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Today I'm going to do something I've debated on doing before: I'm going to talk about what's going on with my books from a writer standpoint. I know that I talk about them a lot, but I always talk about it to inform readers. The reason I debated is because I know people like J. A. Konrath talk about their work in a frank, transparent way, which is wonderful for other writers to read, but I think that he sometimes turns readers off with his business talk. So I'm just going to say up front: I truly appreciate every reader who has bought me book, even the ones who hated it and gave it one star. I write because I love it, not because I see readers as dollar signs. I am very, very passionate about my work, and I take it very seriously that people are inviting me to entertain them every time they buy a book. But two things have happened lately that makes me want to talk about the busissnes aspect of all this: 1. More people are asking me for advice and wanting to know wha...

Today I'm chocked full of good news. It's currently 30 degrees cooler in my office than it was the same time last week. Thank you, Autumn! I can't work in heat. I can only sweat. Now my juices are flowing, work is getting done, life is good. Also in good news: I wrote 10,000 words today. The most I've written in single day was 15,000. I hope to someday beat the record, but really that is a pretty good record, so if I never beat that, that's okay. I watched Purple Rain this past weekend. I watched a lot when I was a kid, but it's been a good ten years since I've seen it. I didn't remember Prince being such a douche. He beats up his girlfriend, twice. He's mean to everybody. Sure, he looks pretty, has great clothes, and the music is phenomenal, but he's most anti-hero I've ever seen. Ever. Anyway, if you've read My Blood Approves , and you're not from the Minnesota area, I highly recommend watching Purple Rain . The whole thing is film...

It's the end of Day 2 and Wisdom is ranked at #52 in the whole Kindle store. My life currently feels like a dream I'm going to wake up from. I have this semi-reoccurring dream about this guy (who shall remain nameless). In this dream, said guy is finally into me, after all my hours of pining after him. And I'm like, "Yes! This is finally happening!" But then something weird happens, like he suddenly grows a third eye, and I go, "Oh, shoot. This is a stupid dream." I try to make the best of it then, but I can't really get into it. Once I know it's a dream, it loses it's appeal. But sometimes, worse times, I don't realize it's a dream. I wake up, and for a brief moment, I think that's all true. Then I realize it's not, and it's actually kinda heartbreaking. At any rate - I'm sorta afraid that's what's happening here. Any minute I'll wake up, and go, "Oh... drat. Foiled again." Until then, I'm go...

Wisdom came out today, and thanks to all your support, it marked the first time one of my books has made it into the top 100 best sellers on Kindle. (It's also #16 in Hot New Release and #3 in Movers and Shakers at the time of this posting.) It topped out at #25, but it's started slipping down to #27. But that's okay. Hell, that's more than okay. That's frickin amazing. It's the kind of thing I've always hoped for, and so far, the response to Wisdom has been overwhelmingly wonderful. So, thanks guys! Eddie Izzard went on a rant once where we use the word "awesome" too much, and he's right. It's hard to describe today except to say: it has been awesome like a hundred billion hotdogs. (Watch the video to understand.) If you haven't had a chance to check out Wisdom , it is for sale on Kindle : here , and at Smashwords : here , and in paperback : here . Also, I do have a contest going now (which no one has entered yet). Check out giveaways ...

Wisdom is now for sale on Amazon! This is what I look like right now: Amazon never told me what the hold up is, but the book's out now, and that's all that matters. I sincerely apologize for the delay, and thank you guys for understanding. I'm currently uploading Wisdom to Smashwords, and I'll let you know when it's up. Also Alex at Teenage Book Lover did a great review of My Blood Approves. Check it out: here . That's all for now. Wisdom is up, and I'm excited. :)

Wisdom is not out yet. A reader emailed them, and Amazon told them that there's a problem with the content, and they're doing testing to correct it.  I don't know what that means, so I emailed Amazon, asking them what that meant and if there's anything I can do to speed up the process. I have not heard back from them yet. I haven't uploaded the book to Smashwords yet. I wanted to wait until after the book was up on Amazon, because I prefer when things are sold on Amazon, because I wanted to see if Wisdom could break into top 100 books on Kindle. However, I'm not going to make people wait around forever since I said it would be out. But I am going to try to wait until Amazon emails me back before publishing at Smashwords. With that in mind, I'll keep you apprised of the situation, but Wisdom will be made available by Tuesday at the very, very latest. It may only be available at Smashwords, but it will be for sale somewhere. I promise. (Unless Smashwords doesn...

News that's almost good: Wisdom live on Amazon! But you can't buy it yet. Why you ask?  I don't know.  Both Flutter and Switched went up for sale within 24 hours of posting them. They were early. But  I didn't care that much, and niether did anybody else. But this time, I really, really wanted it to be up now. By like eight this morning, actually. So it won't be. It's not doing it because I want it. I've learned a valuable lesson today, though. Next time when I realease a book, I'm putting up a week or two before I actually want it up.  I have to go make supper now, so I won't be watching Amazon to find out what's happening. But I'll be back at 7 (central) for the twitter chat. Hopefully, by then, it'll be live. Here's the link for Wisdom, if you want to check out: Wisdom on Amazon . Also, if you want to engage in the chat, you can check that out here: http://tweetchat.com/room/MyBloodApproves