Taking Your Mind Off the Polar Vortex!

Once again, a polar vortex has dipped down from the Arctic to cover the Lower 48  States with extremely cold weather! Let's face it...for the next day or so, it's gonna be COLD outside!

On a day like today, it's best to stay inside, stay warm, and relax. Maybe through on some background music, pick up your e-reader, and download a good book to read. Say something like...

Foothold on Terra-Bravo! - First book of the new Terra-Bravo Saga. It has science, it has fiction. There's action aplenty and a new world to colonize!

Of course, many of us are voracious readers and one book might not be enough. In that case, download...

Crisis on Terra-Bravo! - Our intrepid colonists find danger and adventure galore as the face the dangers of Terra-Bravo and insurgents they brought with them from their homeworld.

Both books are available for $2.99 at
Smashwords.com
The Kindle Store (Amazon.com)
Barnes and Noble (B&N.com)
and other e-bookstores!

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And if you must venture out into the real world, remember...

Let's be safe out there!

Jeffrey

© Jeffrey M. Fortney - 2014

O...kay...What's This All About?

Interesting stats on my previous two blog posts:

My post, Welcome to 2014!, on January 6th accumulated 25 views (the highest thus far!).

My last post, Blatant Commercialism and Advertising My Books on January 12th has received a grand total number of views of...(wait for it)...(wait for it)...3. Yep! 3 whole views. Wow! 

Obviously, blatant commercialism and advertising are horrible words to use in a title. But, those of you who know me well, know that I am a straight shooter who calls things the way I see them.

Oh...well.

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Moving on! About halfway through Honing Your Instructional Skills. I have a couple of more chapters to tweak and then a couple yet to write. Need to get a good cover photo for this one. 

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Have taken some time to re-read (for the umpteenth time) a couple of my FAVORITE Robert A. Heinlein books. It's great to revisit DOUBLE STAR and TUNNEL IN THE SKY.

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Heading to Tulsa Friday for the IFSTA Winter Meetings. Will be meeting my new Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (6th) edition Validation Committee. Here's to safe travels, effective meetings, and a safe return home.

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Be safe out there, folks!

Jeffrey 




© Jeffrey M. Fortney - 2014  
     

Blatant Commercialism and Advertising My Books!

Yes, it's that time again where I must employ blatant commercialism and advertise my books! Well, if I don't, who will? Right?

Hey, Science Fiction Readers!

Foothold on Terra-Bravo, the first e-book of the Terra-Bravo Saga, is available for Kindle at the Kindle Store at Amazon.com and in multiple formats for other e-readers at the following sites:
Smashwords (Smashwords.com)
Barnes&Noble (bn.com)
Sony Reader Store (ebookstore.sony.com)
Kobo (store.kobobooks.com)
Apple iBooks Store (via iPad or iPhone)
FlipKart (flipkart.com)
Diesel eBook Store (diesel-ebooks.com)
Versent Books (versentbooks.com)
Angus & Robertson (angusrobertson.com.au)

Crisis on Terra-Bravo, the sequel to Foothold on Terra-Bravo, is available at:
The Kindle Store (Amazon.com)
Smashwords.com
Barnes&Noble (bn.com)
Apple iBooks Store (via iPad or iPhone)
Diesel eBook Store (diesel-ebooks.com)
Versent Books (versentbooks.com)

....and soon to be available on several other sites.

Get Crisis on Terra-Bravo now for $2.39 (20% off the regular price) until January 23, 2014 by using coupon code YS52T at Smashwords.com.

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I've been busy of late helping my dear friends, Jimmie and Charlotte Badgett, with preparing their book, Forward Through the Fires of Life, for e-publishing. I think Jimmie and I have worked out the the final bugs to get it into Smashwords' Premium Catalog! 

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One more side project before I return to the Terra-Bravo Saga. Tomorrow night I start the final push on Honing Your Instructional Skills. I hope to finish it within a month and get it ready for Smashwords and Kindle!

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Al Brooks, my Air Force Fire Protection brother, will be promoted to Captain later this week at a ceremony in the civilian department he now works at. I'd hoped to be able to attend and pin on his badge but I must be in Tulsa at the Winter IFSTA Meetings at the same time. Al, it was an honor to serve with you, my brother! Congratulations!

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Let's be careful out there, folks!

Jeffrey

© Jeffrey M. Fortney - 2014   

Welcome to 2014!

Greetings my many friends,

Sorry it has been such a long time since I've posted! Since my last post, I have:

- Gotten Crisis on Terra-Bravo finalized and e-published on Smashwords.com AND Amazon's Kindle Store!

- Spent about a week pretty much wiped out by the Upper Respiratory bug that's traipsing through the Fortney Family like Sherman's March to the Sea!

- Conducted editing and formatting on a book for two dear friends!

- Been trying to get the first 10 chapters of Company Officer 5th edition ready for layout!

- Enjoyed an abbreviated Christmas and New Years Holiday Vacation!

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Foothold on Terra-Bravo is now available in a number of formats at the following:

The Kindle Store (Amazon.com)
Smashwords (Smashwords.com)
Sony Reader Store (ebookstore.sony.com)
Kobo (store.kobobooks.com)
Apple iBooks Store (via iPad or iPhone)
FlipKart (flipkart.com)
Diesel eBook Store (diesel-ebooks.com)
Versent Books (versentbooks.com)
Inktera eBookstore (inktera.com)
Angus & Robertson (angusrobertson.com.au)

Crisis on Terra-Bravo is now available at the following;

The Kindle Store (Amazon.com)
Smashwords.com
....and soon to be released on the other sites.

Get Crisis on Terra-Bravo now for $2.39 (20% off the regular price) until January 23, 2014 by using coupon code YS52T at Smashwords.com.

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Once I finished editing and formatting my friends' book, I plan to work on my Honing Your Instructional Skills e-booklet. Hope to have it e-published by the end of January. Kyle and I have begun outlining Book III of the Terra-Bravo Saga and once Kyle has begun writing that, I will start on the prequel!

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Enjoy!

Jeffrey


© Jeffrey M. Fortney - 2014