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February 24, 2014
New Books
I've just finished the next book in The Godhunter Series, Perchance to Die. I'm just polishing it up a bit and then I'll be releasing it on Amazon. I'm very excited to have #12 in the series come out but I've also been working on another book. A book to help my fellow writers publish and market their books on Amazon.
It's been a long journey for me, a lot of trial and error, a lot of research and long hours on the computer trying to learn about promotion of self-published books. So I decided to share my information and publish a book on how to self-publish.
I just finished today and the book is currently going through the publishing process. It should be out on Amazon within the next couple of days. It's called Publishing Prosperity, How to Publish and Market Your Kindle Ebook, and it's a rather short book, about 25 pages or so, but it has all my hard earned tips and tricks to success in it. I've always hated having to scan through page after page of information that could have been presented more concisely and saved me a bunch of time.
So that's what I've tried to do, present the information in a way that people can understand and follow easily, in as few words as possible.
I've also re-released my book The Vampire-Werewolf Complex, How to use Paranormal Romance to improve your relationship. It's a funny dating guide and I've freshened it up a bit with some new content and a new cover. That book is already out for sale on Amazon.
It's been a long journey for me, a lot of trial and error, a lot of research and long hours on the computer trying to learn about promotion of self-published books. So I decided to share my information and publish a book on how to self-publish.
I just finished today and the book is currently going through the publishing process. It should be out on Amazon within the next couple of days. It's called Publishing Prosperity, How to Publish and Market Your Kindle Ebook, and it's a rather short book, about 25 pages or so, but it has all my hard earned tips and tricks to success in it. I've always hated having to scan through page after page of information that could have been presented more concisely and saved me a bunch of time.
So that's what I've tried to do, present the information in a way that people can understand and follow easily, in as few words as possible.
I've also re-released my book The Vampire-Werewolf Complex, How to use Paranormal Romance to improve your relationship. It's a funny dating guide and I've freshened it up a bit with some new content and a new cover. That book is already out for sale on Amazon.
February 17, 2014
Bloody Olympics
Maybe it's just because I'm a huge animal lover but I truly cannot believe how many people are still watching the Olympics after all that the Russian Government has done. I refuse to support it this year because of two things: orcas and dogs.
In case you haven't heard, the Russians took two young Orcas out of their family pods in the wild and put them on display in an aquarium to make money at the Olympics. There's a petition being signed online for the release of these mammals though I fear the damage has already been done, they may never be reunited with their family again. I'm both shocked and saddened by the ambivalent reactions I get when I talk to people about this. I want to say "How would you feel if someone tore your three-year-old child from your arms and put him on display in a glass bubble in the middle of the ocean? Oh but don't worry, we'll thrown him back on land when we're done making a profit off of him." I think it's reprehensible.
Then there are the dogs. There are a lot of wild dogs in Russia but these are no normal animals. They live in the country and are so intelligent, they've learned how to ride the train into the city every morning with the humans and scavenge for food. Then every night, they get back on the trains and go home. The Russian government decided these dogs would be a hazard to the Olympics, they might bite someone... even though these are obviously tame dogs who commute daily. So a year ago the government decided they would slaughter all the dogs. Well, the Russian people had a fit, they petitioned the government not to kill the animals. The government agreed and then promptly hired private companies to go out and murder puppies. Yeah, I said it, puppies. Not just grown dogs, these companies went out and slaughtered puppies and they did it inhumanely. They poisoned meat and threw it to the animals so they'd die in horrible pain. The Russian civilians were so horrified, they went out in great groups and collected the dogs, bringing them to shelters and even their own homes to protect them. You can actually go online and adopt one of these pups if you'd like, I've read that several have been shipped to the US already.
You can also sign the petition to release the orcas here:
https://www.causes.com/actions/176405...
Bottom line, I'm not watching the Olympics this year.
