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Tag: alternate history

Discover My Fiction: Genres and Releases

Jul 20, 2026

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Cliff Ball

in aliens, alternate history, apollo 13, Area 51, audiobooks, books, christian author, christian fiction, christian historical, ebooks, Fantasy, Metafiction, novels, Parody, science fiction, the end times saga, The Library Saga, time travel

These are all of my current novels and short stories. Go to Books2Read for store links to find the audiobooks, ebooks, and paperbacks. Adding the store links for each work is a work in progress. Sign up for new releases through Books2Read here: New Release Sign Up Standalone novels/short stories:Out of Time – time travelDon’t…
Two Sci-Fi Audiobooks Giveaway

Apr 13, 2014

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Cliff Ball

in alternate history, audiobooks, books, Contests, novels, Promotion, science fiction, time travel

Want to win copies of two of my science fiction/alternate history/time travel novels? I’m giving away 15 coupons for each novel to download them from Audible, and the giveaway will be open until May 2, 2014. All you have to do is click on the rafflecopter widget at the bottom of the post to enter.…
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…
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,…
#SampleSunday: New Frontier

Dec 31, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in writing

Since I finally have something new to share for Sample Sunday, here’s the Prologue to my newest novel, New Frontier, which is a alternate history speculative fiction novel. The Prologue will be expanded on in Book 2, when the starship that leaves at the end of the novel encounters problems while trying to find a…
#SampleSunday-Shattered Earth excerpt

Feb 26, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in indie author, novels, science fiction, writing

For Sample Sunday, this is an excerpt from Shattered Earth, one of my science fiction novels. Once you read the excerpt, buy links are at the end, or click on the picture to take you to Smashwords for all e-book formats. Chapter Five Around this period, two very rich Terran adventurers had decided to hitch…
Moment With Mystee Interview

Jan 3, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in indie author, writing

This is today’s post from the blog Moment With Mystee. It’s an interview I did with her: As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up? Baseball player, track star, or writer. I lack athletic skills, having had asthma, so I went with writer. What inspired you to write your first…
Why I wrote Out of Time: a Time Travel Novel

Apr 9, 2008

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Cliff Ball

in writing

So, you’re probably wondering how I came up with the story of Out of Time, at least that’s what I’m hoping you’re thinking ha ha. I started out with thinking the whole US government-alien UFO landing conspiracy theories would make a good story. Then, I saw the movie Titanic in 1997 and thought it would…