Regal and Hopeful Haiku

Regal & Hopeful are the prompt words for this week's RonovanWrites Haiku Challenge. I'd thought I'd have an easier time coming up with something, but it was more difficult than I thought. Oh, well. Here's my attempt: Regal feline waits His stealthy crouch is hopeful As lunch scampers by

Haiku Challenge: Night and Sneak

I wrote a quick haiku as part of RonovanWrites Weekly Challenge. The two prompt words are NIGHT and SNEAK: Evil darkness sneaks Creeping beneath night’s cover Daylight never comes If you'd like to read some poetry by other participants in the challenge, here's a link to Ronovan's blog post: https://ronovanwrites.com/2018/03/05/ronovanwrites-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-191-sneaknight/

7 Reasons Why A Self-Published Book Fails To Sell…

An article worth reading!

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by Derek Haines  on Just Publishing Advice:

Getting a self-published book to sell well is not easy

However, many self-published authors fail to give their books the best chance of success because they are in such a rush to publish that they overlook many of the basics.

In fact, quite a lot of authors new to self-publishing clearly get so many basic things backwards, upside down and back the front.

Getting a book or ebook published and available for sale on Amazon is the very last step in the process, and not the very first.

To give a new book any chance at success, a lot of planning, preparation and good old-fashioned hard work is needed before bringing a book to market.

It is the lack of this process that causes so many new authors to become disillusioned with self-publishing when they find book sales are very scarce indeed.

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Celebrate Christmas with a FREE Short Story

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas (for those who celebrate it) and a Happy Holiday Season! A few days ago, I decided to publish a short story that had been gathering dust on my laptop. The story is FREE on Kindle from today until December 29th. If you're interested in reading it, … Continue reading Celebrate Christmas with a FREE Short Story