In ENT we trust

June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 Monica La Portaclimbing amazon charts, dystopian, ENT, ereader news today, free books promotion, indie books successful marketing, permafree title, the ginecean chronicles, the priest2 Comments

Unexpectedly, yesterday, The Priest was picked up by Ereader News Today. I had entered my title in their database for the free-promotions slots a few weeks ago, and promptly forgot. Then yesterday morning I noticed The Priest’s downloads were growing at a rate short of miraculous, and I immediately checked ENT’s website—only they are capable of such results. I dug through the site a bit, and here it was Mauricio, buried at the end of the very last page of the suggested bargains and free deals, but very much alive and kicking. At the end of the day, The Priest had been downloaded 691 times. At the moment, almost noon, it is sitting at 84 downloads. My sincere thanks to ENT for picking up my book and making, once again, my day.

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

#4 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian
#6 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Science Fiction

The Priest: New Year, New Promotion

February 7, 2014 Monica La Porta99 cents promotion, action, amazon bestseller lists, dystopian, eBookSoda, ENT, love story, science fiction dystopian bestsellers list, the ginecean chronicles, the priest3 Comments

Yesterday, The Priest was promoted by both eBookSoda and ENT. I dropped its price from $4.99 to $0.99 for the promotion, and waited for the results. Today, I woke and immediately checked the ranks, and found that The Priest had reached the 100 chart in the paid Dystopian Science Fiction Bestsellers list category. Not too bad.

Two Years Ago Today…

February 4, 2014 Monica La Portaabout indie publishing, dystopian, happines for an indie author, hardback covers, indie author anniversary, indie author experience, indie writing, paranormal, romance, six title in two years, two years of indie publishing7 Comments

I became an author. One of the most exciting days of my life. In twenty-four months, thanks to the full support of my family, I have written several hundred thousand words, published six full novels, two children’s books, one short, and I collaborated to four different anthologies. To make a long story short, I am happy. And this is what happiness looks like to me:

Marie’s Journey Promo Update #2

January 28, 2014 Monica La Portadystopian, forbidden love, free ebook, free kindle novel, free ya novel, freebie, ginecean chronicles, matriarchal society, romance, sexism, slavery, sweet lovestory, young love4 Comments

The pic says it all, I think.

Marie’s Journey

December 25, 2013 Monica La Portadystopian, fathered woman story, forbidden love, marie's journey, matriarchal society, new release, romance, the fourth book in the ginecean chronicles, the ginecean chronicles, young adultLeave a comment

Marie’s Journey, the fourth book in The Ginecean Chronicles, and my first young adult title, is out.

The core of this novel was written during Nanowrimo 2012, and since then it has changed title several times. The original idea was to depict what happened between the last two chapters in The Priest, but the character of Marie, a young fathered woman, demanded a different story. So, while I was writing this book, titles changed to reflect the overall atmosphere of the novel. The City of Men became Journey to the City of Men, and finally I surrendered to the evidence that I was never going to center Marie’s story around the City of Men’s wars, and I decided that the best title would be Marie’s Journey.