OBA Stress and a Prequel

I am, maybe, the dumbest entrant to the Oregon Book Awards.  I knew I was going to enter this year, long ago, yet I am battling the admission information and requirements to the very last.  Ho hum, I'm so dumb - is a little song I wrote this week.  So, I was thrilled when I learned about Kindle pre-orders.  About to finish the third book in my vampire trilogy.  I can upload without worries that there won't be a link to go with my effort like Painting the Castle for the cover - The Nebulizer Potion and the Electric Compass.

Another reason to smile: I now have books for sale at Smashwords.com.  Something I have thought about getting done for a while, now.  So, far, I have The Quill Pen Killer and The Faerie Ring Dance uploaded.  I like the site and all it offers me, as an author.  Please feel free to comment about your experience as a reader, reader-author, too.  Smashwords also offers pre-orders, so when all the hectic OBA duties are done, I will be able to upload more series books as the site distributes to Nook and popular book sellers - even libraries.

Wondering what my entry is going to be?  See its new Facebook page for information.  Page likes always appreciated.

Special Edition Print Books

I write and sell e-books for the most part; a few of my titles don't have a print book to open or paper pages to peruse. Since I'll be attending a book festival, July 26th, in Portland's Pioneer Square however, I've decided to offer special edition bound copies for the occassion.  I'm exceptionally thrilled to offer The Faerie Ring Dance, an eye-witness account faery tale, in this special edition because it has a pull out map with an antique - and magical! - cover.  I will also have paper bound copies of my play, Chagall: 12-Sided Hallway, and a raffle to win the vampire series books and Leadville: 300 Days Away e-books.  Long live the trees!!  Hope youll be there too.

Camp NaNoWriMo now has its own page for updates. I'll be posting some of the pre-writing about the book with sample chapters.  This way I can concentrate on the novel writing while my blog gets updated, too.  I am falling a thousand words behind, today, and so this post time, next week might be all about WILLOW, the novel I'm writing for summer camp.  The side bar has a link to the Willow page, or click the button I have created - my first draft cover logo.