tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75307450939473292822024-03-18T02:48:52.243-07:00Annabelle CostaAnnabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-46725315619322792492018-11-17T19:27:00.000-08:002018-11-17T19:27:21.451-08:00OMG, I have published a lot of books lately....So.... I've published a lot of books lately. And I've been really bad at keeping up with this blog. So I'm just going to make a monster post with all my recent books:<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-24264892209069590432017-11-19T13:54:00.001-08:002017-11-19T13:54:11.145-08:00Don't review my booksAt the end of each of my books, I include a letter essentially BEGGING people to review my books. I heard this would help get more reviews on Amazon. I have written a letter to the readers from characters in the books, but that hasn't worked either. So now I'm going to try reverse psychology:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Why You Should NOT Review My Book</span></b><br />
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--You are here and your computer is alllllll the way over there.<br />
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--You forgot your Amazon password.<br />
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--If you write a review, someone might see it and think you're a loser with nothing better to do than review lame books.<br />
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--If you give me a lot of reviews, it might help me sell more books, and then I might get a big head.<br />
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--You are too busy playing with your fidget spinner.<br />
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--What if someone uses your review as a way to steal your social security number and then steals your identity? No, too much risk.<br />
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--You obviously can't think about doing anything else until you've seen the last season of <em>House of Cards</em>...... wait, Kevin Spacey did WHAT? <br />
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--You like the book so much that your glowing review will almost certainly be flagged by Amazon as a fake review and subsequently deleted. So all your hard work will be for nothing.<br />
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Is it working? Are you not reviewing my book? Don't do it! Don't go over to your computer to review my book right now! No! Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!<br />
Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-13728747283404251792017-11-19T13:16:00.001-08:002017-11-19T13:21:16.784-08:00The Jessie & Nick seriesMy Jessie & Nick series is now available in its entirety on Amazon!<br />
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<a href="http://getBook.at/girlididntmarry">Buy it now!</a><br />
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<a href="http://myBook.to/girldidntkillfor">Buy it now!</a>Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-37245947331860180922017-07-24T03:00:00.000-07:002017-07-24T03:00:15.740-07:00The secret to becoming a bestselling authorYears ago, when I was about to publish my first book on Amazon, I was chatting with an online friend of mine who had self-published about a dozen books. She had some success with it, so I asked her if she had any tricks or tips for me for selling books. This was her response:<br />
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"No tricks. Just writing lots of good books with great covers & blurbs."<br />
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I accepted the answer without further question. Clearly, she just published and was lucky enough to have sales. No tricks, right?<br />
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Except a couple of months later, I looked her up on Amazon again. And she had published a new short book called, I kid you not: <br />
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<i>How to Sell Books on Amazon</i><br />
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And while I didn't purchase it, I read the sample in order to verify the book wasn't "Write good books" typed over and over and over.<br />
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Why are self-published authors so reluctant to divulge their "secrets"? Or do they actually have secrets? I have had a little bit of success with self-publishing and I don't think I have secrets. I run ads. I price books competitively. I discount books for sales. I make the first book of a series free. Those are my "secrets." Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-76578241448126216572017-07-22T09:05:00.003-07:002017-07-22T09:05:38.777-07:00The Best Man: Finally here!The Best Man is finally finished and available as an ebook only:<br />
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Kirby Matthews is sick of being single.<br />
