According to the report manager on KDP (kindle direct publishing) I have sold 78 copies of Binks TODAY ALONE! This promotion is going better than I could have ever dreamed, the sheer number of new readers is overwhelming and I am filled to the brim with excitement! I have the page open and every so often the number listed under "Free-Units-Promo" will go up by one, and its a party every time. The idea is that after this three day promotional period the free copies downloaded will translate into actual sales in the future. The same way that people like Ethan's mom found out about it, good old fashioned word of mouth, will allow the fanbase of Binks to blossom and become a glorious following.
It's actually and finally getting out there in the way I had always dreamed but never dared to hope for, BINKS is being read right now by more people than in the entirety of its short yet arduous life combined. I had things to say, a story to tell, and a REASON to tell it. The silenced male voice of abuse victims has always been what this was about, for every boy or young man too ashamed or confused or hurt to speak out about whats happened to him.
This is my heart laid bare, every joyful moment and terrible incident spelled out in perfect detail with NO shame and NO bias. I think now also of the stigma involved with having a mental illness, of how society views us as either forest gump stupid or hannibal lector dangerous. My journey detailed within those pages, both digital and print format, SHOULD show the humanity behind those with psychosis. I hope I did my life justice, but I KNOW that I wrote with perfect honesty and clarity of the things I've been through, and that should be enough.
So here's to you, lost souls of the world, to all the botched and the damned.
And here's to ME, for having the balls to write the damned thing in the first place.
Here's to my family, for there love and support.
And too my close friends, some who might actually read this, you know who you are and I couldn't have done it without you.
THANKS EVERYBODY! I'll let you know how it turns out :)
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Monday, April 23, 2012
BINKS Free Promotion!
As a special promotion for my memoir, Binks: The Bizarre Account of Zachary Peter Jarrett, I will be offering the kindle version for FREE from now until midnight April 25th! The book is available through amazon.com's Kindle Direct Publishing program at:
www.amazon.com/Binks-Bizarre-Account-Zachary-ebook/dp/B005J85MME/
Now is a great time to sample what I consider to be my greatest work, so anyone that actually reads this blog should definitely take a moment to download Binks!
ALSO, as you may or may not know, I have been maintaining a facebook page pertaining to my book giving updates and tidbits of info on the progress of the project, if you read and enjoy Binks be sure to "Like" it at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Binks-The-Bizarre-Account-of-Zachary-Peter-Jarrett/240574335986280
As always thank you anyone who has stumbled across my little corner of the web, though I doubt you'll stay long I hope you enjoy the moment you do!
www.amazon.com/Binks-Bizarre-Account-Zachary-ebook/dp/B005J85MME/
Now is a great time to sample what I consider to be my greatest work, so anyone that actually reads this blog should definitely take a moment to download Binks!
ALSO, as you may or may not know, I have been maintaining a facebook page pertaining to my book giving updates and tidbits of info on the progress of the project, if you read and enjoy Binks be sure to "Like" it at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Binks-The-Bizarre-Account-of-Zachary-Peter-Jarrett/240574335986280
As always thank you anyone who has stumbled across my little corner of the web, though I doubt you'll stay long I hope you enjoy the moment you do!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Re-Written Query Letter for Binks
I've taken the time to re-write my query letter and have begun submitting it using the format provided on writersmarket.com, which I've purchased a one month subscription to. At first I was hesitant to add my accommodations for poetry, but seeing that they are my only claim to fame as far as writing goes I've decided to give it a try. Let me know what you think guys!
Dear *agents name*,
All my life it has been a dream of mine to have my work published, to write and through writing express myself. I am a 26 year old male from Charlottesville, Virginia and I suffer from Schizo-Effective Disorder and Scheuermann’s Kyphosis, a debilitating mental illness and painful spinal condition respectively. My life has been an interesting one indeed, and because of that I have put pen to page and written my memoir. The proposed title is “Binks: The Bizarre Account of Zachary Peter Jarrett”, and contained within its pages is both great tragedy and uplifting levity.
