Angela Nicole Parker

It occurred to me that being an indie writer is a lot like jumping on a trampoline. The highs are amazingly, but the lows are really low. Last week I was #71 in Kindle's Blog Section. It was a very random honor. My heroine Maddie is a part-time blogger, but the book isn't about blogging, but it was an honor none the less.  I was on a high. I was going places. But as of today, Tethered  and my great space opera masterpiece, The Specter of War, have not sold one copy in one in five whole days and the depression has begun to set in. I think I fell prey to the idea that I didn't need to do any real marketing, that the books would sell themselves, that they were such great reads that word of mouth would carry it all the way to the #1 spot on Kindle's best seller's list.

I love to watch We's Cupcake Girls because its about two women building their brand and their business and I realize that I have been doing neither. Yesterday, the girls did a "soft sale" on their new mancakes, a bacon cupcake that sounded like heaven to me, but the customers and staff didn't agree. One of the Cupcake Girls thought the problem was the "soft sale", that you had to go big or go home. I laughed because I realized that I was doing a no sale. You have to market to get your book to sale, it's just that simple, but my problem is that marketing isn't my favorite thing to do. No matter, it's a necessary evil and I'm going to do it. So, I decided to start with social media. My goal is raise the amount of friends that I have on Facebook and Twitter and to grow my email mailing list to start a buzz about my work and I want to start with everybody who visits my blogs.  So, please....

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Specter of War, the first book in my Guardians of Destiny young adult series, is now on sale.



After two dikas of peace, the United Republic of Planets now finds itself on the brink of war. The newly crowned queen of the Maraudan Empire, Mursela Mornall, is determined to return her realm to its glory days by destroying The Republic she despises, but her desire for war is dividing her people. Senator Abrecus Judi and his daughter, Dena, find themselves on the forefront of the debate, and soon their family is heading towards a collision course with The Queen that will change their lives forever.

For the citizens of The Republic, this couldn’t have come at a worse time. Graduating cadets Akeen and Connor Star have enough problems living up to their legendary heritage, and balancing their complicated relationship with Kayla Dylan, without being thrust into a war they do not want. Meanwhile, Major Van Dylan finds himself an unlikely hero while on a peace mission in Maraudan space, and Parnell Star, the great hero of the last war, must find a way to stop history from repeating itself, as young and old, human and non-human alike, band together to beat back the specter of war.

For a LIMITED TIME, you can purchase the book for .99 cents. Check it out and enjoy the journey.



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 Under the Hill has been chosen as Shades Magazine's "Blog of the Week" and I couldn't be happier. I started the blog because when I turned thirty I suddenly began to feel as if there was this invisible hour glass over my head and I was running out of time to get my life in order. Where was my husband? My Kids? My New York Times Bestseller?  I was getting OLD and what did I have to show for it? Of course, when I wasn't questioning my choices all my well meaning friends and family members were all to willing to remind me that my eggs were drying up, my competition in the husband pool was a good decade younger, and oh, that career you thought you were going to have? Sorry, but that might have passed you by. It was enough to make a woman lose her mind! But slowly, through talking to my friends, I began to understand that I wasn't in this place of uncertainty alone. I started to realize that every woman of  "a certain age" fears that their best years are behind them, so I started writing Under the Hill as a way to connect with other single thirty-somethings. After all we are not OVER the hill, but pushing under it, still striving to make our hopes and dreams a reality, no matter how much weight seems to be keeping us down at the time.

So, please visit Shades Magazine http://myshadesmagazine.net/. It's an amazing magazine and you are going to love reading through it as much as I always have.