Lend A Hand To Support A Self-Published Author

Want to help me out?
Sure, you could buy one of my POD Half-Vampire books.  Or you could buy one of the e-books.  (Confessions of an Average Half-Vampire is only 99¢.  Seriously, that's less than 1/3 the price of a gallon of gas.  It's the price of a candy bar in a vending machine -- but you freakin' get a WHOLE BOOK for that price!)
But even if you don't want to spend any money, there are ways you can help me out.

Do you have an Amazon account?  If so you can help me out by clicking the "like" button on my books: here, here, here, and here.  (This would be especially important on the 2 latter links, which are for the new book and don't have many "likes" yet.)
You can also click that the five-star reviews on any of the books are "helpful."  Here are links to the 5-star reviews for Confessions of an Average Half-Vampire e-book and POD.  And here are the links to the 5-star reviews for All in the Half-Vampire Family e-book and POD.  Pick any or all of the reviews and click "yes" to say they are helpful.
Have you already read one of the books?  You can write a review and post it on Amazon.  Just go to the pages linked above and click on "write your own customer review."

Do you have a Goodreads account?  If you do, you could "friend" me on Goodreads.
You could add Confessions of an Average Half-Vampire to your TBR list or write a review.  And All in the Half-Vampire Family is looking very lonely there; you could write a review or add it to your TBR list.  (Please?)

Do you have a Facebook page?  You could link to this post and ask your friends to help me out.

Are you on Twitter?  You could tweet a link to this post to your friends and ask them to help out.  You could also follow me on Twitter, if you like.

You could go to Youtube and watch my book trailer.

And you could always enter my current giveaway, which seems to be sorely lacking  in entries right now.

Holy Cow! Sorry About The Posting Problem!

Okay, so I tried to post some humorous tweets from Twitter tonight --- and the "publish" button on blogger went on the fritz!!!
When I tried to check the post, it had multiplied itself as fast as Fibonacci's famous sequence, but not one of the posts actually worked.  All the images were superimposed over each other.
As I result, I have probably filled you "blogs you follow" listings with numerous repetitions of a post you'll never see.
Ouch.  Sorry about that.
I have no freakin' clue how I did it or what happened.

Support From A Fellow Author

Utah author Paige Shelton sent me this e-mail today about All in the Half-Vampire Family:

I’m about 1/3 through Half-Vampire 2, and I am really enjoying it. I adore Eric and I love how you’ve kept him true to himself. Can’t wait to get my work done today so I can head back to Edinburgh.

Yea!  Warm fuzzies all around!

What's Next For JK Rowling?

I found this announcement very interesting today.

In Which Max Proposes A Toast

Max found this and thought of me.  :D

But I can't help but wonder why it isn't RED wine.......???
(PS. No, I don't drink.  The pic is of Max's table and glass, not mine.  I just like the picture and the idea.)

Eric's Playlist From All in the Half-Vampire Family

In All in the Half-Vampire Family, Eric wins a contest and is selected to play a series of concerts in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.  Eric is an amateur pianist, and his favorite composer is Scott Joplin -- mainly because there is nothing remotely vampirical about ragtime music.  :)
Naturally, this kind of a plot and such a setting lend themselves to the mention of many different songs. Thus, for your instruction (in case some of these tunes are unfamiliar to you) and enjoyment, I'm listing (and linking!) all the songs which are mentioned in the book, in order of their appearance.
Here we go:

1. "Orange Blossom Special" (folk tune)
2. "Für Elise" by Beethoven
3. "Maple Leaf Rag" by Joplin
4. "Peacherine Rag" by Joplin
5. "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven
6. "Arizona" by Mark Lindsay (Okay, this song isn't mentioned, but the girl described in the song is the entire inspiration for my character Arizona Olsen.)
7. "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General" by Gilbert and Sullivan
8. "Three Little Maids From School" by Gilbert and Sullivan
9. "Easy Winners" by Joplin
10. "Pineapple Rag" by Joplin
11. "How Beautifully Blue The Sky" by Gilbert and Sullivan
12. "Shoptime Rag" by Joplin
13. "Kismet Rag" by Joplin
14. "March Majestic" by Joplin
15. "Silver Swan Rag" by Joplin
16. "Fig Leaf Rag" by Joplin
17. "Fat Bottom Girls" by Queen
18. "Gethsemane" by Andrew Lloyd Weber
19. "Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik" by Mozart
20. "Rose Leaf Rag" by Joplin
21. "The Entertainer" by Joplin
22. "Rhapsody In Blue" by Gershwin
23. "It's Raining On Prom Night" from Grease
24. "Sleepers, Awake!" by Bach
25. "Phantom Of The Opera" by Andrews Lloyd Weber
26. "Auld Lang Syne" (folk tune with lyrics by Robert Burns)
27. "Loch Lomond" (folk tune)
28.  "Mary Mack" (folk tune)
29. "Skye Boat Song" (folk tune)
30. "Scotland The Brave" (folk tune)
31. "Highland Cathedral" (folk tune)
32.  "Lewis Bridal Song" (aka "Mhairi's Wedding)  (folk tune)

Now, Eric also mentions songs by Calliope and The Narcissistic Sarcophiles.  They don't exist -- except in Eric's world.  I made them up for the two books.  So, unless one of my readers decides to compose "Seven Men, Seven Heroes" or one of the other songs, I cannot give anyone a link to anything there. :)

Look What Came In The Mail Today!

As I dragged myself up to the porch from the car after another marathon session of parent-teacher conferences (a 13-hour work day, got another one to do tomorrow, thanks very much), I saw a box waiting for me.

Yeehaw!
It's my first box of copies of All in the Half-Vampire Family!!!
Want one?  You can buy a print copy here or an e-copy here.
Or you could get one FREE -- plus a copy of Confessions of an Average Half-Vampire AND swag -- by entering the contest here.