email owns me

I get so many emails a day that I am constantly on my phone. I mean, from personal to business, book related to random nonsense, I definitely must have a few different email accounts to keep things somewhat organized. Not that I mind reading and answering emails, but I have now designated a time in the evening to do so.

On top of all that shiz, my iphone has decided to no longer refresh or promptly notify me of certain emails. Very sudden and weird. I haven't had any problems with it up until now.

Technology...ugh. I try to think about how different it would be to try to self publish or even communicate without computers, email, cell phones, etc. We did once, and I know it wasn't that long ago. I just can't imagine surviving without these things now. Dependence on electronics and recent technological advances...that's a bad thing, isn't it?

Oh and for those who have noticed that my bios and about mes have changed, it's personal, long story. HE is no longer mentioned for a good reason.

Ugh PDF conversions suck

So.....I found out that my ebooks become mangled after converting them to PDF format. For some reason doing this removes punctuation and misspells some words. A few of the mistakes are my own and I can see this in the original copies, but compared to the conversions mine are near perfection.

I'm going to try every which way I can to fix this problem. Once I republish my books I would appreciate it if you guys can report errors to me. I swear I'll love you so so much if you do.

I'll post when all my ebooks are back up for sale and put my email so I can get direct responses as usual. Thank You!!

Congrats to all the graduates out there, my little cousin Ricky included. Enjoy you're youth and your last free summer before it's time to become a grown up! J/k Good luck on the bright futures ahead of you and remember as Einstein said:

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."


So never give up!!

Gamers...Ugh

Anyone else out there have a gamer hubby? You know, one who has a specific game on the 360, PS3, or computer that they are basically obsessed (addicted) to playing? Yea, that's my hubba. He did go quite a few months with out playing, until about a week ago when my cousin called him urging him to hop on. Now, I'm not against gaming-he has his own room to play in and he's considerate of the families needs-but it does get pretty annoying after a while. Right? The noise, the trash talk, the times...ugh. Anyway :/


I've been working on my new website trying to tweak the details. I'm making the grand attempt at doing it all myself. We'll see how it goes. I may be placing a few calls to my brother for some assistance. I'll post a link when it's finally ready.


As for my ebooks.............It's pretty much all about the covers right now. I'm having a difficult time deciding on the most appropriate covers for each, and I know for sure I'm changing ones that are already published. Yes, indecisive is me.


I have briefly unpublished my short stories ebook due to editing errors and because I wrote a few more stories I want to add. It will be back up soon.


Well, I'm going to hop off here now so that I may work on my site, feed baby, contemplate book covers, play with baby, and pick up my big guy from school. Then, eventually, I will play some dance games on the Kinect because they are fun. (I will admit that my game addictions involve Mario, Sonic, and Donkey Kong. Shhhh) Also thinking about picking up Zumba for 360. I hear it's a great workout- I do have some baby weight to shimmy off.


Until next time!! Have an awesome day, week, month, and heck, year!!

Oh So Complicated

Hello!! First off let me just say that I have four books in various states of editing and completion. I don't have definitive dates for the upload of them. One in particular is a children's book my son helped me write and I happen to be very excited about that one. As soon as they are up I will blog it up.


On to funny times... apparently our Pomeranian thinks the baby is capable of playing fetch at four months old. Misa (named after Misa Amane from the Death Note anime), has been apart of our family since she was six months old. She's now three years old and this is the first infant she's been around for long periods. Toddlers are her favorite and she is so gentle with them. Every time the baby is in his chair Misa brings him one of her toys, setting it in his lap, then waits patiently for him to toss it. She will wait forever. Eventually I have to throw it, but she takes it right back to him. Another thing she likes to try to do is sit in his lap which is not very successful. I hate scolding her because she isn't hurting him or even trying to hurt him, but I can't figure out how to let her know, and get her to understand, that he's too little. She's a tiny work in progress. How does one get a dog to understand such things?


Until next time...A good week to all!!

Issues

For some reason Barnes and Noble is labeling Not a Nightmare as part of the Secrets of the Fallen Series which it is definitely not. It also has a review linked to it from my book Hidden Among Us. I'm trying to figure out how to rectify this. I'm not having the same problem with Amazon, all seems fine there. I'm hoping once it gets uploaded to Apple and Sony I won't have a similar issue.

As for reviews, my sales go up but there aren't any reviews. If you enjoyed reading one of my books please feel free to write a review. Even if you didn't I'd like to hear what you didn't enjoy. Whether you want to write a review or email me I always appreciate it. Those who have sent me emails in the past about editing issues know how grateful I am. And to all the new readers who don't already know-if you find any grammar/spelling/punctuation (proofreading/editing) mistakes please, please, please email me with them. I can not even count how many printed books by various authors that I've read with numerous editing errors. Since my books are ebooks I can control those, but sometimes I miss things as do the people who proof for me. That being said, please email me at christinaeb103@gmail.com if you find anything or have any criticism.

Thanks again to all the readers out there!!

Uploaded!!

Not a Nightmare is uploaded and should be available through Barnesandnoble.com and Amazon.com sometime this evening. It is currently for sale on Smashwords.com in the format for most ereaders. Check it out when you get a chance!

I'm going to yet again change the cover for Hidden Among Us once I have the opportunity to work on it. Not happy with how that one turned out :(

And lastly................HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I stuck to my new years resolutions last year and honestly, I could not be happier. My suggestion to all is to make 'em and keep 'em, because you won't regret it. Remember, if you make a resolution there's a reason you made it. A safe and wonderful new year wish to all!

News!

I'm finally ready to get back in the game. After a rough c-section due to placenta previa I had to receive a blood transfusion and ended up with a difficult recovery. My incision started to split open early in week two post-op and it's been quite a journey since. Sorry, I know, TMI.

Now week six weeks post-op I can say I feel great, still a little sore, but great. And that being said I've had some time to get one of my other books put together. By tomorrow afternoon or evening I'll have uploaded a collection of four short stories titled Not A Nightmare. Make sure you check it out!! Remember, since I self publish there may be errors that the person I have proofread or I don't catch, so if you come across any please shoot me an email to let me know. You guys know I appreciate it!

Just to give you a quick little description of Not A Nightmare:

This is not a collection of scary stories, though a few may be slightly disturbing. The first story branches off from the Secrets of the Hidden series to give a back story to the archangel Troy and his encounter with another important angel from the series. Troy thinks he may have imprinted, but he has to locate her to be sure.

In the second story, of the extraterrestrial kind, Jess finds her love life nonexistent and someone is watching her with the wrong idea about her intentions. With a busy career and money of her own all she wants is someone to go home to. But the universe has other plans for her.

Our third story follows lonely widower, Gregory, in a post world-wide breakout of a man made affliction. The caring man takes in wanderers and opens up his home to help those not infected. All the while he keeps a dark secret locked way.

Farrah faces a ghostly nightmare in the fourth story. After a devastating loss she fights to pick up the pieces and restrain from ripping her boyfriend's mom a new one. She plots to make things right again only finding she has no control over even her own life.