Sparks: What Every New Kindle Needs

[willentrekin]

Hi.  Will Entrekin.  New to the board, but great to see everyone here.  So this seems to be the area where we post about our own books?

"A sleepless traveler; a blues player who ain’t got soul. A lovelorn young man; a rising son. In the four short stories of Sparks, writers Will Entrekin and Simon Smithson bring you these characters and their journeys, over and through the streets and cities of the USA. Sparks contains a quartet of literary tales; of chasing dark dreams and falling sick with love, of trying to keep a house together and hoping just to get back home."

Simon and I published Sparks just about two weeks ago.  During our first weekend, it shot up several of the bestseller lists; this past week, it's been showing up under Hot New Releases.

We couldn't be happier, and we want to share it with everyone, and we hope everyone we share it with will want to, as well.  Sparks is available here:


http://www.amazon.com/Sparks-ebook/dp/B004G5Z62W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1293498112&sr=1-1

We hope you'll check it out, and enjoy it when you do.

[Betsy the Quilter]

Will--

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[willentrekin]

Thanks for the welcome and the elaboration, Betsy.  Pleased to see active moderation.  I've often found that's one of the hallmarks of a good forum, which this certainly seems to be.