she gets into, are complimentary characters with her.

NEXT:
Did you catch the Alexandra reference?

Just asking.

NEXT:
Another comment about “the F*BOMB” was on the Author Forums on Amazon.

So, I was eating or something that wouldn’t allow me to type, and I was reading the Amazon Author Forum.
 
There, an author was ranting about how he wouldn’t read a book once he got to the first ‘F*Bomb’ in the book.
 
That writers that used that language were lazy.
 
Etc. etc. etc.

So, here was my response … 8 uses of the unholy word in the space of what, 3 inches of text?
 
Honestly, I was thinking of Abbot and Costello when I wrote this… THIRD BASE!

“Shit, it’s dark, we can turn on the light, right?” George asked.

“There aren’t any windows in here, sure.” José whispered.

“Fuck,” whispered a voice.

“Fuck what?” George asked.

“What fuck?” José replied, “I didn’t say fuck.”
 

“The fuck you didn’t say fuck, I heard you say fuck!” George hissed to his friend, “Where the hell is the light switch.”

“Here, let me get it for you.” A voice George didn’t recognize spoke in the dark.

“What the FUCK!” he yelled as the lights came on and a person dressed in black …

HAHAHAHAHHAA……
 
So… Guess that is my response to Mr. “Authors who use Fuck are lazy” ;-).
   
Not that he will have read into my series at all. We have to have what…Hundreds of uses of the word by now?
 
Kat Lind has a document that counts the number of times words are used in a book.
 
She tells me the ‘F* Bomb’ was over 300 times for books 1-5.

F*!
 
That’s a lot of times…
<—
 
Snicker!

NEXT:
So, I did the following for an Anthology I’m going to be in (with the Tabitha short).
 
I was supposed to dream up questions and answer them…So, you know those questions and answers that are done at the end of The Actors Studio?

Here they are and SEE YOU NEXT BOOK!

1. What is your favorite word?

Believe – It is opportunistic, hopeful, energizing.

2. What is your least favorite word?

Loser – it is a label, it judges a person’s actions and abilities all in one.

3. What turns you on?

Creativity - My personality thrives on creating ideas.
 
They don’t have to be workable, we will get to those later.

4. What turns you off?

Details – The molasses of life.

5. What sound or noise do you love?

The sound of rain drops on a tin roof while the cool winds of winter encourage me to stay in bed… and read!

6. What sound or noise do you hate?

Pain – Whether from voice or the crash of cars nothing good is happening.

7. What is your favorite curse word?

Fuck – Noun, verb, adjective…Such a Renaissance type of word.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Special Effects creator.
 

9. What profession would you not like to do?

Accountant – Details!

10. If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates?

Hey, I was that person on the side of the street you helped out.
 
Well done, well done indeed.

BECAUSE I CAN

It’s almost time to do something different again…because I can ;-)

First, I put out a call to see if anyone wanted to do a shout-out in SUED FOR PEACE on Facebook.

One reader reached out and messaged me, telling me about how her father (a big reader) wouldn’t read The Kurtherian Gambit
because he is a Sci-Fi guy
, and… Well, you probably will get the idea below.

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Filthy Phil
- You have a daughter willing to get your NAME in the back of a book that will go top 1,000 on Amazon… Perhaps if you would maybe read just HALF WAY into the first book, you … might… be surprised to learn there is a spaceship!
 
An …
ALIEN
… spaceship in the story and then you will figure out my devious plan (*chuckle* sorry, I wish I was devious enough to have figured all of this out beforehand…but, bear with me a few more sentences while I spin more bullshit…)
 
Where was I?
 
Oh yeah, my
DEVIOUS
plan to suck Paranormal fans into a series of books with them thinking VAMPIRES…Only to learn it is ACTUALLY a science-fiction series with aliens genetically modifying humans to help them fight a war that is coming.

Then…(actually, this part is true) Paranormal fans who would never purchase sci-fi are enjoying themselves.
 
