Read, Share, Repeat

Hello everyone! I feel like it's been forever since I last updated, even though it really hasn't been that long! Nothing really exciting has been happening on my end. I've been trying to work through the second novel. As I write, I send chapters to one of my editors to ensure the story flows and it sounds good. I'm so thankful that she does this for me (especially because after I edit, she goes through chapters again to help me edit). As I mentioned before, I used to write fanfiction. That is how I met my fabulous friend! I couldn't ask for a better friend to bounce ideas off of! She continues to write fanfiction, and somewhat recently just finished a Harry Potter fanfiction. If you want to check it out, it's called Secrets in Disguise. I highly recommend it as it is a fun read!

Anyway, back to the fact that I send her my story chapter by chapter. So I was quite excited to hear that the last chapter was her favorite! It definitely gives me the motivation to write more frequently. All of my ideas are finally coming together! It's an exciting feeling as I get closer and closer to the ending of this novel. I am almost 100% positive the novel will be done by the ending of summer, and hopefully available to everyone soon after!

I've been debating creating an author page on Facebook. I know a lot of authors have them, I just haven't had the time to do it. What do you think? Should I jump on the bandwagon? Could it help me reach more people? Maybe I'll look into doing that sometime soon. 

That's all for now! Keep spreading word of Secrets and Keys! If you've already read it, share it with a friend! My goal is just to share my story with as many people as possible!!

It's Snowing!

I know, random title, but I couldn't think of anything else! We had so much snow this past weekend, it's crazy! At least a foot of snow by me! Did anyone else get hit? Did anyone play out in the snow? I didn't, but only because I had a dance this past weekend that I attended and I have no snow gear. So what made my snowy, stay at home days better? I am quite happy with the results of my most recent promotion days! The fact that hundreds more people have my novel is really exciting. Hopefully I get a few more reviews! 

An update: I got some more typed on the second novel! It's been some time since I've typed anything on it. That's because typing filler dialogue/information is my least favorite thing to type. I love to just dig into the story, which is why my novels are fairly fast paced.

Well, that's all I have for now. Still debating on some sort of giveaway. If I do have one, it will be hosted on goodreads.com, so if you don't have an account already, you should check it out! Feel free to add me as a friend, as that is a good way to stay up to date and I manage my profile there! =]

Extended!

So I decided to extend this free promotion! Instead of ending tonight, Secrets and Keys will be free until tomorrow! If you forget to download tonight, you can do it tomorrow! This means that the free promotion goes from Jan 12-13. Let everyone know!!

Did you say 'free'?

Why yes, I did! Sending out a reminder to everyone that tomorrow, January 12th, Secrets and Keys will again be available for free on Amazon! There was a great number of downloads on my first free day, and I'm hoping for similar (maybe even better?) results tomorrow! So tell your friends, enemies, family, coworkers, anyone who you think may enjoy the story.

This morning, I logged onto Amazon. After my first free promotion day, I've literally checked the list page for Secrets and Keys every day (usually a few times a day), hoping that at least one of those 350+ readers would give it a review. I know, I should give them time to read it, but what can I say? I've been excited and am not very patient. Well to my delight, I found my first review today! Not only that, but the reviewer seemed to enjoy my novel AND gave it five stars. So if you were the first reader to review my novel on Amazon, I want to give you a giant THANK YOU for making my day today! Hopefully others will follow you and leave their comments as well!

I've been using Goodreads a lot lately. One thing I noticed on there is that authors have book giveaways. I actually think this would be a cool idea at some point in the future, especially since I am the only one who owns physical copies of Secrets and Keys. It'd be awhile though, as the hardcover/paperback versions I do have contain the original cover (yes, the cover you see on this page is my newer, much improved cover!). So I would have to go through the process of ordering more, which is something I planned to do in the next few weeks anyway. What do you guys think? Would that be a good idea? It's just a thought, so no promises, but definitely a possibility!

Alright, that's all I have for now. Leave me a comment on what you think about the giveaway (I know you're out there, the stats tell me so!!! =]). I'd also love to hear if you already have Secrets and Keys, or plan on downloading it on the free days!

Thank you!

I wanted to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who downloaded my novel yesterday! I had 350+ downloads in just one day! Personally I find this incredible, especially knowing that some Indie authors use multiple days of their free promotion in a row, and get maybe 400 downloads! I am so excited that so many people now own my novel! My only hope is that I get a few reviews (*hint hint* =P) out of all those downloads! I love to hear feedback. I am very excited for January 12th (besides the fact that it's my birthday), and hopefully I'll see similar results with that free promotion. At one point, I think I ended up at a #55 position in children's books yesterday, which was so cool to see.

School starts on Monday again, which is a bummer. My schedule doesn't seem awful though! Luckily, I did get quite a bit of writing done on the second novel. I'm nearly complete with Chapter 15! I have a feeling this novel is going to be longer than Secrets and Keys, and that came to be about 250 pages in printed form (which unfortunately I do not have available at this time). I'm sure no one will mind a longer novel though! I just have so many ideas that all need to be tied in, but it's getting there.

That's all I have for this post. Be on the lookout for updates, and I will for sure make another reminder for the next free promotion if you missed yesterdays. As soon as I pick the last three free days, I'll let you know as well! If you read Secrets and Keys, I'd love to hear feedback from you. So leave me a comment here or on Amazon! Thank you again for making yesterday so exciting!! =]

Get Ready!

Guess what? In just a few short hours, Secrets and Keys will be up on Amazon for FREE! It's only for 24 hours, so make sure you act fast! No worries if you miss it though. The next free promotion will be on January 12th! I'm so excited to get this novel out there. Random fact: I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but I used to write fanfiction. I wrote fanfiction a LOT, and I loved to get stories out for free as more people would read them. It's always exciting to connect with an audience, and share a story they enjoy reading. That's the only downside to publishing on Amazon, that I can't always offer my novel for free. My novel isn't fanfiction either, so I had trouble finding a good home for it. This is why I am so excited for tomorrow and I'm hoping for good results!

Keeping this short and sweet today, as I just wanted to put up a reminder. Hopefully I'll have more next time! =]