Trisha Jones' Blog

   As some of you if not all the ones who read this know I have been fight hard for my dream of being a famous author. I still am fighting but so far have no reached it. I know there is the chance I will not make it but there is also a chance I will make it. So I fight for my dream, I set small goals to help me reach my dream. I meant one goal I have a book published one I had been working on for way longer then most thought I should have been. The book is New Life By The Full Moon, I am still working on the goal to make enough money to pay for the editing of my books. With Covid-19 it has become harder to sell my book since all the events I was planning on this year were canceled.   But I haven’t given up I still promote my book every way I can on line. I talk to people when I am out on the rare occasion about my book and my writing. I give out business cards when I can. I continued to work, I worked on getting the second book in the series edited Life By The Blood ...

  I had my final meeting with my editor’s boss and owner of the editing company and hybrid publishing company. The meeting went very well. My book is ready for publishing but I will not be able to get it published until February or March. The reason for this is because publishing through a hybrid publisher does cost because they do most of the work getting isbn number(s), getting the book cover done ( both front and back) formatting for ebooks and/or printed books. They also get bookmarks and banner designed.  I like having the help since I am still very new to the publishing industry. I do promote my book(s) though it is not easy to do. I do very proud of myself for getting this far and I know I will make it to my dreams. I am still writing book 3 plus another story that keeps pushing to the front of the line of stories.  I do understand not everyone wants to hear about what’s going on in my life but I post things like this to show other creative people who have busy liv...

 I know I’m not the only one I was going to little stir crazy here. Being pretty much locked up in a house. The upside is in my situation my daughter is now in hybrid learning, so Tuesdays and Thursdays she gets to go to in person learning I get to pick her up after school I take her to school to. But I get to pick her up after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays and then I get to pick up my son who also works Tuesdays and Thursdays. So writing has been kind of sparse, I don’t stay up as late as I used to because I have to be up early To ensure my daughter gets off the school since I’m taking her. I have to make sure I have everything done in the house before I go pick her up. Because her days are shortened instead of getting off about 3 o’clock they get off about 12:55 Pm and my son gets off work at 1:00 Pm. So that’s fun, I’m trying to get as much writing done as physically possible in the short amount of time I’m alone and when the house is quiet.     I know this is ...

     Archon 44 has been postponed until October of 2021, this is a bummer I look forward to going to archon every year. but I understand why and it is for the best. I am trying to stay positive and basically use the time until Archon in 2021 to get book 2 published and get the swag to go with it. So I am  more prepared. With everything going on in the world I don't think there will be any conventions for the rest of the year.     But it is hard on my book sales since I sold more at Archon last year than I have just promoting my book on line.  I am trying to find new ways to sell my books but without people reviewing my book its hard to get the word out. I know there are ways to get reviews but I refuse to pay for reviews. That feels like cheating to me and I want to do this through my hard work.      I know I am not the only person hurting due to the  pandemic. I know other small businesses that depend on cons and craft/ve...

Hello all,   I have been busy the past few weeks working on edits with my editor. I also have been busy with mom stuff During this pandemic . So I figured I would give you a glimpse of my life.    The past few weeks I took my daughter to do behind the wheel for driver’s education. Normally it would not stress me out but I was worried about the fact my daughter had to wear a mask with two other people in a car. But everything is fine she is fine. Then it’s was dentist and dr. Appointments. The dentist appointments were in person for both kids. My son’s dr. Appointment was over the phone but my daughter’s dr. appointment had to be in person Yesterday because she needed a couple vaccines. But her appointment got more complicated, do worry she is fine just has to have a few more things done. Since my son has graduated high school, it is just my daughter needing books. That’s something else I needed to do yesterday.   With all my mom stuff to do I don’t get as much time a...

  I am doing Toyman show Sunday after it was cancelled in my due to the pandemic restrictions. There are still some restrictions but Toyman show can still be held (yay). Here is the link  https://toymanshow.com/   I will be in the balcony of the building. I am soo excited to be doing a vender show after months of nothing. Don’t worry I will be wearing a mask and washing my hands often when I can’t I will be using a hand sanitizer I am not allergic to ( I am allergic to just about all hand sanitizers and disinfectants)     I am not going to hide from the world because I am afraid. I will take precautions to keep myself save and in turn keeping the public safe. If you want to come see me Sunday great, if you choose to stay home that’s fine I am planning on being at as many vender shows and conversations I can go to and be safe. I have some writing to do I hope everyone is staying safe and I pray all this ends soon. Happy reading  Happy writing 

   I know the the post was hopeful, well the hopefulness is just about dead. The last post I said it was just until April 7th. Then the end date was April 15 then April 30th. Well on April 30th the federal stay at home order ended and many states started the slow reopening. Not my state, the governor of my state extended it to May 30th. Which means my kids will not get to go back to in person learning they have to finish the school year e learning. My son’s graduation will not be the normal ceremony it will be a live stream of the names being said then going to the school to pick up his diploma with out coming in contact with people. My daughter missed out on a play she was a part of because it was canceled. My daughter will also be turning 16 during this crap.    The upside is the governor is going to start opening the state up in regions which means we could be to a more normal life before school starts in august. I sure hope so.  But in the mean time small ...

