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Newsletter - 4/19/2022
Busy week - another year clicked by on the odometer, sending me well past my warranty, and we visited extended family in San Antonio for Easter. We took a brief walk through the Pearl district, and I stumbled onto this library at the Emma Hotel. As quaint and rustic as it looks, I can't imagine it has been a library for long--my father-in-law remembered touring the same spot as a brewery (specifically, the Pearl brewery). π€·ββοΈ Still, I like the idea of old bookstores and libraries enough to ignore the trickery.
After updating my blurb on Amazon the week before, I absolutely killed all sales. It was quite enlightening. But I took another stab at what I'd learned from the previous week's podcast, and I'm back in the game. Not that I have many sales, but greater than zero is better than zero!
Beta readers have started on Book 4. I continue to edit it as well. It's getting there--I don't know whether to be aggressive and pin down a June release date, or chill a little and go for July (and stay slightly less insane). Any opinions? I think I have the pics all ordered... I need to think that through, because I remember intending four, and I have three. Maybe I got confused with the cover order. π§
I also received a few more samples of book merch, all of which needed some tweaking. (And no campfire-with-a-hint-of-peppermint candles... yet).
o To-Do list for writing last week:
Email updates- Gather pieces to work a farmer's market - ordered books. Didn't order banner or a way to collect payment.
- insert QR code in bookmark - done.
o To-Do list for writing this week:
- Email updates
- Continue to collect pieces for farmer's market. I'm not happy with the banner I created--do-over.
Previous Newsletters
- βNewsletter - April 12, 2022β
- βNewsletter - April 5, 2022β
- βAlmost done Marching - 3/30/2022
- βSpring Break - 3/22/2022
- β#weekendgetaway - 3/15/2022
- βMarch Merch... - 3/8/2022
- βMarch on! (yeah, that's terrible) - 3/1/2022
- βLate-Feb Slog - 2/23/2022
- βNo rest for the weary - 2/16/2022
- βBook 4 of The Guardian League, The Song Unsung - 2/9/2022
- βHappy Birthday to my Wife - 2/1/2022
- βFinding Books "Connected" to mine - 1/25/2022
- βHunting for Silver Linings - 1/18/2022
- βStarting off the New Year with a Bang - 1/11/2022
- ββHappy Neo Year - 1/4/2022
- βTreasure - 12/28/2021
- βHappy Holidays - 12/21/2021
- βA week of promotions - 12/14/2021
- βElf on the Shelf and the Bless-Yous of Winter - 12/05/2021
- βThanks have been given - 11/30/2021
- βReviews, but not bookish reviews... - 11/23/2021
- βLights, digital recording device, actionβ¦ - 11/16/2021
- βAnnnnd... cue Christmas! - 11/09/2021
- βBook 3 Hype-Up Coming Soon - 11/02/2021
- βLosing Faith, a Calyx Twins Story - 10/26/2021 π Losing Faith, a Calyx Twins Story.pdfβ
- βNew pics for Book 1 - 10/19/2021
- βHappy Birthday, Middle Egg - 10/12/2021
- βAge Before Duty -10/05/2021 πβ Age-Before-Duty.pdfβ
- βGrundle's Hope - 9/28/2021 π Grundle's-Hope.pdfβ
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Steven J Morris
Hi! If you enjoy fantasy with snarky humor, I've got some books for you. My newsletter takes you along the creative journey, and keeps you informed of what's brewing.
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