Ides of March

The Ides has passed and no one has been stabbed that I know of. So I’d say it’s been good. 🙂

It is now the twain, St. Patty’s and St. Gertrude Day. I give lip service to St. Patty’s as I’m Irish but I celebrate St. Gertrude usually. St. Gertrude is the patron of Cats and I am a proud Cat mom, though my baby went over the rainbow bridge not long ago. But I care for some ferals so I’m still a crazy cat lady.

Changes have been happening with Vella. Don’t know what impact it will have yet. Next month will tell whether I continue putting up new stories or just continue with just the ongoings.

My muse is still ignoring Ghostwolf book 3. She’s just hopping around my Vellas. I’m guessing she’s not happy with the changes that are happening or she’s just being her fickle self.

Have you checked out my new paranormal murder mystery yet? A Playground of Bones is on both Kindle Vella and Kindle Unlimited. Or you can buy the ebook for $2.99 right now.

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. If you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate as well as being mentioned in the author notes. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment if you think of one.

Stay tuned for the next installment

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Pubbed!

A Playground of Bones is published! Both ebook and paperback. So now it’s available in Kindle Vella and Kindle Unlimited or as a paperback book. Check it out if you haven’t already!

And I already got a rating: 4 star! Thank you whomever you are for the rating. Glad you enjoyed it.

My muse is hopping around my Vellas and ignoring Book 3 of Ghostwolf. While I’m happy she’s still flowing with words, I’d rather she settle down and work on one project more than hopping around. Especially with the changes that are going to be happening with Vella. I don’t know if I’ll be sticking with Vella. I may just do the 3 on going stories and not do any new stories on there if it changes too much. I’m reserving judgement until I see what’s going to happen after the changes go through.

Ordered a few books for the Between The Pages Writer’s Conference in June. Should be getting them soon. I’ll order some more next month as well. Restock for both the conference and for September’s Hootin an Hollarin which I signed up for this month. I don’t want to run out or actually I would like to sell out. 🙂 But I want to have enough books to sell to whomever shows up to my table.

I also did some metal bookmarks with charms to put on my table. Some people want to support me but don’t have the money to buy a book so I have a low-priced item for them. I may have to charge more for my books at in-person events than I have so I want to have something to offer that is more accessible. Costs are higher this year and I hate to raise prices but as they say needs must.

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. If you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate as well as being mentioned in the author notes. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment if you think of one.

Stay tuned for the next installment

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March 2024

February just zoomed by. Hopefully this month sticks around a little longer so I can get things done before Spring is suddenly here. But then the Springtime weather we’ve been having this last two weeks has made it seem like Spring already.

A Playground of Bones will be coming out this month. Soon as I get the print proof I’ll get ‘er done.

My muse is still not wanting to work on book 3 of Ghostwolf. She’s started book 2 of Bone Whisperer and it’s up on Vella right now. And she’s hopping around the other Vellas, writing a little at a time on each. So I guess Ghostwolf 3 is just going to have to wait a bit.

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. If you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate as well as being mentioned in the author notes. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment if you think of one.

Stay tuned for the next and hopefully longer installment.

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February 2024

Leap Year. 

366 days this year. 43 of them gone already. What will this year bring us?

The political arena is a mess. I dread what’s gonna happen in November. But you know with war happening maybe we won’t get to that. Russia may decide to just blow us all up, well with a little help from all the bombs we’d be throwing at each other. My grandpa used to say there were three things you don’t discuss in polite conversation because it wouldn’t stay polite for long; Politics, Religion, and sexual orientation. Or sexual things at all. I try to keep to that unless I want to rile someone up. My little imp likes to do that occasionally.

This year has not started out good but I’m going to pretend to be blissfully ignorant. Like a lot of people are doing.

Field of Bones, Book 2 of Bone Whisperer, is up on Vella with 4 episodes/chapters. I’m working on some of the other vellas so I can update them this week. Playground of Bones, Book 1, is slated to be published March. But I still haven’t done the blurb yet. Why are blurbs much harder to do than writing the book?

