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Starfane

I finally got Starfane up on Amazon Kindle. I've written two novellas since I originally wrote Starfane and had them on Kindle already, but I wanted to get Starfane just right, so I waited on this one. This novel is dear to my heart for some reason. It's a fantasy romance with all kinds of different creatures in it. My novella, Club Blood, is outselling my other books like crazy, but I think it's simply the love of vampires that's going on right now. But Starfane, in my opinion, is much ...

J. A. Konrath

I'm reading a book by J. A. Konrath right now, and I have to say, it's really good! I learned about this author through Zoe Winter's blog and I thought I would give one of his books a try. The prices on his books are very reasonable on Amazon, unlike some authors who charge way too much for E-Books.

This particular book is called "The List". The main characters are copies (not exactly clones) of famous historical figures, and the book is action packed, a little disturbing, and chocked full ...

Stressed

I'm not usually someone who stresses out easily. In fact, I'm not really THAT stressed out now – maybe just anxious. I've got so many things going on. I'm editing a book for Jonathan Eli, editing my own book to put on Amazon (deadline May 28), trying to work with Tanya (who's working so hard) to figure out the cover, and there's this other book rolling around in my head! And I don't have time to start writing it. I need to write some notes, but I'm not used to writing with notes....

I'm An Author

I'm an author. I never thought I would really be able to say it. But I'm published. I used to say, "Well, I'm only self published." Now, the word "only" is a dirty word. Self-publishing is empowering. No one can tell you what to write or to change what you wrote. I've learned a lot from Zoe Winters. She has been an inspiration to me for years, first to pursue my writing, and second, to be proud to be an indie author. Thanks, Zoe, for all you've done for me and many other...

Paranormal Stuff?

Why is it that I only write paranormal books and novellas when I'm such a skeptic in real life? I don't believe in ghosts, vampires, elves, or sorcerers. I think it's because sometimes we need to go somewhere different…somewhere you can't go in real life. That's where paranormal and fantasy books can take you.

New Apple iBooks

So what's up with the Apple store??? On most book sites, you can search by title or author. In the iBook store, you have to search through pages and pages to find what you want. You can't search at all, just scroll through alphabetically to find a title. And there's over 1600 pages! You would think that Apple would be sophisticated enough to have a decent search within the bookstore. If there's some way to do it, I sure can't find it. You can search Apple in general, but not books...

More Ramblings

I finally made a website. www.wix.com/suitecat59/lauralynn-elliott Yay! Now to get people to look at it. After all, only one person seems to ever look at this blog. :0(

Books sales are ok, but still not what I want.

Busy, busy, busy at my full time job. I barely have time to breathe.

Ramblings

I now have one novel and two novellas in the Amazon Kindle store. I'm pretty pleased with the sales of one of them and disappointed with the sales of the other. I think it just proves that vampires are still a hot item right now, and ghosts are…well…not. I don't regret choosing e-publishing for my books. I think e-books will eventually outsell print books as proven by the Christmas sales at amazon.com. But since it's so easy for just anyone to self-publish this way, it's up to the...

Amazon, Smashwords, Frustrations….

After I put "Club Blood" in the Amazon Kindle store, I was amazed at how many I was selling. I've been averaging more than a book a day in sales. It could be better, but I'm not complaining about that average. However, I haven't sold a single one in about three days. I can't explain the sudden difference. People should still be using the same key words to search out certain types of books. Why this sudden change? And it comes on the heels of a "surge" of three per day. Who knows?

The s...

Smashwords

I just put my novella, Club Blood, on Smashwords. Their formatting requirements are a little more stringent than Amazon Kindle's, but that's because they offer the books in several different formats. And it has to look good on all of them! The great thing about Smashwords? You get 85% of your sales. Amazon only gives you 35%. So it was kind of a "duh" moment for me when I realized I should have my book on Smashwords, too. I probably won't get the volume of sales I'm getting on Amazon, ...