11 Facts from Behind the Scenes of Accidentally Heroic

1. Luke and Larry were originally meant to be side characters.  Sometimes characters take on a life of their own.
2. The blog has always gotten a decent share of views from Russia, despite the author being American and the blog in English.  So uh, Привет, как дела?
3. Methuselah was also meant to be a side character, but he was just too damn awesome not to keep around as a major character.
4. I got the idea for Chanteuse when I was at the tail end of book 1.  The thought process was literally, "what if I crossed Betty's powers with Michael's powers?"
5. Betty's disability was inspired by my own tonal hearing loss in my left ear.  While my own hearing loss is no where near the severity that the character has, I have a very real fear of losing all my hearing.
6. Book 2 was originally going to be a compilation of vignettes about various characters manifesting powers for the first time.  Then I got lazy and wrote another novel...
7. Linus originally was going to betray the group--but I couldn't justify a love story with Sabrina given what a dick move that would be.  I opted in favor of the love story.
8. Linus and Sabrina are obviously an homage to the movie Sabrina.
9. There are never any detailed chess references because I always lose at chess.  This is partially a result of me trying to bring glory to a single pawn in lieu of utilizing more powerful pieces.  Hint, the strategy never works, but it amuses me so.
10. Michael was meant to be the most "blend in with the crowd" looking person.  Unfortunately, Jo draws him handsome.  I named him Michael because it was one of the most common names I could think of.
11. I have been slacking off on writing book 3 because I'm working on another project.  This entire post is also my way of saying writing on book 3 has stalled out because I'm writing a different book series at the moment.

The Oops Promotion

On account of Amanda not having physical copies in time for the St. Charles County Libraries Indie Author Event, the digital copies of BOTH Accidentally Heroic books will be free on Amazon October 14th-18th. That's right, both books, completely free.#accidentallyheroic #oopspromotion

Digital Copy Free July 4

Independence Day Promotion- Accidentally Heroic: Manifestation (AKA Book 2) will be FREE for the Kindle tomorrow on Amazon. If you read and enjoyed book one, but haven't had the coin for book two, get your FREE digital copy tomorrow. You don't need a Kindle, there's a free app for your smartphone, tablet, and other digital devices.So for all those "I want to read your book, but I have no money" folks (you know who you are) no excuses, get the free download.

Digital Version of Book 2 - Accidentally Heroic: Manifestation Free July 4th, 2017

Fourth of July is coming. That means celebrating FREEdom. Accidentally Heroic: Manifestation AKA book 2 will be FREE in the digital format on Amazon July 4th.

Accidentally Heroic: Manifestation is now available in a digital format

The digital version of Accidentally Heroic: Manifestation is available on Amazon. If you are a Kindle Unlimited subscriber, both book 1 and 2 are now enrolled with Kindle Select--meaning, Kindle Unlimited readers can read for free.

Book One is Free on Kindle from now until May 31st

Promotion time! The Kindle/digital version of book 1 is free now until May 31st (the day before the Kindle Release of book 2). New readers can down read the first book for free in anticipation of the second book.

The physical copy of book two, Accidentally Heroic: Manifestation is now available in paperback both on Create Space and Amazon.

Click here to get a free digital copy from Amazon

Book Two Now Available for Purchase via Create Space

I am pleased to announce the paperback version of Accidentally Heroic: Manifestation is now available for purchase at: Create Space

It should appear on Amazon within the next few days, The Kindle Version is scheduled to release June 1st. 

Look at this pretty book, you know you want to buy it.