Kiwi in Cat City made it!

Amazing news!

A case of blimey and then some!

Kiwi in Cat City made it to number one! Yesterday the book was at 18-20,000, which was a miracle in itself, but following an ereadernews advert it shot up to #2,840 Paid in Kindle Store and...
#1 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Animals > Cats
#6 in Kindle Store > Literature & Fiction > Children's Fiction > Animals
#7 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Cats

Although I love these books, this one was ranking 600,000 two weeks ago and out of 12 books I was selling 0-2 a week. This shows the power of teamwork, promoting others and using small ads and listings (cheap or free even). It just shows - if people can actually see our books (or whatever else we create, whether songs or skirts) exist, we can do it! Thank you so much to everyone who has been helping! Especially to Kim Mutch Emerson for organising this blog tour. I know my book will go down again, but I'm thrilled it's been up there for a bit.

This is an amazing day in my writing life! 

Between the Lines Book Tours presents: M. E. Sutton

Book blurb:

All Jaycee Hiller wants to do is survive eighth grade. Mostly that means hanging with her friend, Stu, avoiding the cheerleading squad, secretly crushing on Nate Fletcher, and playing her favorite video game, Hero’s Sword.

When she receives a new video game controller, Jaycee finds herself magically transported into the Hero’s Sword video game world. Survival takes on a whole new meaning. No longer battling with a plastic joystick, Jaycee picks up a real sword and bow & arrow, and readies herself for battle.

Can she save Lady Starla’s rule in Mallory, keep herself in one piece, and maybe even learn something about surviving middle school?


Author Bio:

A software technical writer by day, Mary has been making her living with words for over a decade. She writes the middle-grade fantasy ebook series Hero’s Sword for Delabarre Publishing under the name M.E. Sutton. Power Play: Hero’s Sword Vol 1 is available now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony KoboBooks, and the Apple iBookstore. 

Mary also writes crime fiction, including The Laurel Highlands Mysteries police-procedural series, under the pen name Liz Milliron. She is a member of Pennwriters, Sisters in Crime, the Mary Roberts Rinehart chapter of Sisters in Crime (of which she is secretary), the Sisters in Crime “Guppies”, and the Mysteristas. 

Mary is a red-belt student of Songahm taekwondo and writes for her school, Oakmont Martial Arts. She writes a personal blog at www.summaria.net. She resides in Pittsburgh, PA, with her husband and two children, and she hopes to have a dog again soon.

Author Links:

Website: marysuttonauthor.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorMarySutton
Twitter: www.twitter.com/mary_sutton73

Book links:

Amazon
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iBookstore

 

Be Inspired, Kristina

Owner of Book Club Sisters Book Blog & Between The Lines Book Tours/Assistant Services

Kiwi and the Serpent of the Isle is IEA finalist :) So happy!

Just found out that one of my books, Kiwi and the Serpent of the Isle, which I entered into the children's category of the Indie Excellence Awards, is a finalist. 
I'm so stunned that I don't even know what to say about it, but wanna shout it out, though I'm so happy that I'm kind of blank!

http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2013-finalists.htm#31

Kiwi in Cat City - 99c blog tour

Hi, here are some more of the stops on my blog tour, organised by the amazing Kim at Master Koda Publishing. The tour is to celebrate Kiwi in Cat City being on sale for 99 cents or 75 pence, if you're in the UK like me!

Heidi Nicole Bird is interviewing me - 
http://www.heidinicolebird.com/2013/05/please-welcome-vickie-johnstone.html

Here I talk about the inspiration behind the book on Natalie Star's blog - the real Kiwi - 
http://authornataliestar.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-furry-inspiration-behind-kiwi-in.html

An excerpt...

Who is your favorite author, and how did they inspire you to write?

I have a couple: Hans Christian Anderson and Roald Dahl. I don’t know if they inspired me to write, but I loved both and still do. My favourites are The Little Mermaid and Fantastic Mr Fox. I always loved books starring animals and fantasy, along with characters who had layers and seemed real. I also loved Enid Blyton, especially The Folk of the Faraway Tree. I always had my nose in a book as a kid and I started writing stories really young, so it’s children’s authors who inspired me. I remember in junior school the teacher reading us The Adventures of Miss Pepperpot. I can’t remember anything about the book now, but our homework was to write our own version. I included many of my classmates in my story, which was read aloud, and I remember going bright red because my friends enjoyed it and the teacher liked it. I was pretty shy and writing was my outlet, along with drawing. So, thank you Miss Pepperpot and co.

Thanks :)

Kiwi Series by Vickie Johnstone

Video Trailer - the Kiwi Series

Hi, yesterday I couldn't go out because I've got a horrid cold, so I made a book trailer. I've been meaning to make one since publishing my first book in 2011! So it's only taken me 2 years! haha!

I used iMovie and it was okay to use. Not to hard and the guide is easy, although there's a lot that I didn't look at using, so it could probably be better! :)

The awesome music is by Ed Drury - it is also his music that normally plays on my blog.
This tune for the trailer is called Streetlight Desire. The illustrations are by Nikki McBroom.

Kiwi in Cat City is still on sale at 99c / 75p (ebook) everywhere...

Cheers!!