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The Long Journey: Historical Fiction

Jan 21, 2017

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in christian author, christian fiction, christian historical, novels, Promotion, writing

The Long Journey is Christian historical fiction and the first novel in An American Journey series. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law authorizing the removal of southern tribes to Indian Territory in the west. In 1838, the Trail of Tears occur when the remaining people are forcibly removed and…

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,…

Times of Trouble, a new Christian fiction novel

Feb 2, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in books, indie author, novels, writing

Times of Trouble is my sixth novel, which will I will upload to Smashwords, B&N, and Createspace sometime in the next few days. It’s a Christian speculative fiction thriller. I’m aiming for the group of Christian readers who read the Left Behind series back in the late 90’s, and I’m hoping they’ll enjoy reading this…

Sales for 2011

Jan 22, 2012

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Cliff Ball

in indie author, novels, self publishing, writing

Now that I’m pretty sure I have all the sales numbers in for all platforms, I’d like to share how many novels I sold or had downloaded last year as an independent author, to give encouragement to those that aren’t sure they can do it. I’ve been doing this for about 4 years, 1 1/2…

Where all my novels are located

Feb 14, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in book reviews, books, writing

Dear reader, if you’d like to know where you can buy my novels, here is a comprehensive list: Out of Time, originally published through iUniverse in 2008 in paperback, now through Createspace, and a 2nd edition uploaded as e-book this year. With coupon code ZC6JYHVF get this title for 50% off from Createspace. Paperback: Createspace…

January’s sales numbers

Feb 4, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in self publishing

Here are my sales numbers for the month of January. Thanks to being on Kindle Nation Daily at the beginning of January, I surpassed my goals for the month. I sold 197 copies altogether of my three novels, and I was only expecting to sell maybe 100. Here are the stats from Amazon and B&N:…

My interview on Two Ends of the Pen

Jan 7, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in writing

Here is the interview Deb Martin of Two Ends of the Pen did with me: Briefly describe your journey in writing your first book. My very first novel that I actually finished writing was the novella Out of Time, a time travel adventure story. I wrote it off and on for about 10 years, started…

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…

Announcing Shattered Earth, a science fiction novel

Oct 28, 2010

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Cliff Ball

in science fiction

Shattered Earth is my fourth novel. What it’s about: Advanced humans, called Terrans, leave Earth when its threatened by a massive meteor. The remaining humans on Earth fall back into primitiveness. The advanced humans, and a group of aliens, the Ragnor, involve Earth in an interstellar war. Thousands of years later, the humans of Earth…

New cover to Out of Time

Oct 15, 2010

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Cliff Ball

in books, science fiction

I decided to update the paperback, and uploaded it to Createspace. The original was published through iUniverse in 2008, but, I’ve updated it since then, and its been the newer version in e-book form for a little over a year. Here is the brand new cover. Stay tuned for updates! Available for $.99 on Nook,…

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