Local Author Nominated for BEST INDIE FIRST BOOK Award!

You can stop trying to guess who is nominated. It's me!

If you follow my blog(s) Facebook, Twitter or read my books, you'll know that I self published a novel last year, then had a well-known romance press publish another and now I'm in the unique position to compare Indie publishing with Traditional publishing. With the former you get most of the money that Amazon doesn't take and the latter, you wait a long time to see a small amount of money and have no control over your book, cover, edits etc. But you have the press's media machine behind your work.

Last week I was informed that my novel, set on Maui, The Dream Jumper's Promise, was nominated by romance readers as The Best Indie First Book by Indie RomCon. This means the people who hugely support self published romance authors asked for nominations and mine was chosen and is now in a group of twenty-five books. I was shocked. Sales are going well but nothing like my other book that is traditionally published and nothing like my silly little novella, (published under a pen name) that is a straight romance.

I'm proud of Dream Jumper, nevertheless, and proud of the attention it is getting, even though I would consider it more suspense, than romance. Romance books always take the top prizes for everything, including reeling in way more sales than other genres. My Mommy friends say the romance in this book between Tina and Jamey is really lovely but the plot centers around a widow who can't move on from the presumed death of her husband until a body is found. (There is no real gore in my book or blood)

The winner of this prestigious award will be determined by the sheer number of votes and if you're feeling generous I'd appreciate you voting for this little ole Sammamish author. Here's the link:

 http://poll.pollcode.com/n2jsn

The Dream Jumper's Promise is the first on the list, then scroll down to click on vote. That's all. 30 seconds tops. Thanks. If this sparks your interest, this novel is FREE for Kindle download until Saturday April 6th and perfect for a vacation read. If you don't have a Kindle, just know that if you buy it, you can load to an iPad, mobile device, phone, computer screen etc.) at this link http://amzn.com/B00AA4FAJC

The print version came out last week as well, for those of you who appreciate the printed paperback. I know I do. Long live the printed book! I kept the price as low as Amazon would let me. 

Here's what you can expect from the story:

Ten months after the presumed death of a missing surfer, Maui SCUBA shop owner, Tina Greene, still can't accept her husband Hank’s death. Without a body, her undying hope for his survival lives on.
Jamey Dunn, an old boyfriend, arrives on Maui from his tour of duty in Afghanistan where he’s a dream jumper for the military. Tina’s inconvenient feelings for him resurface and, even though he dives on her boat daily, she tries to avoid the man who betrayed her years before. Nightly dreams of diving with Hank haunt her and the edge between dreams and reality blur. Sensing danger, Jamey stays close to the woman he’s always loved but Tina turns to Hank's best friend, Noble for comfort. Thinking he can help, Jamey offers to visit her dreams. Tina is distrustful and hesitant to let him into her subconscious mind, but relents. As the threesome come closer to solving the mystery of Hank’s disappearance, danger sets in to reveal that one person is flirting with insanity, one is a traitor, and one is an imposter.

Ive been lucky to garner 61 Reviews with an average of 4.5 stars so far and am wildly excited about how readers are loving the book. If you 'buy' and 'like' it, I'd love a review. They are the lifeblood of a writer.

I'm in the process of securing a date for a Meet the Author evening at the Sammamish Library and within a week's time will have several copies of my book(s) available at the local lending spot. I'm also hoping to attend the Celebrating Women in Business Conference at the Plateau Club on the 25th (http://www.sammamishchamber.org/Celebrating-Women-In-Business.480.0.html) Thanks for all your support Sammamish. This writer appreciates it.

Contest: Upload a photo of yourself reading one of my books, send it to me on FB or kimhornsby@yahoo.com and you will be entered to win a summer beach bag filled with goodies in June!

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