Welcome Linda Rae Blair

Hi Linda,

Thank you for joining me on my blog so we can learn about you and how you got into writing, and everything or anything else you would like your readers to know about you.  Before we get started, would you like to give us a quick list of all your books available for purchase and where we might find them? Do you have your books in print as well as in ebook format?

Elusive (A lovely little Scottish romance)

100 Years Of Brotherly Love (A saga of true friendship in the stunning setting of New Mexico)

Intersections: Love, Betrayal, Murder

(My Chicago trilogy – a historical account of romance and mystery in early 1900s middle America) Available in a single volume or these standalone novels:

      Where is Harry?

      Claire: A Woman’s Journey – NY Heiress ~ Chicago Madam

      Richard: It’s In The Blood

The board Game Murders (This is a tiny book, a twist on a Poirot-type detective with lots of murder and 1930s style)

The Preston Andrews Mysteries

Hard Press’d

Press’d Into Action

Press’d to the Wall

Press On

Pressing Engagement

Pressing The Message Hone

Press ‘n SEAL

A Pressing Issue of Murder

Trace Evidence

Press’d To Kill

Pressing Reunion (Coming Sept. 2012) 

A new series, The Sam Hartley, P.I. Mysteries, will start this fall with the release of Christmas Jumper.

Oh, my! That’s quite a list, Linda!

And I’m very proud of each and every one of them. My books are available on Amazon and their international sites; some countries only carry digital formats and others only print versions. They are also available on Smashwords and their digital retailers (Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, iTunes, Diesel, etc.) and Google e-books, also on a digital distributor in Ireland, PublishMyBook.ie.

When did you first start writing? Or how did you get into writing; was it something you have always wanted to do?

I never dreamed of being an author! While I used composition in my work life over a 30-year career, it never occurred to me that I would ever write a book, let alone 20. When I began planning my retirement schedule for 2008, I was also researching a family mystery. My vivid imagination turned it into a romantic mystery that I shared with a friend. She encouraged me to make it a book, which I did.

When did you publish your first work?

“Where is Harry?” published in 2008—much to my amazement.

How do you feel about the formatting process with print and/or ebook?  Do you do your own and if not, how do you get help for this to be accomplished?

Ah, the writer’s hell—formatting! Yes, I do my own for both print and digital. You either have to take a calming pill, a stiff drink or brain Botox to do formatting. I’m handicapped by a laptop that is Windows and a PC with Vista. I do my writing on a pristine laptop that is not connected to the internet and therefore safe—if such a thing is possible—from viruses and worms. Then, via a flash drive, I take everything to the PC for loading to my various distributors. Before I realized that the two systems caused issues with formatting—some of which cannot be fixed without a complete format wipeout and rework—I created all sorts of problems for myself. This was a true case of being hoisted on my own petard!

I do the same thing with mine—type on a mini laptop, save everything to a flash drive and take to my desk top to upload. 

Do you have any advice for a person wanting to get their book(s) published?

Advice and opinions—something else everybody has at least one of—are too freely given sometimes. One lesson I learned the hard way was to stay away from vanity publishers. A first-time author often doesn’t even know what “vanity press” means. My definition is:

If you’re paying for it—expect to be taken, along with your money!

After my first book, I tried to make connections with hundreds of traditional publishers. I’ve never been ignored, insulted and downright abused by so many people in my life. One—and I do mean one—gave me great advice, “Don’t give up!” I didn’t. Instead, I moved to true self-publishing. Once I found Smashwords and learned how to publish on Amazon, I never looked back. There’s a tiny lady standing on my shoulder that can frequently be overheard saying, “Yeah, Linda! That’ll teach ‘em!”

That is a good thing to remember about Vanity Publishers; I’ve learned a lot about them in the last two years when my niece was signed with one and I helped her get out of her contract.

How can your readers find you?

They can find me on multiple Facebook pages (listed below) and, of course, my web site. I just love connecting with my readers. Sometimes, I even talk to them on their reviews on Amazon (the only one that allows comments).

http://www.facebook.com/lindaraeblairauthor (my general writing page for my sagas and romances)

http://www.facebook.com/theprestonandrewsmysteries (the page for my detective series, The Preston Andrews Mysteries)

http://www.facebook.com/mysteriesbyblair (a page for my non-series-related mysteries)

What do you do to get your books out to readers?  Do you spend a lot of time on promotion and social media?

