A Word About Vlogging as SEO Content for Authors..

When?!!  When will I ever find time to write, again?  When will I ever learn that rendering takes more time than it is supposed to, and when will I ever stop over-scheduling new projects thinking they won't take up 'that much time', before I have finished the books I have started?

So far the answer is, not today.  So I caution Indie authors looking for blog content to encourage readers, be accessible to them somehow, or increase search engine viewership - vlogging is addictive.  Like all addictions it takes you away from friends and family (or the lack of interaction with both could send you there); it might make you either sleep on the couch or sleep in your clothes (waiting for the rendering's bell to sound); and it may have you responding to the render bell like Pavlov's dog or a hyper-active golden retriever to its ball.  The existence of an author becomes kind of sad.

For now, I have an entire year of vlogging penciled in.  I will update you, here, as to how its going, or (being the kind reader or blogger you must be) you can subscribe to my channel to receive updates on how things are going in vlogland.

All Apologies - Nebulizer Potion Improvements on the Way!

Ill at my own home, I've been working out in coffee shops lately, carving up time to get many things done. In my horror, The Nebulizer Potion and the Electric Compass is riddled with typos. I am hurrying to improve the text and get it published asap. Learning from this avoidable mistake, I have decided to move the release date of Willow, in hopes to afford to hire a line editor while wishing for the total edit package for the book. I haven't promoted Willow and the phone lines aren't lighting up for my newest, yet; so no disappointment, I am sure it's better to get the book perfected, first. Thanks.

Holy Heck it Must be Halloween?!

So, I screwed up!! At midnight, last night, I thought about checking on my newest book promotion: the FREE final book in my cyber-punk, vampire trilogy, but my bed was calling me.  After late morning Starbucks and a scone, I checked my book's Amazon page and OMG!!! No promo!! No FREE book! I had set Book 2 to FREE promo, instead?!! Book 2 had been free in the summer months - so, I had already given out 82 free e-books on that one.  Omigod-ghod-gosh!

Two hours later, I have this promo 'thing' all straightened out, on the deal.  So, if you'd like a FREE TRILOGY - be quick. Today, the Book 2 Free Promo will end (thank fright!), and then, October 28th - 31st, Book 3 will be on free promo (still 4 days, but moved down one number).  Lastly, Book 1 which was scheduled for free promo from Halloween Night to November 3rd remains on as mentioned. All calmed down, there it was like the good book 1 that it is, patiently set upon the Bookshelf, all this time, awaiting its debut as part of a trilogy - not alone like it once was, but a leader of its kind.  So love it, thank it - read it for Bub's sakes - on Halloween Night, Day of the Dead, or anytime the wind brushes limbs against the window panes moving shadows in the corners of your room while you duck under covers, safe, warm, and reading The Quill Pen Killer rather than meeting your vampire out in the night.  Unless its Halloween, and it IS the treat I'm giving at the door.

Note to self: put down the Starbucks and check on my promos at midnight next time.

Writing Fiction: An Adventure in Self- and Indie Publishing

New gadgets and devices for reading, promised a whole new publishing revolution for online books and print-on-demand; but, these promises have been broken.
E-books, Kindle books, i-Pads, and e-readers are now as common as i-pods; but, they were once a frontier to be tamed and, alas, there have been many casualties. Will such companies take responsibility for authors who have suffered from online publishing scams, or will they simply call it a cost for gaining independence?

An author can now publish his or her own book, afterall; and, an author can become an independent
publisher, providing a label name for self, friends, and acquaintances who have books to be published. Those