Marketing with Short Stories
Quite a number of authors are writing me various questions about my current short story marketing blitz, which I began on Sept 1 and will end on Oct 31. I’ve been at it non-stop day and night. I’m...
View ArticleFlash Fiction / Short Story Contests October 2023
October is the ideal time to get those short stories and flash fiction pieces out there. It gets your brain nimble as we head into National Novel Writing Month! Fifty Word Stories Yes, exactly 50...
View ArticleHow to Make a Google Doc for Receiving Comments
A number of authors have asked me how they set up their own documents online so that people can comment on them. I have created a how-to video so that everyone can watch the video and see the steps...
View ArticleQuickBooks is RansomWare
Aaaaa apparently QuickBooks is now ransomware-like locking its entire system EVERY YEAR ($687.68!!) if you don’t pay to upgrade. I’ve lost all access to all my financial QuickBooks data files. I’ve...
View ArticleNational Novel Writing Month Day 1
It’s here! It’s here! National Novel Writing Month has begun! My username is lisashea – who else is doing NaNoWriMo this year? It’s lots of fun and can inspire you to make progress! The post National...
View ArticleNational Novel Writing Month Day 2
It’s National Novel Writing Month Day 2! Write something! Anything! A little paragraph. A haiku. Get those writing gears turning! I’m working on my 19th medieval novel. What are you up to? The post...
View ArticleGmail Accounts Being Deleted
Alert! Gmail/Google is about to DELETE any accounts that haven’t been accessed in 2 years (that don’t host YouTube videos). This account deletion could then cause you to lose access to other systems...
View ArticleMicrosoft Word 2023 Options – Annual Subscription or Actual License
I’ve been using software since the “dark ages” where you actually bought a copy that you could use forever. In modern times, it seems that every company is shifting to an annual subscription model...
View ArticleACX / AudioBooks
My author friend Sarah Whelan was able to quickly make her audiobook for Humbug and is now selling copies already. Humbug on Amazon I *highly* recommend you all consider creating ACX audiobook versions...
View ArticleUsing Stock Images as an Author
As part of my latest four-week seminar series, I wrote a new overview book which summarized the 14 different major social networks and what each one was best for. It’s about 80 pages. I loaded it into...
View ArticleDreamstime Copyright Email Messages about DepositPhotos Images
I am an artist. I completely understand that artists need to protect their creations from thieves. I am in favor of that protection. I ethically source every single image on the 35+ websites I own....
View ArticleJapan Top Literature Prize Won by ChatGPT
Japan’s top literature prize went to a “practically flawless” novel – turns out much of it was guided or outright written by ChatGPT. Human writers better get published soon. We’re about to be...
View ArticleThe Front Page – A Play in Three Acts
Woo hoo!! I got the top billing spot on Amazon for my new Kindle version of The Front Page! It’s a play in three acts written back in 1928. This was a CHALLENGE to format. I’m glad this project is...
View ArticleKindle Vella Publishing Changes – Ten Episodes Free
If there is one constant in our world, it is that everything is always changing. It does no good to complain about Change. Change is simply a fact of life. Every system we use is going to be tweaked...
View ArticleKindle Vella Publishing Changes – 10 Tokens Per Episode
In March 2024, Amazon Kindle Vella’s episodic publishing program underwent a series of changes. This section here is about just one aspect of those changes. It involves how much a reader ‘pays’ to read...
View ArticleSmall Press Distribution Closes its Doors
This is very sad news for the publishing industry. As of March 29, 2024, Small Press Distribution has closed its doors. It has shut down operations. All 300,000 of the books in its system needed to be...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Watch – Google Pay Pop-Up Issues
I have a Samsung Galaxy Active2 Watch. I have loved this watch and used it for years to manage my sleep, my walking steps, and much more. Unfortunately, two days ago it began repeatedly popping up,...
View ArticleMermaid Sketchbook – Sketching Mermaids for 31 Days
Left Center or Right? MerMay is right around the corner, where thousands of artists aim to draw a mermaid a day. I want to get my sketchbook ready! Let me know if you’d like to see the actual...
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