A. Rosaria's Blog, page 5

Why also publish in print

Many self-publishers only publish e-books and don't consider or want to publish a print edition. Many feel that e-books will soon surpass paper books and believe it too bothersome to format their book to be printed. Many believe it would not sell because readers won't buy a self-published print book.

Can I say they are wrong? No. Can is say they are right. No again.

I don't know if e-books will ever surpass paper books, they might, probably maybe, but it is not sure. What is sure right now is t...

Bookcover: UNDEAD

Today I've been working for hours on a book cover. My eyes are like dry and tired, can't really stay in front of a computer screen for much longer, but before I go rest and maybe get some early shut eye, I wanted to share my cover.

This is the front sleeve of the cover. (With some adjustment I'll use this for the e-book.)


The whole sleeve. (Still need to finish the back.)

Dead Shelter available at Kobo

Just freshly published Dead Shelter, book two in the zombieclypse series.


Ralph and Sarah barely escaped the zombieclypse happening to the world, though not unscathed. Sarah is sick, delirious, and infected, while Ralph is out alone in the zombie-infested country looking for medicine to save her life. If she dies, she turns, and time is running out.

A chance meeting binds Ralph’s fate to a stranger, a fate that brings him closer to his demise, and to a group of survivors. People get killed, oth...

Dead Shelter available at Amazon

Just freshly published Dead Shelter, book two in the zombieclypse series.


Ralph and Sarah barely escaped the zombieclypse happening to the world, though not unscathed. Sarah is sick, delirious, and infected, while Ralph is out alone in the zombie-infested country looking for medicine to save her life. If she dies, she turns, and time is running out.

A chance meeting binds Ralph’s fate to a stranger, a fate that brings him closer to his demise, and to a group of survivors. People get killed, oth...

Wattpad

Wattpad is a free community site for reading and sharing stories, connecting readers and writers through storytelling, and offers an mobile reading experience by giving the ability to read on your computer, phone, or tablet.

Wattpad is from a Canadian company and till a few days ago I knew nothing about it. I think it is a good way to share stories. So far I only shared one of my stories: Gone World: Escape. I've joined the community and posted a little on the message-boards, offering some sag...

Tooth problems and being broke

A few days ago I turned thirty five. I joked about going into a midlife crisis, about acting out, getting that sports convertible and drive around with the wind blowing in my non-existent luscious long hair. All to compensate for getting older and having had a less than fulfilling life. And maybe there is some truth to that. I don't really feel like I did much these past thirty five years, I could have done so much better if I just applied myself more. I certainly wouldn't be broke if I had m...

Time to heal

I don't often get ill, and the times I do I would usually not stop my regular schedule. I would go through the day like I wasn't ill. Pop a few pills against the headache, and ignore all other discomforts, and just go on. It doesn't help that I don't get a fever. A fever would stop someone who is ill and make them rest. I don't get that, so I go about my life as nothing is wrong while I should instead rest.

When I was 19, I had pneumonia without knowing it. No fever at all. I walked around wit...

Writing, life, and time

I can't believe this will be my first post in 2013, four months too late. I've been so busy writing and with my day job that I had little time for anything else, including family. It's strange how life can suddenly change for someone and make everything go so fast that you won't realize it has changed. It can be a small thing that sets this in motion. I think for me it was a change in my job situation. I got an assignment somewhere else, and am consumed with work for about twelve hours a day....

2013 The New Year

Happy New Year! The last day of 2012 passed and we enter a new year. 

This year has a thirteen in it. One would say it will be an unlucky year, a bad year, because of the number thirteen. I say it will be a year like every other year, with a lot of bad, and also a lot of good. Depending on who you are and where you are it will be good or bad. The number of the year won't be the determining factor in if the year will be a good one or bad one.

A new year, a new day, it's the same thing, the...

Dead Quarantine (Zombieclypse Book1)

Dead Quarantine is a fast paced story about two teenagers fighting their way to safety through a zombie apocalypse. It's the first book in a trilogy. The other two I got roughly outlined and I'll start writing the second one in early 2013 and the third one during the 2013 Nanowrimo. I also still got some short stories and novellas to finish and some other projects I'm writing under a pen name. I'll do my best finishing them all by the end of 2013.



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Unbeknownst to two teenagers—Ralph...