Monday Mishmash 1/30/17

Happy Monday! Monday Mishmash is a weekly meme dedicated to sharing what's on your mind. Feel free to grab the button and post your own Mishmash.

Here's what's on my mind today:

1. Lies We Tell Cover Reveal  I can't believe the cover reveal for Lies We Tell is next week already! I'm so excited to share it with you all. It's not too late to sign up to help me reveal the cover, so if you're interested, click here.
2. Newsletter Sign-ups  I have decided to keep all my giveaways exclusive to my newsletter and street team. If you aren't subscribed to my newsletter, but would like to get in on these giveaway opportunities as well as get sneak peaks of my books before anyone else, you can sign up here. I only send out newsletters when I have something good to share, so you won't be bombarded with emails from me.
3. Kelly's Coven  My street team or reader group (whichever you prefer to call it) is open to new members. I do reward members of this group more than anyone else. Member always get free e-ARCs of ALL my books, too. So if you'd like to chat with me in my FB group, you can request to join here.
4. Monroe County Book Expo  Sign-ups are open for the Monroe County Book Expo. If you are an author and you live in or near Monroe County, PA, feel free to contact me and I'll send you the registration form so you can be there to sign as well.
5. Editing  Is there a week when I'm not editing? ;)

That's it for me. What's on your mind today?

Monday Mishmash 4/25/16

Happy Monday! Monday Mishmash is a weekly meme dedicated to sharing what's on your mind. Feel free to grab the button and post your own Mishmash.

Here's what's on my mind today:

1. Newsletter Subscriber Giveaway! I'll be giving away 3 signed paperbacks of one of my books to newsletter subscribers. Giveaway begins today. Not a subscriber? Fix that here.
2. Editing No surprise that I'm editing for clients this week.
3. Field Day I'll be helping out with field day at my daughter's school later this week. It's always fun to see her with her friends in a setting like this.
4. Always Learning Something New I'm the type of person who likes to learn as much as possible about the publishing industry. Recently, I learned how to make full wrap book covers. No, I will not be doing this as a side job. I just wanted to learn.
5. Looking For Reviewers I'm looking for some readers who would like to read Into the Fire and post an honest review on Amazon. If that's you, please email me at khashway(at)hotmail(dot)com.

That's it for me. What's on your mind today?

Monday Mishmash 3/14/16 With a Whole Lot of FREE Books!

Happy Monday! Monday Mishmash is a weekly meme dedicated to sharing what's on your mind. Feel free to grab the button and post your own Mishmash.

Here's what's on my mind today:

1.  Into the Fire Trailer Reveal  If you are a newsletter subscriber, you already saw the Into the Fire trailer. For those of you who aren't, here it is! 

      
2.  Out of the Ashes Is Up For Preorder  Book two in the Into the Fire trilogy is now available for preorder. Preorder your copy here.

3.  Drafting Again!  I'm so excited that I have two weeks (free of client edits due to a rescheduling) to draft the sequel of my romantic suspense (written as Ashelyn Drake). Book one is with my editor now, which means I might be able to release it before my original fall release date!

4.  Into the Fire Will Be FREE for 5 Days!!!  Yes, you read that correctly. Limitless Publishing will be offering Into the Fire FREE for 5 days beginning March 15 to celebrate the upcoming release of Out of the Ashes. That means, if you haven't checked out Into the Fire yet, you'll want to grab it during this free promo because the price will go back up at the end of the five days. You can grab it for FREE here on those dates.

5. Review Into the Fire And Get Out of the Ashes for FREE!  I'm all about giving you guys free stuff lately. :) If you grab Into the Fire and post an honest review on Amazon, I'll give you Out of the Ashes to review for FREE. And then if you post a review of that book on Amazon, I'll give you Up In Flames for FREE. Yes, that means you can grab book one during the free promotion, review it, and get the other two books in the series for free as well just for reviewing them. Three books for free! I'm not crazy. I just love my reviewers. How do you get this amazing deal? Fill out this form with your review link and your preference of ebook (PDF or Kindle). That's it!
That's it for me. What's on your mind today?

Writer Wednesday: Revamping Your Newsletter

I was all set to answer a reader question, but there's something else that I want to share with you all today. It's about newsletters. Last week I mentioned that mine was changing and in a big way for my subscribers. Well, I didn't realize that those changes would also be big for me. Here's how.