Haven’t worked much on Book 3 of Ghostwolf. My muse is just not into it right now. She’s still hung up on Vellas, hopping around, doing a little here, a little there. But I figure as long as she’s still flowing words I should be happy.

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. If you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate as well as being mentioned in the author notes. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment if you think of one.

Stay tuned for the next installment.

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A little tat

It’s February already. My birth month. I’m running a 99 cent sale on Earth Reader ebook for the 7th of February as a result. If you haven’t already, check the book out.

I’ve updated a few more of my Vellas. And I got the first two chapters/episodes of A Field of Bones, book 2 of Bone Whisperer done. But I haven’t put it up yet on Vella. Book 1 of Bone Whisperer, A Playground of Bones, will be published in March, I think. I have to write the blurb yet.

Book 3 of Ghostwolf has two chapters done and working on the third. It may take a while as I’m doing Vellas to get this book done. Spirit Talker, Book 5 of Elemental Voice is still in the preliminary stage, book bible gathering but it’s up after Ghostwolf book 3 so there’s no hurry on it yet. 

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. If you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate as well as being mentioned in the author notes. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

Been a sad month so far. My cat went over the rainbow bridge the other day and I miss her. She was my baby. The ferals we feed just aren’t the same. I like them don’t get me wrong but they’re not my babies.

Hopefully this month gets better and it does become a happy month full of love.

Stay tune for the next installment

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Fini

I finished Book 1 of Bone Whisperer!

Yes, A Playground of Bones is done and all 20 Chapters are up on Vella. Publication date is March. Book 2, A Field of Bones, is started and will be up on Vella as soon as I have the first 3 chapters done.

I have updated 3 of my Vellas. Once I finished Bone Whisperer I sat down again and worked on my Vellas. My muse actually cooperated and I wrote 3 different episodes/chapters. I did another this morning. I love it when a plan comes together.

I registered for the writer’s conference Between The Pages and reserved my room in June. Now I just got to get some books for the table. I only have a few left, less than 3 of each. I didn’t restock after my last in-person event. Actually I haven’t restocked since last June. Just got a few here and there so I would have at least 5 of every book. So restocking time.

I also got a new wheeled tote/cart to carry my books and in-person event stuff in at the end of December. That Vella bonus came in handy as it paid for the new tote/cart. Dad paid for it with his store card and I paid him a few days later when I got the bonus. I could get used to this bonus thing. 🙂

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. If you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate as well as being mentioned in the author notes. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

Stay tuned for the next installment

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Welcome to the New Year

Well, 2024 is here.

I really don’t do resolutions. They never seem to last long. People start out with good intentions but seem to lose their way, their determination, and their motivation. I’m the same and don’t regret or worry about it. It’s just the way things seem to go with us humans.

I make short-term goals and hope I fulfill at least a few of them.

This new year I plan to finally finish and publish Bone Whisperer, work more seriously on my Vellas, and write on the next book in my queue. 

I’ve been sitting on the last chapter of BW for over two months now. I think I don’t want to finish it because it would be like saying goodbye to my bestie again. I miss him terribly. His death was sudden and I didn’t get to see him before he went. This book has a character based on him and I’m dedicating it to him. Though I met my Travis later in life than Indy did hers, we were just as close friends, almost brother and sister. AS I said I miss him terribly.

My Vellas. I plan to update them more regularly and promo more. The more reads and likes you get the better the bonus which is where you really make the money on this platform. And if I make enough I might be able to save some and maybe go to another in-person event this year or next. That’s my dream. Being able to go to a Con somewhere as a vendor and sell some of my books. I go to my local Festival but I’d love to go to a big Con.

Writing queue. I have two books up next in my queue, Book 3 of Ghostwolf and Book 5 of Elemental Voice. I have already started on Book 3 of Ghostwolf. The prologue and chapter 1 are written and I’m working on chapter 2 now. It will probably be slower going as I’m also doing my vellas. 

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. If you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate as well as being mentioned in the author notes. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

So those are my plans so far for this year. I’ll probably have more plans later as time goes on but that’s what I have decided for now. They should be doable and not very stressful so I should make them.