Well, of course, I use Twitter—yes, I’m addicted! Also, Facebook, Indies Unlimited, Book Junkies and other writer/reader groups on Facebook; and then there is Linkedin where I belong to several groups. I spend several hours a day talking to readers and other authors via social media.

I am on a lot of those too, but they are so time consuming and I am finding I am spending way too much time on line instead of my own writing.  I need an assistant or intern, but sadly, I can’t pay anyone anything for those much needed services.

Well, it’s one of the benefits of being retired. I can spend my time as I wish. Sometimes, I have to take the laptop to Starbucks to get any writing done. Four or five hours later, I’m hyped on latte and have a book ready to flesh out, edit or release. I get a LOT done at Starbucks and the ladies are so supportive of my writing. They introduce me to everyone who comes in. I’m known as the writer.

What a great idea.  What are you working on now?  Any book(s) you are working on now you’d like to tell us about and when we can expect to see it published?

Two will be coming out soon. Press’d To Kill is #11 in The Preston Andrews Mysteries series; it introduces my readers to Samantha Hartley, the heroine of my new series starting this fall, Sam Hartley, P.I. Mysteries. The first in this new series is called Christmas Jumper.

What do you do to relax?

When I need to quiet the voices in my head (characters), I go to a movie, read a book or watch TV. I just adore visual media—always have.

How do you handle stress or writer’s block?

I refuse to admit to ever having writer’s block. If the characters are to quiet, I spend time reading what I’ve written, checking spelling, looking for punctuation flaws, rephrasing—that sort of thing. This usually wakes up the voices so they can tell me where they want to go next. My books are all character-driven.

I have come to realize that about your books after having read a couple of them.  I like that they are shorter than a lengthy novel so you have time to read one on a commuter ride to work.  Well, I don’t work anymore outside my home, but for people looking for a good mystery to read that is short enough to read on the way to work, your books fit into the niche very nicely.

Do you have a blog?

Oh, yes! I pride myself on not pestering my readers with frequent blogs. When I have something I really want to share, I blog. I just don’t like driving everybody nuts with overdoing a good thing. Stop by and visit. Read my interviews of other authors. Read an excerpt from one or more of my novels. I have purchase links for print and digital versions. Did I mention that my version of moving furniture when I’m bored is redesigning the web site? This season is hot pink geraniums from my garden.

http://lindaraeblairauthor.wordpress.com/

I love that. It is definitely like rearranging furniture and fun to do, but I do not understand Wordpress. I did get a free book recently on how to make a Wordpress blog, so I am hoping it will help me to decide if I want to move my current one to a Wordpress blog or leave it where it is.  I have all these domain names I purchase, lol. I am also fighting whether or not to blog often or just blog when I have something to say. It also takes time from writing books.

Do you have a Youtube video trailer for your books? Do you make them or do you have someone else?

I’m totally right-brained. When I looked into creating a trailer, I decided to do it myself. After a little frustration, time and only a minimum of tears, my trailer for The Preston Andrews Mysteries is on YouTube: The Preston Andrews Mysteries_0003.wmv

I like your trailer very much, looks professionally done, shows all your books in that series and where to find you. I have not made one from my book yet; I have a friend working on it.

Actually, it was created a few books ago, so I do need to get in there and add the newest ones. Did I say that I also tend to procrastinate sometimes?

Do you have a favorite character from one of your books?

Oh, dear. This is like asking a mother to pick her favorite child. Actually, I have several. In 100 Years of Brotherly Love, Autumn is a strong, spirited woman who leaves New York to take over ownership of a small southwestern newspaper. That had to take a lot of courage! You’ve just got to like her.

In Intersections: Love, Betrayal, Murder, Richard and Claire are both favorites. But, Richard is special. I still cannot read the last chapter of Richard: It’s In The  Blood without crying. He’s strong but vulnerable; all man but gentle, caring lover—not a guy with movie star good looks, just a damned good man. I never could get through a read-through without breaking down. My editor had to take over.

Of course, there is Preston Andrews. I’ve yet to find anything I don’t love about him!

Richard sounds just like my husband—in the end has a heart of gold for the ones he loves.

Favorite food?

Thin crust, pepperoni and anchovy pizza (Papa Murphy’s pizza, my anchovies)

Oh, I love pizza too, but not sure it is my favorite.  Seafood probably is mine, except for anchovies.

Favorite color?

Red

Do you have a favorite life saying you live by?

Learn to be able to be alone without being lonely!

That is a good one, Linda.