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She’s sick of being the only single girl in a group of married couples. She’s sick of people patting her hand at weddings and assuring her that “you’ll be next.” She’s sick of having to stand up and catch that stupid bouquet. So when Kirby’s long distance boyfriend Ted pops the question, her answer is an eager “YES.”<br />
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Then Kirby meets Ted’s best man, John.<br />
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John is obnoxious, he’s opinionated, and he uses his disability as an excuse to keep everyone at arm’s length. But as the wedding planning proceeds, Kirby gets to know John better and realizes she’s never met any guy she’s connected with more—not in her entire life.<br />
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What do you do about your wedding when you’re falling in love with the best man?<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Best-Man-Annabelle-Costa-ebook/dp/B073PK885B/" target="_blank">Buy it now!</a>Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-79922196446974407632017-06-20T04:00:00.000-07:002017-06-20T04:00:07.947-07:0010 Writing tips1. Read as much as you can. When you have a free moment, you should read. When you're eating dinner, you should read. When you're on the toilet, obviously you should read (because if you play with your phone, it could fall in the bowl). When you're asleep, you should put a book on your face to read by osmosis. <br />
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2. Always carry around a little notebook to write down ideas, and also to pretend to be a detective if the opportunity arises. <br />
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3. Listen to constructive criticism of your peers. Unless it's <em>really stupid</em>.<br />
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4. Don't use too many exclamation points! Seriously! Not every sentence needs them! Use! Them! Sparingly!<br />
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5. Write what you know. Especially if you're a space captain who fights zombies for a living and bangs beautiful aliens in your free time.<br />
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6. Don't write stuff that's boring. Write interesting stuff. Duh.<br />
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7. Make sure to write every day. Except holidays. And obviously not weekends. Or that day that comes between Tuesday and Thursday. And nobody can write on Mondays, for God's sake.<br />
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8. It's been said that <em>anyone can write a book</em>. But actually, I don't think that's true. After all, a rat can't write a book. A pig can't write a book. A beetle can't write a book. They don't even have opposable thumbs! So I suppose you can modify that to say that any <em>human</em> can write a book. But that's not true either. A<em> newborn baby</em> can't write a book. Hell, I don't think<em> any</em> baby could write a book. I'm beginning to feel like whoever said that anyone can write a book just didn't think the statement through very well.<br />
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9. Don't let anyone see what you've written until it's finished. Also, for the love of God, don't let anyone see your Internet browser history. Especially your parents. #life lesson<br />
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10. A good adage for a writer to follow is "show don't tell." It's also a good adage for a stripper to follow.<br />
Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-17995459624091508892017-06-16T18:59:00.002-07:002017-06-16T18:59:17.414-07:00Asking a Friend to Review Your Book (A Play)<strong>Act I</strong><br />
<strong></strong><br />Friend: "I really enjoyed your book!"<br /><br />Author: "Thanks! Would you mind leaving me a review on Amazon? It would help me out a lot."<br /><br />Friend: "Of course!!!! I'd be happy to. I'm really busy now but I'll get to it in the next couple of weeks."<br /><br /><strong>Act II (Two weeks later)</strong><br />
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"Um. I know you're really busy, but you mentioned you'd leave a review
on my book. If you could just leave a quick review, that would be
awesome."<br /><br />Friend: "Oh right! Sorry, I totally forgot! I'm really busy but I'll get to it in the next few days for sure."<br /><br />Author: "You don't have to write anything much. Just like a sentence or two, tops."<br /><br />Friend: "I promise I'll do it."<br /><br /><strong>Act III (Two weeks later)</strong><br /><br />[Author is browsing on Facebook and sees 10,000 posts from Friend.]<br /><br />[Author hovers on post from Friend on Facebook: "So bored today. Nothing to do."]<br /><br />[Author lets out sigh.]<br /><br /><strong>Act IV (two weeks later)</strong><br /><br />Author: "Hey, just wondering if you had a chance to write that review.....?"<br /><br />Friend: [never writes back again]
Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-4027311144194956662017-04-22T16:02:00.001-07:002017-04-22T16:02:11.851-07:00Another freaking new book!My latest publication, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Love-Romantic-Annabelle-Costa-ebook/dp/B06XYTX4N1/?tag=viglink20248-20" target="_blank">Crazy in Love</a>!<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Love-Romantic-Annabelle-Costa-ebook/dp/B06XYTX4N1/?tag=viglink20248-20" target="_blank">Buy it today on Amazon</a>!<br />
Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-51827555714302761972017-03-14T07:29:00.002-07:002017-03-14T07:29:25.691-07:00New book: (Almost) Happily Ever AfterI'm late announcing my newest book, the sequel to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ugly-Duckling-Annabelle-Costa-ebook/dp/B01I661P76/" target="_blank">The Ugly Duckling</a>:<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Almost-Happily-Ever-After-Duckling-ebook/dp/B01N3AWKFD/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8" target="_blank">Pick it up on Amazon today</a>!Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-81324642101280673522016-11-08T19:17:00.002-08:002016-11-08T19:17:31.480-08:00New Book: Forget You!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M3XF3K2/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4zUxzl-cS6E8rrgcNKyLt52D1uh9jsTfppMycqvhAjrohLySqk7zNW3ZzHVArrBHclX8dKtqn_eJFlD5tzkLptu2dCZjr7uMogcPAbF6i1J2hZT4lw8vEpRJodtm0e6EgltJ4O61waQ/s320/forgetyoucoversmall.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br />
My new book, Forget You!, is now available on the Kindle! Please <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M3XF3K2/" target="_blank">buy a copy today</a>!<br />
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<em>Maggie McDaniels feels like the luckiest woman in the world. She’s engaged to a gorgeous lawyer who also happens to be a great guy, and they're about to get hitched, have like a million babies together, and generally live happily ever after. <br />
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Then Maggie faints before she can reach the altar. <br />
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When she wakes up, it’s three years later and she’s forgotten everything since her wedding day. And it turns out her life isn’t quite as perfect as she imagined it would be—her career is circling the drain and her gorgeous husband is… well, a gorgeous jerk. Things only get more complicated when an eccentric colleague in a wheelchair claims that he and Maggie are far more than friends.<br />
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Will Maggie ever make sense of the mess her life has become? Or is she doomed to have her past forgotten forever?</em><br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M3XF3K2/" target="_blank">Buy it now</a>!<br />
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Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-43399575995032264182016-07-09T13:31:00.001-07:002016-07-09T13:32:12.834-07:00New Book! The Ugly Duckling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've got a new book out! It's called The Ugly Duckling.<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ugly-Duckling-Annabelle-Costa-ebook/dp/B01I661P76/" target="_blank">Please check it out on Amazon</a>!Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-38174935442569739912014-05-06T19:02:00.002-07:002014-05-06T19:02:26.696-07:00Reviews of The Time Traveler’s Boyfriend“Costa’s wild imagination and keen writing style will keep readers on
their toes as they breeze through this book which is quite an emotional
roller-coaster ride and guaranteed to produce giggles and possibly a
tear.” -<a href="http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/time-travelers-boyfriend" target="_blank"><em>Jaime A. Geraldi, The Romantic Times</em></a><br />
<br /><em><strong>“The Time Traveler’s Boyfriend</strong></em> is a sweet and utterly charming tale about the lengths that people will go to in order to help the ones they love.” -<a href="http://www.readingreality.net/2014/04/review-the-time-travelers-boyfriend-by-annabelle-costa-giveaway/" target="_blank">ReadingReality.net Review</a><br />
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<span style="color: black;">“This was a book I picked up and read straight through and wished it weren’t ending.” -<a href="http://achickwhoreads.blogspot.com/2014/04/tlc-book-tours-book-review-time.html" target="_blank">A Chick Who Reads Review</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">“Claudia tries to correct a bitter
past and with ample determination, which I admired, and a lot of heart…I
enjoyed how everything came full circle and the author didn’t dive too
deep into the paradoxes that can often come with time travel. This book
was a fun trip into a “what if” universe rather than a scientific theory
or having too much butterfly effect. I’d recommend this to women
looking for an easy, enjoyable read.” -<a href="http://thereadershollow.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/the-time-travelers-boyfriend-review/" target="_blank">The Reader’s Hollow Review</a></span><br />
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“<span style="color: black;">Overall, this was a really cute story.
