Thanksgiving and drugs

Odd title and, no, I'm not going to talk about tryptophan.

November, the month for Thanksgiving and, though I have Lupus and despise the drug I must take to keep tremors as well as stress at bay because it dulls every other sense - I have much to be thankful for! When I write I go off my medication to the consternation of many as I grow shaky, anxious, forgetful as hell, and my vocabulary exists of one or two phrases mostly starting with F... you and many variations thereof. Therefore, I’d like to skip forward. Every new year is heralded with singing Auld Lang Syne which can mean “old long since” or “times gone by” – whatever your translation, something undoubtedly will start anew.

I’m looking ahead to January, the return of seven stories, and I need to plan on how to get them back out there. First off, I have begun reading them with a fresh eye and will probably do minor rewrites. Do I keep their original covers (which I liked) or change them? That’s a huge expense that I hadn’t planned for! And then there is pricing?! Perhaps another publisher would be interested and that would be so much easier? Self-publishing is NOT easy; it takes dedication and lots of hard work. Where to start...

Don’t go dashing off yet to look for this title which currently has two books of the series completed, one in the works, and more in my head. Just loved this Les Byerley cover. It should be on his website too, damn it! (http://www.les3photo8.com/index.html). LOVED it!

I’m considering Kindle Unlimited. I’ve noticed many of my book sales have died off in their current markets. It doesn’t help I’m not good at promotion on my own: I hate promo! I’d just like to write, but see above about meds and dulled senses. So, I’m asking myself if there would be new life, maybe a new throng of readers who haven’t found my stories at traditional ebook publishers? Of course, I know I have to promote. *Sigh*

Readers, writers – do you KU?

Growl and roar – it’s okay to let the beast out. – J. Hali Steele

OCTOBER ALREADY!?

How the heck did that happen? And I have two releases this month. First up on October 9th from Ellora's Cave is HOPE IN LOVE, Book 1 in the Angels In Love series. This story premiers on the same day of the first ever RomantiCon convention and I'm taking that as an omen for good things to come for me and Ellora's Cave/Jasmine Jade Enterprises.

There will be an announcement next week on a REALLY BIG contest for both releases so stay tuned for more information.

Back to the story.

BLURB:
The world is changing. Hope is fading. Darkness beckons. And one angel holds the answer.

Tired of death, destruction and mankind’s race to ruination, Ramiel, archangel of hope, finds it harder and harder to care about those he’s meant to help. Now, the Fates have decreed that Ramiel must mate with Yael, an exulted human. On his shoulders rides the universe’s only hope for survival, but the ties that bind him to Yael force him to face his own unexpected reckoning.

Yael, elevated to heaven to live out her days in peace, recoils from the sadness and shadows of death in Ramiel’s eyes. Yet the need to ease the despair haunting him is stronger. During nights of searing sensuality, Yael and Ramiel light an erotic fire between them that will not be extinguished.

As the combined forces of the heavens try to tear them apart, Ramiel must find a way to hold on to the love he finds with Yael, or an end will come, so devastating that Heaven will drop to its knees.

Next up is A PANTHER'S FLIGHT on October 16th from Eirelander Publishing. Here's a bit about it:

BLURB:
When a mate is worth waiting for.

Fane Baron is a Reign warrior—a sanctioned killer charged with hunting down the rogue vampyre cats of the Sovereign Kind. Haunted by memories of stalking his best friend and afraid the same contagious addiction will consume him, Fane makes a drastic decision; he’ll stop taking blood. He knows the consequences of his decision, the problem is, can he live with himself once he meets her…?

Edy Adair is in a predicament of her uncle's making. A few days from her first change to a panther, already dealing with the clawing emotional turmoil of being in heat, she’s headed on a short flight to Arizona with the vampyre cat of her dreams. Only problem, he isn’t the mate chosen for her by her parents. The fact is he killed her cousin!

Now for more news...

In case you haven't heard, Eirelander Publishing opened today. The site is not only nice to look at, there are two great books available and it is one of the easiest sites I've ever purchased from. Stop by and take a look and be the first to grab a copy of Light My World by Aasiyah Qamar and Blood Tapestry by Ishbel Moore. Both of these stories will make a great addition to your cyber shelves.

Until next Friday: Growl and roar-it's okay to let the beast out. - © J. Hali Steele