I'm not dead...

...I'm writing. I am SO close to getting my book done. Thanks for all your support!

Need a book cover?

I may have told y'all how I'm working on a book titled LIV ON THE EDGE. I told my graphic designer nephew about the book (the discussion was about five minutes long) and he made these awesome covers for it, "Just for fun." I told him that they're awesome, because they are, and that he should make covers for extra cash. Sooo, if you're looking to have a book cover made, get in touch with me and I'll get in touch with him.

Happy Writing!

This writing thing is addictive/sales update

So, you're probably working on a book, if you come to this blog. Isn't it crazy the amount of time you've put into the book? And you're not even sure how good it is, right? Do you know whether anyone will ever want to buy it or read for FREE? That's how I feel most of the time, and, yet, I still keep writing. It is an addiction. I've actually tried to stop. Told everyone in my life that I've given it up and that I'm happy about not writing. Then I sit at the computer and there go my fingers again. Darn them. Is there a writing rehab somewhere??? Maybe that should be a writers convention workshop session.

SALES UPDATE: Sold hundreds of ebooks in January. Thanks, everyone! If you've read the books and liked them, PLEASE WRITE A REVIEW.

I've written a book on Blogger

I've written 641 posts here. Let's say the posts average 100 words in length. I've written an entire book's worth of words on Blogger! How did this happen? And there's absolutely no friggin plot!

Word of the Day

I signed up for Merriam Webster's Word of the Day a couple months ago. Each day, I get emailed a new word. The email includes a definition and all sorts of other neat stuff about the word. This is so much fun, I can't even tell you. What a variety! What great background info! What interesting sentences! Also, did you know that the larger a person's vocabulary, the more money the person makes (usually)?

Anyway, sign up!

The chosen love poems!

Okay. After considering all the wonderful advice from the previous post I've decided to use the following two poems in my manuscript. Thank you, everyone!

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints,—I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the ocean;
The winds of heaven mix forever,
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In one another's being mingle;--
Why not I with thine?
See! the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven,
If it disdained it's brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea;--
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?

I need a love poem

I want to insert a love poem into my work-in-progress. Do any of you have a favorite? Something that's in the public domain?