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Inbox novel: The Daughters of Freya

An intriguing idea: a fictional story played out real-time through emails, delivered straight to your mailbox in readable doses. Jane Perrone of the Guardian Unlimited describes it:

The story centres around a journalist called Samantha Dempsey, who begins to investigate a cult in California that recruits women to sleep with strangers to bring about world peace. She does so after getting a desperate email from a friend whose daughter has been inveigled into the group, known as the Daughters of Freya.

It's as though some invisible IT gremlin is bcc'ing on you on a series of juicy messages as they're sent: a "24" via email, if you like.

The story is The Daughters of Freya, written by Michael Betcherman and David Diamond. At the low, low price of $7.49 US ($9.99 Cdn), this novel is a bargain for mystery lovers -- so long as they don't mind waiting for the next chapter to arrive in their inbox.

I signed up for the free preview. While this isn't my sort of mystery -- I'm more inclined to Donald E. Westlake or Elmore Leonard -- its topical combination of sex and cults putting young women in peril will hit many readers' hot buttons.

More importantly to us at Fat Plum, this demonstrates an interesting way to get your book read. It's not traditional publishing by a long shot, but if your story is good then word of mouth will spread (and quickly on the Internet). When it comes time for you to sell your next book, publishers will be more likely to take notice.

Posted by Cindy C on April 06, 2005
This entry was posted in the following categories: Marketing and promotion , Online publishing