My Amazon Author Page

I updated my author page at Amazon yesterday, so now it picks up my tweets.  Fun, eh?
As soon as the school librarian and I can find five minutes when we're both not horrendously busy, we're going to upload the book trailer for Confessions of an Average Half-Vampire.
In the meantime, here's a link to the page.  Check it out and click the "LIKE" button, will you?  :)

I've Joined Pinterest

Do you do Pinterest?  If so, please follow me.  I'll follow back.  :)
At the moment, I've just barely started, but I have great plans to pin ideas for books.  I'm especially excited to work on the fashion board for my newest protagonist, Nerissa MacKay.  Come and check that out; she's got THE most eclectic style ever!

Here's where to find me: http://pinterest.com/lisawriting/

Easy Things You Can Do To Help Out A Newbie Author (Me)

You all know I self-published the YA book Confessions of an Average Half-Vampire, right?  Well, sales are a little sluggish (like, I'm not going to be retiring to Bermuda any time soon).  You can help me out, if you'll be so kind.

Got an Amazon account?  Cool.
Click here and here and give that "LIKE" button a click for me, will you?
If you have another few seconds, you could click here and go to the five-star reviews of my book and click "yes" they were helpful on some or all of them.

Got Facebook?
You could put a link to this post and ask your followers to click and LIKE away.

Got Twitter?
You could tweet this post and ask followers to click and LIKE.
You could also ask them to follow me: https://twitter.com/#!/@lisamshafer
I'll follow back. :)

Got Goodreads?
You could friend me.  That'd be nice. :)  Just click here.
You could also add my book to your TBR list and give it lots and lots of stars.  :D


Feeling REALLY generous? You could go here or here and actually BUY a copy of the book..... (HINT, HINT).


Also, if any of you who are authors would like me to return clicks and LIKEs for you, let me know.  I'll be happy to swap favors here.  :)  (And, yeah, I buy and read self-published books as well as traditionally published ones.)

Photo Mysteries: A Writers' Game #17

Tuesday!
And on Tuesdays we play a writers' game!  (Or at least I do.  Some of you join in.)
Here's how it works: Carmi at Written Inc posts his photo theme for the week.  Then I choose a photo that goes with his theme, post it here, and write the tiniest little flash fiction ever: a title and a single line of a story that goes with the photo.
Here's an example so you can get an idea or two.
This week, Carmi's theme is "Branded."

Here's my photo for the theme:

Story title: Extreme Body Art
Single line: "What do you mean that last tattoo was 'too tame'?!!" Mother screamed as Martin pushed his way out the back door toward the shed.

*evil chuckle*  (Yeah, I actually took this photo JUST so I could use that storyline today.)
Your turn.  Create the story behind the photo.  Then give us your title and one line from the story.
The comment box is open.  Play on, dear bloggers, play on.  :)

Let Me Introduce You To A Fellow Blogger/Author: R. Mac Wheeler

The first thing I noticed when visiting Mac's blog is the incredible volume of what he has written.  It seems like every time I drop over to see what's happening on his blog, he's got a new novel ready.  (Okay, that was hyperbole, but still....)
The second thing I noticed is that he takes lots of photos.
Naturally, as I'm always stressed for time, I had to wonder how he fit all of this in.  So I asked.  And he responded in a mini-interview:

 can't help but notice that you enjoy photography, and I think some of your photos are really very well framed and artistic.  Does this way of looking at the world (through a lens, framing scenes) influence your writing style at all?  And if so, how?

I’ll frame this thusly *laugh* My anal personality (former nit picking project manager) most influences my eye and writing. I figure we don’t build the view and sense of the reader/viewer. It is our detail that enables the reader/viewer to create that for herself. Even if she doesn’t notice the detail manipulated into the fabric of our creation, we are successful if the reader/viewer can sense being there.

Also, you seem to find time for family, dogs, photos, blogging, and writing LOTS of books.  I am very impressed with the amount of writing you do.  Do you schedule your writing time?  Or do you merely snatch moments of it whenever possible?  Put another way, how on earth do you find time to write so much?  

I’m a fulltime writer. I treat it as a seven to five job. I’ve cut back. It used to be seven to midnight. All of my activities are holistic to my sanity. My three pups take turns under my desk. I schedule outings to keep them young (and by default gives me some exercise). The blogging and photography is embedded in the evolution of my brand, and it interrupts my creativity just enough to keep me fresh.

If that hasn't caught your curiosity yet, how about some of his vibrant new covers?

Here's a link to his blog.  Go on over, admire his dog pics, look at his books, and then go buy one.  :)

Could There Possibly Be A Punnier Title?

I know that cozies generally have punny titles, but this one takes the cake!  (I couldn't resist!  Sorry.)

I've got to get ahold of a copy of this.

I Ought To Try This More Often

Wow.
No migraine and I got 8 1/2 hours of sleep last night!
I've already done laundry, folding laundry, tidying up the kitchen, making the bed.  I'm ready to take on the  world!
Or at least the rest of the grading I have to do before the deadline at 8:00 AM Monday.