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Short Story Done and New Story Posted on Vella

We are all searching for ways to reach our ideal readers. Most of us are just throwing stuff on the wall hoping that something will stick. Me! Me! 😁- After viewing a couple of videos from some of the authors who are actually making money on Vella their main suggestion was to post an episode a day and have several different stories going at once. 

Now, I am a natural multi-tasking type of person. (Can you say A.D.H.D) so I start a lot of projects and end up with way too many balls up in the air so that nothing really gets finished. So, after a long and emotional phone conversation with a friend and fellow Indie Author I have decided to WRITE OUT the top five things that I want for myself? Not for my friends, not for my family but for me, personally. What goals do I truly want to accomplish? 

That, my friends, is a truly harrowing thought process. Most women of my generation have almost never been told to put ourselves first. Think about that for a moment. Of all the things that society (mostly white, hetero-males) has dictated for the female of the species, we have always been thought of less-than, not truly worthy of our wants and needs. I will not even go into the whole reversal of  the long-fought for legislation about a "Woman's Right to Choose". Sorry, I am going off on a tangent.

My five things that I want most for myself is:

1. Learn How to Tell a Great Story

2. Find my ideal readers who will enjoy that story that I want to create

3. Get Back on the Road again (6 months out of the year) and travel in an RV - preferably with a companion to enjoy the journey and share the expenses.

4. Have a home base that belongs to me (piece of land with a trailer or a small house)

5. Be able to make enough money to enable me to do all of the above, comfortably.

You do have to write these things down. Just having them in your head may not be enough. I am printing them out and taping them to the top side of my laptop (the only thing that I look at every single day), and say them over and over again. My author friend is right, you say your intentions with feelings and determination and the universe will find a way for you to achieve those goals. 

Let's get started!

Dastardly Deeds at the Dearborn Theater

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C16XHW7R/

Added to Kindle Vella - first 3 episodes are up and the rest will be posting once a day beginning April 5, 2023

Bloody Murder at the Blanche Hotel

https://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Murder-at-Blanche-Hotel/dp/B0BFN1M469/

L.J. Green Amazon Profile

https://amazon.com/author/ljgreen

Subscribe, Like, Share and Comment - Of course reading the first three episodes would be great too!

COMING IN JULYI have recently finished a complete novella set in the Janie and Diane world for a Romance Anthology that will be published in July 2023 for the First Coast Romance Writers. It is called, "A Widow's Dilemma in Cuba". The theme was sweet romance in the tropics.  I will post a link when it is in pre-order.

SUBSCRIBE AND GET A FREE GIFTFor all those who subscribe to my blog I now have a FREEBIE story for you. Just hit the subscribe button and I will email the short story called , "The Box". It is a prequel to the Janie and Diane Series.

(c) 2023 - Southern Dragon Publishing

Have You Filled Out Your Goodreads Profile

A Very Helpful Marketing tool for authors is to take advantage of FREE author profiles on the various readers websites that you come across. One of the oldest is Goodreads. If you haven't claimed your author account with them then you really should. It only takes a few minutes to add your current author picture, add your website information, connect your blog to the account and even upload a book trailer or two to your linked books. They even allowed me to create an author profile with just one book on Kindle Vella.

Then all you really need to do is follow some readers, other authors and once a month or so go online, write a couple of book reviews and perhaps a answer a couple of questions in the Authors Q&A section. It is a great way to connect with readers of your genre! I hope you will Like, Share, Subscribe to my own author profile as well as some of my book reviews. 

I will be working on adding more in the future. in the meantime:

 https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/23094591.L_J_Green

 

 

(c) 2023 - Southern Dragon Publishing

Enjoying the Chapter Videos

One of the hardest things for a writer is to constantly put things out there and not get any feedback. Yes, we have beta readers, ARC readers and pay for editors but I am doing this series as a labor of love and cannot really afford all that. If you have been reading my posts and watching my videos I hope you will take a few minutes out of your day and answer the Poll below. Don't be afraid to share this post with your friends and fellow readers! 

 

 

 

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Update on the Prequel

With everything happening during the holidays and me taking a tumble and breaking some bones in my arm and shoulder, updates on this website are a little behind. Also, I did not do as well as I had hoped on the prequel, dastardly deeds at the Dearborn theater, However I did pretty good I think. Of my 50,000-word goal I reached up to 36,000 words. And this story is not really hitting the novella slash prequel vibes. It is a full-blown story that will be available on Kindle Vella as soon as I get a little further into the story. It will introduce the two main characters Janie and Diane and how they got started on their train riding adventures. Stay tuned For more information. (c) 2022 - Southern Dragon Publishing

CHAPTER NINE - Meeting of the Lady Detectives

CHAPTER NINE - Meeting of the Lady Detectives in the Bloody Murder at the Blanche Hotel. The three lady detectives meet in their rooms over lunch to discuss what they have learned so far and to plan out their next move. To read this chapter on Kindle Vella copy and paste: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B0BFN2SP76 (c) 2022 - Southern Dragon Publishing

CHAPTER EIGHT - Catching Up on Gossip

CHAPTER EIGHT - Catching Up on Gossip in the Bloody Murder at the Blanche Hotel. Lilly is carrying out the next part of her assignment of gathering information from the employees and setting up an appointment with Fred the Printer for the Janie's alter ego Clem Brown. Check out this chapter on Kindle Vella - https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B0BFN29Z2X (c) 2022 - Southern Dragon Publishing

CHAPTER SEVEN - Running Errands

CHAPTER SEVEN - Running Errands of the Bloody Murder at the Blanche Hotel follows Lilly around town running errands for Janie and Diane. Enjoying her journey most of the day she does get the feeling she is being followed. To view this next episode on Kindle Vella - https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B0BFMY3S1F (c) 2022 - Southern Dragon Publishing

CHAPTER SIX - Maintaining the Illusion

CHAPTER SIX - Maintaining the Illusion of the Bloody Murder at the Blanche Hotel the sage continues the bad guys comparing notes about the three ladies who may or may not suspect what they are in town to do. The story is posted on Kindle Vella you must use some coins to gain access to this and all the future episode: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B0BFN1Y8SD (c) 2022 - Southern Dragon Publishing

CHAPTER FIVE - Porch of Blanche January 1903

CHAPTER FIVE - Porch of Blanche January 1903 of the Bloody Murder at the Blanche Hotel - Lilly, a local maid, is being recruited to in on the investigation that the Janie has discovered in the local newspaper. Right now it is an exercise to occupy her mind. But will it lead to something more sinister. You can view this episode on Kindle Vella but you must use your coins: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B0BFMYZJWG (c) 2022 - Southern Dragon Publishing

L J Green - Suwannee County Florida Author

Check out the article on L.J. Green on the North Florida Writers Tour - great article and a great FREE service in support of all North Florida published authors no matter the genre. This is just in time to help kick off the NaNoWriMo 2022 activities for the next book in the series, "Dastardly Deeds in the Dearborn Theatre. https://northfloridawriterstour.com/lj-green-suwannee-county-florida-author (c) 2022 - Southern Dragon Publishing