HOW To Finish Your Damn Book

This is for ALL of you writer-types – INCLUDING myself!!!

I need to get busy and finish a damn book!

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Do you have an old book that needs a make-over?

Maybe you ought to consider it.

Take a look at how author A.J. Goode goes about remaking her old book here!

A Goode One

Hey, everybody!

As some of you know, I put together a bunch of my earliest funny blog posts in a book called Have a Goode One a few years ago.  It wasn’t a great title and I knew nothing about making a good book cover, and it basically sank to the bottom of Amazon’s rankings. The nineteen people who bought it seemed to enjoy it, though.

However, I’m still very proud of the material, so I decided to give it another chance. I’ve re-vamped it with a new title, a better cover, and a little bit of rearranging of the essays on the inside.

For those of you who already own this one, a hearty “thank you!” I’m working hard to convince Amazon to “push” the new version out to you, and I promise to keep you all updated on that. But I really want to make sure that you…

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Wishes Needn’t Wait…

Yesterday was my day off. I wound up shoveling gravel nearly all day long. I soaked two t-shirts through with sweat. Then last evening my wife and I drove out to the local Lazy Boy store. They are in the midst of renovating and were having a HUGE all-old-stock-must-go sale.

“Your birthday is coming up, isn’t it?” my wife coyly asked me.

“Yup,” I said.

“How about we buy that Lazy Boy recliner that you have been dreaming about ever since I first met you?”

So let me tell you about our living room. We have got two gorgeous couches, that are great for stretching out and napping in – but we don’t have any easy chairs. So when I sit to watch television I have to sort of perch on the couch and not put my feet up.

We used to have a pair of easy chairs, but they gave way to the deterioration of age and a large working man’s body. I have been wanting a Lazy Boy recliner for a very long time – but every time I start to think about buying one I think about our debtload and all of the things that we NEED to buy – and I get second thoughts.

“No second thoughts now,” my sweet darling Belinda said. “It’s time. Your back is killing you. All that hard work you’ve done. You’ve earned this. Let’s buy this chair.”

So I said yes and she hugged me – she was that grateful to see me taking care of myself for a change.

In fact, we bought TWO chairs. We found a chair that was perfect for her as well. The two of them will be delivered early in August. No longer will I perch upon my couch. I can hardly wait!

This isn’t the EXACT chair we bought, but it is pretty close.

Sometimes you have to do that for yourself.

Sometimes you have to stop worrying about what MIGHT happen in the future and make your wishes come true – RIGHT NOW!

Sometimes you have to stop talking and dreaming about something and just get up off of your butt and MAKE IT HAPPEN!

So, because my wife made me get up OFF of my butt and make my wish come true I am going to get the chance to sit on my butt comfortably.

Don’t wait for the future to come.

Make it happen NOW!

Yours in storytelling,

Steve Vernon

Exploring Audiobooks with ACX/Audible – Part 1

I’ve been exploring the world of audiobooks through ACX/Audible, with my indie books. I plan to start blogging about this process in a short while.

For now, I would like to share this interview with you folks and ask two questions.

How many of you author-types out there have your own audiobooks?

How many of you reader-types out there listen to audiobooks?

 

While you are chewing over those questions why don’t you give this interview a read? You might also want to follow Anne R. Allen’s blog. She puts out some great material for readers AND writers alike!

https://annerallen.com/2017/07/how-to-record-your-audiobooks/

 

Yours in Storytelling,

Steve Vernon

Rejected By BookBub? Look In The Mirror And Change Your Marketing Ways

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