You really grow to love both Adam and Claudia and really pull for them
to end up together after everything that happens when Claudia revisits
the past. I would definitely recommend this!” -<a href="http://luxuryreading.com/timetravelersboyfriend/" target="_blank">LuxuryReading.com Review</a></span><br />
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“<span style="color: black;">When I picked up this book, I didn’t
expect much from it. Oh, I expected to like it. I wouldn’t have agreed
to review it had I not. But I didn’t expect to like it nearly as much as
I did! What I expected was a light romance, but the time-travel had me a
bit worried. I’d tried to make it through The Time Traveler’s Wife a
few years ago and just couldn’t, so I though I had something against
time travel…What I got was so much more!” -<a href="http://mytime2read.blogspot.com/2014/04/review-time-travelers-boyfriend-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Time 2 Read Review</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">“You guys, I loved this story. I
normally do not like reading a story about a character almost 18 years
older than me, but I absolutely could not help but love Claudia and
Adam. I fell a little bit in love with 39 year old Adam when she
recounted her time with him and 22 year old Adam when she met him while
traveling back in time. I just.. I loved the characters.” -<a href="http://caughtinasnyderwebb.blogspot.com/2014/03/review-time-travelers-boyfriend-giveaway.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Book Marks the Spot Review</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">“The characters were likable, and I
found that I was quite attached to Claudia by the end of it. If you’re
looking for a quick, start-of-summer read, check this one out!” -<a href="http://www.boundbywords.org/2014/04/tlc-blog-tour-the-time-travelers-boyfriend-annabelle-costa-review.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Bound By Words Review</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">“<strong>The Time Traveler’s Boyfriend</strong> is a slightly more contemporary version of a classic format. Despite that, however, or maybe even <em>because</em> of
it, it’s an excellent read, full of fun and flirtatiousness, and the
fact that it is from a publishing house that focuses on love stories
featuring characters with disabilities gives it a lot more depth than it
would otherwise have had.” -<a href="http://www.bibliotica.com/2014/04/the-time-travelers-boyfriend-by-annabelle-costa/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Bibliotica Review</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">“…And speaking of aphrodisiacs, yes,
there is some headboard rockin’. It’s fairly mild, but Costa wants you
to know that a disability does not equate to not being able to be a
lover.” -<a href="http://cupcakeonbooks.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/blog-tour-the-time-travelers-boyfriend/" target="_blank">Cupcake’s Book Cupboard</a></span>Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-54537394830173625712014-02-27T17:36:00.001-08:002014-02-27T17:36:56.525-08:00Paperback!The Time Traveler's Boyfriend is now available <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Time-Travelers-Boyfriend-Annabelle-Costa/dp/0985826355/ref=tmm_pap_title_0" target="_blank">in paperback</a>!Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-82322129380921405492014-02-05T17:28:00.002-08:002014-02-05T17:28:59.759-08:00New Book!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Time Traveler's Boyfriend is now available from Amazon on the Kindle!!!<br />
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<i>Claudia’s geeky boyfriend Adam has just invented a time machine.
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<i><br />No, really—he has. She doesn't believe it either until Adam
provides her with definitive proof that he does, in fact, have a
functioning time travel device sitting in the living room of his
Manhattan brownstone.
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<i><br />But instead of getting ready to accept the Nobel Prize, Adam has
very different plans for his groundbreaking invention. He wants Claudia
to use the machine to travel back in time and stop the accident that
landed him in a wheelchair over a decade ago, and prevent the trajectory
of events that he believes ruined his life.
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<i><br />When Claudia reluctantly agrees to become the first human time
traveler, she knows she’s making a big gamble. If she succeeds, she
could have the happy ending with commitment-phobic Adam that she’s
always dreamed of. But if she fails, it could mean the end of the
universe as she knows it.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Time-Travelers-Boyfriend-Annabelle-Costa-ebook/dp/B00I8T02BW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1391626113&sr=1-1&tag=533643275-20" target="_blank">Buy it today</a>!Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-76222245291261487152013-10-12T09:09:00.002-07:002013-10-12T09:09:18.303-07:00Indy book of the day!Harvard Hottie was the <a href="http://indiebookoftheday.com/harvard-hottie-by-annabelle-costa/" target="_blank">Indy Book of the Day</a> yesterday!<br />
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<br />Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-89740599559794135662013-08-24T03:22:00.001-07:002013-08-24T03:22:20.579-07:00Harvard Hottie is Free!Harvard Hottie is now free on the Kindle!<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Harvard-Hottie-ebook/dp/B00DUHRQ2K/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1" target="_blank">Download a copy today!!!!</a>Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-16105816247781804182013-08-01T05:01:00.000-07:002013-08-01T05:02:16.941-07:00Harvard HottieMy short novel Harvard Hottie is now available for purchase or download.<br />
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<i>When nerdy, unhip Ellie Jenson meets rich, handsome Luke Thayer the
Third as freshmen at Harvard University, it's Hate At First Sight.