  As you all know we are dealing with a pandemic right now. I thought I would let you have a small peak in to my life social distancing being a mom of two teens who are home. And how I am getting any writing done. Along with everything else I need to do around my house.    As of March 17th my kids have been home from school ( doing e-learning) and will be home until at least April 7th. Which is hard to deal with because not only did the kids daily schedules changed but so did mine. We all still get up early in the morning, do the things that need to be done( taking care of our pets, brush hair, eat breakfast, brush teeth). Then the kids do school work that their teachers send them from 8am until at least 1pm in some cases longer Monday thru Friday. I get the normal household chores done while they do their school work. Then I try and write but it does not always work. I sometimes don’t get to write until they are busy doing their own things or when they are asleep. ...

I touched base on this in other post, videos, letters but I never went in to too much detail. I thought I would touch base more on, no touch base with the wrong word give you more information on how I became a writer. I have always written something a good majority of my life, but because I was so good at drawing and artsy stuff like that I follow that dream for a while. When I was in high school I took art classes, I took sculpture, I and metalworking, all artsy stuff. I also start writing more while I was in high school. I took creative writing classes and my teachers did not like what I wrote they said that what I wrote was too scary it was horror, and it was it good blah blah blah. You see I have always written about monsters, and I’ve never just written monsters like you see on the horror movies or in most horror book. I wrote from the monsters point of you. I wrote things that people didn’t understand. So I didn’t really follow that a whole lot, but I continued  to write. B...

I know it’s hard not to get discouraged or frustrated or feel like you’re failing. But don’t give up I’m writing this Mainly because I keep hearing about in the reading and seeing writers, artists, people in general we are trying to follow their dreams and getting discouraged. Because  you’re either being rejected or so not going the way they want and I want to encourage you don’t give up. I want to tell you a short story about my kids first, my daughter  who is 15 almost 16. You see since she was 5 years old she wanting to be a veterinarian. She’s told me over and over does she want to be a vet now over the years the type of vet has changed from being like a small animal dog and cat type. to being an exotic vet so she could take care of her mothers, my hedgehogs. To be an all encompassing Vet. one that sees large animal cows, horses and small animals and everything in between. she got that idea from Dr. Pol, from the incredible Dr. Pol. At 5 years old when she asked me what d...

Now that question and the title is not saying I’m going to say bad things about other writers, my thing is why do you other writers  that feel they are superior say such nasty things about writers who don’t follow the same track they do. You see I’m a part of several writing groups on Facebook and today I saw a post that has really upset me. Someone wanted to know some of the more unpopular comments or advice given to writers, and it turns into some nastiness because some writers like myself have an imagination so good that we treat our characters as if they’re real people. There’s other famous writers that do this Laurell K.Hamilton is one of them. It makes writing more enjoyable for us and it’s a way to explain when things don’t follow the outline correctly. We say things like “my characters have taken the story in your direction I wasn’t expecting” or “I really wish they would stay on track with the outline.”  These other writers  were also saying nasty things about ...

As you all know I am going through the editing and publishing process again. I am really excited about it but I am also very nervous all at the same time. I want to share this process with all you you again. Because it’s been over a year (almost 2) since I went through the editing part. It might be different this time, I may not have the same editor as last time. No thing is really happening right now, I have signed the contract and made a payment (yes I am paying the editor to do the editing) yesterday. I also sent in my manuscript for the editor to read. I hope it’s not in too bad of shape.  I am still kind of in disbelief I am doing it again though I know it’s happening. I know it will be a lot of work but it will be worth it in the end. I am also going to be sharing the process for all the new writers out there who want to go this route. I need to get to writing book 3 until I hear from the editor. Have a great day Happy reading Happy writing

I have been talking to the editing company I work with on my last book. I am extremely excited about it. I am hoping to have the book out around October. I will keep you updated on it. Happy reading  Happy writing amazon.com/author/trishajones http://www.goodreads.com/Authra www.twitter.com/authra http://authramaiden1979.wix.com/trisha-jones http://trisha-jones-writer.blogspot.com here is the p rint https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692199381 here is the link for the ebook  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MRHJ2L8