In case you haven't heard, the Russians took two young Orcas out of their family pods in the wild and put them on display in an aquarium to make money at the Olympics. There's a petition being signed online for the release of these mammals though I fear the damage has already been done, they may never be reunited with their family again. I'm both shocked and saddened by the ambivalent reactions I get when I talk to people about this. I want to say "How would you feel if someone tore your three-year-old child from your arms and put him on display in a glass bubble in the middle of the ocean? Oh but don't worry, we'll thrown him back on land when we're done making a profit off of him." I think it's reprehensible.
Then there are the dogs. There are a lot of wild dogs in Russia but these are no normal animals. They live in the country and are so intelligent, they've learned how to ride the train into the city every morning with the humans and scavenge for food. Then every night, they get back on the trains and go home. The Russian government decided these dogs would be a hazard to the Olympics, they might bite someone... even though these are obviously tame dogs who commute daily. So a year ago the government decided they would slaughter all the dogs. Well, the Russian people had a fit, they petitioned the government not to kill the animals. The government agreed and then promptly hired private companies to go out and murder puppies. Yeah, I said it, puppies. Not just grown dogs, these companies went out and slaughtered puppies and they did it inhumanely. They poisoned meat and threw it to the animals so they'd die in horrible pain. The Russian civilians were so horrified, they went out in great groups and collected the dogs, bringing them to shelters and even their own homes to protect them. You can actually go online and adopt one of these pups if you'd like, I've read that several have been shipped to the US already.
You can also sign the petition to release the orcas here:
https://www.causes.com/actions/176405...
Bottom line, I'm not watching the Olympics this year.
February 11, 2014
Feeling guilty for feeling good
So I have this friend who seems to have the worst luck ever. She has all kinds of things wrong with her, from an allergy to pepper to dentures before the age of thirty. Every time I hang out with her I hear about some new trauma and at first, I admit to wondering if she was having me on. Now that we've been friends for awhile, I know that she's been absolutely honest with me. It's hard to fake dentures and Doctor's appointments.
Yet I remain baffled as to how one person can be slammed with so much trouble. How is it even possible? What did she do in a past life to warrant this? Seriously, she asked me to go with her to a doctors appointment the other day because now, on top of everything else, she's been feeling winded and has experienced hearing loss. She had to get blood work done, a CAT scan, a PET scan(something I've never heard of), and an audio test.
Well, we make it to the audiologist late and they won't see her. This is after driving all the way to Tripler Army Hospital(referred to as Cripler by military personnel)and navigating it's maze-like corridors to even find this place. Oh, and here I'd like to just give a shout out to the young mother who I passed in the hall. She was teaching her son about walking nicely on one side of the hallway, taking the time to explain to him why he shouldn't go running down the wrong side. Bravo, I heart you for taking the time to be a good parent. I and the rest of the world will surely benefit. Thank you.
Anyway, we leave and decide to go shopping. I didn't know she didn't have any money to go shopping until I went to pay and she didn't have anything to buy. Why did we go shopping? I don't know. But oh, she had a gift card for Ruby Tuesdays and why don't we go have dinner there? Okay, so off we go. We have dinner at Ruby Tuesdays in Kaneohe and she goes to pay and discovers that her wallet is missing. She still has her gift card, so I didn't have to cover her, not that I would have minded, but she's completely freaked about her wallet.
She looks in the bathroom, under our table, nothing. We go back to my house and look around, nothing. Finally she remembers that she went to the bathroom at TJ MAx, where we were shopping. So she calls the store and they didn't have a wallet turned in. She leaves her number and calls the restaurant, they don't have it either. "What should I do?" She's freaking out because she has a miniature badge in her wallet, a replica of her brother's police badge and now she's going on about how someone could use it and he's going to have to get a new one and that'll get him into trouble. I don't see how someone could use a tiny badge for anything but I didn't want to argue with her. Instead I suggest we go back to the restaurant and the store. I offered to tag along but honestly, I didn't think she'd want me to because it would mean another two trips over the mountain for her.