Is there a funny or embarrassing moment you could or would like to share with your readers?

Okay, so you heard! I knew you did—ugh. I uploaded an unedited version of one of my books and didn’t find out until four months later. This is why I just love “talking” to my readers via their reviews on Amazon. One reviewer wrote a scathing review with absolutely NO specifics for me to work with—it was extremely frustrating.

Months later another reader/reviewer read my comments to the first reviewer, and she very carefully delineated all the issues. As I read her remarks, I realized what I had done. There had been a formatting issue reported by an Amazon customer earlier in the spring and I revised the wrong version and uploaded it. OMG—as we say! I did a thorough revision and uploaded the new version with many thanks to reader/reviewer #2. I’m human and can definitely make mistakes!

That was really great for a reviewer to respond and give you detailed information on what was wrong with your book. We hear all the time that most would not bother answering an author if they wrote to them. You have been very lucky in that aspect.

Please tell us anything else you’d like for your readers to know about you, your books, or just life in general.

Did you hear about Sue? Oh, that wasn’t what you meant? Okay. I love to include a little mystery, some romance and at least a touch of humor in my stories. My readers tell me they like that, so I intend to keep doing it. After all, without my readers, I may as well be writing a diary.

Thank you so much, Linda for stopping by today.  I wish you much continued success in your writing.

Places and Settings...research for your book

Rock face, taken by Jacqueline Hopkins along Highway 14 in Central Idaho.

I love geography.

I love to study maps.

I love to travel.

I love to take pictures (see photo at right).

You might be asking yourself at this point what do those statements above have to do with places and settings of a book. 

Well, since I love to travel, geography, studying maps and taking pictures go hand in hand with my traveling. I like to study the topography of an area, get to see its natural features, and get to know its characteristics.  Then I take lots of pictures for memory and take lots of notes just in case I want to put the place or setting into one of my books.

For my book Wilderness Heart, it was set along Hwy 14 in Idaho.  Highway 14 goes east of Grangeville, Idaho to Elk City, Idaho.  As a teenager growing up in Lewiston, Idaho we drove Highway 14 to Red River Road, then on to Red River Ranger Station in the winter, where we would grab everything out of the truck and pile it onto sleds to be pulled behind snowmobiles.  We’d ride about 15 miles all the way into Dixie, Idaho where my parents had a cabin.

But along this highway, before the turn off onto Red River Road, there was this foot bridge spanning across the river and I always wondered where it went.  It was wide enough for people and horses to cross it.  I set the opening scene where my heroine meets the hero on the other side of that bridge.  I took lots of pictures of it so I could describe it.

There is a ranch along this route called the Little Ponderosa that I used as the place the heroine grew up.

Elk City, a real town not far from the turn off to Red River Road, is the place I had the hero staying while he scouted the area for timber. Just past Red River Ranger Station, there is a hot springs and a restaurant where I set their first “date” and the hot springs was used for their first love scene. And just before the turn off, there is a small lumber mill (or was at the time I had started writing the book) that I use in my book as the one her finance owns and the one the hero buys from him. The Dixie Bar I used in my book was at the time real; a place I frequented while going to Dixie every winter and then later as I got older I traveled to my parent’s cabin on my own.  I eventually took both of my children there.  The Forest Service Road leaving Dixie takes travelers to Mackay Bar and is one I’ve snowmobiled down.

I know or used to know Highway 14 like that back of my hand, and quite a few of the reviews I received on my book spoke about how real the places were:

“The facts about the Idaho mountains made them come alive in my mind.”  F Murrell

“The dramatic Idaho wilderness is the perfect backdrop, wonderfully portrayed by Jacqueline - I could almost feel the crisp, crunchy snow beneath my feet and feel the cold, fresh and exhilarating air.” Beshon

“I was drawn to this story. Some forty years ago my late father and some of his friends embarked on an elk hunt in this exact area. Dad told the story of how ruggedly beautiful the country is, and the kind of hardships they endured on their hunt (inclement weather, poor choice of footwear - they wore cowboy boots rather than hiking boots). He also told about the colorful outfitter and guide who eventually helped my father bag a bull elk. Jacqueline Hopkins captures all this nicely…”  RW Bennett

“Jacqueline Hopkins knows the world where she's placed her characters. Her descriptions of the smells of coffee, forests and horses in the cold dawns of Nez Perce National Forest are crisp and believable; I was transported to a world I knew little about until I read this book”.  Conchie Fernandez

“Vivid descriptions give the reader a sense of being right there.”  Sherrie Mitchell

My murder mystery will be set in Sitka, and I am about to move away from there, so I need to get as much info as I can about the area, take lots of pictures and talk to people.  I want my settings to be real places and I want to the reader to be able to picture being there with my descriptions.  I have another book set in Alaska and the only reference I have will be from maps, and pictures of the area when I flew over it in a float plane. 

