FREEBIES

In an effort to boost the number of reviews for two of my books, I’m giving them away free as ebooks on Amazon this week. DANCES NAKED is free to download August 27-31, 2012. Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/Dances-Naked-Fairies-Saga-ebook/dp/B0050D1T2K. Labor Day weekend, September 1-3, 2012, you can get THE GREAT BIG FAIRY for the same, incredibly low price (free). Here’s that link:http://www.amazon.com/Great-Fairy-Fairies-Saga-ebook/dp/B005ITNIPM. Even if you don’t take the time for a full review, I’d appreciate five stars. Thanks!

'Lost' and 'Outlander': Huh?

Is LOST, the fictional story in THE FAIRIES SAGA, really just OUTLANDER in another guise? Yes, Virginia, ‘Outlander’ really was the inspiration for ‘Lost’ although Diana Gabaldon, the author of the great saga, has nothing in common with Lisa Sinclaire, the author of ‘Lost.’ There’ll be more on that subject in FAIRIES DOWN UNDER, book five in the series. That volume is about a year out but, if I get enough interest, I’ll blog excerpts from it and the first two books weekly. Drop me a note if you’re interested. Summer days are long in Alaska: daylight never truly dies from mid-May to mid-July. There are no stars at night for those two months and watching fireworks at midnight on Independence Day leaves much to be desired. Long days also means lots of gardening, and if lucky, fishing. Alas, it’s finally so nice outside that I don’t want to stay in and write! I would script outside but we have too many mosquitos for that. There are still two books ready for editing and then, Amazon (ebooks) and printer, here we come!

A woman's perogative: changing her mind

Journey to being Published

Writing the book is the easy part. Research is fun, especially since I'm not getting graded and don't have any deadlines except those that I impose on myself.

The worst thing about writing is searching for an agent who will have faith in you for a promised 15% of the sales. But after spending hours emailing and searching for 'Mr. Right' agent, I've decided I'll try the Amazon publishing 'thing'. I'll keep you all posted on the steps required...as soon as I figure it out! I do know that the book(s) will be inexpensive and issued as a serial.

Journey into the unknown

After beating myself up looking for an agent, I was encouraged by friends to try the Amazon self-publishing format...going strictly digital. Well, I'd rather design my own cover but since I have two complete novels ready to roll and a third waiting for me to quick messing around looking for an agent, I guess I'll jump right in.