Trashy Romance has Launched! The first two books in the Trashy Romance series, Trashy Romance: Curbside Pickup, and the sequel, Trashy Romance: Back-Alley Treasure Trove are now on sale! I started writing the series in early 2019. It's certainly not a...
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Announcing my new series: Trashy Romance!
I'm not going to lie; I thought the idea of a sexy romance story–a trashy romance story, I should say–involving a trash collection worker was hilarious. So, I toyed with the idea of writing such a story by developing some character profiles. I got more and more...
My Author Platform 2.0
I recently decided to rebuild my website and platform. I had been using a simple WordPress site and had been paying a significant monthly fee for an email list management / bulk sending provider. I have a hosting plan and I can install WordPress on my sites, so...
Open letter to my Infinite Vampire Facebook group
Oh boy, here we go. I'm sorry I haven't interacted more! I had high hopes of maintaining a fun presence on Facebook and using the group to excite readers and help push the Infinite Vampire series to the next level (whatever that means/meant) but I couldn't hack...
Why my First Newsletter (and platform) Failed
Back in 2017 I launched my first platform. I had websites prior to that, but a platform can be so much more. Basically a system of integrated tools that provide certain services to me and my audience, a platform is where I can highlight my creative / professional work...
Changes Ahead
In January, 2019, we realized that our house had old termite damage that wasn't disclosed, an active termite infestation, and a lot of water entering the house and causing damage. This significantly impacted the home renovation timeline, and I put a lot of my personal...
Trademarks and lawyers
A while ago, I started the process of registering Trademarks for the Infinite Vampire series. I’ve registered word-mark trademarks in the past, but for this book series, I registered 3 trademarks: Infinite Vampire (word-mark)(The Infinite Vampire Logo) (image-mark)M....
Amazon Advertising, take…23?
I’ve tried Amazon Advertising a lot, and I just tried it again. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong! At first I let Amazon place the ads, and that didn’t result in any sales. I tried where I placed the ads, but that didn’t work either (although I did get 1 sale). I’m...
Freebooksy.com Series Promotion
I purchased a Freebooksy.com series promotion for the Infinite Vampire series on Sep. 14, 2018, and I made the first book, BLOOD 4LIFE free for that day. I had 2,179 downloads of the free book! Now, people that download a ton of books for free, rarely read them all,...