If, as a writer, you do not have the means to travel or go to other places, write what you know.  Write about where you live.  Make the place you live real to us, the reader.  Know everything there is to know about the town you live; know everything about it to be believable. Take lots of pictures, know how far it is to drive from point A to point B – drive it if necessary because a reader from your town will question it if you get ir wrong; study the area and if necessary, study maps and history about the place.  If you went to another city or state for college, draw on that knowledge and memories. 

Because I was in the military (Navy) from 1981 to 1988, I have lived in Orlando, Florida; Iceland; New London/Groton, Connecticut; Monterey, California; and Idaho Falls, Idaho.  My first husband’s last duty station was Hawaii, so we lived there for two years and it was where my daughter was born. Because my parents loved to travel, as a small child I have been, since birth in Durant, Oklahoma, on a train to the Oregon coast where my father had hitch-hiked to pick cherries; we lived in Sitka, Alaska where my sister was born in 1961, Evergreen, Colorado and Lewiston, Idaho.  While growing up, we traveled back to Oklahoma every four years to visit the relatives and we would stop along the way to visit famous places and national parks.  My parents loved to go camping almost every weekend and to a different place including places in Canada. While I was in the Navy, I have driven across the US and all along the west coast, so I have lot of memories I can pull upon to write about.

If, as a writer, you do not have the memories to pull upon to write about, ask people you know who have been places. For instance, my son was in the Army and he spent a year of his four years in Iraq.  So if I wanted to set a book in Bagdad, I can ask my son who has been there. 

Interview people you know, where have they lived, where have they been?  Taking pictures helps to preserve your memories; to be able to describe a place later in your book.

I like to get lost in the books I read, takes me out of my current reality of life.  If a writer is good with descriptions of a place I can visualize it, I can be there with the writer’s characters experiencing the places and settings they have set their book in.  It I ever get to visit a place I read about, so much the better; it reminds me of that book.  If I never get to visit the place, then the author has given me visions to remember.

So, your turn.  Where have you been, who do you know, what fun ways do you have to write about the places and settings of your book?

Awesome People Deserve Awesome Recognition

I want to thank Rhonda Hopkins (Awesome person and blogger) for posting stuff about other writer's, bloggers, and articles about writing for without her posts, I might not have learned about Kristen Lamb's blog - Warrior Writers and her great We Are Not Alone revolution (and don't forget she has a book called We Are Not Alone).  If you are not familiar with Kristen or her blog, go check it out.  On her latest blog post, she has created for authors a web site where we can post our photographs for other authors to use without fear of retribution for using any said photos.  To see what it is all about, go here.  I will be opening a Flikr account and post some of my photographs there and if you need to use one, feel free, just credit where credit is due.  Thank you.

Sunday Mash-Up: 07/22-28/2012

Sunday Mash-Up: 07/22-28/2012

Lots of great links all in one place for authors to learn more about the craft of writing, publishing, taxes, and blogging on Rhonda Hopkins blog.

On the Road Again...Or is it the end of the road?

So my road trip, or lack thereof, took a huge detour.

As you can see from my previous post, I was looking forward to getting on the ferry with my bug and cat. I was looking forward to the solitude of being alone with my thoughts to either write, edit or just sit and watch the beautiful scenery of the Inside Passage go by. I'm also a photographer, so the opporunity to have taken a lot of pictures didn't happen either.

I ended up having to fly out of Sitka a week earlier than planned.  You see, my mother has a home on a secluded, very remote isolated island in SE Alaska with a population of about 40 to 50 year round residents, and the only way there is by float plane or boat.  She has been living alone for the past seven years since my father passed away in 2005.  And I could not get her to move from there no matter how hard I tried.

Her life style ended up being quite sedentary (I might write a post about how bad this is for her and me another time), more so than mine. Around May 2nd she fell at night, couldn't get up and laid there through the night until the next morning when she was so luckily found by the lady who cleans house for her.  My mother had to be medivaced to a hospital in Bellingham from Ketchikan and had surgery early that same morning to unclog arteries in her right leg.  I couldn't get there for a couple more days.  My sister drove over from Idaho with her daughter to be with our mom until I could get there.

