By Roger Eschbacher
Back in August of this year, I was encouraged by author pals like iAi’s Scott Bury to enter my newly completed sci-fi adventure novel, GHOST STAR, in Amazon’s Kindle Scout contest.
Not expecting to be selected, I launched my campaign and hoped for the best. A little over thirty days later I was struck speechless by the subject line of an email that read, “Your book Ghost Star has been selected!” What?! Really? To say I was thrilled would be a massive understatement.
What that selection meant on a practical level was that I received a modest advance and a publishing agreement with the marketing might of Amazon behind it—all of this coming out of a mysterious mixture of reader nominations and Kindle Editing Team approval. What it meant on a validation level was immeasurable.
I recently received another email announcing that GHOST STAR will be published on January 9, 2018 at 12:00 AM EST. Cue more excitement in 3…2…1…
The link below is to my book's brand new Amazon page. Those who nominated GHOST STAR during its Kindle Scout campaign are eligible for a free Kindle copy. Those who missed out on those 30 days of jittery chaos can pre-order their very own copy too. The paperback edition will come out around the same time and will be available through CreateSpace.
That’s all for now. Thanks!
Visit GHOST STAR on Amazon page.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri,
Roger Eschbacher
lives in Los Angeles, California, where he's worked as a writer/actor for over 30 years (read his IMDb page for the whole grisly story). These days he works primarily as a TV animation writer who's written for shows you've heard of like Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated, Wabbit, and Littlest Pet Shop and a few you haven't. Along the way he managed to get nominated for an Emmy.
He's the author of the middle-grade fantasy adventure novel Dragonfriend w(inner of a 2012 BRAG Medallion) and its sequel Giantkiller.
Roger's most recent work is UNDRASTORMUR: A Viking Tale of Troublesome Trolls, a novelette available on Amazon.
Visit Roger's website and blog.
Thanks for the shout out, Scott, and thanks for your support!