I was wrong though, she needed the support. So we pile in the car and just as we arrive at the restaurant, her phone rings. It's TJ Max calling to say they have her wallet. Oh joy, yay. Is she happy? No because TJ MAx is about to close and she needs her wallet to check in at work the next day(it has her work card in it). So we jump into the car to race over the mountain to TJ Max(at least 30 minutes away and they're closing in 30 minutes). I'm directing her down the back roads to get us there as fast as possible and she's so distraught that she gets into the lane on the wrong side of the street. Thank goodness I was watching and there weren't any cars. I yelled and told her to get into the right lane. "What the hell was that?" I asked her.
"I'm sorry, I thought it was all one road," she says.
"All four lanes?" I ask.
Well now she's freaking out more because she almost killed us and the whole ride there is spent apologizing to me. To which I reply it's okay, over and over. We get there and the store is closed of course but the nice employees at TJ Max...another shout out to them... answered her knock and gave her the wallet. Then it was back over the mountain for us and home for me, where I crawled into my bed and thanked all the gods that be, that I'm not so unlucky. I swear, I almost feel guilty for having nothing wrong with me when I'm with her. Now what do you all think? Do we make our own luck? Are we just victims of Fate? Is it all just a roll of the dice? Or do you think that certain mental states attract negativity? My friend is obviously not a bad person or I wouldn't be friends with her but she does focus on the negative a lot. In fact, one of the things I said to her that day was "Can you please stop complaining?" Because she bitched about everything from the way other people were driving to her car dinging because it needs window wiper fluid. She actually shouted at her car to shut up...several times. It was constant and what did she say when I asked her to stop? She blamed her husband. It's his fault that she whines so much, she never did that before. By the way it's also his fault that she drives so bad, she was always a good driver. I laughed and told her nuh-uh don't blame him for something you do.
So do you all think she's drawing this bad luck to herself? I don't know. I'm totally perplexed but I do know this, I'm so thankful for my health and my love of life. In the future, when I feel a whine coming on, I'm going to remember that day with my friend.
Yet I remain baffled as to how one person can be slammed with so much trouble. How is it even possible? What did she do in a past life to warrant this? Seriously, she asked me to go with her to a doctors appointment the other day because now, on top of everything else, she's been feeling winded and has experienced hearing loss. She had to get blood work done, a CAT scan, a PET scan(something I've never heard of), and an audio test.
Well, we make it to the audiologist late and they won't see her. This is after driving all the way to Tripler Army Hospital(referred to as Cripler by military personnel)and navigating it's maze-like corridors to even find this place. Oh, and here I'd like to just give a shout out to the young mother who I passed in the hall. She was teaching her son about walking nicely on one side of the hallway, taking the time to explain to him why he shouldn't go running down the wrong side. Bravo, I heart you for taking the time to be a good parent. I and the rest of the world will surely benefit. Thank you.
Anyway, we leave and decide to go shopping. I didn't know she didn't have any money to go shopping until I went to pay and she didn't have anything to buy. Why did we go shopping? I don't know. But oh, she had a gift card for Ruby Tuesdays and why don't we go have dinner there? Okay, so off we go. We have dinner at Ruby Tuesdays in Kaneohe and she goes to pay and discovers that her wallet is missing. She still has her gift card, so I didn't have to cover her, not that I would have minded, but she's completely freaked about her wallet.
She looks in the bathroom, under our table, nothing. We go back to my house and look around, nothing. Finally she remembers that she went to the bathroom at TJ MAx, where we were shopping. So she calls the store and they didn't have a wallet turned in. She leaves her number and calls the restaurant, they don't have it either. "What should I do?" She's freaking out because she has a miniature badge in her wallet, a replica of her brother's police badge and now she's going on about how someone could use it and he's going to have to get a new one and that'll get him into trouble. I don't see how someone could use a tiny badge for anything but I didn't want to argue with her. Instead I suggest we go back to the restaurant and the store. I offered to tag along but honestly, I didn't think she'd want me to because it would mean another two trips over the mountain for her.
