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Adventures in Epublishing: Changing Covers

I've been a little bothered by The Green's performance the last few months (all the months) it's been out.   Despite having some of my best reviews and being the highest rated of my books, it sells the least. I've pondered for awhile what to do to help it out. I've played with price. I've put it on a blog tour. It does have a one major drawback -- it's a stand-alone novel. It's not part of a

Adventures in Epublishing: Chasing the Unicorn

I'd like to say based on my sales in 2012 that I've reached a certain level of success. I have 4 novels out and a 5th due soon. I've sold over 8,000 copies of said books. All on my own. (Okay, I think it's safe to say with the help of readers and fellow authors, I couldn't have done it all on my own!) My current stance at the moment is to continue my writing career in the self-published fashion.

Back to the Books Hop - Giveaway Time!!!

It's time to hit the books! Thanks for stopping by and being part of the I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and Buried in Books Back to Books Hop! This is a great time to fill that ereader and also receive a chance to win some fun prizes!



Just for stopping by, everyone gets a free copy of my book, Into the Shadows, the first book in the Into the Shadows Trilogy! The links below will lead you to

Adventures in Epublishing: My Sales Overview

I recently posted an old article that I wrote roughly two years ago regarding my decision to jump into epublishing. I had a request to share some numbers, so people could see how I was faring in the epub game. I'll break it down by year, as I have the numbers sorted out on various Excel documents.

I started epublishing in November, 2010. So the first year is really based on a small amount of

Adventures in ePublishing...Taking the Plunge

I've been going through old posts deleting pictures (ones not owned by me) and came across some interesting stuff. It's funny having this blog as it follows my history as an author. I found this piece that I wrote while wrestling with the idea of self-publishing. This was from about 2 years ago, summer of 2010. I never published it, and I'm not sure why I didn't. I think it's funny to see how

Bloody Little Secrets Sequel: Cover and Title Reveal!!!

It's here! It's here! It's here!



The sequel to Bloody Little Secrets has a title AND a cover! 

I decided to use a different cover model and this cover represents Callie, one of Drake's good friends.

Thanks to Robin Ludwig at Robin Ludwig Designs, Inc. for the lovely design that goes so well with Bloody Little Secrets! 



I have the book details worked out and will start working on it as

The Green is On Tour!!!

Many thanks to www.Charismamedianetwork.com  for organizing this fabulous tour for The Green!



If you'd like to participate in the tour and possibly win yourself a copy, be sure to follow the link below to Charisma Media Network's page for The Green's tour! 



It will give you links to all the stops on the tour, let you know where the giveaways will be AND you can get nifty buttons for

Guest Post: Happy Belated Birthday, Dream Smashers by Angela Carlie

Dream Smashers celebrated her first birthday all alone in March. I'm a horrible book parent and didn't even throw her a party. To make up for it, I gave her a facelift. I hope she likes it. And I hope her readers like it, too.

Take a look. Isn't she pretty?






Dream Smashers has needed a new cover for a while now. It's an important story, but often gets overlooked. The original cover, which I

Off To Rome...

Hey all, just a quick note to let you know I'll be off the grid for about 10 days. I'm headed to Rome to spend some quality vacation time with my family. I'm looking forward to it, but anxious to get writing After Dawn and the yet-to-be named Bloody Little Secrets sequel! I'll be a busy girl in July and August, so I'm planning to relax now! Stay tuned for updates in July on writing progress of

Indie Author Giveaway Hop! June 13-19!!!

Thanks for stopping by on this special blog hop! Today we're celebrating Indie Authors, of which I am one. Indie, epub, self-pub, whatever you want to call us, we're a hard-working group of people who pride ourselves on telling great stories!

I've got some great giveaways for you, I'm going to focus on Indie Series, and I'm giving away ebooks that are the series openers for my fantastic