Trisha Jones' Blog

   The event went well, I made 7 sales which was 13 books. I know it's not the most I sold but it's still more than I thought I would sell. I am trying to get back into my writing, but I also need to get a bunch of promotional stuff done as well. So, I am working on promoting first, mainly because my muse ran away lol.   I don't know how much writing I am going to get done since here in the U. S. this is Thanksgiving week. I am getting everything I need to get done for Thanksgiving on Thursday.   I don't have a whole lot of stuff to tell you about this time. So, I am going to get back to work on promoting happy reading happy writing

 I will be at another event in about 2 weeks to sell my books at is at the same location as the event before Archon. I am posting a link if you are in the area and would like to go and see what all is going to be there. https://facebook.com/events/s/holiday-sip-shop/1164755040784500/ I have been writing more even though I am not taking part in nanowrimo, it’s too stressful for me to do it. The writing I am doing is mostly on paper 14 pages worth. So I am feeling really good about it.  I know this is a short blog but I wanted to let you know about the event :) Happy reading  Happy writing 

      Archon 45 went well, the panels went well, there were a few issues, but I let programing know. I did sell my books over the weekend. I made seventeen sales which I figured out it was twenty-four books in told. I almost sold out of books, don't worry i have more here in my office, I just took part of them to events.        I also got to see some friends and a few people we know; we only get to see them at Archon every year. We enjoyed our weekend, even our youngest came up for Friday evening and Saturday. They did go back to college early Sunday morning (due to their job). I was sad and I do miss my small one but I understand they have school and work.        I took a few days off to rest; I am realizing I am not as young as I used to be. I am getting back to my writing today. I have not gotten much done but that's OK. I better get back to work lol happy reading happy writing

 Last weekend was a good weekend, we went to see my youngest for family weekend at their college on Saturday. We had an enjoyable time with them.  Then on Sunday I did a vendor event, shopping & sips & snacks! Oh my. I met all kinds of people and sold 14 books. I am thinking I will do that event again in Nov. but I have to wait until after Archon this weekend and see if i have enough to reserve a spot if they have any left.    The next event I will be going to is Archon 45, it is from Sept. 30 until Oct. 2 This event will be in Collinsville Illinois. Not only will I be selling my books there, but I will also be a panelist on a few panels. I am really excited!     I know this is kind of short, but there is not much to say other than it was a good event, and I will do it again.  Happy reading  Happy writing 

   I went to Rinkel pumpkin farm vendor fair to sell some of my books. It was a hot weekend and I got a nifty sunburned face, but it was still a good weekend. I met all kinds of people and sold a told of 11 books. I think I will do that even again but I think I will invest it some kind of walls for my canopy that will block the sun but also allow the wind to come through.   I didn’t get much else done because I was out the farm pretty much all day both days, but it was so very worth it to me.  The next event I will be going to is shopping &sips&snacks! Oh my, which will be September 25th.  https://facebook.com/events/s/shopping-sips-snacks-oh-my/389991489934775/ . This event will be in highland Illinois. It will also be inside this time so will not be getting sunburned lol.   I know this is kind of short but there is not much to say other than it was a good event and I will do it again in the future.  Happy reading  Happy writing 

   As the title says, life has been busy. First, I had my event last month which was good. I sold 7 books (4 of New Life By The Full Moon, 3 of Life By The Blood Moon) at the event and one of each through Amazon. We were getting everything together so my youngest ready to go to college. So for this month we took them to college last weekend (Aug. 6th) so this week has been hard with lots of tears.   Now I am working on writing book 4 and trying to save up for book 3 to be edited. I am also working on getting everything ready for an event I am going to being selling my books at Aug. 27th and 28th of this month. So far, I have 3 events set up for the next few months. You can find the links for all the events I will be at on all my social media.      I have been trying to get back to my writing. I have been working on promoting stuff, I have sat and tried to write the last few days but that didn't get very far. But I will continue to try to get back to writing...

