As usual, here is your warning that this story has cursing, sex (not graphic), innuendo, and violence. It’s my Rated-R action adventure called Derailing Bedlam. This is the fourth outing (third official) for Cassidy and Lloyd, so feel free to click on one of the two covers to see how it started. Each one is 99 cents!
Cover by Jon Hunsinger
Cover Art by Jon Hunsinger
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Welcome to this week’s edition of Lisa Burton Radio. I’m your host, Lisa the robot girl. They say fame is fleeting, but is it really? What if you were involved in something so nefarious that your legend held on for centuries, eternity even? We’re not taking flavor-of-the-month on some reality show, or a public meltdown by some YouTube sensation. This is the big time. Let’s give a warm welcome to this week’s special guest the Serpent, and I mean the Serpent. “Welcome to the show.”
“Thank you for having me, Robo-Girl! And I must say, it’s a pleasure being with you. And to be clear, you’re not an animatronic puppet are you? I’d hate to find out, that I’ve been having a conversation with a hairy old man hiding behind a curtain …”
“Nope, one-hundred percent robot girl here. The only hairy old man around here is working on something…
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It’s a new year and time for a new series of author interviews.
One of the features of my blog that I have enjoyed the most is my author interview series.
Over the past few years, I have posted over 200 interviews. We have learned about many authors, both traditionally and independently published. We have learned what makes them tick and what techniques have worked for them in creating and promoting their work.
For 2019, I’m looking to post weekly author interviews based on responses to 10 questions. To change it up a bit this year, I’m giving authors 20 questions from which they can choose 10. This will make each interview somewhat unique. These 20 questions are brand new to my blog interviews. This means, if I’ve already interviewed you, you are welcome to participate as we will learn even more about you.
If you participate in my interview…
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Ahnold
I wish I had a more complicated plan than what I’m about to write. Many authors have declared that they are going to reach various milestones. I’m still working on getting back to a level of stability, so I don’t feel like I can reach that far. Heck, I’m not even doing this on January 1st, which shows I’m struggling to retain some sense of order in the author side of my life.
By the way, that’s really what this post is going to be about. My personal and day job life are going to be worked on throughout the year, but I can’t share a lot of that here. I need to keep them separate because others involved request privacy. So, I’ll talk a bit about it, but not in any detail. Anyway, what are my goals for 2019?
That’s really it. Seems more than it really is, but I’m still fighting a massive blow to my confidence. Not having much support on this side of the computer makes it hard to accept the support I get on here. That’s something else I need to fix this year. I want to be able to shrug off the naysayers who seem to be unhappy regardless of what I do. They’ve made me feel guilty about going near my books while saying they never intended to do me that much harm. Don’t get me wrong here. I love being involved in teaching because I feel like I’m helping kids and making a difference in their lives. Being able to do both would be great, so I really need to figure out a balance. Anyway, this post got longer than expected, so good luck to everyone in 2019.
Hello SErs! Happy New Year! I hope you’ve all had a good holiday season. Today being the first post of 2019, I thought it might be nice to kick things off by looking at creativity … more specifically, where it comes from. What are we talking about when we mention having a muse?
Personally, I’ve never experienced talking to or with my muse. It doesn’t manifest that way. I found my creative flow after learning to meditate, and it was in that quiet mind that I discovered what could be called my silent muse.
Below is a great video about the split brain and its implications for the muse within. Please do take a look, especially the bit that talks about the brain telling itself stories! The video lasts for just under five minutes. Youtube has lots of great videos on the brain and personality.
In summary, we have two…
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Victoria Zigler is a prolific author, mostly of books for children and poetry. She has an impressive catalogue. She is also blind – and has visited the Library Of Erana in the past to discuss the accessibility (or otherwise) of publishing, reading and enjoying books. I’m pleased to welcome Tori back, where she discusses the issues of self-publishing on Amazon vs Smashwords.
Tori – over to you
“Which platform is best for self-publishing?”
It’s a question you’ve likely heard many, many times – one especially popular with people comparing Smashwords to Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) – and one that will have a different answer, depending on who you ask, and what experiences they’ve had using one platform or the other.
Here’s another question for you though:
“Which platform is more accessible for visually impaired authors who rely on screen readers?”
This one may also come with different answers, depending…
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I was going to do a big post thinking back about this year. Honestly, it started off messy and continued on that route. Anxiety issues, semi-retirement from being an author, and a bunch of personal disasters. I feel pretty thoroughly battered from life and those who have chosen to be the deliverers of pain. So, I’m just going to avoid looking and hope the future is even a little brighter.
Legends of Windemere 