All of my books are free on Amazon

All of my books that are currently available are free on Amazon Kindle December 11-15. If you haven't downloaded them yet, now is your chance. 

Links and reviews of each available book below. 

The Agency: A Novella

"This speedy read tells one young go-getter's adventures as she works in the ad/tech world for a woman who is in the running for the Worst Boss Ever award. It had me holding my breath and flying through the pages wondering how (and if!) Anne Marie was ever going to escape the stinging of this Portuguese Man o' War. Fun novella-length story--not a lot of depth, but just a great beach or airplane read." 

This Just In 

"I love these books and I can't put them down! I read the first one in two days and laughed, was in awe of the suspense, and felt smarter by the end of it. Definitely ideal for Book Club Books and summer beach reading!" 

But if you get "This Just In!" don't forget it's the second book in the series. You'll want to get "You Heard It Here First" as well!

You Heard It Here First

"I had read articles by this author for Meridian Magazine and always enjoyed her sense of humor and down to earth take on modern life, so I jumped at the chance to read her book. It was fun and fast from start to finish and left me wanting more. It is rare to find a "clean" love story that isn't preachy in any way. Who says being moral and honest has to be boring? Not Erin Ann McBride! I have already purchased the next Haley and Cam book and hope there will be many more in the series."

If you've already purchased or read one of these books, have you left a review on Amazon yet? Reviews of self-published books really do make a huge difference in sales for the author. Please take a minute to go leave a few stars and comments for me!

Sharing the Gospel through Social Media

My new book, Sharing the Gospel through Social Media, is now available on Amazon!

You can download it for free between now and July 3, or procrastinate and pay $2.99 after that. 

(And really, I don't mind if you wait and pay!) 

Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ has never been easier. This book was written to help bishops, ward mission leaders, stake presidents, stake public affairs directors, mission presidents, and every day member missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, learn to navigate and appreciate the potential of social media in their missionary efforts.
Explanations, ideas, and strategies are provided on how to incorporate Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and other networks into Mormon missionary efforts.
This ebook makes it easy for even social media beginners to effectively share the gospel online.

But wait! There's more!
I decided to make ALL of my books free on Amazon this week!

I've updated both, "Increase e-Book Sales with Social Media Marketing" and "You Heard It Here First." In fact, "You Heard It Here First," has been heavily edited and is about 80 pages shorter than before! (Which is a crazy load of work, I tell you!) 

Increase e-Book Sales with Social Media Marketing (now with a great new cover, and better editing)

The Agency

You Heard It Here First Goes on sale Wednesday.

This Just In! (Also goes on sale Wednesday)

Beyond Perfection (not on sale, since the publisher controls that, not me)  

FREE E-BOOKS! get them now!

ALL of my books are FREE on Amazon Kindle Feb 13-17, 2014! Don't miss your chance to download them today!

You Heard It Here First (book 1 in the Haley and Cam Series)

This Just In! (book 2 in the Haley and Cam Series)

The Agency: a biographical workplace novella

Authors and Free Stuff

Did you know I have an Author's Page on Facebook?
It's true, I do.
Why? Well, because sometimes I'd like to keep the people I know in real life separate from the people who like my books. I don't want the real life people ruining the illusion for the other people. So I have the two accounts where I keep them safely sequestered from each other.
Depending on the type of friend you are, you are welcome to join me on my Author's Page at http://www.facebook.com/AuthorErinAnnMcBride. I make no promises, but I suspect I will post there more often than I will post here in the coming months.
Why?
I don't know. Convenience I guess. I'm getting tired and lazy in my old age, what with all of the full-time employment responsibilities and all.

By the way, this book-

is free on Kindle this week. You should go get it! You should get it even if you don't have a Kindle. Why? To boost my numbers obviously. And because it's only about 50 pages long, and you can always read it on you computer if you want.



Hey You! Check out my new novels, "You Heard It Here First" and the sequel "This Just In!"

Hitting the Wall Face First

This is a pretty good visual for how I've been feeling lately. Whether I'm the guy doing the smooshing, or getting smooshed, I'm not sure. Either way, it isn't a pleasant experience.

Remember the main scenario/problem going on in The Agency,? Well, it is happening to me again. Not the whole wicked witch problem, but the paycheck problem. Again, it isn't a pleasant experience.

I'm angry. I'm frustrated. I want to kick rocks. I want the problem to go away! And I really want it to stop happening to me!!

The scene that keeps replaying through my mind is from "You've Got Mail," talking about the line from the "Godfather."




Maybe it isn't personal to the person on the other end of this, but it sure is personal to me.

There's more than just work and the ability to support myself going on. For a few weeks there it felt like life was finally just rolling along just the way I always wanted it to- love life? check! published book? check! employment? check! anxiously engaged in good causes? check! I felt good! I felt great! I actually had what I wanted- for a few weeks.

