My youngest child is in the process of moving into their own house. I am so torn. They are 20 and ready to do this but I worry about it. Add in the fact that I have had a child to worry about since I was 14 and I find myself with no children to make decisions about…I am going through a lot of emotions that I don’t know what to do with.
Don’t know what is Eating at me, Clawing into my soul… Opening up my Memories at the end of the knife. Pretending that I will be Okay after all is Said and done… Eventually.
Spooky, scary skeletons Send shivers down your spine Shrieking skulls will shock your soul Seal your doom tonight Spooky, scary skeletons Speak with such a screech You’ll shake and shudder in surprise When you hear these zombies shriek We’re sorry skeletons, you’re so misunderstood You only want to socialize, but I don’t think we should ‘Cause spooky, scary skeletons Shout startling, shrilly screams They’ll sneak from their sarcophagus And just won’t leave you be Spirits supernatural are shy what’s all the fuss? But bags of bones seem so unsafe, it’s semi-serious Spooky, scary skeletons Are silly all the same They’ll smile and scrabble slowly by And drive you so insane Sticks and stones will break your bones They seldom let you snooze Spooky, scary skeletons Will wake you with a boo!
My 2 cents –
So I love all things spooky. This month allows me to share the fun songs.
The purpose of this one is simple. Most likely everyone here knows I run Fae Corps Publishing and I have been doing this in the background for a while now. I plan on talking clearly about the tools I use for publishing, and the way that each one works. Demystifying what I do. Is that to say that I will be making my own self unnecessary? No, because my experience is valuable. I just feel like so much of the process is made out to be harder than it needs to be.
Let’s chat about the files.
All books have multiple files that go into the making and marketing of them.
I have talked about the covers.
I don’t know if I have discussed the main document, yet…but today I want to discuss the marketing images.
I use 3 types for each book.
I start with a cover reveal. This is actually 2 separate images. One of the cover with a release date and other information, and one where the cover is hidden. (I have not been doing this with my own personal books because of how I have been doing the presentation of them.)
The second one is usually an about the author. This is featuring a picture of the author and a short biography written in 3rd person.
The third one and the most flexible one is a teaser. This one will have a short text from the book. This is often a paragraph or two at the most (or a poem in a poetry volume).
There’s occasionally other stuff that can be done for the marketing images … but I am listing the three that I do for every one. Then you can just share the images and the link to get the book seen.
I will leave on the bottom of the post the upcoming calendar. I feel like that will help. As You can see this changes slightly each week. Things get adjusted because Authors are not ready or I get a book that I had promised space.
October –
11th – Fighting Ignorance by Patricia Harris
18th – My Gothic Angel by Laj & Khoury Hawkins
25th – Anthology – Nightmare Whiskers
November-
8th – Thoughtfish by Ruan Bradford Wright (2nd Edition)
15th- Would You Like Fries with That By Mariah Lynde
26th – The Crypt Keeper’s Notebook by ZyhrenSong
December –
1st – unknown by Raz T Slasher (middle grade) (*though I don’t normally have an unknown in my list of release dates… from a couple of authors I will take the chance for “kids week” and save the spot. If I don’t get the book from them I will just have an empty spot for the day. But I think that they are worth it.)
2nd – Where’s my Sugar by Patricia Harris
3rd – Pip 4: Pip that is not Yours! By Patricia Harris
4th – Anthology Fae Recipes
5th – Unknown by CM Snow
6th – Spoiled Naughty Ponies by Capri Summers
7th – MG: The Grim Face of Reality by Sean Armstrong
8th – Hood of Sedna by Mina Skye
13th – Anthology Honesty in Verse
2025
Everything from here down is still in the process of being acquired for Publication with 2 exceptions (Fae Speaks & Rebirth )