I was wrong though, she needed the support. So we pile in the car and just as we arrive at the restaurant, her phone rings. It's TJ Max calling to say they have her wallet. Oh joy, yay. Is she happy? No because TJ MAx is about to close and she needs her wallet to check in at work the next day(it has her work card in it). So we jump into the car to race over the mountain to TJ Max(at least 30 minutes away and they're closing in 30 minutes). I'm directing her down the back roads to get us there as fast as possible and she's so distraught that she gets into the lane on the wrong side of the street. Thank goodness I was watching and there weren't any cars. I yelled and told her to get into the right lane. "What the hell was that?" I asked her.
"I'm sorry, I thought it was all one road," she says.
"All four lanes?" I ask.
Well now she's freaking out more because she almost killed us and the whole ride there is spent apologizing to me. To which I reply it's okay, over and over. We get there and the store is closed of course but the nice employees at TJ Max...another shout out to them... answered her knock and gave her the wallet. Then it was back over the mountain for us and home for me, where I crawled into my bed and thanked all the gods that be, that I'm not so unlucky. I swear, I almost feel guilty for having nothing wrong with me when I'm with her. Now what do you all think? Do we make our own luck? Are we just victims of Fate? Is it all just a roll of the dice? Or do you think that certain mental states attract negativity? My friend is obviously not a bad person or I wouldn't be friends with her but she does focus on the negative a lot. In fact, one of the things I said to her that day was "Can you please stop complaining?" Because she bitched about everything from the way other people were driving to her car dinging because it needs window wiper fluid. She actually shouted at her car to shut up...several times. It was constant and what did she say when I asked her to stop? She blamed her husband. It's his fault that she whines so much, she never did that before. By the way it's also his fault that she drives so bad, she was always a good driver. I laughed and told her nuh-uh don't blame him for something you do.
So do you all think she's drawing this bad luck to herself? I don't know. I'm totally perplexed but I do know this, I'm so thankful for my health and my love of life. In the future, when I feel a whine coming on, I'm going to remember that day with my friend.
January 27, 2014
Vervain's World
So I've launched a couple of new efforts to give my readers some extras. Fans of the Godhunter series can now follow Vervain on Twitter:
@VervainLavine or https://twitter.com/VervainLavine
where you can see all the things she's into and hear about the little things going on in her day.
Also you can check out her Tumblr blog where she'll be posting pictures, videos, and discussions on things in or concerning her life. You can find that at:
http://vervainlavine.tumblr.com/
You can even email her with any questions or comments at:
VervainLavine@yahoo.com
We're both excited to interact with all of you and she told me to tell you that she can't wait to share what she wants to share with you and not just what I want to write about.
@VervainLavine or https://twitter.com/VervainLavine
where you can see all the things she's into and hear about the little things going on in her day.
Also you can check out her Tumblr blog where she'll be posting pictures, videos, and discussions on things in or concerning her life. You can find that at:
http://vervainlavine.tumblr.com/
You can even email her with any questions or comments at:
VervainLavine@yahoo.com
We're both excited to interact with all of you and she told me to tell you that she can't wait to share what she wants to share with you and not just what I want to write about.
January 20, 2014
New Books for sale on Amazon
Ok everyone,books 10 & 11 are for sale now on Amazon:
Into the Void(book 10)
http://apps.toshiba.com/ie8webslice
Out of the Darkness(book 11)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HYNDUU8
I hope you enjoy them.
Into the Void(book 10)
http://apps.toshiba.com/ie8webslice
Out of the Darkness(book 11)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HYNDUU8
I hope you enjoy them.
Publishing Now!
I've finally finished the next two books in the Godhunter Series. Book ten is: Into the Void, and book 11 is: Out of the Darkness. This is another series split in which the books can be read together if you'd like. I've decided it will be the last split in the series though. I'll be going back to releasing one book at a time, which should speed up the process.
