This month at the Blood-Red Pencil, we're promoting our new releases. Well, I had hoped to finish a Women's Fiction book, called Hailey's Chance , by Easter. Then it turned into Mother's Day, and now, it looks like it'll be ready either this month, or maybe by the 4th of July! At least I have a cover to show you. Turns out I had more thinking and researching to do about adoption in Wisconsin, a topic which I knew little about. Though the story is purely fictional, I don't want to present misleading information. After various attempts, I finally latched onto Sandy Otto, a helpful social worker at a Wisconsin adoption agency. For her efforts, I'm including her name in the dedication. http://amzn.com/B00R20N0B2 Hailey's Chance is a standalone prequel to my December, 2014 release, Christmas Carol , and takes place in the same fictional small town of Deerview. I've become attached to that town, and plan to contribute more books taking place ...

I've heard grumbling in various quarters about authors losing money because of Amazon's Kindle Unlimited program. In my opinion, whether or not Kindle Unlimited works for you depends on your situation. As a mid list author, doing my best to get noticed and read, KU isn't too bad an idea. Still, it could be better. If I want to take advantage of either the Amazon free days or the Countdown promotions, I need my books in the Kindle Select program, which automatically makes them eligible for borrows, not only by Prime members, but also Kindle Unlimited members. Prime usually pays around $2.00 or more, while KU has lagged behind, not even getting up to the $2.00 mark. I've heard the December payout might be in the $1.30+ range, but have not officially been notified by Amazon for verification. A few of my books are priced at $2.99, which means KU borrows would not net me as much as sales @70%,  or even the Prime borrows, so I'd lose money on those. However, I als...