( Listen with AI audio ) Ruined Lion Sneak Peek - March 29, 2024 Dear Reader, In many places today is a holiday. If you celebrate the Easter weekend, I hope your Friday is Good, and the Easter Egg Hunts go well. In the dream, I have been hard at work publishing several titles during and after spring break. As always, the serial posted first, followed by the ebook and audiobook versions of the individual tales going live on OpheliaKee.com . I post the stories on the retailers as preorders to give me time to format the print copies. There's no wait to reading any of the stories because I hate being teased about a story only to learn I can't read it right away. Is that good business practice? Probably not. But I work within the boundaries of what I can tolerate or things go off the rails. No matter how you choose to read in the dream, I appreciate you. Thanks for understanding the quirks and being patient with an old tiger. In case you missed the announcements, Angry King launche

( Listen with AI audio ) Consistency Is the Key? March 22, 2024 Dear Reader, I've heard that consistency is the key to living the writing life. Life is the struggle. Storytelling is the great escape. I would argue that tenacity might be more important than consistency in my case. I've posted regularly, every Friday, for almost a year. Beyond the blog and writing, consistency doesn't happen. Much of what I do with my stories depends highly on the energy I have after working the day job and handling the myriad tasks of life. Beyond the lack of consistency with the marketing, tenacity remains. You see, I don't post to social media every day. I fail at maintaining a rapid release publishing strategy. There are not always-on ads, nor does the routine promotion of the books through paid advertising exist in anything other than a fuzzy idea in my mind and the occasional expenditure to test things. I lack the time to involve myself in newsletter swaps. (I don't exactly unde