Showing posts with label writer joyce mason fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writer joyce mason fiction. Show all posts

Monday, November 11, 2013

DOUBLE SCOOP of BIG NEWS! The Crystal Ball Book Release, New JoyceMason.com




 The Crystal Ball Video Book Trailer



Dear Radical Readers,

I’m sure it’s no accident that I’m getting to check off Item #1 on my Bucket List during Prayer and Thanksgiving Month on The Radical Virgo. My bucket is overflowing with gratitude about the publication of my first novel. This is the answer to a prayer so old; I wondered if I’d outlive the response. (No wonder I made sure my book had longevity as one of its major themes.)

The Crystal Ball: A Micki Michaels Mystery, the paperback version, is now available for order on Amazon’s CreateSpace store. In about a week, you can purchase it on the “full service” store, where you likely shop for most things on Amazon in the US (Amazon.com). Availability on Amazon’s other channels in the EU and other countries outside the US may take longer. I’ll update links, as they become live, here on The Radical Virgo (check the sidebar) and on JoyceMason.com.

The first eReader version is now available on Smashwords. (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others.) The Kindle version will be available soon. Again, check the sidebar here and JoyceMason.com.

Website Revamp. Speaking of JoyceMason.com, I’m happy to announce yet another milestone I met today. My website makeover is now complete. Please visit and enjoy my new cyber “digs.” I’m grateful to friend and graphic artist Sara Fisk for her fine work and artistic eye that gives the site a brand new atmosphere to celebrate the release of The Crystal Ball and make it an “information kiosk.” Besides being the place that will focus on my fiction, JoyceMason.com will “give directions” on where to find my non-fiction blogs and books, including those on astrology. All astrology and related topics are now housed here on The Radical Virgo. My namesake website will be dedicated primarily to my new career as a novelist and being the one point of referral with links to find all my publications.

The Blurb. The plot and flavor of The Crystal Ball are captured on the book trailer video, above, but if you’d rather have it in words, see them at the new party on JoyceMason.com. The new incarnation of my namesake site really does have a balloons-and-confetti atmosphere, complete with Fun and Games and a Treasure Hunt on the bottom of the homepage.


Sacramento Book Launch and Signing Party.  If you live within driving distance of Sacramento, California: Don’t miss my Book Launch and Signing Party on Nov. 20, 3:00 – 6:00 PM at The Blue Prynt Restaurant and Bar, 815 11th St. (at H), downtown Sacramento. There will be food, fun, drawings, fabulous people, and of course, books. I’m so excited!

Not Local, but Want it Signed? See the Crystal Ball under Books on JoyceMason.com for details on how to get a signed bookplate.

How You Can Help Spread the Word and Mainstream Astrology. On the bottom of the new JoyceMason.com homepage in the How-To section, there’s a list of ways you can help get the word out about The Crystal Ball. Readers and writers have an interdependent and exciting dynamic for making a book successful—and the sooner it catches fire and the more popular The Crystal Ball becomes, the more Micki adventures I’ll be able to bring you. I hope you’ll be a part of the buzz, because it really does give you one!

One of the many things I’m jazzed about is the potential for The Crystal Ball to help mainstream astrology. Read more about that in my Thanks  to all of you for your support and friendship. It's at teh bottom of the News on my website.

As always, I’d love to hear your comments or personal emails regarding these new adventures: joyce [at] joycemason.com

Thrilled,
Joyce
What Early Readers Write About The Crystal Ball

A real page-turner and a guilty sweet pleasure … provocatively woven with fiction and facts, past and future, New Age and pragmatism--resulting in a tightly beautiful and colorful wordsmith's tapestry.  An intelligent, fun and thoughtful read.
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Michael Bartlett, Business Consultant, Astrologer and Co-creator of AstroTheatre

Glittering, breezy, and a bit sexy … The Crystal Ball shimmers with Joyce Mason’s obvious delight in storytelling, mystery, and especially her spunky heroine of a certain age, Micki Michaels. She will delight you, too. 
~ April Elliott Kent, author of The Essential Guide to Practical Astrology

Charming and well-written … Joyce Mason took me on a rollercoaster ride of emotions from laughter to tears and excitement to fear as I kept turning the pages to discover what would happen next.   If you're looking for a mystery novel with a New-Age twist, look no further than this memorable book.  If I were to look into a crystal ball and read this book's future, I'd say it will be a big success." 
~
Ingrid Hart, Author - My Year in California: A Journey Toward Midlife Renewal



Wednesday, September 25, 2013

FREE Fiction! “Matters of Life, Death and Laughter” E- Book in PDF



Dear Radical Readers,

I’m rounding the bend to the launch in November of my first humorous mystery novel. It’s about an Odd Couple astrologer and her ex-FBI-agent boyfriend who bust crimes in progress at a futuristic costume ball. In preparation for The Crystal Ball, I’m offering a free appetizer! The hors d’oeuvre is my trio of short stories, my e-book Matters of Life, Death and Laughter. It has been updated, including a new cover, for its important role in whetting your appetite for my fiction writing.

Matters of Life, Death and Laughter is a trio of my most popular short stories. "Digital" is a tale, as bizarre as it’s darkly humorous, about something that turns up where it doesn’t belong. You can’t help but laugh, even if you think you shouldn't. "The Training Tape" asks you to think about what you say repeatedly and its consequences. "Zoe's Hair" examines the depth of a friendship and how it transcends time and space. As the subtitle says, these stories will make you laugh, cry and think.

Matters of Life, Death and Laughter will also be available in e-reader versions on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other major sites in the next few weeks. Once the e-reader version is available, links will included on the sidebar here on The Radical Virgo.

If you’re not already on my mailing list, please join! I’ll be offering the first chapter of The Crystal Ball as a free download in a few weeks to mailing list members. To receive it automatically, you must be on the mailing list by Oct. 14. You won’t want to miss this and other, ongoing perks exclusive to the mailing list. See the upper right corner of the sidebar to sign up.

FREE DRAWING! I will also be drawing names from the mailing list for a free copy of Golden Prose and Poetry, which I’ll mail to the winner with my story, “Cruel Embroidery,” signed. Drawing will take place on Halloween and will be announced on or about November 1.

Meanwhile, enjoy: “Digital,” “The Training Tape,” and “Zoe’s Hair.” It's 30 pages and very conducive to printout, if you prefer.

And, of course, I’d love to hear any feedback in the Comments.

Blessings and enjoy this gift,
Joyce


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Art Credits: Cover design by Karen Phillips, Phillips Covers. Cover background art © koten_ok - Fotolia.com