Stay tune for the next installment

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Happy Holidays!

This will be a short blog.

I’ll write a longer one in the new year.

We have a holiday meal, but we’ve long since stopped doing anything else for Christmas. No tree, no presents under that non-existent tree. It’s just the three of us here. My parents aren’t really into Christmas–or any of the holidays really. I enjoy all the hoopla of the holidays but with no one to do it with…So I watch Die Hard and The Santa Clause during this time. Not much of a tradition or celebration but I do love those movies.

It’s the end of 2023. I have only published one book this year but I have started Kindle Vella and written a few chapters on seven different stories. I’m also (still!) one chapter away from finishing book 1 of Bone Whisperer. My muse just seems to be dragging her feet on this book. I’m going to try and finish it before the official last day of the year so I can say I finished two books in 2023.

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. If you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate as well as being mentioned in the author notes. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

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December

It’s December already. This year just flew by it seems. Time for me to get out my ‘Christmas Movies’, Die Hard and The Santa Clause. Christmas just isn’t Christmas without Hans falling from the Tower and Santa falling from Scott’s roof. 🙂

My T.L. Books should be in Ingram Spark before the end of the month. Got the ISBNs transferred. Sharon’s working on it.

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. If you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate as well as being mentioned in the author notes. So put your email and the name(s) in a comment.

Bone Whisperer is still setting on that final chapter. My muse is just not cooperating. I wrote two sentences the other day cause I sat down with her and wouldn’t get up until something was down. So I’m going to have another sit down with my muse every night until I finish BW. That prequel vella can wait, though I do need to update my vellas. And get started on Ghostwolf 3.

Speaking of Vella, I got a nice bonus for October. 80% more than September’s. So I’m happy. I’m going to be playing more of the pay-to-play token promos this month. At least I’m going to try. See if I can get more reads. If I don’t play any promos I don’t seem to get any reads or very few if I do get any reads. I’m also going to do more of the ‘free’ promo groups. But I need to think of a good copy/blurb to use when I do that.

I’m going to try to go back to writing my blog every fortnight. Seasonal Affective Disorder has been affecting me, getting dark early and the cold. While I usually write more during the Winter, I still get more depressed and withdrawn during this time. My writing helps me as does reading books and watching movies to get undepressed. 🙂 But it doesn’t help the withdrawning. My best friend died this year and none of my other few friends are that close, either in proximity or emotionally. My pen pal is a help in that as we write little notes to each other every week. I love getting and sending snail mail. There’s just something nice about getting a note or postcard in the mail that email just doesn’t do for me. I wish I had more than one pen pal though.

Stay tune for my next installment.

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November

First off, we’ve started the first steps of transferring my T.L. books to Ingram Spark. We’re waiting on them to transfer the ISBNs. So awaiting an email. I’ll keep you updated on that.

Bone Whisperer is still not done. I only have one chapter to go but my muse is just not cooperating. She focused on a prequel to one of the 7 vellas I have up on Kindle Vella. I haven’t even updated any of the vellas. My muse is being fickle. I need to finish BW and get to work on the next book in the queue which is Ghostwolf 3. Elemental Voice 5 is also up for working on in 2024. Me and my muse need to have a talk. Stuff needs to get done.

Speaking of Vella, I’m playing some of the promos but I’m on a budget so I play mainly the ‘free’ ones. I’m going to use some of the bonus to buy tokens I think this month when I get it and try playing some of the bigger ones or at least more of the smaller ones. Most of the other vella authors that play the pay-to-play promos have Linktrees so I set myself up with one. That was an experience for this Luddite. 🙂 But now the readers have all my vella stories at their fingertips.

Still running the naming contest for book 5 of Elemental Voice series. If you got a good name for a vampire matriarch, her vampire PA, her vampire head of security, a human villain, or a morally grey vampire assassin give it a try. You may win a signed book or a signed bookplate as well as being mentioned in the author notes.

Stay tuned for the next installment.

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