Kim's Musings

Why do I feel the urgency to get all the stories in my head written? I have no clear clue, but all of a sudden I feel this determination. Could it be my age? I am older. Or is it something else that has me excited to write again. Yes, that too. The Journey I’m over 50, closing in on 60. OMG!!! Where did the time go? I’m sure age has a lot to do with it. Laid off from my day job, I started back to college at 50. Some of you may have read about that in my post: College After 50 . School is more time consuming than work. Who would’ve thought it? You see, unlike a job, when you go to class, the work doesn’t end there. When you get home, you still have more work to do and deadlines that have to be met. That’s similar to writing. Lay-off and College After the lay-off, I thought, Oh I’m going to be able to write more . Well, that didn’t happen. I think I wrote one novella, Get Out or Die and started another one, The Wedding Crasher . So, needless to say, writing took a back...

Writing As you can tell by my other posts recently, I have been reading and researching the aspects of self-publishing and I've decided to try it, so now I'm switching my focus to my own writing so that I have something to self-publish. I have at least four books to consider: my novella that's half finished with a working title, The Wedding Crasher , The Kidnapped Bride , Honeymooning on Cape Cod , etc. (many of the titles I'm considering) - this is the third novella in the Lana Malloy, paranormal suspense series ; or full novels: All This time - a romantic suspense novel that is three-quarters completed, For the Love of Money - a mystery novel about one-quarter completed, or Shattered Hearts - mainstream women's fiction novel that's about three-quarters completed and it's the first book I started writing that was meant for publication. You can read the short blurbs on these at my Web site kimcoxauthor.com. Right now, I'm leaning toward the Lana M...

Self-Publishing Books 101 : A Step-By-Step Guide to Publishing Your Book in Multiple Formats by Shelley Hitz and Heather Hart Self-Publishing Books 101 is a free Kindle eBook on Amazon.com right now.This book is very informative and helpful and I gave it five stars; although, I don't believe this book should be the first book read on self-publishing. The mere volume of information can be overwhelming for someone just beginning to think about self-publishing. I didn't realize this, since it wasn't the first book I'd read and I'm a bit technologically inclined, until an author friend pointed out her confusion, and I will explain that statement at the latter part of this review.  That said, I think Self-Publishing Books 101 is the best of all the books I've read on self-publishing so far due to all the options and choices introduced. First, lets look at the book's contents. Part One: Foundation for Publishing Success This section starts out with chapte...

Thanks to Elizabeth Delisi , for tagging me in The Writing Process Blog Hop. Read about Elizabeth Delisi’s writing process here . At the end I’ll be tagging a few other authors, so please do follow those links to their blogs and interviews. Click on any of the book covers below to purchase them or go to my website at Kim Cox, Author . What am I currently working on? That’s a loaded question. ;) I’m working on two different books right now and have about eight books in different stages of completion and ideas for about three more series.  However, my main focus is on  The Wedding Crasher . This book will be the third book in the “Lana Malloy Paranormal Mysteries” series. Lana is a Psychic Private Investigator who's paranormal abilities grow with each book. In the first book, Haunted Hearts ,  included in the Enchanted Holidays anthology, Lana could only see, hear, and talk to her great aunt (a ghost), and she could only hear other ghosts. Blurb: Will...