indie author Archives - Cliff Ball Books

New Release and Other Works in Progress

Oct 16, 2026

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Hello all. I’m announcing my latest release, which is the sequel to The Long Journey, and is book 2 in An American Family’s Journey. This is my 29th novel released since 2008. Originally, I planned on having this finished in 2016, but due to having life get in the way and becoming a caregiver for…

Smashwords Summer Sale

Jul 24, 2026

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Cliff Ball

in alternate history, christian fiction, christian historical, ebooks, Fantasy, indie author, Metafiction, novels, Parody, Promotion, science fiction, the end times saga, The Library Saga, time travel

Hello all. This is the last week for the Smashwords Summer Sale, it ends on July 31. Every novel / short story I have available on Smashwords (minus Second Chances, which is currently free for those subscribed to Kindle Unlimited & is $3.99 otherwise) are currently free or 75% off. Check it out, just click…

The Cat-alyst Chronicles Coming Soon

Nov 2, 2025

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Cliff Ball

in ebooks, Fantasy, indie author, Metafiction, novels, Parody, Promotion, The Library Saga

On Friday, November 7, book 5 of The Library Saga will be available to buy on Kindle Unlimited and in paperback, then a day later, as an audiobook as part of Audible Plus. If you’re into parody, with mix of fantasy, sci-fi, noir, and other genre mashups, then check out the series. Except for the…

Two New Books

Oct 24, 2025

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Cliff Ball

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Coming soon to Kindle Unlimited, the two newest novels in The Library Saga: The Algorithmic Draft and The Unwritten Fallout. Both of these novels are available to pre-order now, or you can wait until Monday when they’ll be available. All four are exclusive to KU, and will be followed by at least six to eight…

New Novel & New Audiobooks

Oct 1, 2025

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Cliff Ball

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This will be the first blog post I’ve done in almost three years! Back in 2016 and 2017, I was burned out from writing eleven novels in four years, so I got stuck on two that I had planned on writing after I had finished with The End Times Saga and Perilous Times series. I…

Novel sales stats for 2012

Jan 1, 2013

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Cliff Ball

in books, christian author, christian fiction, indie author, novels, Promotion, science fiction, writing

First off, Happy New Year 2013 to everyone and a big thank you to all those out there who bought/downloaded a copy of one of my novels. I thought I’d blog again this year about how many sales/free downloads my novels had this year. My marketing/promoting consisted mostly of using Twitter, Facebook groups/pages, joining up…

#SampleSunday – Final Frontier, alternate history

Nov 11, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in indie author, novels, science fiction, writing

For Sample Sunday, here is a part of Chapter 7 of Final Frontier. A couple of hours went by before anything started happening. As McMurphy and Elders were hiding behind some boxes on the floor where Lee Harvey Oswald was supposed to have shot Kennedy from, both men heard a door open, with two men…

Potential novels, sequels, & other scribblings

Oct 14, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in christian fiction, indie author, novels, Promotion, science fiction, writing

When I started writing and publishing my works, I never thought I would publish more than maybe two novels. Well, now I’m up to eight novels, and setting to write my ninth. My goal this year was to write and publish at least two novels, and I did that, with three. I also thought I’d…

New Release: Final Frontier

Oct 10, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in aliens, indie author, novels, science fiction

Final Frontier is the sequel to the novel I published last year, New Frontier. Currently available for $2.99 on Kindle(ASIN: B009ORP5U0), Smashwords, Nook, and Kobo. Also, Times of Trouble is currently going for $.99 on Kindle (ASIN:B0075CNFFI) (but is available in paperback and on other e-book platforms), and Out of Time, my time travel novel is…

Sales for the year so far

Jun 1, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in books, christian fiction, indie author, novels, Promotion, science fiction, self publishing, writing

Now that it’s June, here are my sales numbers for the year so far, from regular sales to when one of my novels was in KDP Select to free giveaways. These are all from mostly just promoting online on Twitter, Facebook, and a bunch of message boards. The novels are listed in order of publication,…

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