First, I changed the subject line of my newsletters. I used to boringly title them with the month and the year. *Yawn* Seriously, what was I thinking? The newsletter I sent out a few days ago was titled "Just For You: A Sneak Peek, A Giveaway, and a FREE Story!" Surprise, surprise, I had my highest open rate ever! I mean, come on. This is way more exciting than the month and year. I promised you free stuff, the potential to win something, and a sneak peek. That's much more interesting and gives you a reason to click on it and see what's inside.

Now let's take a closer look at what I did there. I made my newsletter all about my readers. I rewarded them three times in one newsletter! Subscribers got to see the cover of Out of the Ashes before everyone else. They got an exclusive giveaway no one else can enter. AND they got a FREE story that's not available to anyone else.

I'm planning to keep this format for my newsletter because it's great for everyone. A higher open rate is what I want. Goodies are what my subscribers want. Everyone wins!

If you want to get in on all these goodies I'm giving my newsletter subscribers, click here.

If you have a question you'd like me to answer from the other side of the editor's desk, feel free to leave it in the comments and I'll schedule it for a future post.

Writer Wednesday: Big Changes to My Newsletter & A Dear Teen Me Letter

Today, you're getting two posts for the price of one! Okay, they're both free. ;)

First, I've decided to make some big changes in my newsletter, and they will mean great things for my subscribers. You see, I've been sending out my newsletter's on the first of each month. Here's the problem with that. 

I miss out on giving newsletter subscribers sneak peeks at my covers, trailers, sales, etc. Shouldn't loyal subscribers get perks? Of course they should! And not just sneak peeks. I'm going to offer you MORE!

Here are some of the things you can expect from my newsletter:

• Exclusive Monthly Giveaways  I always give my newsletter subscribers more entries in the giveaways I run on my blog, but from now on I will also do monthly giveaways just for my newsletter subscribers. You'll be the only ones allowed to enter! I'll be giving away a variety of items, such as ebooks, signed paperbacks, ARCs, gift cards, SWAG, and any other cool items I come across that I think you'd enjoy.
• Sneak Peeks  Newsletter subscribers will now get to see my covers, trailers, etc., BEFORE they are revealed to the public.
• Bonus/Deleted Scenes  I've decided to give my newsletter subscribers access to bonus and deleted scenes from my books. Some of these will later end up either on Wattpad or compiled for sale, but newsletter subscribers will get them for FREE and before anyone else!
• Sale Notifications  If I'm running a sale on one of my books (which I do pretty often), my newsletter subscribers will get notified so they can get the discounted price.
• Book Recommendations  If I read a great book that I think everyone else should check out, I'll tell you about it and most likely giveaway a copy.

So no more newsletters on the first of the month. You'll hear from me when I have something great to share with you. That might be once a month, twice a month, or three times depending on how many freebies I feel like showering you with that month. ;) Sound good?

If you aren't signed up for my newsletters already, sign up NOW here, because my first giveaway is fast approaching.

Second, the Into the Fire street team is posting Dear Teen Me letters this week, so of course I had to write one. Let me just start by saying these letters are tough to write!

Dear Teen Me,

As you get older, you're going to realize that you don't need to be the center of attention. It's great that you're friends with all types of people, but what's really important is forming close bonds with the people who really care about you. You can't please everyone, and life is a lot easier when you stop trying to. Just be you. Some people will like who you are and some won't, and that's okay. So what if someone sees you in your glasses instead of your contacts? I promise the world won't end and neither will your relationship with that person. And embrace your accident-prone tendencies. They aren't going to go away, so being embarrassed by them is silly. They are part of who you are. Stop being afraid of how others will see you and learn to laugh at yourself. My motto now is "If you aren't weird, you're boring" because everyone has quirks and they are nothing to be ashamed of.

You're good at accepting others for who they are, so start doing the same thing for yourself.

Love,

Kelly

As another incentive to sign up for my newsletter, I'm including a letter from Jeremy from Into the Fire, where he writes to his former self after going through his rebirth. Sign up here, to get access to his letter, which I'll be sending on the 28th along with a sneak peek at book two's cover.

*If you have a question you'd like me to answer from the other side of the editor's desk, feel free to leave it in the comments and I'll schedule it for a future post.