BACK ON TRACK!

Hello Everyone.  I did miss the 15th of June posting as I was preparing for a trip and had a lot of medical appointments to complete, so I apologize.  I am back home and getting back to work on my writing and a few minor revisions on the chapters for Willow: Family Betrayal (Windy Haven Trilogy book 2).  

While I was away there was a lot of time to reflect on what my character was going to do, and her direction to achieve her end goal.  It was difficult to try and think like a fourteen year old, but I believe I have figured it out.

I will also be going back to working on my new children's book in a few weeks and will let you know the new pre-order and publishing dates in mid July.  I hope everyone has been able to review the books currently available.  All of the children's Kindle version books are still on Kindle Unlimited for the next few months to read for free if you have subscribed to it.  The paperback books are predominately available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, but have also reached a few other outlets so check yours out.

My fiction novels for adults, Josephine: Out of the Darkness Into the Light and Sia: Screams in the Night (Windy Haven Trilogy Book 1) are available  in paperback from Amazon and a few other vendors, but the e-book is available everywhere for all of your devices.

All my books are available from Barnes & Noble in both versions. Below are my most recent books for adults and children so check them out.

WELCOME TO JUNE

My writing has been distracted by the tornado events in Ohio at the end of the holiday that affected some of my family members.  Now that it has been confirmed everyone is safe the writing will be escalated over the next couple of weeks to catch up.

I am in the middle of the book so many things are about to take place leading the reader to new information about my main character and some of the events that happened during the previous four years.  Okay, no more hints.

I will come back on the 15th of June just before I start to travel in the United States to visit family members. I will have some quiet time to write while there so there will be no delays in reaching my November deadline.

Until then may everyone stay out of harms way.  My deepest prayers for the victims and families of those who died and were injured by the active shooter in Virginia Beach.

MID MAY UPDATE

Yes I am a bit late. I have been very busy with writing, meetings and annual medical appointments.  Now for the updates.

As those who follow me know, I did a free download for two of my children's e-books.  It didn't go as well as I had hoped.  All the children's books will be in Kindle Unlimited for the next 90 days and them I am going to remove the e-book copies but the paperbacks will still be available for purchase.  I think more children prefer to have the book, paperback, in hand to read and carry around so that is were I will go with from now on.

As for my adult novels, they will still be available both in digital and paperback.  The digital ones will be available to purchase from several retailers so it will be available for whatever device or app you are using.

 I have made it to Chapter 10 of book 2 for the Windy Haven Trilogy and it is progressing a bit slow as I plot out the scenes for the next ten chapters.  I also did several online webinars to help me find a quicker way to put everything together.

One of them was how to use Scrivener and it was very helpful. I had tried it once before and got stuck trying to move my chapters from the cork board to a total document.  To my surprise it was always there just in another section.  I will give it another try and see if it will be useful.
 
 I am still on track for November 2019 for Book 2 Willow:  Family Betrayal (Windy Haven Trilogy Book 2). I am hoping to reach 25,000 to 30,000 words by the end of the month and will come back then to let you know if that was achieved

I have put a pause on my next Children's Book for a few months because I need to do a bit more research and find a foe for my only character Buzby.  I have now renamed the title: Buzby Friend and Foe.  The foe will be named at a future date and I will let you know what the new deadline to publish this book will be.

PROMOTION - TWO FREE BOOKS

For all who like my Children's Books, I am offering the last two I published for free on Kindle for 5 full days as detailed below.

Currently, all my Children's Books are available free to read on Kindle Unlimited for those who subscribe. Now, I am about to make two of the Kindle versions available for you to download the entire book and keep on your device for free.

The first one will be Bella's Clocks. This is story about two clocks, a Grandmother, and her Granddaughter. This promotion will be available to download starting on May 7, 2019 until May 11, 2019 from Amazon for Kindle apps and devices.

