The Lives of Nobody Important (My Debut Novel) • Non-Gaming • Books • Eurogamer.net

funkstar 29 Jul 2012 11:29:55 3,280 posts
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Since this seems to be the done thing here, let me introduce my debut novel:

The blurb:

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I can’t die, at least, not in the traditional sense. Every time I’m killed, I wake up with a new body, in the same place. Over and over and over again.

How did I discover this? I was forced to kill myself by the evil bastard who I used to call my boss. He knew the struggles I was facing, and he exploited them.

But he didn't know I would be coming back.

This is my story. This is my revenge. This will not end well.

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As you can see, it's a dark revenge thriller. Want an idea of the style? You can read a sample on amazon's page, or perhaps watch the trailer:

I don't really understand the point of book trailers, but I was told to make one, so there it is.

Kindle owners (or even non-kindle owners who have a kindle app) head here.

For the paper-lovers (or tree-haters?) there is also a paperback version available on amazon.co.uk which can be found here. Be sure to switch to the GBP store at the bottom of the page!

Finally, there is a giveaway of the paperback on Goodreads which is ending on the 31st.

Feel free to abuse, criticise, or simply speak your mind in here. I'd love to hear any feedback

Thanks for reading!

Edited by funkstar at 20:20:35 01-08-2012

INSOMANiAC 29 Jul 2012 13:18:12 4,732 posts
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Ive purchased it but its stuck in my basket as there is a payment problem. I'll sort it out when I get home, good luck!

TechnoHippy 29 Jul 2012 13:25:00 19,245 posts
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Good luck with the release.

funkstar 29 Jul 2012 13:27:44 3,280 posts
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thanks for the support guys.

Technohippy - as you were the post that inspired me, I've just bought a copy of yours!

Deleted user 29 July 2012 13:33:03

Good job dude, and good luck with it. Will buy and add to the pile when I get the chance!

TechnoHippy 29 Jul 2012 13:49:10 19,245 posts
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@funkstar

Yay I'm an inspiration :-)

I've bought a copy in return and finally got round to buying meme's while I was at it.

If you haven't already check out the Kindle Users Forums (http://www.kuforum.co.uk/kindleusersforum/), the official Amazon forums are a bit hostile to new authors, but these are more receptive as long as you follow the rules.

funkstar 29 Jul 2012 22:36:41 3,280 posts
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well, inspired me to create this thread

Edited by funkstar at 23:13:18 29-07-2012

Red-Moose 29 Jul 2012 22:41:24 5,344 posts
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Good luck, sounds interesting.

From the title, I initially thought you were writing about the EG forum

funkstar 29 Jul 2012 23:13:36 3,280 posts
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'fraid not, though what a lovely idea for the next one

Deleted user 29 July 2012 23:18:24

Good job! We're springing up EG indie authors like wildfire. Maybe we should have our own group.

Metalfish 29 Jul 2012 23:20:09 9,191 posts
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Can I join? I realise this would require me to actually finish something.

Deleted user 29 July 2012 23:24:17

Yeah, I figure a group for published or attempting-to-publish authors would be decent - separate from the writer's group so we can dispense advice on publishing, editing etc rather than just critique. I'll set it up.

Deleted user 29 July 2012 23:26:51

There we go.

funkstar 29 Jul 2012 23:33:50 3,280 posts
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@meme signed up!

Blerk Moderator 30 Jul 2012 08:45:41 48,222 posts
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Best of luck with the book, funkstar! I'll nip over to Amazon and check it out over lunch, I think.

TechnoHippy 30 Jul 2012 09:16:19 19,245 posts
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I've joined the group, a good idea.

Murbs 30 Jul 2012 09:57:37 25,151 posts
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Is there a thread with links to all the EGers ebooks? I'd love to try them all but would forget who wrote what.

funkstar 30 Jul 2012 14:46:13 3,280 posts
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@Murbal Not at the moment but meme is setting up the author group so it'd be a good idea to put em all in there!

edit: Here it is!

Edited by funkstar at 15:52:06 30-07-2012

funkstar 1 Aug 2012 20:21:10 3,280 posts
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bump: now on amazon.co.uk in paperback format for £7.84

Click me!

TechnoHippy 1 Aug 2012 20:40:03 19,245 posts
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Nice, I'm hoping to start putting the print edition for mine together soon.

funkstar 1 Aug 2012 21:48:44 3,280 posts
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@TechnoHippy its actually not to painful if you export a pdf and make sure that the paper-size/margins match what createspace tell you!

TechnoHippy 2 Aug 2012 08:38:58 19,245 posts
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That's good to know. I'm having another proof read pass done, so when that's complete I'll start looking into it.

mal 11 Aug 2012 00:44:25 29,326 posts
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Just bought a copy due to your interview on TH's site. Good promoing!

funkstar 11 Aug 2012 05:53:47 3,280 posts
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ah thanks! and thanks TH i guess

TechnoHippy 11 Aug 2012 11:06:49 19,245 posts
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No problem, you'll be pleased to know your interview has shot to the 3rd most popular post on my blog :-)

I hope we'll get you back when you publish your next book.

funkstar 11 Aug 2012 16:13:59 3,280 posts
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Always happy to oblige!
I'd be interested to hear the results of your marketing experience - will there be another post on the blog about it?

TechnoHippy 11 Aug 2012 16:41:00 19,245 posts
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Oh yes. I'll be posting in a few days about how the paid advertising has gone. Sometime soon I'll give a free day a try.

I'll also add a page to collate the various marketing posts.

I also need to get started on the paperback, but I'm waiting for a proofread before I start on that.

Deleted user 11 August 2012 17:17:50

Good stuff. How are sales going?

funkstar 11 Aug 2012 17:47:25 3,280 posts
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Slow at the moment but fairly consistent... I'm moderately happy given that it's the wrong time of year for book sales and I haven't had any coverage as yet (TH's was my first posted), but I have a few interviews and book reviews due over September - October and my giveaway on goodreads had good interest. Of course it's tough to really gauge how many pageviews each of these sites generate, but I figure any extra exposure can't hurt!

Short version - hoping things will pick up when the coverage increases. Everyone (so far) who has read the book say they really enjoyed it so fingers crossed