Adventures in Crafting with Words

It is with great relief to announce the release date, cover, etc for the second book in the Hastings Sisters Series. Relief?  Yes.  Relief.  I begun to fear it would never make it through the Beta Reads.  But it has. The Trouble with Chasing Aileen is currently available for pre-order.  Right now until January 10th (the day after the release date) Aileen will be $0.99.  After that date the book will be $2.99.  (The first book in the series will remain $0.99.) Are you a Kindle Unlimited reader?  The Trouble With Chasing Aileen will be released on January 9th, 2018. What about book three?  Ashlynn's story will continue off where Aileen's story ended.  She does make some appearances in this book, much like Aiden did in Ainsley's book.  However, Ashlynn's story is still in the planning phases.  With any hope, it won't take a year to write.  (The highly teased and still untitled NaNoWriMo2017 project has been handed o...

I spent way too much time today creating promos that would fit well on Twitter.  I had been using the book covers, but it's occurred to me that those aren't the right shape for Twitter.  I know.  I know.  Social media is something I'm still getting used to, years later.  It changes.  It becomes confusing.  There's already so many things I'm having to adapt to... Familial issues. Etsy issues. Scheduling my time issues. All I'd really like to do is sit down and read a book.  I have to save that for when I'm at the gym on the treadmill. Kindle - setting font size 3.  Although I have trouble 'turning' the pages on the treadmill.  Not so much on the elliptical.  Lately I've taken to carrying the huge Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5 book omnibus edition around.  Oh the looks I'll get at the gym. However last night and today (during Mom's cardiac rehab) I took the time to design some promos that would fit almost perf...