       I am sorry I have been a bit quiet for a while. For the last month or so has been busier than normal for me. I have been mom taxi for my son taking him to and from work which is pretty normal. What wasn't so normal was my youngest child was in a play and for most of June practice was daily until the end of the month when they did 3 performances. it was a really good play I enjoyed seeing it.      We are also getting everything done we need to so my youngest can go to college at the end of this month. So, we have been doing all kinds of paperwork and buying things they will need. this is a hard time for me because my youngest is going to college an hour and a half to two hours away from home, so I am a sad mom :(.       One of the things we did was make sure they had a better computer for school, and I ended up with a different laptop. which meant I had to move everything from my old laptop t...

  I wanted to write this to basically show that my life is not perfect or easy. the last week or so has been so hectic with my youngest preparing to graduate high school and getting everything set up for them to go to the college they are going to. I have not really written on my current W.I.P or promoted the books I have out.      My youngest graduated on May 14th and was in the top ten of their class. They are proud of themself and has been getting their things together to go to college in Aug. The main reasons I am not writing or promoting like I should be is because of me taking my youngest everywhere they needed to go. And I have been dealing with my emotions about my kids growing up and not needing me as much.     I am getting back to my work, but I am still struggling with it  all. I will be fine. I want you all know its OK to not be OK. It is ok to take a break from creating if  you need to for whatever reason. It is OK to s...

      I decided that I would do a blog about being busy, now I am not just talking about in life. Though it does contribute to being busy. I was thinking I would talk about what all I have to do to help get my books to sell. It is a lot of work that all writers have do no matter if they self-published or traditionally published. Now I can only tell you about the things I do and how I do it being a self-published author.       After writing and rewriting, editing, formatting and cover designing. you have to start promoting even before your book is out. you have to get the word out about it. if you have the finances to hire someone to help with this, that's great. even if you have enough to run ads on social media that is good too, use the help. But if you have the help or not you still have to make social media posts, writ a blog, send out newsletters and if possible, sell you books online. you also need to take part of events, like craft/vend...

 I have been writing a lot and I am hoping to have book 3 done soon. I am super happy to get it done, I will be taking a break from it before I start editing it myself. I will be working on book 4 while I take my break from book 3. I have also been doing on the promoting for both book 1&2  which is a lot of work as well and I am gladly doing it. The issue I am having is finding vender events and conventions to go to. It has nothing to do with the events or conventions. It is that google is a pain in my bottom when I go to search what I want all it shows my is event schedulers and ticket sellers I have to be a member of. I know it has something to do with how I phrase what I am looking for but I don’t know how to put what I am looking for so I get websites of the events and conventions with out the scheduler sites. I am posting this mainly to show other creatives trying to make it in the world. That yes everyone is having frustrated moments and have small break downs about ...

As of today, Life By The Blood Moon is out for everyone to buy. I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. you can find the book at these links  ebook  https://www.amazon.com/dp/ B09T2Y3KMD print https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T2X7PGP or just look it up by the title and author name. Happy reading  Happy writing

 Life By The Blood Moon(book 2 of the series) will be out March 9th 2022. you can pre order the ebook at this link  Amazon.com: Life By The Blood Moon (Ann Smith series Book 2) eBook : Jones, Trisha : Kindle Store  or just look up by the title and author name.  I am so excited about this. I hope you all enjoy it :) Happy reading  Happy writing

   Life has been super busy here for me I’m sorry about not getting a post out sooner, but December was extremely busy with getting everything together for Christmas and all this good jazz. Christmas went over very well nothing horrible happened, New Year’s was just as good I’ve been trying hard to get the book published. I keep running into stumbling blocks that I have to take care of before I can get the book published, on top of that I am very overwhelmed and really nervous about it. Because last time I published a book I had a hybrid publisher helping me. This time I’m doing it on my own.   I’m not sure about the cover design. Everyone that I’ve shown it to things it’s nice. I’m very nervous about it. I don’t know what to do to make it better. I’m hoping to get it out before October so that I’ll be able to sell it at archon, it’s just difficult for me to do this on my own. I have been working on promoting this book and I did some quotes and I did promotional posts the...