Ellie loathes Luke's smirk and superior attitude, and decides if she
never sees him again, it will be too soon.</i> <br />
<i><br />Fifteen years later,
Ellie gets the surprise of her life: Luke is her new boss and owner of
her company! But when Ellie discovers that Luke was paralyzed in an
accident and is now in a wheelchair, she wonders if it's possible to be
friends with this new, down-to-earth version of her former foe. Or
maybe even more than friends, if Luke gets his way...</i><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DUHRQ2K" target="_blank">On Amazon</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/334575" target="_blank">Free on Smashwords</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18187179-harvard-hottie" target="_blank">Goodreads</a><br />
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If you have read it, I would love a review! <br />
<br />Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-12017952700357621982013-03-13T18:57:00.003-07:002013-03-13T18:57:47.943-07:00Nook and SmashwordsThe Boy Next Door is now available on <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-boy-next-door-annabelle-costa/1114073055?ean=2940016296104" target="_blank">The Nook</a> and on <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/294542" target="_blank">Smashwords</a>!Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-51562086492075924382013-03-01T14:17:00.002-08:002013-03-01T14:17:35.402-08:00Why I went indieThe Boy Next Door was published by Dev Love Press, a very small independent publisher run by Ruth Madison. This post explains why I am so happy I went with an indie publisher rather than the traditional route.<div>
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Years ago, I attempted to publish a novel the traditional way. I sent my novel out to several agents via snail mail (as I said, it was <i>years </i>ago), and a few months later, I got a positive response from an agent. She said she loved my book and wanted to represent me! Score!</div>
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I stupidly thought that once you got an agent, getting published is "in the bag." It's not. There's a scene in that movie "Sideways" where the protagonist's agent is calling him to tell him that he couldn't find a publisher for his book. It was kind of like that for me, except instead of a call, I got a spreadsheet filled with publishers that had rejected me. After a year, the agent stopped trying.</div>
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Now the process is even harder, because with online submissions, people don't have to think twice before submitting their crap manuscripts. Agents who used to get thousands of submissions per year now get thousands per week. Not to say it's not possible to land an agent, but it's just as much luck as it is skill. Sort of like being an actor. Even if you can you can write well, it's still rare to become a successful writer. And the process is heartbreak, honestly.</div>
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I firmly believe that a traditional publisher would not have sold as many copies as Dev Love Pres was able to. I think they did such a fantastic job that I would never consider using a traditional publisher in the future.</div>
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Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-14325905636885587492013-02-25T18:26:00.004-08:002013-02-25T18:26:50.639-08:00Another review!Read another review of <a href="http://www.autumnreview.com/2013/02/erin-reviews-boy-next-door-by-annabelle.html" target="_blank">The Boy Next Door</a> on The Autumn Review!Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-19340557850376314132013-02-04T16:33:00.003-08:002013-02-04T16:33:58.298-08:00New reviewNew official review of The Boy Next Door up at <a href="http://thesubclubbooks.com/?p=6015#" target="_blank">Sub Club Books</a>!Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-37173313505081153122013-02-03T09:01:00.000-08:002013-02-03T09:01:03.652-08:00BestsellerWell, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AMRO4MG" target="_blank">The Boy Next Door</a> is now a top 20 bestseller on Amazon!<br />
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Granted, it's top 20 under Literature & Fiction, then subcategorized to Humor. But still! Top 20!<br />
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Please buy a copy on the Kindle today!Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-71625211799341742402013-01-04T04:09:00.002-08:002013-01-04T04:09:38.193-08:00If a guy asks you to marry him...What should you say if a guy asks you to marry him?<br />
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<a href="http://shortsweetandsnappy.wordpress.com/2013/01/03/what-to-say-when-a-guy-asks-you-to-marry-him-with-author-annabelle-costa/" target="_blank">Check out my algorithm here!</a><br />
Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-5904294357979049262013-01-02T06:42:00.000-08:002013-01-02T06:42:18.445-08:00Three new reviewsThere's now official reviews up of The Boy Next Door on <a href="http://www.ruthmadison.com/review-the-boy-next-door-by-annabelle-costa/" target="_blank">Ruth Madison's blog</a> as well as on <a href="http://paradevo.net/">Paradevo.net</a>! Thanks to Ruth and Devogirl!<br />
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There's also a <a href="http://www.chicklitcentral.com/2013/01/guest-book-review-giveaway-boy-next-door.html" target="_blank">review and book giveaway</a> on Chick Lit Central!<br />
Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530745093947329282.post-88805976570948561912012-12-31T14:00:00.000-08:002012-12-31T20:23:24.825-08:00The blog tour beginsMy blog tour for The Boy Next Door starts this week! <br />
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Please check out my first "location" at <a href="http://vickiejohnstone.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/guest-post-why-i-wrote-boy-next-door.html" target="_blank">Vixie's stories</a>!Annabellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247145375594350131noreply@blogger.com0