Greetings, SF denizens. I come to you beseeching your vote. My debut sci-fi novel is up for an award and she currently stands in 14th place (out of 100 or so). I know we can push her over the top with one heroic stand. All I need is half a minute of your time.

Here's the poll: http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelsf.shtml

My book is entitled "Molly Fyde and the Parsona Rescue." It landed on a few best-of-2009 lists and has won rave reviews from bloggers and readers alike. To vote, all you have to do is choose the book, enter a name and email address, and then click on the link they send you. You'll get no spam, it's just to ensure one vote per person.

If you can help, I really appreciate it.

Awesome! Congrats, Hugh :)
I just voted for your book.

All done!
Best of luck with your book!

wow, they are serious about the voting aren't they! I voted for ya!!

Thanks, all three of you! It's been a blast to watch the progress. Molly has gone from 14th to 12th to 6th to 4th in the past 24 hours!

The results can be seen here: http://www.critters.org/predpoll/tally.ht

You have to scroll down to Category: novelsf

Looks like an interesting book. However, nobody should vote if you haven't even linked it. Please post link where we can read it. Or to a pdf that we can DL.

Looks like an interesting book. However, nobody should vote if you haven't even linked it. Please post link where we can read it. Or to a pdf that we can DL.

Where were you eight months ago when I was handing out the manuscript to anyone that would read it?

On the street knocking on car windows for nickles and pennies so I that could pay my bills without whoring myslef to work for some daft company.

On the street knocking on car windows for nickles and pennies so I that could pay my bills without whoring myslef to work for some daft company.

Hell, all you need to do is write a book and you can be a starving artist like me!

I an a starving artist. Solo-artist. Have been for years. If I could afford to produce and release one song, I would have a Grammy, a ton of money, and wipe all of these garbage artist careers out like a plague.

I an a starving artist. Solo-artist. Have been for years. If I could afford to produce and release one song, I would have a Grammy, a ton of money, and wipe all of these garbage artist careers out like a plague.

I would really appreciate it if you would get on that. Somebody needs to do it.

Every time I think a new artist is going to come in and shake up the music universe, they OD on drugs or their wife kills them and makes it look like a suicide. :bawl:

Do you have anything recorded I can hear?

Oh, and Molly moved up to #3 last night! Current standings (Category: novelsf) http://www.critters.org/predpoll/tally.ht

Sure if I could ever get out of my constant cycle of being behind on rent and various other accumulating expenses.

Is it like overcoming a mountain getting your first one released? Like getting the first one out takes alot, but then you generate income so you can continue working, and releasing more with no problem.

Is it like overcoming a mountain getting your first one released? Like getting the first one out takes alot, but then you generate income so you can continue working, and releasing more with no problem.

Psychologically, it is. With writing a book, the most important skill to have is the knowledge that you can do it. It makes pushing through the rough times much easier. And you know the editing and revising will smooth everything up.

Financially it probably doesn't get easy until you have your fifth or sixth book out there. Royalties are for shit. That's true of all authors. You make a little over a dollar per book. Hell, the big names never make back their million-dollar advances, so they don't earn a penny of royalties (but they get to keep that massive advance).

There's probably a thousand or so authors in the US making a decent living just from their writing. That's not many. More musicians make it than writers.

But I love what I'm doing. And I believe in this series. And the reviews so far make me think it has the potential to be something huge. Something really special.

That keeps me going.


Oh ... and I just found out people can vote once per day. So, if you've voted (and seen how easy it is), please vote again. There's only three days left and I'm still stuck in third place. Thanks a ton!!

I finished it last night (I know, I never got around to reading your manuscript). Nicely done! I was wondering why anyone in the future would need to delete things to make "room" in their computer, but I realize now it was foreshadowing for the revelation that occurs at the end.

I'll vote for it. :)

Done

I finished it last night (I know, I never got around to reading your manuscript). Nicely done! I was wondering why anyone in the future would need to delete things to make "room" in their computer, but I realize now it was foreshadowing for the revelation that occurs at the end.

:)

Thanks for giving it a read! The hardest step is to get people to try the book. I don't think any have walked away thinking they've wasted their time. Most people are clamoring for the sequel. :)

What did you read it on? Your PC, or an e-reader? I've already seen the second book on someone's Nook, which was pretty cool.

I read it on my PC.

Good to know. I'm anxious to get my royalty statements and see how many copies of each format people are buying. I know Amazon has sold several hundred copies, not sure how much Barnes and Noble has done. They don't carry the book in all their stores, and their website doesn't do nearly the numbers Amazon does.

Most of my data comes from direct contact with readers, whether at signings or via email, my website, etc...