E is for Ended

 

 

In addition to the A to Z challenge, it is also IWSG time. Thank you to Alex J. Cavanaugh for hosting this each month. If you want to join us you can sign up here.

Right now my head is spinning, even more than it usually does this time of year. Usually I do flash fiction, so that’s nothing new, but this year I’m doing them as Ubooks, which are very, very time consuming. I’m not complaining, just overwhelmed. Thankfully, I’ve done most of them ahead of time. Notice I said most, not all. My goal was to do all, but unfortunately that didn’t happen. No biggie; just busy. Are you doing A to Z? Are you feeling crazed, too?

And...

 

This year I will be featuring my flash fiction in a collection titled Alphabet Soup; Ubook style.

 

Each video is 90 seconds or less and commercial free during April. Feel free to share them on which ever social media you use.

Like Ubooks? You can check out the rest here. 

Don’t forget to look for my short story, Haunted, coming out on May 3^rd in Parallels: Felix was here, as well as my short story, The Reader, set to be released May 31^st as part of The Thing that Changed Me Anthology.

D is for Damned

This year I will be featuring my flash fiction in a collection titled Alphabet Soup; Ubook style.

 

 

Each video is 90 seconds or less and commercial free during April. Feel free to share them on which ever social media you use.

 

 

 Like Ubooks? You can check out the rest here. 

Don’t forget to look for my short story, Haunted, coming out on May 3^rd in Parallels: Felix was here, as well as my short story, The Reader, set to be released May 31^st as part of The Thing that Changed Me Anthology. 

 

C is for Cheeking

 

 

 

 

This year I will be featuring my flash fiction in a collection titled Alphabet Soup; Ubook style.

 

Each video is 90 seconds or less and commercial free during April. Feel free to share them on which ever social media you use.

 

 

Like Ubooks? You can check out the rest here.  

Don’t forget to look for my short story, Haunted, coming out on May 3^rd in Parallels: Felix was here, as well as my short story, The Reader, set to be released May 31^st as part of The Thing that Changed Me Anthology

B is for Basic

 

 

 

 

This year I will be featuring my flash fiction in a collection titled Alphabet Soup; Ubook style.

Each video is 90 seconds or less and commercial free during April. Feel free to share them on which ever social media you use.

 
Like Ubooks? You can check out the rest here. 

Don’t forget to look for my short story, Haunted, coming out on May 3^rd in Parallels: Felix was here, as well as my short story, The Reader, set to be released May 31^st as part of The Thing that Changed Me Anthology. 

A: Apartheid

 

 

This year I will be featuring my flash fiction in a collection titled Alphabet Soup; Ubook style.


Each video is 90 seconds or less and commercial free during April. Feel free to share them on which ever social media you use.

Like Ubooks? You can check out the rest here. 
Don’t forget to look for my short story, Haunted, coming out on May 3^rd in Parallels: Felix was here, as well as my short story, The Reader, set to be released May 31^st as part of The Thing that Changed Me Anthology.      

 

 

  

Back from the Road

Last week I drove from Upstate New York to Alabama and back in six days, with three kids and my mother in a cramped, mid-size car.

Here’s what I learned.

A.     Plans that sound all warm and fuzzy while at home may not necessarily be so on the road. Meaning:

1.      Stopping every few hours at various points of interest just isn’t as wonderful as it seems. Especially with three tired, cranky kids. On the road, you just want to get there already.

2.      My kids are very, very loud, especially when going through rush-hour traffic.

3.      I turn into a grizzly when #2 occurs.

4.      The phrase “Are we there yet?” is still in use. Every three miles. And we drove two thousand.

But it was all worth it because…

A.     We were traveling two thousand miles for a reason. My Aunt and cousins live in Alabama

1.      Now my kids get to see how wonderful Aunt Patty is.

a.      Best cook ever.

b.      Drips with southern hospitality.

c.      Wonderful Christian woman.

2.      All of us got to experience a whole new culture (If you’re from New York, that’s what Alabama is).

a.      It was fun watching my youngest daughter trying to pick up the accent. She fell in love with it, along with most of the people there.

B.     I was able to stop in Versailles, one of the settings for The Newstead Saga. For some reason, going to the actual sites is very inspirational for me.

C.     I saw versions of my kids I never knew existed, my son especially. He’s unknowingly hilarious when he’s cranky. Example: When we finally pulled up to my Aunt’s house, my son was the first to roll out of the car, yelling, “I’m never going to Alabama again!” We were greeted with my Aunt’s booming laughter, who had heard every word.

How about you every had a vacation that was wonderful in spite of itself?

 

 

Goal Time

Hello everyone, it’s the last Friday of the month, which makes it time to review my five year goal. Thanks to Misha for putting this on. If you’d like to join us you can, just sign up here .

My five year goal is to have a world class publishing company. Dream big or go home, right? I’m a little over a year into this goal and so far it’s going well.  I hired a marketing director and so far that’s going well. Marketing isn’t one of my strengths, so it’s good to have someone on board who is an expert. Next month is A to Z, where I plan to showcase Ubooks. Hopefully that will get word out about this patent pending new book format. And then there’s May. Every time I look at the calender for May I either groan or clap my hands in excitement. Here’s what’s going on:  On May 3^rd, my short story, Haunted, is being released as part of Parallels: Felix was here. On May 8^th Black and White’s first children’s book, Jellyfish Jones, will be released. On May 31^st my short story, The Reader, is set to be released as part of The Thing that Turned Me anthology. Oh, and did I mention Black and White is opening for submissions beginning May 1^st? Crazy, right? But that’s okay. I like things a little crazy; that’s how I get things done. How about you, is life looking crazy?