Even though, in the end (at least in the comments on the reviews), they promise me they will NEVER read any other sci-fi books…Period.

So, the Universe seeks equilibriam … Are you
MAN
enough to read VAMPIRE “SHIT” (his words people, not mine) so that we have peace and harmony (as much as we can get any) on Earth?

Take the Kurtherian Gambit Challenge
…
 

WE ALL DARE YOU FILTHY PHIL!

Hope that helps, Jessica - Michael Anderle

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Now, the last, last thing… Awww, C’Mon Folks!
 
You KNOW I do stuff like this! LOL, so don’t be thinking
“He is not about to put all of our song suggestions for the Queen Bitch in the back of his book!”

Oh yes I Am.

I asked on the Forums (Amazon) what songs would YOU pick out for the Queen’s Bitches Play List…Here we go…

Marty Markins says:

We are the Champions - Queen

Frankie G. says:

Taking a pod into space: Magic Carpet ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4WiyxXpyZc

Andy W says:

Crüxshadows - Winterborn -
http://youtu.be/SVNjx4k8mWk

Heather Alexander - Black Unicorn -
https://youtu.be/1sCjFCflQXY

The first Guardian team from the EPC gets Warren Zevon's Werewolves of London

The team of amateurs from outside the Colorado base working on their orbital construction teams get Jimmy Buffet's Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship.

Jeff Morris says:

The Warrior Song (all four) - Warrior Project
 
(LISTENED TO THIS THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK! - Michael Anderle)

It's A Good Day To Die - Starship Troopers 3

Through The Fire and The Flames - DragonForce

Heart of a Dragon - DragonForce

Where There's A Whip, There's A Way - Return of The King Soundtrack

Winterborn - Cruxshadows

Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler

We Are Soldiers - Otherwise

American Soldier - Toby Keith

Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Don't Pay The Ferryman - Chris de Burgh

Citadel - Cruxshadows

Return (coming home) - Cruxshadows

March of Cambreath - Heather Alexander

The Last Spartan - Halo soundtrack

Mjolnir Mix - Halo soundtrack

Another One Bites The Dust -Queen

Envoy - Warren Zevon

Klendathu Drop - Starship Troopers

Desiree' R says:

Avenged Sevenfold -Nightmare

10 Years-Shoot it Out

Deuce-America

Slipknot-The Devil in I

Bring me the Horizon-Go to Help for Heavens Sake

Five Finger Death Punch-Wrong Side of Heaven

Saliva-Click Click Boom

Charles S. says:

Conflict - Disturbed (For when she goes to take care of the Kurtherians, there minions and the idiots in China)

Edward says:

Pretty much any Two Steps from Hell - Archangel, Everlasting, Immortal Avenger, Titan Dune... most of theirs work if you want that sweeping heavy orchestral tone :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ-QLl5qjLg&list=RDdJ-QLl5qjLg

Cruxshadows have had plenty of suggestions already.

Hmm, actually one I could half see is that slight twist of music. Gregorian's cover versions of a few rock type tunes. The whole Gregorian chant twist say for Four Horsemen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu6RE0FJmPA

Not an aggressive, battle song.. but Kansas City Shuffle has that fun politics, mastermind, groove going
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxF5bfVofkk
for when you have to Machiavellian the schemes out...

Heh, to go back a bit, slicing from the old BtVS soundtracks, Four Star Mary - Pain :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTtH0MVjcX0

And at some point, someone needs to play the Imperial March when Bethany Anne turns up for something. ;)

Edit: For that last minute thought... go half of the tunes from the Lost Boys soundtrack ; INXS - Good Times and Laying Down the Law, Gerard McMann - Cry Little Sister, Echo & the Bunnymen - People are Strange...

Mr Robert McMurray says:

got to slayer payback fits quiet well if listen to the words of the song

Kindle Customer says:

For Barnabas: Loreena McKennitt, Skellig