August 28, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
authors on twitter, book marketing, book promotion, book release, book sequel, book series, book signing, indie author, marketing, Mars, Mars Mission, Mars settlement, Rubicon, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, science fiction novel, self-marketing, self-promotion, social media for authors, social media marketing, Space adventure, Storm At Dawn, survive on Mars, We Are Mars
Storm At Dawn quietly entered the arena this past weekend on a little table, in a curling arena in the middle of southern BC, Canada. It was an inauspicious launch for the second book in the Rubicon Saga, but it was exactly how I wanted it – no Drama! Well, maybe there could have been
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August 2, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
book marketing, book promotion, book release, book sequel, book series, book writing, Break the Dark, indie author, life on Mars, Mars, Mars settlement, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, science fiction novel, self-marketing, Space adventure, space exploration, Storm At Dawn, We Are Mars, writing community
A little over a year ago, I only had one novel. I was a bit panicked because I’d set a precedent and I had to write a follow-up to We Are Mars. To say I was intimidated, is an understatement! How was I going to write a new book to compete and compare to a
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May 15, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
book marketing, book promotion, book release, book review, book sequel, book series, book signing, book writing, indie author, indie publisher, life on Mars, marketing, Mars, Mars Mission, Mars settlement, Rubicon, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, self-marketing, self-promotion, social media for authors, Space adventure, The Red Planet, We Are Mars
If you had told me five years ago, that I would be a science fiction author with one book out, and another on the way, I would have laughed at you. Seriously. Even today, I have a hard time grasping what has happened since I dived in and did this thing. I sit here today,
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January 23, 2019
Cheryl
INSIGHTS, OPINION
Blue Origins, Elon Musk, extra-planetary, food production, habitat, Jeff Bezos, life on Mars, Mars, Mars experiments, Mars exploration, Mars Lander, Mars Mission, Mars rover, Mars settlement, multi-planetary, NASA, Red Planet, Richard Branson, robotic rover, rockets, science and technology, Space adventure, space technology, Space-X, survive on Mars, Virgin Galactic
In recent years, we’ve seen much news and hype about space-related programmes that feature Mars. Mars is nothing new in science and media. In fact, early stories written about Mars date back hundreds of years. There is a fascination with Mars that stems from our drive as a species to know more, explore and discover
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January 3, 2019
Cheryl
NEWS
book release, book sequel, book series, extra-planetary, life on Mars, Mars, Mars settlement, NASA, Sci-Fi, science fiction book, science fiction novel, space, Space adventure, space exploration, space flight, We Are Mars
2018 was a great year for me. We Are Mars has been a success, in spite of it being a debut novel. More importantly, it has connected me with amazing people, the world over, who share a love of space and books. I couldn’t have asked for a more positive start to my career as
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December 12, 2018
Cheryl
NEWS, OPINION
3-D printed habitat, Andy Weir, cosmic radiation, cosmos, Curiosity Rover, Elon Musk, extra-planetary, HiRISE, life on Mars, magnetosphere, Mars, Mars disaster, Mars InSight Probe, Mars Mission, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars settlement, multi-planetary, NASA, National Geographic, Opportunity Rover, radiation, rockets, Sci-Fi, solar flare, Space adventure, space exploration, space flight, Space-X, survive in space, survive on Mars, terraforming Mars, The Martian, The Red Planet, We Are Mars
Whether you’re a science nerd like me, or you are someone else getting on with life, you’ll probably know Mars has been in the news a lot in 2018. The momentum has been gathering for some time, but an announcement in late 2017, by Elon Musk, caused a stir that threw a spotlight on our
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September 25, 2018
Cheryl
Interviews, NEWS
colony on Mars, Kate Rauner, Mars, Mars habitation, Mars settlement, NASA, science fiction, science fiction novel, science fiction series, Solar System, space, Space adventure, space exploration, Titan
Kate Rauner is a science fiction author from New Mexico, USA. She’s been writing science fiction novels for a while now and has a series of novels, namely, Colony on Mars. In this interview, Kate introduces us to her books and tells us more about her process as a writer. I enjoyed doing the interview
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June 19, 2018
Cheryl
NEWS
book buyer, book promotion, book release, book review, book sales, indie author, indie publisher, life on Mars, Mars, Mars home, Mars settlement, reader feedback, science fiction book, science fiction novel, science fiction reading, survive on Mars, We Are Mars
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We Are Mars is celebrating its one month anniversary and readers are already loving the book. Here’s some of the feedback I’ve received in past weeks: “I’m not normally into science fiction, but this is a real page turner!” “I enjoyed the characters and their the story arc as well as the fact that the
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June 11, 2018
Cheryl
NEWS
book event, book launch, book marketing, book promotion, book release, book sequel, book series, book signing, book writing, indie author, indy author, indy writer, keep writing, life on Mars, Mars, Mars settlement, We Are Mars, writing method
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We Are Mars is off to a running start out there is Book Land. I gave it as good a shove forward as any doting parent should. Now we shall wait and see if it will fly on its own. The marketing continues, but all the hard, ‘getting off the ground’ stuff is behind us.
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May 17, 2018
Cheryl
INSIGHTS, NEWS
book availability, book inventory, book series, e-book, e-books, extra-planetary, independent publisher, indie publisher, life on Mars, Mars, Mars Mission, Mars settlement, multi-planetary, paperback, POD, print on demand, saving trees, Sci-Fi, sci-fi book, science fiction book, science fiction novel, self-marketing, self-promotion, Space adventure, sustainability, We Are Mars
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Yes! The paperback of We Are Mars is now available to purchase through major online retailers. But there’s a catch – it’s not available. Wait—what? You read that right, dear reader. This is what happens when you publish your books using a PRINT ON DEMAND system like I use. It creates this curious conflict of
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