Doing It Risqué - out now!

The sequel to Doing It Wild is finally done. I've written it within 5 days, mounting up to around 14k + words. I'm literally bouncing up and down in my chair right now, that's how excited I am.
Here it is (drumroll):

Don't you think it looks hawt? Yeah, I thought so. The title is very much part of the story and if you read it, you'll know why it's named that way ;) Order your copy now! 

The sequel, or in other words third installment in the Doing It series, is currently being written and will be titled: Doing It Free.


So I hope y' all are excited! Can't wait to hear your thoughts.

If you happen to leave a review, please be sure to let me know! Send me an e-mail or contact me via the form on this site. I'll send you a personal thanks!

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.amazon.com/Doing-Risqu%C3%A9-Erotic-Romance-ebook/dp/B00E41K36C/

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How to sell more books with amazon

As romance writers, we've got it tough. Millions of other writers vying for the same bestseller spot in Amazon just so we can sell more books. I've been tinkering with my own uploads recently, always adjusting my info, categories, keywords and whatnot and I've come to the conclusion that it's hard to find the specific categories you want to enter. Some categories don't show up on Amazon KDP at all, while you can search for the category in the regular Amazon store.
For instance; New-Adult (or NA) & College books is a new vibrant category with only 1500 books or so and it's a very good opportunity for indie writers to get a hold of new readers. However, this category is not yet available in KDP.
So what have I discovered? When you type the category as 1 keyword in the keyword section, the book will also pop up in that exact category. Or in other words; you can pretty much use this a loophole to get your books into more categories.

Another thing. Some writers categorize their books in very general, non-specific things, which makes it:
a. hard to find.
b. a needle in a haystack.

Some categories are WAY too full and there are so many other categories you can find that have very little books. The less books there are, the higher your chances to be found. I know that sounds weird, because you'd think 'well, there are so many books there, it's got to be a better place to market my books'. WRONG. These categories are flooded, which makes your book disappear.

What you need is to pick a very specific genre that dives deep into sub genres. Pick something that goes down as deep as possible, but always make sure you still stick to your book's theme.

I've made a list here to show you what I mean when I say there's a lot of difference in books available between different categories:

 July 2013 list of available books in categories:

(Averages)

Romance -> contemporary              47. 000

Romance -> erotica                         21.000

Romance -> NA                                  1.389

Romance -> comedy                       5.600

Lit -> contemporary                           149.000

Erotica                                                    98.000

Romance                                               143.000

Short stories                                        36.000

Women’s fiction                              14.600

So, looking at this graph, I've placed my newest short story Doing It Wild under:

Romance --> Contemporary

Romance --> Women's fiction

Then typed in the keyword: New Adult

And BAM, my book showed up in about 5 categories.

(since the last edit, I also inserted "comedy" into the keywords, will see if it'll enter that category too).

With another book, I'm trying the same thing now, only a bit different. I put Hooked By You in the following category:

Romance --> erotica

Fiction --> erotica

Typed keywords for category loophole: Contemporary, Women's fiction, Multicutural & Interracial (since my book features a Japanese man).

I'm still checking to see if it'll work out, but I hope it does. If this is true, you can pretty much glitch the entire Amazon Categories list to fit it to your liking. Which is fantastic, to say the least. The more categories you can enter your book in, the more likely you are to get on a bestseller list, which is a sure way to boost your sales.

Anyway, that's it for today! Hope you found it useful :)

Clarissa Wild

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New book! Doing It Wild

So I published a new book again! Hurray!

It's called Doing It Wild and it's part of a Series ;) it's an erotic romance and very steamy.

Here's the description of book 1:

Rich girl Grace Bennett is forced by her father to get engaged with a guy of his choosing, so he can expand his company. She wants to escape this unwanted marriage and runs away from home, only to meet handsome, funny and hardworking Finn Wood. Getting a taste of freedom, it's a hot night together with him Grace will never forget.

Aren't you excited? I know I am :D Oh, I can't wait to hear what you guys think.

Order your copy of Doing It Wild now!

Or click this link: http://www.amazon.com/Doing-It-Wild-ebook/dp/B00DZZFYSK/

Please RECOMMEND and LEND it to your friends or leave a REVIEW!

And if you happen to leave a review, please notify me via e-mail! You can fill in the contact form here. I'll send you a personal reply through e-mail!

Thanks all :) I'm so happy to have you guys as my support. I feel really lucky to have you guys!

Clarissa Wild

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Writing or Marketing

So the last few days I've been super busy trying to get these books off the ground. I've been contacting a few reviewers, posting away on Goodreads, and other websites, trying to snag people to read it.
Marketing is hard work! Since publication (which was 07-07-2013), I've had 290 downloads of book 1, and still only one person bought book 2. However, I'm hoping that, when the reviews are in, book 2 will run better.

I'm still having a hard time balancing between writing and marketing though, because I find myself wanting to sell my books, yet I do need to keep on writing. Sometimes I think 'what's the use? If people aren't going to read it, why bother?' Because the lack of people reading book 2 is discouraging.
Then again, I shouldn't be too hasty to draw my conclusions. I should wait a while before I say 'it's not working'. People always say, "just keep on writing, it'll eventually work out", but I have no idea how. Almost a week has passed and I've yet to see anyone looking at the Kindle book (the one on Amazon).

I wonder what I can do to improve my visibility? I feel like I'm swamped in the midst of all those other erotic romance novels and it makes it impossible for others (like me) to break through. If anyone has any tips for that matter, they're more than welcome!

Anyway, guess that's it for today ;)

xx

Clarissa

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The First Day

All is going well. I posted both Raveled By You and Hooked By You on Smashwords and Kindle. The first book on Smashwords is free. It's supposed to be free on Amazon as well, but I still need some more people to report the price difference so they will price match :)
If anyone is willing to help, please do!

But more importantly: I just made my first sale!

YAAAAY

*Excited*

I'm so happy things are going so well. Within 15 hours I've already had 152 downloads on book 1.

I also created a few extra accounts on about.me, goodreads author, amazon author and allromanceebooks. I plan to have my books everywhere ;)

I hope some people will review them. I've already asked a couple of people, but no response yet (though it's been only a day, so I should give it some time, lol :P). I'm so hasty ...

Full of energy now!

Anyway, until next time ;)

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Hi!

So, this is the first post on my brand new blog where I can yelp about anything that comes to mind. Express my thoughts, wishes and things that happen in my life.

Actually, it's more because I hope it will generate some interest and excitement around my book Raveled by You, which is part of the Enflamed Series I'm currently writing. It's an Erotic Romance filled with hot, steamy M/F encounters.

I'm in the process of editing my work and rewriting some tid-bits, but I hope to publish the first book in the series soon. So keep an eye out for that. Working on the cover as we speak.

I haven't actually had anyone read my book. Well, I do have it up on Authonomy and someone was thrilled about it.

AHEM, a quote: 'Yeah! I read all you have uploaded, and have one word: STEAMY!!!!!!!! E.L. James and Sylvia Day better watch their backs. Great job building the sexuall tension and then giving us the big pay off. Is it hot in here or is it me?'

So I guess you could say someone liked it :P But hey, it's not published yet, so I'll hold my horses, hehe. Anyway, guess that's all I wanted to spout today.

Much love!

Clarissa Wild

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