Using AI in the Writing Process

I remember back to ’09 when I started this blog. Unsure of how bad my stories were but deciding to learn everything I could and just publish when each story was done. Learn how to market and all other aspects of publishing while writing the next story.

AI Writing Tools

I have been following the many advances in computer programming to undertake certain writing or digital art tasks over the many years since my first AI Computer program assignment at University.

Read an eBook Week 2024

 

I’m excited to announce that my eBooks will be available between March 3 to March 9, as part of a promotion on Smashwords to celebrate Read an eBook Week 2024!

This is your chance to get some of my eBooks at half price. Yes, 50% off. Click this link to check out all my books.

Also check out the discounted eBooks of all the other great authors here. And tell your friends and family so they can grab some great reads, too.

Remember the promo starts on March 3, 2024 and runs until March 9, 2024.

Happy reading!

Social Media in Indie Publishing in 2024

When I started this writing journey, I decided that I would not pay money to market my books. The books had to be good enough on their own to attract readers. Such as good covers, good blurbs and good story telling.

Smashwords eBook Sale Ends in Two Days

Last few days to pick up a discounted eBook or two from Smashwords End of Year Sale.

I found a new author and downloaded her free book. I will let you know how good the eBook was when I read it.

I am working on my writing plan for January and after. I printed out my Year Planner spreadsheet on 4 A4 pages and glued them together, as I do every year. It is waiting for me to write some entries.

Smashwords Annual EOY Sale 2023

I’m excited to announce that my books (except for short stories) will be available at 50% discount as part of Smashwords Annual End of Year Sale!

This is your chance to get my books, along with books from many other great authors, at a discount so you can get right to reading.

You will find the promo here starting on December 15, so save the link:
https://smashwords.com/shelves/promos

Please share this promo with friends and family.

Click here to check out my stories!

Thank you for your help and support throughout 2023!

Happy reading!

Email Marketing 2023

I received an email notifying that as I had not used my MailerLite account in the past 12 months it would be deleted.

Indie Publishing 2023

Life events have been interrupting my writing for the past few months including cutting, splitting and stacking wood to burn.

And while I watched the US Open Tennis over the past two weeks I missed the anniversary of my moving to my current home. I have now lived in my current home for eleven years.

And once I realised that, I realised that I have been blogging on my writer blog each month for 15 years, give or take a few missed months.

Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale

I can not believe the first six months of 2023 have flown by. But Smashwords reminded me of the date when they announced their upcoming Summer/Winter Sale.

Read an eBook Week 2023

I’m excited to announce that some (most) of my books will be available as part of a promotion on Smashwords to celebrate Read an eBook Week 2023! This is a chance to get some ebooks, from me or other authors, at a discount so you can get right to reading.

You will find the promo here starting on March 5, so save the link: https://smashwords.com/shelves/promos

If you wouldn’t mind taking part in promoting this celebration of Ebooks and reading, please feel free to share this promo with your friends and family. Just forward this email to anyone who would love a chance to find their next favorite book and, as the name suggests, read an ebook!

On another note, I crocheted a horse, after I finished the unicorns. You can check the unicorns out on the previous post.

This horse is not exactly the magical horse in Rider, which has 50% off for this week only.

Use the link above to check out all the discounted eBooks on Smashwords for this week only.

 

Crocheted Unicorn

My current science fiction novel draft is going very slowly. I guess I am stuck on the next course of action by the main character.

When I am not interrupted by friends, etc, then I will do as suggested by Dean Wesley Smith, and “just write the next sentence”.

Newsletter Length

Now January is over, I am back to writing and marketing my novels. My main marketing tool is my newsletter list. So, I have been catching up on email marketing.

Smashwords 2022 End of Year eBook Sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

It feels like 2022 zoomed by while I was busy with life events, but now that things have settled back down, I am again participating in Smashwords End of Year eBook Sale.

If you visit Smashwords home page, you will find many authors are participating in Smashwords EoY sale. You can find eBooks with either 75$, 50%, or 25% off the normal price, or even free.

So, grab a few eBooks and enjoy your year end holidays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indie Publishing 2022

I have been thinking about what works for Indie Publishing in 2022, and came up with a list of what works for me.

Writing Update October 2022

Somehow 3 months just zoomed by while I was distracted with other things.

Thankfully, things are settling down again, and I am slowly finding time to write each day. I am working on a second book about colonizing the planet Roseworld, without Fleet taking control.

Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale 2022

Many annoying life events have happened over the past 6 months taking a lot of my time away from writing, including a leaking roof from two rain events.

However, now most of them have been solved, I need to get back to writing and finishing my current story.

Seeders Universe Kickstarter happening now

If you love to read Science Fiction, you might want to check out Dean Wesley Smith’s latest Kickstarter.

I have read the first in his Seeders series and loved it. So, I pledged US$5.00 to get an early copy of his new Seeders Universe novel.

If you write Science Fiction, the best part of this kickstarter is the stretch goals of more ebooks, and PopUps on teaching writing distances and time in your own stories.

Check out the Kickstarter and Stretch Goals here.

50% Off my ebooks this week only

Don’t miss the 13th annual Smashwords Read an eBook Week sale, running now through this Saturday, March 12.

I am participating in Smashwords Read an eBook Week this week. So now is your chance to purchase one of my eBooks with 50% off the purchase price.

Check out my eBooks with 50% off during the Read An EBook Week Sale.

Or browse over 62,000 deep-discounted titles using Smashwords advanced filtering options to discover your next great reads.

Whether you love mysteries, thrillers, contemporary romance, sci-fi, erotica, non-fiction, or anything in between, you’ll find a treasure trove of incredible deals with discount levels ranging from 25% to 100% (free!).

Or go direct to the Read an Ebook sale page, and click your favourite categories on the left side of the page to filter participating titles by genre and category. Use the top-centre filtering options to filter by price, discount level, or word count.

Remember it ends on Saturday, March 12.

 

 

Publishing in 2022

My month off from writing will end in two days time, then back to writing 4 – 5 mornings a week for the rest of 2022.

So I am looking forward to watching the Australian Open Tennis males final tonight. It looks to be a good match up, but once it is over, the plan is to turn my attention to writing and publishing for the rest of the year.

Smashwords End of Year Sale 2021

The Smashwords End of Year Sale starts on December 17th, 2021 through to January 1st, 2022.

I enrolled my first in each series ebooks in the Smashwords EOY Sale. You can find them here.

You can also discover other author’s with books on sale, via Smashwords categories here.

There’s no need to remember coupon codes. You will receive the discount automatically by adding books to your carts during the sale.

I also published two short stories this month, and they are now rolling out to all publishing distributors.