Trisha Jones' Blog

 I sorry about the last blog post being posted late I have no idea what happened but its posted now.           Now to get on with this post. So far this month is going OK. We had a celebration on the 4th of July, we had a BBQ at my mother in law's. I got some writing done while I was there visiting with my family. It was a good day, the only thing that could have made it better was if my youngest was able to be there, but due to school and work they could not make it. Which I completely understand but I do miss them.          I have gotten more writing done and transcribed to my computer. I am still researching how long A Pooka story {the older kid book I am writing} needs to be. I do have a couple artists I am going to be working with to get the covers and some bookmark art. I am hoping to have it out in a year or so.          I am also going to try and get the book I am rereleasing by October-ish if n...

   I know June is not over yet but the rest of the month should be calmer(I hope). so lets get into what has kept me busy, well the month started OK it was the normal amount of chaos for my life. I had been writing and promoting my books and the event I did on the 17th. then I was dealing with friend issues (its all taken care of, no worries).  My hubby took the first week off  and I didn't get much writing done, but I got to spend time with my hubby.      I had to order more books, pencils and business cards, they all came the first week or two of  the month. Then my son's 21st birthday happened which was just simple and he wanted cupcakes. I made him cupcakes, and we took him out to eat. The rest of that week was spent getting over a cold and getting everything together for the vendor event. the event went OK, I sold six books which I think was OK I enjoyed the event.       I am working on getting back to writing, and promoting. b...

      Well it started out well I started working on a story I started when my youngest kid was about 10 years old. It was going well, I made some progress and I was happy. I started getting my stuff together for an event I had on Saturday.      The event itself went really well and I sold 13 books which is awesome. I met a lot of nice people and a bookstore owner in the town offered to let me do a book signing there which is awesome. While my husband and I were at the event I was able to get a huckleberry plant. I was really excited I finally have one.       After we got home and had dinner and we were relaxing and I was scrolling social media and I found out my father had passed away on Friday May 5th. we had no contact with my family for the last 8ish years.(Long story I will not get into) I bothers me no one from my family told me. But at least I know, I don’t know when anything is happening and where he will be laid to rest. (It has ...

      I have been so busy with vendor events I nearly forgot to blog and send out my newsletter. I was thinking I would walk you all through a day were I am doing an event.       Everything starts when I bring up all the things I need. I get my books, the swag (bookmarks, stickers, business cards, pencils), my banners, and bags, newsletter signup sheets, questions (I will explain those in a moment) and the signs, moneybox with the money to make change, plus the things I need to take credit/debit cards. All the things I just listed I always need no matter if I am inside or outside. Now if I am outside, I need a table, chairs, and my canopy.     On event days, which are normally a weekend day. I get up early so I can take care of my animals, take vitamins, and eat breakfast. Then I help my husband (who helps me at the events) load the car, we do one last check to make sure we have everything then my husband and I go to where the event is being ...

     I was asked a few times how I can write while being a stay-at-home mom. So, I thought I would give you all what a day in my life is looks like. Now I know this may be rather boring for some if not all of you. But I was asked that question enough I felt the need to do this, maybe it will help someone who wants to write but not sure if they can. With that said let's get started.     I start my days at 4:15 in the morning Monday through Friday. Three days a week I work out, not soon after getting up. On the other days I get up early and I spend time with my husband before he goes to work. I take care of my animals before taking my oldest to work on days he works. When I get home from taking him, I do some homework which is mostly just straightening up here and there before sitting down and doing some promoting my books.    After I  pick up my son from work, we eat lunch and I either continue working on promotional stuff or I start working on my ...

  I hope everyone had a good holiday season, and the new year is starting well for you all. My holidays went well and my new year is going well so far. I am writing this for a couple reasons, one is to keep myself accountable to my goals. Two to help those who might feel overwhelmed trying to set goals.   Let’s start with holding myself accountable, I have discovered I write out my goals where I see them I keep to them better. I suggest if you have a hard time keeping to your goals try writing them out and have them where you see them every day. If you still have a hard time try adding some smaller goals, it helps keep you motivated when you see that you were able to mark off goals.    Now the goals, they can be anything, they can be as big or small as they need to be. My goals are small with a few big ones. Mine are, 1. to write everyday for at least an hour a day but try for 1,000words a day. 2. Finish writing book four this year. 3. Get book three edit and possibl...

   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