Left Center or Right? These are covers I made for a friend of mine, Thomas Hollyday. He writes gentle mysteries full of fascinating characters, set in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland area.
Book one in this series, Slave Graves, is free!
Woo hoo! I’m loading Newgate book 3 up live!! Thank you all so much for your help with this series. Now to get started on book 4, which should be the final book!
To celebrate, book one – the Irish Lass – is now FREEEEE! Grab your copy today :).
What are you up to today?
Authors who write in a specific genre should absolutely belong to a genre retweet group. So for example I promo my horror books in a horror retweet group. Here is how retweet groups work.
The best form of book marketing is to market to your own fans.
Here’s how to create and grow an author newsletter – what do you use for your own book newsletter system?
Are you an author seeking more reviews and sales for your book?
Here are two recent tests I did with BookBasset, an $8 book promo newsletter.
Hurrah! I’m running a free promo on Becoming Whole, book 16 in my sweet medieval romance series.
It is now #1 in teen historical romances!! And it’s right there with my book 1 in that series, Knowing Yourself!
Grab your FREE copy of both today!
What are you up to?
A great interview for both readers and authors to listen to! Thomas Hollyday talks with us about his latest book, Enemy, with its thriller / horror roots in the Climate Crisis.
Learn more about designing an environment, creating believable characters, and ramping up tension in a story!
An idealistic woman and a pragmatic man are horrified as their beloved Chesapeake Bay town faces cataclysmic destruction. Will River Sunday, Maryland be overrun by a heinous threat triggered by a climate catastrophe? It will take the entire town coming together to offer even the slimmest chance of finding a path through.
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Be sure to subscribe, and post in the comments with any questions! Lisa has published over 450 works and is happy to answer any questions you might have about the process of writing, publishing, and marketing.
To create this video, Lisa used the following tools (some affiliate links included):
Thomas Hollyday’s book Enemy:
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Camera: Logitech Webcam
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Camera: Canon EOS7D Mark II
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Canon Lens EF-S 18-135
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Adobe Premiere Pro video editing software
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Zuzu stars again!
Please let me know if you have any suggestions or ideas for this video about “Death Watch” – my short story about a mentally challenged man on death row. Your suggestions will be greatly helpful!
The story itself is free on all platforms (Kindle iTunes Nook etc.) if you’d like to read it.
From the video description:
Death Watch is a short story by Lisa Shea about a mentally challenged man on death row. In this video, the author discusses her motivations in writing the story, explores the craft of writing a horror short story, and explains details of the plot. The story Death Watch is available for free on all platforms. Death Watch is 15 pages / 4690 words.
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Are you interested in horror stories? Are you an author who enjoys writing short stories, poetry, or novels with a horror theme? Are you a reader who likes learning more about the horror genre? Come join multi-award-winning author Lisa Shea to learn more about the world of horror. In this series Lisa interviews authors, discusses her own stories, and delves into the world of horror.
As an added bonus, you get to meet Zuzu, the female half of the Zuzu and Felix black cat sibling duo!
Be sure to subscribe, and post in the comments with any questions! Lisa has published over 450 works and is happy to answer any questions you might have about the process of writing, publishing, and marketing.
To create this video, Lisa used the following tools (affiliate links included):
Death Watch on Kindle (FREE)
https://amzn.to/3f9tK8o
Camera: Canon EOS7D Mark II
https://amzn.to/2WYuruI
Canon Lens EF-S 18-135
https://amzn.to/2X0c6gT
Adobe Premiere Pro video editing software
https://amzn.to/2COSTba
Edirol R-09HR Audio Recorder
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Zuzu is the star! Woo hoo! Victory!
It took several long days of wrangling connections and software but my new video series on Horror story Writing and Reviews is going live.
Zuzu stars in this!
Please let me know if you have any suggestions about the video presentation, the audio, etc. etc. Thanks!!
Here’s the description – any suggestions?
Are you interested in horror stories? Are you an author who enjoys writing short stories, poetry, or novels with a horror theme? Are you a reader who likes learning more about the horror genre? Come join multi-award-winning author Lisa Shea to learn more about the world of horror. In this series Lisa interviews authors, discusses her own stories, and delves into the world of horror.
This is the intro video to the series, to explain what the purpose of the series will be. It provides an overview to authors who are interested in getting started in the world of horror. As an added bonus, you get to meet Zuzu, the female half of the Zuzu and Felix black cat sibling duo!
Be sure to subscribe, and post in the comments with any questions! Lisa has published over 450 works and is happy to answer any questions you might have about the process of writing, publishing, and marketing. To create this video, Lisa used the following tools (affiliate links included):
Camera: Canon EOS7D Mark II https://amzn.to/2WYuruI
Canon Lens EF-S 18-135 https://amzn.to/2X0c6gT
Adobe Premiere Pro video editing software https://amzn.to/2COSTba
Edirol R-09HR Audio Recorder https://amzn.to/2By1wGp
I’m in trouble! My awesome narrator for my Whitinsville pixie series just finished book 1 – it was absolutely perfect. She’s starting in on book 2 now. I haven’t written book 3 yet!!
Ack!! How many things can I write at once? What are you guys up to?
Here’s book 1 – it’s FREE – give it a read and let me know what you think!