Monthly Archives: September 2017

A long time ago, when I started Paper Beats World, I didn’t worry overmuch about graphics for my blog posts. If you’ve been following me for that long, you’ve watched the evolution of my graphics. I’ve gone from allowing my crappy logo be the image for every post to some slick looking graphics. I’ve foundContinue reading “Creating fast and easy graphics for your blog”

Holy moley, I’ve never been nominated for anything before! First off, I can’t thank Mercedes Prunty enough for nominating me. I love her blog and her writing, so it’s a real honor to be nominated by her. Here’s a link to her blog. I highly advise you check her site out, especially if you’re anContinue reading “Blogger recognition awards!”

We discussed earlier this month that I wasn’t thrilled with my launch for Starting Chains. I don’t think I mentioned then that, despite messing up the paperback, I did things that I had never done before for this launch. And they turned out really well. I was on two podcasts (one of which hasn’t airedContinue reading “Planning a Facebook launch party”

It’s finally Fall! Actually, I’ve been in a Fall frame of mind since September first, but we won’t get bogged down with the details. I love this time of year more than any other time. Every day from September first I wake up with anticipation, looking forward to all the exciting, wonderful things that areContinue reading “Preparing for the season”

Ten days ago, Starting Chains came out. I’m still kind of recovering from that. It was a hard launch. I mean, it was a really freaking hard launch. When I published Station 86, everything seemed to go like clockwork! All of my e-book launches have run smoothly, and I haven’t had a worry with them.Continue reading “How I messed up my launch, and what you can do to avoid it”

Have you heard this phrase yet, living your best life? It’s one of those buzz wordy kinds of phrases that I keep hearing but didn’t really think anyone understood what it meant. So I thought about what living my best life might mean. Does that mean that I need to live my dream life? QuitContinue reading “Living My Best Life”

I don’t think I’ve ever done a September 11th memorial post. I’ve not necessarily avoided it, I just haven’t done it. There are a lot of good reasons not to do it. I don’t generally post outside of my schedule, I don’t want to rehash things that everyone else has said. Mostly, though, it feltContinue reading “What I Want To Tell My Generation Today”

The wait is finally over, Starting Chains is available today! After years of war between Montelair and Septa, the two thrones are united by family. Victor’s nephew, Morgan, is sharing the throne with the last heir of the royal line, Jacob. He and Lenore decide to travel to Montelair with their newborn daughters to helpContinue reading “Starting Chains is Launching Today!”

Here is Chapter Three of Starting Chains. If you missed Chapters One or Two, here are some links for you Chapter Three Victor was hiding a yawn behind his fist when Talmadge came into his office. His eyes were burning from lack of sleep. She was a short girl with a neat gown and theContinue reading “Starting Chains, Chapter Three”