Browse the pix in Pinterest!

I’m up to three boards on Pinterest now.  Learning and pinning–and trying again–takes a lot of time!!  I want to create a board for critters, but I’m trying to think of a cooler title.  Here’s the link to my book covers, my friends’ book covers, and some beautiful garden pictures–and toad houses.  Well, I like making the garden more interesting and giving those little toads homes.

Link:  http://pinterest.com/joyvsmith/

Joy V. Smith in the spotlight

Here’s a link to Author Spotlight: Joy V. Smith: http://morgenbailey.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/author-spotlight-no-183-joy-v-smith/

I got the chance to talk about my writing and stories.  Thanks, Morgen!  I’ll be posting links to my Pinterest boards later.  I only joined Pinterest a couple days ago; I spent a lot of time shrieking and begging for help, but I’ve got a few book covers and other things “pinned.”

 

Joy V. Smith’s ebooks (list)

My western novel, Detour Trail, should be available as an ebook at the usual online stores in a few weeks.  It’s available now from the publisher: http://www.melange-books.com/authors/joyvsmith/detourtrail.html

It’s an interesting addition to my other ebooks since it’s a western and my first published novel.  My other ebooks are mostly science fiction except for my non-fiction one about remodeling our new house.  Here they are:

Pretty Pink Planet
Lori, an agent of SOESFOL (Search Out and Establish Sentient Forms of Life) visits Prism, a popular tourist destination, to track down planet pirates and rescue aliens, if she can find and talk to them.
Link: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/93615

(Pretty Pink Planet is a free ebook)

Hot Yellow Planet
In the sequel to Pretty Pink Planet, Lori and Chiing continue their adventures, meeting up with Chameleons, Ghosters, Splurts, and other aliens and humans.
Link: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/94029

http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Yellow-Planet-ebook/dp/B005TCN9UC/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1318279993&sr=1-1

Hidebound is a SF romance (adult content) also available on Amazon Kindle:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005ICFOHY 

And  Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/82218

My reprint collection, The Doorway and Other Stories, is available on Kindle:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SV1FB2

It includes 14 SF and fantasy adventures.

 

Remodeling: Buying and Updating a Foreclosure
How we coped with selling a house–at last, looking for a new house, buying a new house that was a foreclosure and needed lots of work, and then remodeling it since it didn’t even have a kitchen sink!
Link: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/71560

And  http://www.amazon.com/Remodeling-Buying-Updating-Foreclosure-ebook/dp/B005FSHP0K/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1312428906&sr=1-1

 

Brand new Detour Trail blurb

Here’s the blurb I created for Blurbs in Bloom.  It’s beautiful (enjoy the roses): http://www.blurbsinbloom.com/2013/03/detour-trail.html

Detour Trail mentions

My press release is out: http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-service/333541

I’m working on an interview for the home town paper (email questions followed by a phone call).  My Blurbs in Bloom blurb will be up March 9.  My author spotlight will be up March 22; and a writing zine accepted a piece focusing on Detour Trail.  

 

And I have to get more review copies ready to send out. 

Read an Ebook Week

It’s Read an Ebook Week, and I’m offering my non-fiction ebook, Remodeling: Buying and Updating a Foreclosure, for 99 cents through March 9.  Check it out at: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/71560 

Detour Trail (adventure on the frontier)

Westward bound on the Oregon Trail, Lorrie Emerson is alone after her uncle is killed.  Ignoring the wagon master’s advice to go home, she rounds up others needing help, and they join a later wagon train and are soon slogging through dust and mud and steep mountain passes, but it’s not long before she’s again forging her own trail.

My western novel, Detour Trail, is now available from Melange Books, the publisher, and elsewhere online : http://www.melange-books.com/authors/joyvsmith/detourtrail.html

And here’s my interview with The Western Online:

http://www.thewesternonline.com/interviewjoysmith.html

Secrets of the Professional Freelancer (ebook)

Here’s a primer for writers looking to spread their wings.*  Chapters include:

Chapter One – Building Your Freelance Business on a Shoestring
Chapter Two – How to Effectively Generate Ideas
Chapter Six – Are You Ready for Full-time Freelancing?

Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Professional-Freelancer-ebook/dp/B004QT6XZC/ref=la_B001K8AQ28_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1361756938&sr=1-4

*Note: Did you see how I used writers and their so I wouldn’t have to use writer and his/her?

Btw, I think that’s a cool cover.

Joy’s writing news update

The February issue of Sorcerous Signals is now online: http://www.sorceroussignals.com/SorcerousSignals.html

This issue, along with The Lorelei Signal, will be available later in Mystic Signals.  That print issue will also include my story, “Crystal Quest,” as a bonus.

I’m getting Detour Trail, my western novel, ready for publication; and I’m waiting to hear if my science fiction novelette has been accepted by Kindle Singles…

And don’t forget that Pretty Pink Planet is free from Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/93615 

And my short story collection, The Doorway and Other Stories, is available on Kindle:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SV1FB2  (Don’t forget your free Kindle apps!)

Joy’s writing news update

Well, it’s a good thing I didn’t share that first cover for Detour Trail; it was just a template, but they sent me another cover, and this one is up on the publisher’s website, but it doesn’t have a link yet.  I like this cover too; I can’t wait till there’s a link on it; then I’ll post it.  And this one is a wrap around cover, so it includes the back.  And I think it’s cool! 

I’ve submitted a story (two I put together actually; one is the sequel) to Kindle Singles.  I should hear back within four weeks if they’ve accepted it.  They needed a home because the anthology the first one was accepted for (The Big Black), folded, and I hadn’t found another home for it yet, though it made the short list for the Zero Gravity antho.

 

I was going to submit another story elsewhere (another sequel, but this was to a published story, Seedlings, in Magistria: The Realm of the Sorcerer.  That was an invitation only theme anthology about magic…)  However, when I checked my records to be sure I hadn’t submitted it to the market I was considering just to be sure I hadn’t already done that and been rejected (I’ve done that before; I should have checked sooner.), I found that I had submitted it there a few months ago and was waiting to hear back…  (The sequel was scheduled for a follow-up antho, but that hasn’t worked out.)

 

The third week in January is National Book Week.  You can start discussions about books on forums you belong to and post covers on Pinterest.  I love book covers!  I want to post mine too!