#WeekendCoffeeShare: Ice, Please.
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Welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share, hosted by Diana at partimemonsterblog.com. If we were having coffee today, on July 23rd, I’d tell you that I have iced mocha or regular coffee, with creamer and two ice cubes in mine, how about you? I’d also tell you–
My son has been working his job regularly, and this is a good thing. It gives him a sense of purpose, even though it may not seem like a “career” job, but he is getting a good number of hours, despite coming home early when it storms. It is an outdoor job, and he loves that sort of thing. I worry about him less when he works, since his mind is occupied and he loves physical work. Wednesday he was off, and we took a nice little walk at the beach, stopping at a quaint coffee shop afterward. I posted a few photos of things seen on our walk Thursday in a post titled, “Echoes of My Neighborhood.”
On the author front, I am trying out Hootsuite for my social media. There was one day I couldn’t post because it had a glitch. But I have set up some posts to start this Weds. We’ll see how it runs! I won’t use it for WordPress, though, because I believe that my voice is more authentic if I write, edit when I can, and post when I am ready. Yes, sometimes that means posting in the moment. I also have been running a Kindle Countdown offer for my latest sci-fi book, Detours in Time, which will be just $1.99 in Kindle format until 7/25, with a comparable savings in the UK. So far, I can say I’ve sold more books than I would have otherwise. That’s the goal! Feel free to check out the preview of my book or to get your own copy at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0711ZW6XF I will not reduce this book any lower or put it on free promo. for a while, because I have spent a good amount of money on editing, promo., cover, and marketing materials. A fellow author, Carol James Marshall, wrote a blog post on that, titled “Art is Not Free.” She’s right. Seriously. Imagine if pro- athletes spent the first year of their career earning less money than they spent to get into the game. In fact, a Time.com article states rookies get a “league minimum base salary of $450,000.” * Unreal, right? Our priorities are messed up, when you also consider beginning teachers’ or police officers’ salaries. Ugh. Okay, rant over. Reviews for my book are coming in at an overall average of 4 stars for my first 8 reviews. That’s even good for a batting average, right?
[image error] Detours in Time, a sci-fi, time-travel tale.
On that subject of art not being free, I thought of my own reading and buying habits. If something is advertised for free, yes, I’m likely to load it on my Kindle. Heck, I may see two different free books and load them. Will I hurry to read them? No, not unless someone else has recommended. Does anyone value something that is being given away? I’m also less likely to give a review on a free book. I also might likely speed through it. So, I am trying to spread the news and make it seen, so that buyers are more likely to purchase it and value it. This also means I need to learn to use AMS Amazon ads, which is a whole other blog post. 