Book 10 & 11 are in the publishing process now and should be up for sale on Amazon by the end of the week...possibly sooner. I'll make another post when it's certain but I wanted to give everyone a heads up and thank you all for those lovely reviews and messages you've been sending me about wanting the next books. I hope you continue to enjoy Vervain and her adventures as much as I do. Happy Reading!
Book 10 & 11 are in the publishing process now and should be up for sale on Amazon by the end of the week...possibly sooner. I'll make another post when it's certain but I wanted to give everyone a heads up and thank you all for those lovely reviews and messages you've been sending me about wanting the next books. I hope you continue to enjoy Vervain and her adventures as much as I do. Happy Reading!
January 16, 2014
January 13, 2014
The Insanity of Grandmothers
Last Christmas my Aunt was in the hospital and my mother came out to spend time with her. My father's mother found out about Mom being here and wanted to see her(she loves my mother even though she terrorized my poor mom all through her pregnancy when Mom was sixteen and my Mom pretty much thinks she's the antichrist, though she's way to sweet to tell Grandma to piss off). So I very nicely told my Grandma that Mom was too busy spending time with my dying Aunt.
Well Grandma is a pushy Southern woman and so she just showed up unannounced at my house under the premise of bringing my Christmas presents. She brought me two gifts, one from my Aunt Angela and one from my Uncle Jay. Now every year, Uncle Jay gives me $20 in a card(thank you Uncle Jay) but this year Grandma handed me a little bag. Inside the bag was a pendant and a ring. I pull out the ring and go to try it on but Grandma takes it out of my hand and puts it on her own finger, declaring how much she likes the ring and oh look, it fits her perfect too. I blink a few times in shock and then ask her if she wants the ring.
"Oh," she exclaims, "I'll give you another ring to replace it."
Fine, whatever, I let her have the ring. I still had the pendant and then I found a card in the bag. It was one of those narrow money cards with a slot to put cash in. Except the card had been opened already and there was no cash in it. I'll let you come to your own conclusions on that.
This year, after failing to get out of going to the family Christmas dinner, Grandma waltzes up to me and hands me a bag with great drama.
"I hope this works for you," she says. "If it doesn't, let me know."
Earlier that year, Grandma had go on a breast cancer walk with my Aunt. Inside my bag was the free T-shirt she got from that walk.
"This is fine, Grandma," I said. "Thank you."
The insanity continues with my other Grandmother, who is a devout Christian and believes that Obama is the antichrist. We got into an argument before he was reelected this last time because she told me that Obama was going to make America into a Muslim country in which the women would have to wear birkas and not be allowed to drive. She cited and article in a magazine called Israel Today as her proof. Oh and he was going to destroy the Internet too. Now I'm not Obama's biggest fan but I hardly think the mess of Obama Care or his overindulging in vacations, makes him the antichrist. So we argued and I finally told her we should agree to disagree and never talk politics again. I walked out of her house with her screaming after me "You mark my words, Amy!" I swear, she said mark my words like she was shouting Viva la Revolucion. It was ridiculous.
So now that it's the end of Obama's term, I thought I'd tease her a bit.
"Grandma," I said. "It's almost the end of Obama's term and I'm not wearing a birka."
"Well that's what he intended," she said back.
"Intended?" I laughed. "So now you're in his head and you know what his intentions were?"
"No, he said it to someone."
"Who?"
"I don't know, a guy at the White House."
"So you're judging him on gossip from an unknown source."
"I'm not judging him," she gasps. "This is fact."
"Um, no," I say. "Fact is when you have proof, this is what's called slander."
"Well there was that article in Israel Today," she says.
"Yes, not exactly a reputable source, Grandma."
"What? You don't trust Israel?"
See, this is what happens when you only get your news from the Christian News Network and Fox News. Oh, I'm sorry, and Israel Today.
By the way, my other grandma thinks Obama is the antichrist too but I've been smart enough to never get into a conversation with her about it. And she never did give me that replacement ring. But I'm not bitter.
