Growing up in the swamps of Florida teaches you a lot of things through experience, and many of those experiences leave people staring at me with horrified faces while I laugh at my nostalgic stories of my childhood. Now, dear reader, I will share those stories with you.
Each chapter begins by telling a legitimate story that occurred in my life, or the lives of those close to me, and then it changes, shifts, and delves into the world of beasts, monsters, ghosts, and other nightmares draped in Spanish Moss and hiding amongst the Palmettos of my imagination.
This is not an extreme horror book, it is more of an adult camp fire stories book. There is some gore and some dark themes but it would probably rate mild for some horror enthusiasts.
It’s here! Happy Mabon, the Autumn Equinox. Today is the release of the Book of Horror Community Anthology Vol 4.
My short story, “Disturbed Sleep”, is in Part 2 (the red cover) of the anthology. Both parts 1 and 2 are packed with horror stories from authors that are part of the Book of Horror Community and host a wide array of writing styles and horror sub genres.
I do thank all the people who were essential to putting these massive books together and rhank you so much to the Books of Horror group for the opportunity!
-Mind the Mirrors is now available in a laminate hard cover edition on Amazon! If you would like a signed hard cover, I will have to order it in, and it isn’t on my store just yet.
-The store is up and running. Use code TELEPORT for free US shipping. (Click on store tab in menu)
-Canadian readers can now join the FB group BoH Merch Canadian Branch (link below)
-Book 1 of Sanguine Saga is in progress as well as the Swamp book, and another interesting one has begun to unfurl called Darkling Cloud. Releases should begin mid to late Fall.
-There will be Book Boxes for the Sanguine Saga. This is a gift box containing a signed copy of the book, bookmarks, stickers, and a limited time handcrafted gift pertaining to the series.
All of my books in paperback form are now wide, which means you can purchase them through other websites like Barnes and Noble as well as request for then to be stocked by your local Walmart (can also be purchased in their online store too), Library, or book store that uses the Ingram distribution services.
Depending how this goes, I am considering going wide with my ebooks again, but I do have a lot of KU readers as well. I will continue to monitor the numbers and requests in order to make that decision in the future. Kobo has recently launched a subscription program similar to KU but does not force authors to be exclusive like Amazon does. This might be the route I take down the road.
For those not fans of Amazon, I am looking at going wide with my physical books. Paperback and hard covers not purchased through Amazon will look a bit different, if not better, but it is going to take a bit of work and I am trying to figure out the technicalities.
If ever I find a generous benefactor, ISBNs in the US can only be purchased via Bowker and the best deal is 100 for $575 (individual ones cost over $100 each, so the bulk is my eventual goal). This will save me so many nightmares. I may consider doing a patreon or Kickstart program and offering free signed copies, bookmarks etc to people who donate in order to possibly get to the point of owning my ISBNs (currently, technically, Amazon owns them).
There is so much legal mumbo jumbo to explain, but I am working on a DBA for Amanda Leanne and Munesquill and then a sole proprietor and maybe, way down the road if I get big enough, an LLC. So far anyone I have attempted to get to work with me has flaked out, so I don’t know about doing LLC at this juncture. But my sales are rising to the point of having to start to establish some things.
Signed copies and book boxes (signed copies with goodies and a discount for more than one book) will be coming soon. Ad well as posisble merchandise such as shirts or totes with some of my covers and art work. I am also getting a digital drawing pad and Kris and I will be doing some creepy art to add to the images I currently own. Should be fun!
Anyways, lots to consider in the future and lots coming down the line. I hope for the best that my health participates, as it is the biggest hang up often. I have a functioning modern laptop so there will be some reformists done on the current books available. This may result in some books losing reviews (like Shafows Through the Fog that Amazon was nice enough to change the paper quality from cream to white on my last update when I was having issues).
The future will look cooler and has lots of fun potential. I thank you all for your dedication, love, and support! Biggest hugs and so much love to you all!
Pic is of our eldest cat being dramatic, our Luna.
Amanda Leanne 