Limited time resource
Along with updates on what’s happening with my community (and that includes you), I’m going to start sharing with you things I have found to be useful and meaningful. (Speaking of community, stay tuned for more on that later in this email. But first, a resource, because the clock is ticking on it.)
If you enjoyed The Way of the Three-Year-Old Why (abbreviated 3yo), you will enjoy another book that happens to be on sale right now, but only for a few days.
Jeff West, who wrote the Foreword for 3yo, co-authored the award-winning business fable entitled Said the Lady with the Blue Hair along with Lisa Wilber. To make it easy for you to gift it for Christmas, they have discounted the paperback from its usual $22.95 cost down to $16.95. But it will go back up soon, so take advantage while you can!
Kai Frazier is a mother raising her ten year-old daughter, Michaela... alone. Happily married for over ten years, never dreaming she would have to build a new life for the two of them – she now faces difficult and unwanted decisions.
On a beach in Hawaii, she encounters Belle, the lady with the blue hair – a most unusual woman. A friendship develops between the two and Kai’s new mentor guides her as she embarks on her journey into the future.
Like The Way of the Three-Year-Old Why, Said the Lady with the Blue Hair uses an engaging fictional story to memorably show real-life principles. Anyone who has struggled to make their way through a difficult time of life will appreciate it, and anyone in business can benefit. Check it out before the price goes up again. (They have discounted the ebook also.)
(By the way, did you know that 75 percent of book sales still come from print books? It’s easier to gift those, too.)
Upcoming sale on 3yo
Here’s an opportunity to save on a copy of The Way of the Three-Year-Old Why. This sale will be available only at Smashwords, a great site for getting good deals on ebooks.
The Way of the Three-Year-Old Why will be available as part of a promotion on Smashwords through January 1 as part of their 2023 End of Year Sale! This is a chance to get my book, along with books from many other great authors, at a discount so you can get right to reading.
You will find the promo here starting on December 15, so save the link:
https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos/
Please share this promo with friends and family. You can even forward this email/post to the avid readers in your life!
Thank you for your help and support!
Writing update
The next book
You might have noticed I didn’t email much in November. That’s because I was taking part in NaNoWriMo, an annual event in which participants seek to write 50,000 words toward the rough draft of a novel. They have other event during the year, like Camp NaNoWriMo in April and July, but the November event is the original as well as the big one.
I had attempted it twice before, but never got anywhere with it. This year, the “third” book in the Sparklight Chronicles grabbed me, and I wound up “winning” NaNoWriMo with it! The goal was 50,000 words (which works out to a little under 2,000 words a day every single day of the month), and I came in with 50,078.
“Third” is in quotation marks above because I had already gotten through about a third of the “second” book in the series. If you acquired The Way of the Three-Year-Old Why, you have already seen the first chapter of Real Speak, and it will come out in 2024, Lord willing and the creek don’t rise. But the third book, Medium Well, is going to jump ahead and get published first.
That could wind up more satisfying for you anyway. Medium Well features a new protagonist, along with a continuation in the life of Dan and Grace Roberts. Without giving spoiler, Hope Roberts, who appeared briefly but deeply in 3yo, is a major character in Medium Well. Callie is back also, in a role that I think will be satisfying to people meeting her for the first time but that will also satisfy people who know her from the first book.
With the rough draft finished, I’m already working on the first editing pass. I’ll keep you updated.
Audiobook on 3yo
At the same time I’m working on Medium Well, I’m also working on the audiobook version(s) of 3yo. I’m debating making two versions available. One would be auto-narrated, and so would come out much faster at a lower price. The other version I will narrate myself. There’s something special about an audiobook narrated by its author. But that will take longer, and so it probably won’t be available until January or February. If you would like, respond to this post/email and let me know a) if you have an interest in an audiobook of The Way of the Three-Year-Old Why, and b) if you would rather have it faster and cheaper, or have it narrated by me even if it takes a little longer.
Until next time
I hope you are living your values and valuing your life! May December be a good month for you. I’ll share more news in our next issue.
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