This is my family. These are the women whose blood runs in my veins. I would just like this noted so that if I ever go as insane as they are, I have this proof that it's my genes to blame.
Well Grandma is a pushy Southern woman and so she just showed up unannounced at my house under the premise of bringing my Christmas presents. She brought me two gifts, one from my Aunt Angela and one from my Uncle Jay. Now every year, Uncle Jay gives me $20 in a card(thank you Uncle Jay) but this year Grandma handed me a little bag. Inside the bag was a pendant and a ring. I pull out the ring and go to try it on but Grandma takes it out of my hand and puts it on her own finger, declaring how much she likes the ring and oh look, it fits her perfect too. I blink a few times in shock and then ask her if she wants the ring.
"Oh," she exclaims, "I'll give you another ring to replace it."
Fine, whatever, I let her have the ring. I still had the pendant and then I found a card in the bag. It was one of those narrow money cards with a slot to put cash in. Except the card had been opened already and there was no cash in it. I'll let you come to your own conclusions on that.
This year, after failing to get out of going to the family Christmas dinner, Grandma waltzes up to me and hands me a bag with great drama.
"I hope this works for you," she says. "If it doesn't, let me know."
Earlier that year, Grandma had go on a breast cancer walk with my Aunt. Inside my bag was the free T-shirt she got from that walk.
"This is fine, Grandma," I said. "Thank you."
The insanity continues with my other Grandmother, who is a devout Christian and believes that Obama is the antichrist. We got into an argument before he was reelected this last time because she told me that Obama was going to make America into a Muslim country in which the women would have to wear birkas and not be allowed to drive. She cited and article in a magazine called Israel Today as her proof. Oh and he was going to destroy the Internet too. Now I'm not Obama's biggest fan but I hardly think the mess of Obama Care or his overindulging in vacations, makes him the antichrist. So we argued and I finally told her we should agree to disagree and never talk politics again. I walked out of her house with her screaming after me "You mark my words, Amy!" I swear, she said mark my words like she was shouting Viva la Revolucion. It was ridiculous.
So now that it's the end of Obama's term, I thought I'd tease her a bit.
"Grandma," I said. "It's almost the end of Obama's term and I'm not wearing a birka."
"Well that's what he intended," she said back.
"Intended?" I laughed. "So now you're in his head and you know what his intentions were?"
"No, he said it to someone."
"Who?"
"I don't know, a guy at the White House."
"So you're judging him on gossip from an unknown source."
"I'm not judging him," she gasps. "This is fact."
"Um, no," I say. "Fact is when you have proof, this is what's called slander."
"Well there was that article in Israel Today," she says.
"Yes, not exactly a reputable source, Grandma."
"What? You don't trust Israel?"
See, this is what happens when you only get your news from the Christian News Network and Fox News. Oh, I'm sorry, and Israel Today.
By the way, my other grandma thinks Obama is the antichrist too but I've been smart enough to never get into a conversation with her about it. And she never did give me that replacement ring. But I'm not bitter.
This is my family. These are the women whose blood runs in my veins. I would just like this noted so that if I ever go as insane as they are, I have this proof that it's my genes to blame.
December 30, 2013
Numbering Issues, Title Changes, and Summaries
Just a quick update. I was informed today that Amazon hasn't numbered any of my books in my Godhunter series. I went on and edited the details and found that they are listed as part of a series and I put the number into the spot indicated but Amazon just didn't put it on the book description. So I've gone through all the descriptions and added numbers to the series title. I apologize for any difficulties this may have caused anyone and hope that this takes care of it.
Also, I'm almost done with the next two books in the series but I've had title changes. After much deliberation with my editor/friend Krystal, I've settled on "Into the Void" for book 10 and "Out of the Darkness" for book 11. I'll be painting another split cover so the books can be put together to reveal a whole picture and I'm looking forward to starting the painting but I've just been so caught up in Vervain's latest debacles. I told Krystal that these are my favorite books so far and she dryly replied that I say that every time. Sigh, I know, but I love seeing my characters evolve and I hope all of you will enjoy the paths they're taking too.
