C.L. Stegall

One of the tough­est parts of being a writer these days is the fact that you’re com­pletely respon­si­ble for your own pro­mo­tion. Whether you’re signed up with one of the NY Big Boys, a small inde­pen­dent pub­lisher, or self-published, it is all on you to get the word out on your book(s).

We have to be our own cheer­leader. We have to be able to turn on the charm at a moment’s notice in order to present the best front for pro­mot­ing our work. No one else is going to do it for us. No one.

So, I had an idea for a give­away, just to see how much influ­ence free stuff holds over read­ers (if they’re any­thing like me, then it should be a lot!). And today, I found I was not the only one think­ing this way…

My friend and fel­low author, Chris­tine Rose (with her hubby, Ethan), wrote a won­der­ful YA series of nov­els called Rowan Of The Wood.  She is now giv­ing the first novel in that series away for the pur­pose of an exper­i­ment. So, go steal her book!

As for myself, I’m set­ting up a 2-for-1 for the next six weeks. In an effort to get my novel out there to more read­ers, as well as share more writ­ings, I will be giv­ing away a free copy of Ordeals – a col­lec­tion to any­one who pur­chases my novel The Weight Of Night, begin­ning today and run­ning through the end of May. Keep in mind that The Weight Of Night is only 99 cents on Ama­zon (for the Kin­dle) and B&N.com (for the Nook), as well as on Smash­words in pretty much any eReader for­mat.

The deal is sim­ple: between now and May 31^st, just send me any proof of pur­chase (usu­ally an email from the store (Amazon/B&N)) for The Weight Of Night, and I will pro­vide a link to down­load, in what­ever for­mat you like, my short story col­lec­tion, Ordeals. It’s that easy!

Here is the book descrip­tion for The Weight Of Night:

Alexis Rain is not your aver­age high school girl. She has spent her entire life shel­tered from the truth of who she really is: a child of mytho­log­i­cal lineage.

The Weight Of Night by C.L. Stegall

When her mom is stolen from her with­out warn­ing, Alexis is sud­denly thrown into a whirl­wind world of dan­ger and secret agen­das, of demigods and deities. When a self-righteous deity decides that Alexis is his best hope for retriev­ing an ancient arti­fact, she finds her­self on the self-discovery jour­ney of a life­time, track­ing a killer and a kidnapper.

With her best friend Keats in tow, she sets off to make her own des­tiny. Her path will take her to Lon­don, Dages­tan and Hol­ly­wood. She will have to come to grips with who she truly is, and just what she might be capa­ble of, if she wants to sur­vive long enough to save the one per­son in the world for whom she cares the most.

The Weight Of Night is a tense, rous­ing and some­times humor­ous com­ing of age tale involv­ing car crashes, insur­gents, walk­ing canes and ancient Greek gods.

Here is the book descrip­tion for Ordeals – a collection:

Ordeals by C.L. Stegall

Ordeals is a col­lec­tion of short sto­ries, each deal­ing with indi­vid­u­als who face unusual andtry­ing cir­cum­stances. A mix of gen­res, some dark and oth­ers hope­ful, Ordeals reveals cor­ners of our­selves usu­ally kept hidden.

Con­sist­ing of six unique and diverse tales of adver­sity, Ordeals will stick with you long after the last page is turned.

Two books for less than a dollar…that’s a pretty good deal if I do say so myself! :-)