Author: Alexander Elliott

  • MY 2023 PUBLISHING ANNIVERSARY – Six Years as an Indie Author

    It’s been a difficult year, making progress in some areas and missing the boat entirely in others. Let me start with last year’s goal, which were: BOOKS—Discovery Moon (book five in the Gladstone Shifters series) was published very shortly after my anniversary last year and can’t be counted since all the work was done the…

  • Do Authors Read Their Own Stuff?

    I’ve been working on a project that involves writing short stories based on my published books. Some were completed years ago, and I needed to read them again to reacquaint myself with the plot and characters. Now, I’ve reread my books many times—correcting, editing, and making other changes. What I haven’t really done was approach…

  • The Pros and Cons of KDP Select

    Since late 2017, my eBooks have been available only through Amazon and enrolled in their KDP Select program. Here is how Amazon explains it: Enrolling your eBook in our optional KDP Select program gives you the opportunity to reach more readers and earn more money. You can earn a share of the KDP Select Global Fund based…

  • MY 2022 PUBLISHING ANNIVERSARY – It’s Been Five Years!

    Allow me to begin with a celebration of what’s been accomplished in the last five years. One of my books is no longer available and one is yet to be released, so the figures actually represent ten books. Looks impressive, right? Well it is, though I haven’t quit my day job! The vast majority of…

  • Christmas Traditions—The BIG Day arrives!

    Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ############## The following excerpt is taken from Bear Creek Christmas. Levi awoke to the wind’s moans and whistles as it tore past the cabin. Given the light…

  • Christmas Traditions—Decking the Halls

    Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ############## The following excerpt is taken from my new release, Bear Creek Christmas. Levi opened the box from home and took out some strange looking do-dads and…

  • Christmas Traditions—Sweets and Treats (holiday snacking at its finest)

    Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ############## The following excerpt is taken from my new release, Bear Creek Christmas. Knox produced matching holiday aprons from one of the bags, and they got busy.…

  • Christmas Traditions—Stockings (where they go and what to put in them)

    Holiday traditions are as wonderfully diverse as the families who practice them. In conjunction with my new release Bear Creek Christmas, allow me to share some of mine! ########## Taken from chapter 20 of Bear Creek Christmas “At length, Knox and Levi got up, turned on all the colored lights, and made a fire in…

  • MY 2021 PUBLISHING ANNIVERSARY!

    It seems like more than four years have gone by since the release of my first book. Having re-visited the last three anniversary posts, I discovered that while the tune has changed, the dance remains the same. Progress? Undoubtedly. Frustration? By the bushel. Pleasure? Enough to keep me addicted. Desire to continue? Yes! Before looking…

  • The writing of FORBIDDEN MOON

    This story was a labor of love, with the emphasis on labor! While it’s the third book I’ve published since the start of the pandemic, it affected Forbidden Moon far more than the others. Though I never contracted COVID-19, pandemic fatigue plagued my writing efforts from the beginning. Distracted by work issues, stress, and the…

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