The day I left Sitka, a friend helped me deliver my car to the ferry early because another friend was going to drive it on for me who was also driving his vehicle on. That made it so I didn't have to wait for the time to drive it and I could get ready for my flight to leave at 6pm.  After packing, the friend took me to the Moose Lodge for drinks before I had to catch my flight.  But myself and my car almost didn't make either mode of transportation do to a stupid mistake by none other than moi.

When I had checked the car in for the ferry, and drove it into the correct boarding lane, I took the ticket with me when I left the car there and drove back into town.  After about an hour or so, I got a call from the ferry boarding personnel who wondered what happened to the ticket.  So I found out the sticker they give you for the window wasn't enough.  I had to borrow the friends truck to run the ticket back out about the seven miles to the ferry with the ticket and make it back in time to finish my drink and get a ride to the airport.  Made it in time to also see my grandson before I left.  I miss that little guy.

So I get to Seattle where a friend picks me up.  I spend the night at her house in Kent and the next day she drives me over two hours to Bellingham where my mother is in the hospital.  Things with my mom were touch and go for a few days as she ended up in ICU because her lungs were full of fluids from the docs giving her way too much because she was dehydrated when she got there.  While she was in ICU, my sister and niece had to leave to go back to work, leaving me there with no place to stay but in the in hospital with mom.  I switched cars with my sister because she has a SUV and when mom would be released, I would have to drive her to Idaho and she needed a place to lay down.  But after another two weeks of being there, she was finally released with a lot of memory loss and disorientation and not able to walk without a walker.  So even though she was able to go home to my sister's house, an eight hour ride in a car was totally out of the question.  I put her on a plane with a wheelchair and flight attendant help and I drove by myself across Washington.

Driving by yourself for long hours helps you get your mind back to where it needs to be sometimes.  I found out, after listening to some of Cher's greatest hits, there are a couple of her songs I could listen to while writing and it wouldn't disturb me.  See, I don't normally listen to music when I'm writing.  I usually have the tv on in the background because I'm usually writing while hubby is watching tv, and now I'm doing it while taking care of my mother in my sister's house.

Having been living in Sitka, Alaska for the past ten years where there is only about 14 miles of road was strange, having moved there from Idaho in the first place.  When I first got there, I remember how sad it was going to be that I couldn't just jump in my car and drive somewhere further than seven miles in one direction (N to S) and maybe only one mile at the city's widest point (E to W), and the speed limit at most was 45 out of the city limits.  Now I am back in the lower 48, driving over 400 miles to get to my sister's house and I remember thinking how nice it was to be able to drive long distances again, and I easily fall back into driving fast.  I love to drive fast.  I really think I should have been a race car driver.  And this is where perhaps my end of the road could very easily happen.  I've driven in some places and so fast that I've even scared myself, so even though I don't like to talk about death and dying (scared to death to talk about it actually -- could be another blog post, but I seriously doubt it), I still can't seem to keep from driving fast and that is how I will probably end up leaving this world.  

I have ended up setting a very bad example for both my kids, because they like to drive fast. Like most kids who believe they know more than you do, I can't even give them advice about a particular road and how they need to be careful driving on it, especially in the winter season, because they won't listen to me.  I'm the one with more driving experience, but because they see me try to get away with the way I drive, they believe they can, too.

Now that I am kind of settled in at my sister's house, my son brought me the two pallets of my household goods I shipped from Alaska. I have been slowly going through the boxes (something I should have been doing all along while I was in Sitka) of junk, old papers, receipts, and my very old writing stuff. I found my notebook from the creative writing class I attended back in 1991 and the next few blog posts you will see will be from a few writing exercises. I hope you enjoy them. I hope to be adding some new ones like what it is like to be living with someone who is in the early stages of Alzheimer's, what its like to be living with your sister instead of your husband, and hopefully some more cheerful things.

(UPDATE 11*19*2012 - It is amazing, when you go back over something you wrote months ago, to see what you did not get accomplished in your writing.)

So tell me readers and writers. 
Do you like to drive fast? 
Do you like to go on road trips to clear your head? 
Do you learn anything new about yourself when you take a road trip? 
Readers - are your 'to be read' lists so long that you forgot ones you wanted to read but still have not gotten around to it?
Does life get in the way of the things you love to do or want to do?

My Dream ...

