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Two new reviews

May 24, 2012

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in book reviews, books, indie author, novels, Promotion, writing

In the last week, I’ve received two new reviews for two different novels, both of which are 5 stars. The first one is for Out of Time, which is my very first novel that I published in 2008 as a total newbie, where I mistakenly used iUniverse as a publisher and spent way too much…

Interview with The Usurper / Times of Trouble author Cliff Ball

Apr 1, 2012

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Cliff Ball

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Interview with The Usurper / Times of Trouble author Cliff Ball.

#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…

My sales for year so far

Sep 21, 2011

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Cliff Ball

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

When I started self-publishing in 2008, I didn’t really have any kind of goals on how big of a number I wanted to reach. When I hit 100 sold by the end of 2009 without any promoting except for Facebook, I thought that was cool. When I managed to get a little over 500 sold…

Two new book videos

Sep 20, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in books, movies

For the heck of it, I created this video of my book covers. This is the version 2 of The Usurper book trailer. Tweaked the music, added the current cover, and made the end credits slightly longer.

Voyager and the Aliens FREE short story

Sep 15, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in indie author, science fiction, writing

My $.99 ebook sale.

Aug 23, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in aliens, Area 51, books, indie author, novels, science fiction, self publishing, writing

Until September 19th, all four of my novels in e-book format are on sale for $.99 each. THE USURPER: a political thriller Gary Jackson is raised to hate. Hate the United States, its people, and everything they have ever stood for. His mission is to destroy the country from within, allying himself with the worst…

Sales numbers for February and $.99 ebook sale

Mar 1, 2011

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Cliff Ball

in indie author, self publishing, writing

First off, I have reduced the prices to all 4 of my novels to $.99 on all ebook formats for the month of March, Smashwords, B&N Nook, and Amazon US, and Amazon UK. I’m also happy to report that I’m nearing the 1000 sold overall mark, which, as of right this minute, I’m one away.…

#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…

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