Your Own Disaster!!

I enjoy this title because it kind of takes on two meanings....

Life and times of your own disaster

OR
who knows I might actually be talking about my latest book!

I uploaded the book to both smashwords and to kindle... now all I am waiting on is for both to send it through... it will probably be available on kindle in the next couple of days and then who knows how long smashwords will take to send it out.. :/

BUT either way I am extremely excited about it! I loved writing this one...

Here's the current track that I am listening to for anyone who is interested!

Hope everyone has a magically day and no something to make someone smile!
                                                                                                                -N

the self-motivated author

The second edit on my second novel is now complete .. spent the last few days forcing myself to do it... I would have had it done sooner but I had some unexpected family issues come up that we had to go out of town to take care of. I am hoping that my second novel will be available at the beginning of the month... depending on how long it takes smashwords to review it! anyways... I am beyond excited now!!! Yay!

Here is a link to follow if you want to download a free preview of the book before it comes out next month!!

"Stay classy San Diego"

Hope everyone has a magically day and do something to make someone smile today!
                                                                                                   -N

someone somewhere...

Happy Thanksgiving... I guess though here on the east coast it is no longer Thanksgiving... but anyways here is a quick list of things that I am thankful for...

-Having an amazing husband who supports me in conquering my dream...
-Sleep (especially with it calling me to come to bed within the next few moments.)
-The fact that my father in law is getting better after being very sick two weeks ago!!
-People who read my stories!!

On Feedbooks, which is a site that I have a free preview of my novel at there has almost been 700 downloads of it since the fourth... which I feel like is pretty amazing! Can it reach a thousand by the end of the month? I hope so... :)

Here's a song... I know that I usually put some sort of rock on here.... but I cannot get enough of this song!

Plus she is super adorable... lol

Hope that everyone has a magically day and do something to make someone smile...

                                                                                                                     -N

excited writer

Yay... I finished my cover for my second story... and got the approval from all the appropriate sources (which is really just my friends saying "I really like it")

So, here it is... a big reveal...

Yay... BLUE!!! you can read a sample of it Here and I am hoping to have it edited and published by December, but life is trying to prolong this...

the impatient writer

I think one of the most frustrating things in life is learning to have patience... I do not have much patience and I am known to jump off the handle about useless things. As some people who may... or may not... read this I have posted the first few chapters of my book on feedbooks so that people can read the beginning of it and see if they like it... or not... I hope that they do, and although it has been downloaded on there 444 times (at least that is what the website is telling me) I feel like people still do not know about it. I only wish that more people would read it. I want to entertain people... that is my goal. I have sold 4 books (that I am aware of... the other problem with smashwords is that you cannot see the amount of books that you have actually sold until it is reported to them... as of now it is showing that it is up to date from August to September... AWESOME I know right...) which I guess is alright considering that it is my first novel and that it has only been out for 3 weeks, but I just wish that more people would read it. I'm not trying to complain just thought that this might be good for someone to read that is in the same situation.


Here's a song to cheer everyone's spirits... especially mine. Brian Fallon from The Gaslight Anthem (my favorite) and The Horrible Crowes

Yes, I know that I have posted a few videos from TGA... it's because I adore them and I could listen to this man sing all day!!!

Hope everyone has a magical day and do something to make someone else smile...
                                                                                                          -N

the book reviewer

So... I usually don't review books, because I look at it like this... It doesn't matter what I think of a book. The writer spent so many hours, and so much emotion writing it that I don't feel that it is my place to critique their creation. They made it specifically like they saw it.

That being said... here is my review on my own book.

When I was writing Ryann she irritated the hell out of me. I hated her. I hated the things that she did and the things that she said, but on the same side I pitied her. I felt my heart breaking as I knew how much she was hurting. I wrote her the way she because I thought to myself that if I was in this situation I would be flaky, un-trusting, and hate everyone just as she does. I loved how she fought with herself about being in love with Sam, and I loved how she did what she thought was right for him. Maybe she wasn't right, but her heart was in the right place.


I loved everything about Sam. He's cheesy sometimes, but he's genuine. He wears his heart on his sleeve, and there was never any doubt in my head about how much he loved Ryann.

