So … I mentioned on Saturday that the sale on Loophole was for just two days. It actually goes through this Friday! I had seen another of the three authors’ sale went for two days and assumed this one was the same length. Dumb points for me!
In any case, so far we’ve reached the top 20 in a few pretty competitive categories. 🙂 My publisher will often try out different genre labels for their books to see what works best, so these are different from the ones I posted last time.
Two weeks have already passed since Loophole’s release. And it’s been going very well—both with local marketing and ebook sales! (You might have seen me post some of the category sales rankings during the ebook sale a while back.) Thanks to everyone who’s been supporting the release.
Continue reading “Merry Christmas and Happy Reviewing!”Howdy! Last weekend I delivered copies of Loophole to two more Utah bookstores: Marissa’s Books in Millcreek and The King’s English in Salt Lake City. Both are swanky shops with super cool setups, in addition to The Printed Garden in Sandy where I did a signing last weekend.
Continue reading “More Bookstores!”So after the sale yesterday, Loophole had some pretty decent rankings in a few categories. And these aren’t from free downloads—they’re from paid-for ebooks. Thanks to everyone who has been supporting the book launch! 🙂
Loophole’s ebook is on sale for $.99, only today! (I just found this out this morning.)
Continue reading “$.99 ebook Sale—TODAY Only!”Loophole is finally available to the public—to be cheerfully chewed on, mercilessly masticated, spitefully spat out, or delightfully digested.
Continue reading “Release Day Is HERE! + Writer 2 Writer Podcast Interview”Tomorrow’s release day! Apologies for anyone sick of hearing me prattle on about my book, but it’s exciting and a little surreal to see a project I conceived as a teenager and then began writing in 2016 become a reality.
Continue reading “ONE MORE DAY!—Plus, Professional Review by IndieReader”Next Thursday is release day for Loophole! We printed out some bookmarks with some of Alannah’s sample comics and got some pretty cute nieces to show them off 🙂
Last chance to preorder! Use the promo code PREORDER2023 to receive a 15% print discount here:
https://www.blackrosewriting.com/youngadult/loophole
Or you can get it as an ebook or print here:
amazon.com/Loophole-Alex-Hugie/dp/1685133266
My walk home from work didn’t go as planned.
Continue reading “Loophole Excerpt: A Secret Savior”This is comic strip 3/4 drawn by Loophole’s main character, Alannah. As you can see, she likes to turn conventions on their head—sometimes in rather dark ways.
The Commonplace Notebook 