Today seems like a good day to post some updates
I revealed the cover for In Circles today. (It's my avatar) It's the new adult erotic romance I was working on (novelette). I'll release it on the 24th of this month on amazon, B&N, and ARe for .99. I give up on Kobo. I get no sales there at all. Only 10 since self publishing in 2012 and most of those sales were from the first year.
My website has been updated and I just love how it looks!!
I decided not to do a serial and am turning that story into a, well I'm not sure what yet lol It's a little over 10,000 words, but I could see making this into a novella. So it's still a work in progress. The other short I got back from my editor I'm putting to the side for now. I'm still working on book 5 of my series & it's killing me, but I'm pressing on. I'm also writing a YA fantasy novel, an erotic romance novella, and I've got two ideas written down for 2 more novels! I've got a lot to keep me busy.
I recently purchased a book by Rayne Hall about self publishing & book sales, things to do and not do. It didn't really tell me more than I already knew. But it did help me come to a decision that I needed to make. I am no longer going to blog. I really didn't enjoy doing it and it was a big pain in the you know what for me. I had friends take over my social media, but I felt bad they were doing the blog too. So, no more blogging for me and I'm really ok with that! With that, I also made the decision to take back control of my social media. But, I'm only concentrating on 3 sites. Facebook, Google + and Twitter. Twitter is where I'll be more active socially. I'll use Instagram to post pictures of my city just for fun. Pinterest I'll keep using occasionally. As for Goodreads, I'm not active in any groups right now because they are a huge time suck. I'll stop in from time to time, but I have to spend my time writing!
I attended another RWA meeting and it was a blast! I wanted to try one more before I commited. I'm definitly going to join. The women are wonderful and talented and supportive and I just love being around them!
As for my sales, nothing too impressive to report lol. They are steady which is great, but things died down after my free promos. I have gotten more reviews and they all have been really good, so that's a great thing! I plan on doing another free promo right before Halloween of book 1 in my paranormal series.
Once my time in KDP select expires, I won't renew it. Currently I have 2 books enrolled and I think select served its purpose and there's no need to stay in it after it expires.
I guess that's all the updates I have for now.
Oh, I've been in touch with an old friend and he purchased one of my books & is reading it now. I don't know why the knowledge gives me stomach aches lol There's just something about knowing someone I know is reading my work that gets me so nervous!! Will he like it? Will he laugh at me & think I suck? Would he tell me if he did? Or will he love it? It doesn't help that he's a writer too! On a more positive note, a fellow self pubber here read this same book and just gave it a 5 star review, so that's something to be happy about! I'm just going to focus on that