To give you a little summary of what to expect in the next books, Into the Void follows Vervain on her quest to find Odin but she becomes sidetracked by mermaids and zombies... don't roll your eyes, these aren't your average zombies... or mermaids, for that matter. Out of the Darkness has the seasons returning to Faerie and Vervain has to deal with the changes it brings not only to the land but to the fey, and to Faerie herself.
I can't wait to share these new stories with all of you and move on to the next book, which is already bubbling in the back of my mind. I may stop the split series here and return to just releasing one book at a time but I'm not sure yet. We'll see where Vervain takes me.
Also, I'm almost done with the next two books in the series but I've had title changes. After much deliberation with my editor/friend Krystal, I've settled on "Into the Void" for book 10 and "Out of the Darkness" for book 11. I'll be painting another split cover so the books can be put together to reveal a whole picture and I'm looking forward to starting the painting but I've just been so caught up in Vervain's latest debacles. I told Krystal that these are my favorite books so far and she dryly replied that I say that every time. Sigh, I know, but I love seeing my characters evolve and I hope all of you will enjoy the paths they're taking too.
To give you a little summary of what to expect in the next books, Into the Void follows Vervain on her quest to find Odin but she becomes sidetracked by mermaids and zombies... don't roll your eyes, these aren't your average zombies... or mermaids, for that matter. Out of the Darkness has the seasons returning to Faerie and Vervain has to deal with the changes it brings not only to the land but to the fey, and to Faerie herself.
I can't wait to share these new stories with all of you and move on to the next book, which is already bubbling in the back of my mind. I may stop the split series here and return to just releasing one book at a time but I'm not sure yet. We'll see where Vervain takes me.
December 23, 2013
Tough Skin
So I've got the bare bones of my next two books done and now I'm on to fleshing them out but I made the mistake of checking out my author page on Amazon. There was a rating there made by someone who had read all of my books(thank you very much for that) and said she liked my story but only gave me three stars because she thought I needed a copy editor. Sigh. I guess I should toughen my skin and I am thankful that she liked my stories but it's so hard to not let a comment like that affect me. I know my writing isn't always the most grammatically correct(most of the time it's on purpose to evoke a feeling) and I know there are typos in my work but I work very hard at reviewing each book over and over, and am blessed with good friends who take the time to jot down errors while they proof read my books for me. Unfortunately, it's hard to understand how difficult editing can be and how your mind will actually correct words as you read them. It's especially difficult for us writers, who have to type quickly to get those conversations that are happening inside our heads down onto the page. So I do the best I can and as much as I'd love to be able to pay a professional editor to go over my work, alas, I'm only beginning to gather a following and have to save my pennies for now. So, to all my loyal fans who've read the books despite their errors, thank you so much for disregarding them and enjoying the story anyway.
This is horrible of me to say but in my defense, I've read several books professionally published and edited who have just as much typos as mine. I don't think I and my wonderful, patient friends...shout out here to Krystal Holm...have done such a bad job of it.
I know, shut up Amy and thicken that skin, they could have knocked the story and not just the editing.(thanks again for not knocking my story, reader) Well, I'm endeavoring to do just that, continuing Vervain's story as best as I can write it. Thank you all again for loving her enough to put up with my human errors.(And my whining in this blog) I'm off to Vervain's world once more, maybe Azrael can comfort my wounded pride.
This is horrible of me to say but in my defense, I've read several books professionally published and edited who have just as much typos as mine. I don't think I and my wonderful, patient friends...shout out here to Krystal Holm...have done such a bad job of it.
I know, shut up Amy and thicken that skin, they could have knocked the story and not just the editing.(thanks again for not knocking my story, reader) Well, I'm endeavoring to do just that, continuing Vervain's story as best as I can write it. Thank you all again for loving her enough to put up with my human errors.(And my whining in this blog) I'm off to Vervain's world once more, maybe Azrael can comfort my wounded pride.
