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A little haphazardly, admittedly, I’m new to the whole book crossing thing! I should have made note of which number book went where, but I forgot… Anyway! They are out there, in the following locations in Monmouth – La Piazza … Continue reading
As an Indie Author/Publisher, I have inevitably ended up with copies of my books that are unsaleable for various reasons. I had a box of books destroyed by a courier (bent pages, ruined spines etc) and have had books returned from shops that have closed that are too beaten up to sell as new. I thought about selling these books at a discount when I do fairs, but then offering a damaged product didn’t appeal to me. As a book lover, I like to get a nice shiny copy when I buy a book, so I couldn’t bring myself to do that. I thought about just giving them away, but then I remembered BookCrossing.com. The concept is that you register a book, get a code, put the code in the book, and then release the book into ‘the wild’. The book is then picked up, read by someone, and they can log in with the code to say where they found the book, and what they thought of it, then they pass it on to someone else.
I thought this might be a fun way to get my books out there, but also an alternative kind of book tour! So I have registered four copies of The Doorway to PAM, and I have put a post-it note on the front of each book, saying that it is free. I have stuck a label inside, that says the book is on tour and what it’s Book Crossing code is.
I hope that people find them, pick them up, read them and then pass them on. And if I get a few more Amazon reviews that would be a nice bonus too!
I will be releasing these four books this week, and in the spirit of the book, I will be leaving one in a cinema, one in a tearoom, one in a pub, and one in a hotel. I thought about starting them from different locations, but as I don’t have a car at the moment, that may be a bit tricky, so I have decided to start them all in Monmouth, and then I can track to see just how far they travel! I will update their locations once I have released them, you can see them on my bookshelf on BookCrossing.com.
My label:
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Just thought I would post a few more of the photographs taken the other day, in particular the Faerie ones. It was so much fun climbing and hugging trees and dancing about with wings on! I think everyone should try … Continue reading
I have just created a new page on my blog, to display Fan Art created by my readers! I would love it if you felt inspired to create images related to the characters or to scenes in my books. Please send them to me at theamethystangel@hotmail.co.uk and I will feature them in my posts as well as put them on the Fan Art page.
To get us started, Aria created the following picture, which I must say, she was very proud of!
Here is Amethyst’s advice for today:
Starting today, I will be posting Oracle Card Readings from Velvet’s, Aria’s and Amethyst’s Oracles. I will be choosing just one card for the day, advice from everyone’s favourite Earth Angel Training Academy characters. You can view today’s reading from Velvet below.
Please show your support for Velvet by commenting and liking it on youtube 🙂
A big thank you to my dear Angel friend, Liz of Lizitivity for nominating me for this award!
The rules for accepting the Very Inspiring Blogger Award:
Display the Award Certificate on your website.
Announce your win with a post and link to whoever presented you with the award.
Present 15 awards to deserving bloggers.
Drop them a comment to tip them off after you have linked them in the post.
Post 7 interesting things about yourself.
My nominated bloggers (in no particular order) –
3. Chris Guillebeau – The Art of Non-conformity
4.Orly Wahba – Life Vest Inside
5. Rob Lang – The Modern Day Poet
7. Marcia Bench
8. Sarah Jane
9. Magu Bee – Bee the Adventure
11. Claire Brummell – Feminine 1st
13. Arielle Ford – Wabi Sabi Love
14. Rori Raye
15. 7Words
Seven interesting things about me –
1. I only wear fluffy bed socks, and they have to be inside-out, I hate the seam against my toes.
2. I wrote my first poem at the age of 8, in the middle of the night, and it was just four lines long.
3. I had a pet slow-worm as a child. In fact, several, as the cats used to catch them, I’d nurse them back to health then release them.
4. I used to travel astrally while asleep as a very young child. My favourite thing to do was to fly down the stairs and around the house. It was always interesting when I tried to re-create that when awake…
5. I have a very weird accent. I am originally from Wales, but have never had a Welsh accent, even as a child in Welsh school. Over the years I have been asked if I am from America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England or even South Africa. I like to think of it as being a Universal accent 🙂
6. I have a happy memory pot on my window sill, with a pen and paper next to it. Every time something good happens, I write it down on a piece of the paper, fold it up, and put it in the pot. My Christmas present to myself will be to open all these little notes to myself and read about all the wonderful things that have happened this year.
7. My lucky number is 7. It is also my life path number 🙂
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A few years ago I came across Wordle.net, which is a website that very quickly and easily enables you to create word clouds. Sounds a bit geeky and boring, I know, but I love it! I created several yesterday, and … Continue reading
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