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Newsletter - June 21, 2022
First, Happy Birthday, Sean & Noah! ππ (No, I don't have every subscriber's birthday on file... that's my brother and nephew in Colorado.βΊ).
I'm glad I kicked off the book tour & uploaded the final copies of book 4, b/c work was demonic last week, and it made some gruesome promises regarding the upcoming weeks. Before I get to writing, I'll share some paintings from my youngest. Pretty cool, right?
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My middle daughter has a dance competition in Florida next week, so we have another big family road trip planned, except we are leaving our oldest behind for a basketball tournament. It's that phase of life... the first stumbling flights from the nest. Happy/sad about it.
My youngest and I did our second farmer's market, and my wife & middle daughter stopped by. We had a couple of improvements over the previous attempt -- bookstands, weights for the tent, and a "square" credit card reader. We had our first credit card sale -- thanks, Andrea! (It took me about ten minutes to get the square to re-pair with my phone, and the screen and phone were trying to shut down because they were overheating... yikes!) I met another local author, Demetrye Isoldi, and an upcoming Indie book store had a booth set up. Their bookmark reads Vintage bookstore & wine bar, but their brick-n-mortar isn't open yet. (B.K, it might be another good place to try an event.)
I have a couple of pieces of art from Book 4 to share - they didn't make it into the ARC copies, so I wanted to get them out to folks. ARC readers, you'll know where they go.
It's a bit of a long newsletter, but I'll be traveling next week, so it might be the last one before Book 4 is released. I created hardbacks of the other books, including Book 4.
β@ladyug_shirls kicked off the Book Tour for book 4 with a remarkable review, and the Goodreads giveaway hath commenced. I'll be spending a lot of time on social media to get the word out for the next couple/few weeks. Please feel free to send out the newsletters to your friends who love fantasy. They can connect through my web site.
Countdown for Book 4 Release
o To-Do list for writing last week:
Email updatesSend bookmarks and bookplates out to ARC readersMaybe create hardbacks for other books in the series.
o To-Do list for writing this week:
- Email updates
- I started writing the next series, but I am not setting any goals yet.
Previous Newsletters
- βNewsletter - June 14, 2021β
- βNewsletter - May 31, 2022β
- βNewsletter - May 24, 2022β
- βNewsletter - May 17, 2022β
- βNewsletter - May 10, 2022β
- βNewsletter - May 3, 2022β
- βNewsletter - April 26, 2022β
- βNewsletter - April 19, 2022β
- 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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