I will admit that the writing in this book is probably not the best, I'm alright with that and have excepted it, but I also believe that writing is like an art form. It's something that writers do to express themselves and why should expression have guidelines... or maybe I just tell myself that to make me feel better... who knows...


that was my short review...

Hope everyone has a magically day... and do something to make someone smile.

                                                                                                                       -N

the self-proclaimed writer...

I am currently printing for the second edit of my second story... It is beyond exhilarating... and I am completely happy although I am still unaware of how my first story is doing... but I figure that if I work my butt off and I am nice to people I should make it somewhere.

I worked on my cover to my second story last night and I am completely excited about how it looks (although it does not look like a professional cover it is my creation...)

I hope that everyone likes it when I can finally get it out.

I love the second story that I worked out... more so after I edited it because I fell in love with the characters as I did read it.

My third story is currently shelved waiting to grow on it's own as it is waiting to be re-edited...

And I am currently typing on my fourth story... although I came to a road block yesterday and do not know which direction that I should take... so I will take a short break from it as I edit number 2... which happens to be titled Your Own Disaster... I will say it is somewhat different from my first story... I will post a summary on here as soon as I get it written....

I love what I am doing right now... writing that is... and I am hoping that one day I can send everyday enjoying it without having disruptions of other jobs...

One other love I have besides writing is music... although I have zero talent when it comes to that... but I do enjoy sharing my favorite songs with people... who may or may not be reading this... so here is my song of the day I have been listening to it as I edit my story... and it has probably managed to alter it somewhat...

Hope everyone's day is magically and do something to make someone smile...
                                                                                                          -N

enthusiastic writer

... words cannot express how thrilled I am that on feedbooks the preview of my story has almost been downloaded 200 times... it's amazing!!

Also, my story has just been added on Barnes & Noble although I am not sure why the cover isn't showing up... :/
Had to share that with you inter-web!

the insomniac.

Here's the whole cover of Hate me... I enjoy the story only hope that everyone else does as well... I am now in the final decisions of a name for my second novel and will beginning a final edit in the next few weeks. I have almost finished the cover art for it (yes, I'm sure that it is not a superb idea to create my own... but I will like it.) as soon as I am finished with it I will post it up on here. 

Here's my video of the day...

Once again have a magical day and do something to make someone smile... 

                                                                                                                  -N

 

the attempt at a marketing guru... :/

That is complete sarcasm because I have no idea what I am doing when it comes to putting my book out there for people to read... but as of now it is on:

Amazon (paperback and ebook)

Kobo books (e-book)

Sony e-bookstore (e-book)

Smashwords (e-book)

Itunes (e-book)

I also have set up my Goodreads account (and I have a review, even if it is 3-stars I think that it alright for my first attempt at a novel)...

I also have set up a feedbooks account that the first six chapters can be read...

I am waiting to see just how much it is going to cost to advertise on goodreads but I am just waiting for them to send me the information... I'm not sure what else to do..

Here's my daily video, because I believe that music makes part of the soul and right now I am definitely sitting with my headphones on listening to some so I believe that you should be too... and I have been kind of obsessed with this song since I watched him perform it on the special with Ellen DeGeneres receiving Mark Twain prize

I hope that everyone has a magically day... and do something to make someone smile!! 

Love, N

the depleted human...

I'm pretty sure I just write this for myself...

I just finished the editing on my third story... the title is looking to be Autonomy (I wrote it in 3 weeks). Its going to take awhile though. I edited it so far, but I have to go back and add in some parts to it. I like to think about writing as adding the bones and then going back and adding the rest of the story. Only important things though. It's still going to be a little while before I am able to put it out for everyone to read... That is also right with 'Tangled into you' which is my second book, and I still have to go back and make adjustments to that one. Although I feel that I will put Autonomy out before the second one only because the idea came to me and I became obsessed with it! I couldn't stop thinking about it and actually had to put the second book on hold to write and finished Auto...

I'm feeling exhausted form working a job at night, trying to get this writing off the ground, and my husband, I am also re-cooperating from school. Which I will be starting back up in the summer after we move to where ever we are going to...

Here's the video of the day.

I know that I'm still a wreck! 

and again hope you have a magically day and do something to make someone smile!