Well, it is soon to be that time again where I am on the road -- traveling/moving to another place. I have always loved to travel. I have driven across the USA twice in my life. But now that I am getting older, I am not sure how this traveling will work out. I have been so sedentary for the past eight years working at a job as a technical editor/writer and wore many other hats, its time to do something else before my health deteriorates.

I am hoping to leave on May 15, 2012. My road trip will start out in my red VW bug driving from my trailer on Sawmill Creek Road towards and through the town of Sitka, then out to the other end of the road (Halibut Point Road) to get on the ferry.

I will be on the M/V Colomubia for three days with no internet or cell phone service, unless they have installed the poles in the ocean recently.

I will also have my daughter's cat, Trip, who is not an outside cat and one who is not too wild about riding in a car. I may also have my daughter with me, unless she decides to fly back.

This will be a time to get a lot of reading/writing/editing in. After arriving in Bellingham, Washington, I will be driving to northern Idaho to see my son and my granddaughter, Sparrow Nova (named after my Choctaw Great-grandmother) Rain. She is one year old, doesn't talk yet, but has learned how to say yes bending her body forward and shaking it or saying no by moving her hand back and forth as you can see in the video (sorry, the video wouldn't post). I can't wait to see her. I will spend a few days with them, then drive to Lewiston, Idaho to see my brother and then to Orofino, Idaho where my sister and niece lives. My niece will be graduating high school on June 2 and it will be great to attend that ceremony.

Then on the road again, heading east through Montana to get to Willison, ND where my husband is working as a mechanic in the oil fields. I have not seen him since February 21, when he left on the ferry and drove to Williston looking for a job. He arrived there on a Sunday, found a job on Monday and started working on Tuesday and has only taken about four days off from work. He has been working 10, 12, 17 hour days seven days a week. But he is making pretty could money and I am hoping it will be enough where I won't have to go back to work and can sit home and write more books. That is my dream.

A Wonderful, Shocking Surprise

I have been writing for a very long time, not always consecutively when life got in my way, and it is often a long, lonely journey. Then there are days we feel worthy and feel our writing is perhaps starting to be recognized when we receive wonderful news in our email such as the one I received yesterday morning (around 8:30 am Alaska time).

IndieReader.com emailed me to tell me this:

Hi,
IndieReader is now providing USA Today’s “Happily Ever After” blog with indie ebook recommendations. And we suggested yours!
The post goes live at 6 pm today. http://books.usatoday.com/happyeverafter/post/2011-12-15/e-book-recommendations-by-indiereadercom/586605/1
Have a good weekend!
Best,
Amy

Well, of course I was ecstatic. What wonderful news to receive first thing in the morning. Merry Christmas to me!! I was so ecstatic that I tried the link she provided and of course, it didn't work. So I emailed Amy back right away, thanking her profusely for recommending my book, but unfortunately the link didn't work.

You would think that if a writer can write, that she could also read, right? Wrong!!! I definitely couldn't read anything right that morning. While I was patiently waiting to hear back from her, I read the email again and then I saw it. The link would not be live until 6 pm that day which meant 2pm Alaska time. I was so embarrassed for having missed that minute detail, so I immediately emailed Amy back, apologizing for not seeing the 6pm and again, thanking her profusely.

So now I had about 5 hours to wait until the link went live. What to do until then? Well, of course, I was at work and had work to do, but I couldn't resist telling a few special friends on facebook and contacted my friend Stephen Hise to ask him if we could post something on his blog, Indies Unlimited and he said of course. And he is such a great guy and wonderful friend that he waited right along with me until I gave him the go ahead to go live with his post here.

http://www.indiesunlimited.com

And if you want a great book to read, you can't go wrong reading Stephen Hise's Upgrade

And then my friend Robert Bennett posted this on facebook: My friend, Jacqueline Hopkins-Walton, just had her book reviewed in USA Today. Check it out: http://books.usatoday.com/happyeverafter/post/2011-12-15/e-book-recommendations-by-indiereadercom/586605/1

And he posted that before I could post anything anywhere, which was awesome he saw it on USAToday. Then I started posting the link everywhere and on every group I belong to on Facebook. Here is the link on USA Today Happily Ever After blog as a recommended read. I'm just a little bit disappointed that my cover what not displayed with the recommendation, but I am not complaining. This was a such an honor to have my book recommended as an ebook read and the review itself was superb and wonderfully written as well. Thank you IndieReader Peggy La Vake and USA Today for posting.