Ghost Day

A night of disease
Coughing of a small child
A morning of exhaustion
Fringed by thunderstorms
I have no urge
Or energy to use
No appetite or drive
So today I will be shadow
A ghost of the community
Reading and liking
Sticking only to some haunts
A scheduled post at noon
Maybe a poem in another realm
To prove I am alive
I will respond if spoken to
Yet I may very well be short
Tomorrow I will wander out
My mind better than today
So for now I’m turning in
To watch you from afar

Translation– I’ll be here and on the CSB, but I will only be responding after handling a few morning posts and doing the daily promo.  Scheduled a post at noon and I’m too ‘meh’ to reschedule it.

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Goodreads Giveaway! The Dragon’s Disciples

Goodreads Giveaway!

C.N. Faust's avatarC.N. Faust

Hello my darlings!

I have created my first Goodreads Giveaway for the re-release of The Dragon’s Disciples! Click on the picture below to enter, or just follow this link! http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/64194-the-dragon-s-disciples . The giveaway ends October 1st! 

This giveaway is for a paperback copy. I am hoping to do one for a hardcover as well. We will see! 

 

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Your most adored,

C.N.F. 

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Because Everyone Should Hear George Carlin

Ionia of Readfulthings posted a great poem about sayings from America and the UK.  It got me thinking of the sayings we have that don’t make any sense.  I could talk about it, but George Carlin did it first and better.  The man was truly a genius of language.  Enjoy and laugh!

Added Bonus: Airline Announcements (Long, but you need to hear it once in your life.)

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Ereadernewstoday Posting update

I just got a message from ereadernewstoday and given a link to pass around. This is to their Facebook page:

Ereadernewstoday

Doing this from phone, so hope it works. Thanks for sharing.

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Labor Day’s Day

Nightmare Before Christmas Doors

Nightmare Before Christmas Doors

Labor Day- My time has come!

Memorial Day- Congrats, but what are you about?

Labor Day- I . . . I don’t know any more.

Halloween- She’s the sign that summer is ending, school is starting, and some people can get off from work.

Labor Day- That can’t be it. Can it?

Halloween- At least you get the day off. I have actual traditions that can’t be done until kids get back from school and most people hide in their houses anyway.

Easter- That’s because you’re Satanic.

Halloween- I’m Christian, you candy-theme stealing jerk! At least I make sense. Death of a savior equals chocolate, bunnies, eggs, and ham? No wonder Jews can’t figure you out.

Passover- Leave us out of this. We have enough trouble explaining ourselves.

Yom Kippur- Sooooo hungry.

Labor Day- Can we get back to me? It’s my day! Forget the rest of you! My day!

Veteran’s Day- You were originally an idea stolen from Toronto’s labour festival and . . . I think you’re just a celebration of the strength of the working man. You’ve been turned into a retail holiday like many of us.

Black Friday- One of us! One of us!

Labor Day- Who invited him?

Thanksgiving- Sorry. He’s my vestigial twin, so he goes where I go. He gets more crazed and warped every year.

Ground starts shaking as something massive approaches. A towering figure of red, white, and black looms over the crowd of holidays.

Christmas- I’ll tell you what all of you are!

Independence Day- Not this shit again.

Christmas- All of you are my bitches! Even you , Easter and Passover.

Easter- I did notice a few chocolate Santas being sold this year.

Passover- Uh, we gave you Chanukah as a sacrifice and you’ve left the rest of us alone. Most people don’t even know about us, so I’m not your bitch. Right, guys?

Yom Kippur- Sooooo hungry.

Labor Day- Has everyone forgotten about me? Hello? This is my day! Why is nobody paying attention to me any more? What is the point of my existence?

Black Friday- One of us! One of us! One of us!

Labor Day- I hate all of you.

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Now Live on eReaderNewsToday!

Legends of Windemere: Beginning of a Hero is on today’s eReaderNewsToday listing.  Click on Fizzle to take a look:

By Kayla Matt

By Kayla Matt

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Global Distribution Complete – The Seed is now on Amazon POD and on NOOK ebooks!!!

The Seed is now available on more platforms!

Helen's avatarhelenvalentina

 

The Seed

Hi

Super excited to say the final stages of the global distribution of The Seedhave now been accomplished!!! As well as Lulu.com POD and ebook, and Amazon Kindle and Apple iStore, The Seedis now available at Amazon POD and Nook. Details are:

Nook:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-seed-helen-valentina/1116528381?ean=9781483402000

Amazon POD:

http://www.amazon.com/Seed-Helen-Valentina/dp/1483402010/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378105371&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Seed+Helen+Valentina

More details on the novel can be found on the The Seed page above if you’ve not read about it before and you’re curious to check out my first novel.  🙂

Cheers

Helen V

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The Hardest Part (Also Sale Promo)

Cover art by Jason Pedersen

Cover art by Jason Pedersen

The book is done
My editing complete
I eye Amazon like a hawk
Greedy and nervous
Prepared for that final step
Self-publishing!
You are my chosen path

It is not the final step
Merely the first
The hardest part now looms
Terrifying marketing
Never taught in school
No warning of its shadow
That coils around my world

Tweeting on twitter
Posting blog and Facebook
Interviews of how I write
A whoring guest for bloggers
Like a dancing monkey
With a literary organ grinder
I hoot and jump for you

I thought it would be pie
Publish the book
Only a few promos to be had
Now I have another:
Beginning of a Hero on ereadernewstoday!
Prodigy of Rainbow Tower still 99 cents
The promo dance goes on

You heard the poem!  Click on a picture to go to the Amazon site!

Cover Art by Jason Pedersen

Cover Art by Jason Pedersen

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Hurry, sale ends soon!

Get in on the 99 cent Labor Day sale while it lasts.

Briana (Vedsted) Atkisson's avatarWhen I Became an Author

A Girl Named Cordwill be on sale only through tonight and tomorrow. Hurry and get this book!

a girl named cord (2)Click picture to go directly to its page on Amazon.

Hurry! This book is only 99 cents until Monday night!!!

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Fun Videos for Labor Day or Any Day

I don’t know how much I’ll be able to post tomorrow.  Probably nothing more than an advertising post in the morning.  I have to pay some attention to see how the ereadernewstoday effect works on my novels.  Yes, Ionia, I will be checking my stats more than I should.  Maybe.  Truthfully, I’m leaning toward finding a tree and editing in the shade while only texting with a few people.

Without further ado, here are a few videos to entertain people and raise spirits:

Weird Al Yankovic: Horoscope for Today (Love Hina animation)

Sir Mix-A-Lot: Baby Got Back

Queen: Going Slightly Mad (First time seeing the video and . . . wuh?)

Rednex: Cotton Eye Joe

Monty Python: Always Look On The Bright Side of Life

George Carlin on Euphemisms (Cursing, pure genius.)

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