As hard as this is to admit, I am also a victim of childhood sexual abuse, and as a man it is particularly hard to come forward on such matters. Men are trained by society to be strong, to not cry or show emotion or weakness, and as such many men when victimized do not come forward. Statistically speaking you would think that women are abused more, but the numbers are deceiving for they only show reported cases, and because of the prevalent silence of male victims, they are skewed.
My book details the suffering and struggles a male victim undergoes throughout this tragic process, and how I overcame not only that, but my physical and mental conditions as well. It would serve as a great message to those out there who, like me, had their innocence stolen.
In the past I have excelled at poetry: I was the winner of the 2004 Second Street Gallery Young Writers competition, I received an honorable mention in the 2001 Writers Eye contest, and I was published in the 21st edition of an anthology called the Poet’s Domain in 2005, and more recently, in 2009, I was a finalist in the First Amendment Writes poetry and songwriting competition in Charlottesville Virginia which aired on local television. Renowned author Rita Mae Brown presided over this contest as one of the judges and though she wasn’t present for the award ceremony she said of my poem in her notes that my entry, Syllabic Waffles, had “Real internal rhythm married to condensed venom”. My hope is that I have used the skills I’ve learned in poetry to be an effective writer of prose, specifically the memoir that I am putting before you.
The manuscript is currently 118 pages, 34,217 words to be precise, and it contains my life story from my earliest memories till when I graduated from Murray High School in the spring of 2004. I have had it edited by one Spencer Morton, and very soon now it will be ready to show to the world. Throughout are also various photographs from my youth with drive home the reality of the story, that I was only a child when these heinous acts occurred.
If you would like to know more, or perhaps peruse my proposal, you can contact me through any of the information provided bellow.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Zachary Peter Jarrett
1307 King Street, Apt B
Charlottesville, VA 22903 (434)293-7158
Dear *agents name*,
All my life it has been a dream of mine to have my work published, to write and through writing express myself. I am a 26 year old male from Charlottesville, Virginia and I suffer from Schizo-Effective Disorder and Scheuermann’s Kyphosis, a debilitating mental illness and painful spinal condition respectively. My life has been an interesting one indeed, and because of that I have put pen to page and written my memoir. The proposed title is “Binks: The Bizarre Account of Zachary Peter Jarrett”, and contained within its pages is both great tragedy and uplifting levity.
As hard as this is to admit, I am also a victim of childhood sexual abuse, and as a man it is particularly hard to come forward on such matters. Men are trained by society to be strong, to not cry or show emotion or weakness, and as such many men when victimized do not come forward. Statistically speaking you would think that women are abused more, but the numbers are deceiving for they only show reported cases, and because of the prevalent silence of male victims, they are skewed.
My book details the suffering and struggles a male victim undergoes throughout this tragic process, and how I overcame not only that, but my physical and mental conditions as well. It would serve as a great message to those out there who, like me, had their innocence stolen.
In the past I have excelled at poetry: I was the winner of the 2004 Second Street Gallery Young Writers competition, I received an honorable mention in the 2001 Writers Eye contest, and I was published in the 21st edition of an anthology called the Poet’s Domain in 2005, and more recently, in 2009, I was a finalist in the First Amendment Writes poetry and songwriting competition in Charlottesville Virginia which aired on local television. Renowned author Rita Mae Brown presided over this contest as one of the judges and though she wasn’t present for the award ceremony she said of my poem in her notes that my entry, Syllabic Waffles, had “Real internal rhythm married to condensed venom”. My hope is that I have used the skills I’ve learned in poetry to be an effective writer of prose, specifically the memoir that I am putting before you.
The manuscript is currently 118 pages, 34,217 words to be precise, and it contains my life story from my earliest memories till when I graduated from Murray High School in the spring of 2004. I have had it edited by one Spencer Morton, and very soon now it will be ready to show to the world. Throughout are also various photographs from my youth with drive home the reality of the story, that I was only a child when these heinous acts occurred.
If you would like to know more, or perhaps peruse my proposal, you can contact me through any of the information provided bellow.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Zachary Peter Jarrett
1307 King Street, Apt B
Charlottesville, VA 22903 (434)293-7158
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