Month: August 2012

I have too many book ideas going through my head!!!

Well it is Saturday morning! I have checked all my book sites and need to clean house, but

I have four book manuscripts started and five outlined ideas for manuscripts fighting in my head for

my full attention.

It is a good problem if you are a writer, but man on man, which one do you start with? I would love to finish at least one of the four I have started by Sunday. Yeah, like that will happen!!!

I have had a great week. I received three good reviews of my work this week. That is always a good

thing when you are a writer. I am excited about where this is going. I have let a couple of people in on the content of my unfinished manuscripts and they are wanting to see the finished product. My assistant has promised she will strangle me if I don’t get at least one of them finished. She has read all four manuscripts and she said I had left her dangling in mid-air without a net. HAHAHA!

Well, maybe in my next blog I will have at least one of the works in progress completed.

On a personal note, wish me luck. I have my 25th High School Reunion tonight. Yikes! I don’t feel like I have been out of school that long. Well, life goes on!

To all my followers, thanks and check out my new author page on Goodreads.com. at

https://stephaniehurt.wordpress.com/

Part 3 of my adventures in Self Publishing:Wow what a ride!

Well, After I thought I had everything edited in my book, I tried to publish. I thought it looked pretty good, but guess what. The paragraphs were not like amazon wanted and it had too many enters. Well for an accountant by trade, this was confusing. My first thought was, what do you mean it has too many enters?!!!!

It took some investigating to figure out that even though it looked good on screen, it did not look good to publishers. Soooooo, I went into edit mode. This was a little bit of a time consuming experience. I made notes on what needed to be done to the other two manuscripts. 

Guys, don’t get me wrong, self publishing is the way to go, but make sure that you don’t have too many enters and tabs!!! Check out “Ghost Lover” on Smashwords or Amazon. So far I have gotten some good reviews. I actually got a 5 star review this week and yes I did a dance in the middle of the floor. It is very exciting and humbling when you see that people do like what you write. 

Have a great day! Oh, and don’t forget, through God all things are possible! I am proof of that!Image

Have you tried Shelfari.com yet?

Good Tuesday Morning!

Well, it is storming in Georgia this morning so I can’t go to my accounting office. My commute is only across the driveway, but the building is metal and I don’t go out there when it is lightning. Since I have a little time on my

hands I was playing with my author page on Amazon. I ran up on Shelfari.com. I decided to check it out and I think it

is pretty cool! I was able to but both the kindle edition and paperback edition of my books on the  bookshelf for people to see. Also I can view other peoples bookshelf to see what other people are reading and get reviews to boot.

It is funny how many sites I am now on. Only two months ago I did not even have a twitter account. Publishing a book has been a real experience. It has taught me a lot about the information highway.

Wow! Lightning just lit up my living room and the thunder rattled the windows! Good thing my laptop was charged up

and ready to go this morning.

So, in conclusion, if you haven’t tried out Shelfari.com, go on, try it!

Go see my bookshelf at www.Shelfari.com/StephanieHurt

Monday morning! Weekend way too Short!

Well it is official. The weekend is over. It was a pretty productive weekend, which is good when you

multitask as I do. I started working on yet another novel, which makes four I am currently working on.

I took my son fishing and had a very productive Children’s Ministry class yesterday. All in All it was a

good weekend.

Of course being an Accountant, Monday’s are always crazy. My clients are in withdrawals from no contact

over the weekend. Hopefully will get in some writing today. The new story is in the front of my mind. Oh, the mind

of a writer. It goes way too deep sometimes. I feel like the stories are running around fighting for front of the line.

Hopefully today I will be able to put at least one in front.

Well for those starting out your day at work, have another cup of coffee. I have already had two and need another.

Take a deep breath and start your day with a prayer and a smile…

50% Sale on Moonbeam & Roses

Go to Smashwords.com and my author site. Check out “Moonbeam & Roses”.

Use coupon code VV46F to get 50% off the price for the Kindle edition. Hope

you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Oh, the lazy days of summer are almost over. School is back in and you can feel Fall in the air. Everybody seems to feel the change in the air. Even though we still have another month of summer, it is still nice to have a taste of Fall. Especially when you live in middle Georgia as I do. I had planned to finish my manuscript for my 4th novel this afternoon, but I am taking my son fishing. I will probably still have my laptop handy in case I get a moment to type. I love to work on my writing when the sun is shining and the wind is lightly blowing. It makes the whole process fun. Since I am a Children’s Minister at my Church, my day started out with fifteen kids and a lot of patience. They are great though. I get some of my ideas from them for my upcoming children’s book series that I have not started yet. My assistant is pressing me to finish my newest work in progress. Well really the three that are in progress, but as most writers do, I started a 4th work in progress last night. I thought she would go nuts when I told her. I told her it is job security. Everyone have a beautiful day and enjoy what God has given you!