Wishing all the kiddos and teachers a happy new school year! May your year be full of fun, safe, learning! Remember the simpler days when all you had to worry about as a kid were reading, writing, and arithmetic? Maybe a little concern about whether recess would be outside or inside, or what they were […]
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General Blog posts
Free Ebook ~ Love, Gramma!
Love, Gramma will be FREE as an Ebook today – Friday (8/25 – 8/27). Would your young adult grandchild benefit from some grandmotherly advice about life, love, and the pursuit of happiness? Maybe you know a teen who is facing some difficult times in life, who could use a virtual hug and a pat on […]
Her Alien Children is now complete
I added all the chapters to the series Her Alien Children in Kindle Vella and it is now complete! The story starts with Bella as a young child who grows up to be a strong young woman. She and her family have been through a lot! By the last page there is only question left. […]
More Episodes Added Tonight
I just added three more episodes to Her Alien Children on Kindle Vella tonight, bringing the total to 16. My goal is to wrap up the series with episode 20, so we are getting close to finding out who keeps taking Bella captive, and why. Take a look at the first three episodes for free […]
Sincerest Thank you!
Thank you to anyone who has read my stories Her Alien Children and/or Our Family’s Spirits! I was so surprised when Her Alien Children made it to the Top Faved list today, which means that some readers out there liked it enough to mark it as a Fave, and I am very grateful for your […]
Vella Demystified
For anyone who is curious about Kindle Vella, here is some information that may lead you to a fun discovery. Vella is a new way of story telling and reading on Kindle, where the authors write stories in a serial format. We upload our episodes (the same thing as chapters in a print or ebook) […]
Perspective
I found a great quote from Mark Twain that speaks to me about perspective, that I put into the picture below. How we see the world around us, may be different from the others who share the same space, thanks to individual perspective. We remember our childhoods differently than our parents or our siblings, even […]
Free Ebook!
Love, Gramma will be free on Kindle from Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th. Feel free to download a copy for your own reading pleasure, or send to a grandchild or young adult family member who might be interested in some advice on how to maneuver into adulthood. I cover a lot of topics, […]
Reaching Kindle Vella on Amazon
It seems like the Vella roll-out was a little bit quirky, at least for me. I found it a bit unclear with no directions on how to direct our readers to the Kindle Vella Store to find our stories, but I think it’s all good now. I’ve tested out a couple of links, copied them […]
Vella is Live!
Kindle Vella is now available to readers! You can read the first three episodes of any Series for free. My Family’s Spirits first three episodes are a complete story within that series, so that no one is left hanging at the end. At the end of each episode you can give it a “thumbs up” […]
Susan B. Lovejoy 