From musician Michael Bleiweiss –
My third piece was also my first (and only) commission. I started it while in college and completed over the next couple of years.
It is a three movement trio for violin, clarinet, & cello.
This week, I am posting the first movement, which is a lively theme and variations.
I have now posted it on my YouTube channel at:
It’s Monday! Time to get your week organized for relaxing energy and steady momentum!
Come join me on Zoom at 3pm for time management and vision planning.
At 5pm I’m on OutSchool helping teens reach their dreams.
And at 7pm it’s my main writing workshop on Zoom.
Ask with any questions! What are you guys up to today?
Woo hoo! String Theory – my horror short story #19 – is now loading live on Amazon! Thank you everyone for your help with this.
Book #20 Heart & Soul is submitted to a compilation contest. I’ll find out 10/1 if it wins a spot!
I only have to write 7 more short stories to fill out my own Set 3.
Books 1 and 2 are FREE right now so grab them while you can! Here’s the link to the full series –
https://www.amazon.com/Lisas-Dark-Gripping-Short-Tales/dp/B08DL2NYWK/
What are you guys up to today?
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!
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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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