News

• February three-day giveaway on Amazon netted almost 1400 downloads!
• Paperback copies available at Second Looks Books, Prince Frederick, MD
• Goodreads Giveaway recently finished and three paperback copies were shipped to winners. 947 people took part.
• Local interest in Port Republic, MD is high. Many people have bought paperback copies and the author is attending signing and discussion events.
• Local paper The Calvert Gazette recently ran an article about the author and his self-publishing activities.
• The sequel now has a working title – Flight of the Butterfly – and is already 30 chapters long. Sample chapter available
• April 2012 – Interview with the amazing author Clive Johnson produced a record number of hits!
• April 2012 – Number of followers on Twitter hits 1200.
• May 2012 – second three-day giveaway on Amazon nets over 1000 downloads. Weekly sales now picking up.
• May 2012 – Traveling in the UK and Italy.
• June 2012 – Fred Brooke blogs his top ten books of the past year and includes The Butterfly & The Bull.
• July 2012 – author interview on Melissa Craig and Charity Parkerson’s Show on iTunes (go to http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/melissa-craig-charity-parkerson/id527048995?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 and click on Episode 25)
  
• August 2012 – new 5-star review for “The Butterfly & The Bull” on Amazon by author Douglas Wickard.
• September 2012 – first draft version of the cover for sequel novel Flight of the Butterfly
• October 2012 – The Butterfly & The Bull is included in a Kindle competition on the Independent Author Network.
• November 2012 – new 5-star review by author Gae-Lynn Woods.
• December 2012 – new 5-star review by author Charles Dougherty.
• January 2013 – new 5-star review by author Dannie Hill.
• February 2013 – new 5-star review by author Vonda Norwood.
• February 2013 – The Butterfly & The Bull is accepted for the Awesome Indies website.
• June 2014 – final draft of Flight of the Butterfly completed.
• July 2014 – Flight of the Butterfly published on Kindle.
• April 2015 – Flight of the Butterfly published in paperback.