Free Book Friday Sept. 13: Superstitious Feelings (and some music)

By Leon Stevens on September 13, 2024

There's a joke from my childhood and it goes like this:
[Spoiler alert: It's not that funny]

A man walks by another man who is standing and snapping his fingers.
"Why are you snapping your fingers?" he asks.
"It keeps the elephants away," the other man responds.
The first man looks puzzled and says, "But there aren't any elephants in this area."
"See how good it works?"

Superstitions get started when someone does something an something bad happens, so the connection is made between this cause and effect. Now, most superstitions were formed hundreds of years ago when people would latch on to the easiest explanation.

In the present, people will still adhere to solutions that involve superstitions, most notably the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, wearing the same red underwear for every game and tight end Travis Kelce who always plays better when a certain someone is in attendance.

Here are some songs I found about superstitions.

Yes, I did omit the obvious song. The last time I listened to it I stubbed my toe, so that's not going to happen again.

-Leon

The story behind Free Book Friday:

I've met many authors and readers during my time marketing, cross-promoting, and blogging. I think writers have a responsibility to inform readers about all the indie authors out there in the very crowded world of book publishing. You can't do it alone, and why would you when you have a supportive group available?

Readers don't just read one author - they stick with their favorite genres. Therein lies the power in cross-promotion. If one of my readers buys a book from an author I promote, then chances are there will be a reciprocal effect, or so is the hope. Do I want to boost sales? Of course I do. Do I want to boost other's sales? Why not. It's called karma.

Some free book offers require a newsletter sign-up, which is a small non-monetary price to pay to try out a new indie author.

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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/