Good morning, friends and fans!
Welcome to a “Peek Into My Week”! Here’s a look at some of my latest news: November 21, 2022!
Here are some things that happened this past week – and wow – there’ve been a lot!:
News About Writing & Publishing: This Is The Current State Of Things
Let’s take a look at the current status quo on various ongoing issues affecting my writing or publishing:
- Audiobooks on ACX: The process of transferring my audiobooks from Moon Books Publishing’s ACX account to Nigel Peever’s ACX account is almost complete. “High Steaks”, which has been in limbo since Brandon’s death was published as an audiobook on Wednesday evening by Elizabeth since that was the only way that it could be transferred by ACX. It should reflect on Audible soon, and the process of transference should take another 14 days after that apparently, so the end’s in sight!
- Recording & New Audiobooks: Darla Middlebrook, the awesome lady who narrated the Quantum Series, has resumed recording of Panic! Horror In Space! I really am looking forward to hearing the rest of her samples!
- Writing: This has been a no-show on this weeks’ list! I’ve been too busy this past week promoting audiobooks and creating new audiobook trailer videos for Galaxii and Quantum!
- Articles: I posted a number of promo articles for audiobook giveaways this past week: “Free Audiobook: Demonspawn, book 2 in the Galaxii Series“, “Free Audiobook: A Way Of Life by Theo Engela“, “Free Audiobook: Dead Beckoning, book 3 in the Galaxii Series“, and in a return to DIY article-writing, “Easy DIY #81 Make A Display Case From A Steel & Glass Coffee Table“.
- Marketing: I created a stack of new book trailer videos this past week:
On top of that, Nigel too was very busy and he added narration samples to a number of them. He also created a number of new ads as well – and I’m really, really impressed with these:
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We’ve been sharing these videos and ads all over the place, and it really makes a huge difference to not be doing marketing of my books by myself anymore!
Other Stuff
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That’s all for this week!
I’ve often been accused of being “theophobic” or “anti-Christian” as a writer. I’ve written my fair share of books and academic papers in my time exposing Christian misinformation about the occult and religions like Paganism and Satanism, as well as stood firmly and openly in the path of Christian hatred directed against LGBT people, women, and people of color, so I suppose it’s a fair assumption of theirs to say “the author is theophobic” or “she hates Christianity” rather than to accept the point of view that they’re actually in the wrong and have participated in and helped cement a million or more crimes against humanity over the last 2000 years.
Let me answer that by saying I don’t write for the masses, I don’t write chicken soup to pander to the thoughtlessness of the self-deluding somnambulent masses, so I’m not likely to reach that desirable “bestseller” accolade or be praised by the sheeple for how accurately I’ve described the pen they’ve embraced or the virtues of the self-appointed farmers and butchers in the shadows.
I write for the few, I write to fuel the spark of enlightenment, to spark the feeling of “something needs to be done about this” in those too long mentally inactive, whose minds have been mired and weighed down with cerebral fluff and pseudo-intellectual fare. I write to challenge those who are waking up and need something to think about, and for those already awakened, to inspire them to wipe the sleep from their eyes – and blinking, to see what’s around them with their own eyes and to smell the bullshit they’re expected to accept as “the way things are” for themselves. I write a strong dose of the injustice of reality served with a twist of what ought to be done about it.
Some people don’t like that, and if you’re wondering, you need to ask yourself “why?” Maybe you need to read more of my work to see for yourself!
With that, I’m all out of news. In the meantime, here’s my go-to when I have nothing much else to tell you: Cat pictures! This is Ash (aka Lady Federash McMeowton) my writing companion watching me work! Although you may not know it yet, but my constant little companion co-authors much of what I write these days!
As always, I’ll keep you posted about any further developments. I wish you all a pleasant week until next time!