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Kevin’s auto repair sale starts NOW

2016/06/11 — Leave a comment

Greetings and Salutations one and all!

My car—variously known as Spot, Otto, Stella, and simply The Beast—started having alternator/generator problems last night, so I need to get it fixed. So, I have discounted all my e-books on Smashwords to $1.99 each (that’s 50% off, in most cases) until June 30th. The coupon codes and handy-dandy links appear below. Thank you for your support! Continue reading

National Poetry Writing Month, Day #10

2016/04/10 — 6 Comments

Today’s napowrimo.net prompt is to write a ‘book spine’ poem. This involves writing a poem using the titles of books on your bookshelf. My poem neatly divided itself into sections, based on where my books are shelved. Instead of numbering these sections, I have labelled them according to their approximate (relative) compass points. The book titles I used are listed in the tags.
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Smashwords promo next week!

2016/03/01 — Leave a comment

Smashwords is doing a promo thingie—‘2016 Read an Ebook Week’—next week, from 12:01 a.m. on March 6th to 11:59 p.m on March 12 (both Pacific Time).

Use the coupon code RAE75 to get Coffee Stains and Refusal to Remain Invisible (in your choice of ePub or Kindle formats) for a buck each.

Here are the links:

Coffee Stains
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/605573

Refusal to Remain Invisible
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/574838

(1 March 2016)

’Tis the season (self-promotion)

2015/11/30 — 2 Comments
Self-promotion time!
 
Now that the year-end gift-giving season is underway, consider one or more of my humble offerings for your friends, your loved ones—or yourself.
 
More details about availability can be found on the individual book pages on my site (www.kevinjoconner.com), but here are some quick shopping links:
 
Amazon (paperback & Kindle)
http://www.amazon.com/Kevin-J-OConner/e/B00MGY80WS/
All of my books are eligible for Kindle Match, which enables you to get the Kindle edition for free when you purchase the print edition. (Refusal to Remain Invisible may not show up on this page right away, but a quick search will get you to the right place.)
 
Smashwords (ePub & Kindle)
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/kevinjoconner
Smashwords offers both ePub and Kindle e-book formats.
 
Square Market (signed paperbacks)
https://squareup.com/market/alarmcatdesign
Purchases made here come directly from me. Each copy will be signed, and include a coupon code for a free download of the e-book from Smashwords.
 
Skip the malls—support a poet instead!
(30 November 2015)

Overcoming Nostalgia (for lack of a better title)

2015/06/10 — Leave a comment

I’m in the middle of a phase. Not quite spring cleaning, not quite a purge, but something in between. One of those periods in which I feel compelled to rid myself of the untouched, the unused, the excess. Continue reading

NaPoWriMo 2015, Day 30: Who will I wake up to be? (reversed) (a poem)

2015/04/30 — Leave a comment

The napowrimo.net prompt for the last day of National Poetry Writing Month 2015 is to either write a poem in reverse, or take a previously written poem and reverse the order of the lines. I will want to come up with a better title for this one, but I worked with the weird dream poem I wrote a few days ago to create this one… Continue reading