Sharon Delarose's Blog, page 20
August 11, 2013
Allie the Alien
If I’ve posted something really profound, such as the snake hanging out of the nose of the Old Man Face Birdhouse, I’ll usually check on my website analytics for about a week. Well, this week is the week, and it’s …read more
August 10, 2013
The Problem With Editorial Book Reviews
Nielsen, a company noted for its analyses of consumer trends, reported that 70% of consumers trust online reviews when making the decision to purchase. What does this mean for you as an author? It means that unless you’ve got a …read more
August 9, 2013
Let’s Email the Aliens!
Who believes that you can send an email off to the UFO aliens? Obviously somebody does, because I came across this keyword search in my analytics: “emailing aliens for abduction.” Why on Earth would they search for information on how …read more
Snakes Dangling From the Trees
One of the scariest pictures they paint of the Amazon rainforest, is when they show images of snakes dangling from the trees, up over your head, looking down at you, like they’re waiting to drop down on your head the …read more
Dirty Little Secrets About Bad Book Reviews
Good books need your help. Seriously. The dirty little secret is that rivals manipulate book ratings to ensure that good ratings are questioned, but bad ratings are getting a free pass, and the authors getting hurt the most are the …read more
August 7, 2013
Mean People Scare the Crap Out Of Me
People scare me. They seriously, totally scare the crap out of me. If the internet is any indicator of what really goes on in a person’s head, then wow. On the internet people don’t have to look you in the …read more
August 4, 2013
Get a Free Yankee Go Home Audiobook Giveaway
If you’re into Yankees gone South stories, and need a new book for your audiobook library, Audible gave me a free promo code that I can give to a reader, or reviewer, or better yet — a reader who’ll leave …read more
July 22, 2013
Noah’s Ark — It Just Keeps Raining
Every day my husband asks, “Is it ever going to stop raining?” It just keeps on raining, day after day, with thunder and lightning and torrential rains. This is the type of weather that causes lakes and rivers to flood, …read more
July 11, 2013
Government UFO Conspiracies
Last year I published my own personal UFO story of alien abduction, which included vivid UFO dreams that I believe are screen memories of UFO and extraterrestrial encounters. Now if you were to ask me who I’d compare myself to, …read more
July 3, 2013
Get a Free Audiobook Giveaway
Audible, an Amazon company, is helping authors to promote their audiobooks via free promo codes. They’ve given me free promo codes for four of my books. You can enter the sweepstakes to get a FREE audiobook on Audible.com, and I’ll …read more