Link below is for download from the US site. If you are in a different country it will redirect you with a message at the top right side of the screen to your country:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079J4D6FT

The second one will be Kracas and Viva. This story is about an injured deer and a young girl who cares for the deer until he is well again.  This promotion will be available to download starting on May 10, 2019 until May 14, 2019 from Amazon for Kindle apps and devices.

Link below is for download from the US site. If you are in a different country it will redirect you with a message at the top right side of the screen to your country:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JF2TG5B

After these dates the books will still be available to purchase at a reasonable price worldwide on Amazon in case you miss these promotion dates. All my other books are also available from Amazon both in Paperback and Kindle.

If you have a different device my two novels are available in e-book on other devices like Nook, Apple and many others so check out your favorite retailer for them. Keep tuned for more promotions and my bi-monthly updates on what I am writing now.

END OF APRIL 2019

Another month has passed us by and tomorrow will be the fifth month of this year.  Where has all the time gone?  I have gotten back on track with book 2 of the Windy Haven Trilogy and the writing is going well.  I have been able to write at least 1,000 words per day and will be escalating that to reach between 3,000 and 5,000 each day.  Will let you know how that goes next time.

My First Page Friday went really well and I am pleased with the coverage it got.  I have been working on the back cover blurb for Willow: Family Betrayal (Windy Haven Trilogy Book 2) and my children's book Buzby: Friend or Foe with a lot of comments from my writer's group members both pro and con.  I will make the final decision in a few weeks on both and add them to the covers.

Buzby:  Friend or Foe has been going a bit slow as I have been doing a lot of research and now have several pages of information to work from.  Current completed cover below.  This is scheduled for release in early June so guess I had better get to work on it.

BELOW IS BUZBY

    
I am also working on a Novella that I will be able to give away at some point for those who sign up for my newsletter and will have more information on those two things near the end of summer.

Once I have a title for it you will be the first to know, but a short teaser about it.  It is a story about a young man who becomes a recluse and how he deals with it.  Once he finds the reasons why his life will change a great deal.

That's all for now.  I will be back around the 15th of May with an update as to whether or not I got to the daily word count I am striving for.  Until then, hope that Spring will join us at some point soon.

               

Sue Barr : First Page Friday - Guest - Diane CHARTRAND

Sue Barr : First Page Friday - Guest - Diane CHARTRAND: Welcome Diane Chartrand to First Page Friday. Today, Diane is sharing from her novel:  Sia: Screams in the Night . Now I

APRIL 26-SPECIAL EVENT

I promised to come back today and let you know about something special that is about to happen on April 26th.  I entered a promo called "First Friday" from Sign Up Genious to have the first page, cover and blurb of my new book put on an other author's blog page.

04/26/2019 (Fri.)

All Day   SB Sue Barr for Diane Chartrand - alternate date

The person sponsoring this has invite authors to have there information posted every Friday until the end of the year to her blog page.  This author's name is Sue Barr who currently writes Regence Romance and she has also put up this information for some of her own books.

This posting will go up both on my Facebook feed and her blog on April 26 for the entire day.
https://suebarrauthor.blogspot.com

You can also visit her website for more information on all her books and this author.  www.suebarrauthor.com

 So go now and check out her blog and website today and then go back on April 26th to the blog and see my info for Sia: Screams in the Night (Windy Haven Trilogy Book 1).
   
She still has several dates available between now and the end of December 2019.  If you are and author and want to sign up go to:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080e4aabae2dabfc1-first

I will also be starting to update information on my author facebook page that is under Diane M Chartrand so check it out when you get a chance.  From there I will be able to do promotions and once set up you will be able to sign up for my Newsletters with your e-mail address.  I will let you know when that happens on my author facebook page feed.  You can ask to friend me there so you don't miss anything.

You will find there today some current information and promotions I ran for a couple of my books and will do more shortly for some of the others.

I will be back at the end of the month to update you on Book 2 and my Children's book progress. Feel free when my First Friday goes up on facebook and Sue's blog page to comment on it. See you all soon.