And I'm not saying those things are all gone. I'm just saying that they aren't as bright and shiny as they were for those few weeks in the summer sun. I'm trying so hard to remind myself that all it would take is just one of those scenarios shifting back into the check box, and I'd be happy again. I hate it when circumstances affect my attitude. But these aren't normal circumstances, are they?

But I'm trying to snap out of the mood. I'm trying to get back to happy. I'm applying for jobs. I'm smiling. I'm trying not to complain. So bear with me. I've got some work to do before I feel right again.

The Agency

Have you purchased my novella, "The Agency," yet? Just 99 cents on Amazon and Barnes and Noble!

My new book, "You Heard It Here First!" will be out VERY SOON! Hopefully within the week! I can't wait to share it with you!

Learning this new writing world

I'm slowly but surely learning my way around this world of self-published e-books! This is why I have learned $3.99 was way too much to charge for my novella!

The price is now $0.99 and will stay that way on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I have no plans of getting it printed in paperback.

Just a few more weeks until my REAL book comes out. I was hoping to launch it this week, but common sense and reality have prevailed. My new goal (which is probably far too lofty) is to launch it around July 1! 

If you would be interested in reading it in advance (I'll give you a paperback copy for free), writing a review, and hosting a giveaway on your blog (preferably a blog that has at least 100 readers a day), let me know!

The Story Behind the Story of The Agency

As you know by now, I wrote and released a little novella this week. But I haven't told you much about it yet.
"The Agency" is a fictionalized account of my months working for a "cutting-edge, Web 2.0, marketing and advertising agency" in Utah.
I worked there 3.5 years ago for a very dishonest woman. You can read all about her in other posts on this blog. (But because the woman LOVES to get litigious and threaten to sue people I will not be putting her name in any posts associated with the novella.) The woman I depict in the book is exactly how I remember her- from the Diet Green Tea, to the tennis outfits, fur coat, Post-it notes (oh yes, that part is very true!), erratic behavior, late night demands, evasive communication techniques, and dishonest behavior.
I worked there six months until the agency went out of business. Driven straight into the ground by our fearless, insane, and unethical leader. As depicted in the book, experienced a meteoric rise in job titles and responsibilities in those six months. I started out as Account Director and left as the VP. The job title I had with the company before that one? Marketing Coordinator. Yes, I went from coordinator to VP in just 6 months. But it had little to do with me, and everything to do with her firing people, lying, and trying to buy loyalty.
Trust me, it didn't work.
If I had written the book as an autobiographical account, with only the facts, no one would have wanted to read it. It would have been too depressing. Instead, I made up caricatures of some of the real characters. And obviously there was no Gavin or Jared in the real events. (There were, however, people those characters are VERY loosely based on.) Hopefully it is still the miserable experience that it was, but in a more enjoyable reading format!
Writing the book was somewhat therapeutic for me. It gave me the chance to shine a light on that awful experience.  And maybe just recoup some of the money my old employer still owes me. (Yes, the bounced paychecks part is VERY true. Right down to the how many and how often.)
So if you want to read a short story that makes the "Devil Wears Prada" look like a good day at the office, check out "The Agency!"

And just a reminder- you don't have to have a Nook or a Kindle to download it. You can download the free apps from their websites. As of right now, there is no "paper" version of the story. I may upload it to one of those sites later this week, if there is a demand for it. (So if you want me to do that, tell me!)

Buy "The Agency" on Nook here! 

Or from Amazon here-

The Agency- now on Nook!

The Agency is now available on the Nook for Barnes and Noble for $3.99.
And just like with Amazon, if you don't have a Nook, you can download the app for free to a phone, tablet, or PC, and download this little 50 pp book that way!
I hope you enjoy it!

The Agency - now available on Amazon for $3.99!

Get my novella, "The Agency" for $3.99 on Amazon now! 
It's just 50 pages, and a dramatic, fun, poolside, summer read!

 

These types of stories typically begin with a disclaimer that this is a work of fiction, and all characters portrayed herein are not real.
This is the somewhat not true story of what it was really like to work for Patty Malone at the Blue Agency, "a cutting-edge, Web 2.0, marketing and advertising firm offering the latest in digital services to advanced technology companies.”
If you, or someone you know, thinks there is a similarity between this work of fiction and a real life person, I feel very sorry for you. All situations and characters have been changed enough to not be recognizable or real. If you think I am talking about you, and you want to own up to that, just remember, you still owe me several bounced paychecks. I'm waiting.

Special thanks to  Juli Caldwell, Tammy Schmidt, and Misty D. Hudson for their help in making this happen!

And to the "Cobalt Crew." You know what you did.