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I'm a traditionally and self published author. I write in the genre of children and YA at the moment but working my way up to adults. I'm a sports loving, photo taking gal who loves to sing/dance to my own enjoyment. I love to laugh even at myself. I am also owned by 8 birds and 2 hamsters, and yes they know it. :)
Happy Birthday to my bird, Jasper Amazon Parrot, My main character

It is my main character’s birthday

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IMG_0079This month is our green son’s birthday. We really don’t know when it is but what we do know is that he came home, to his forever home, in October of 1999. Jasper was five. I still remember how he would not leave the cage for six months, afraid and uncertain of what was going on with him. His first owner did not treat him well and those are memories hard to forget I am sure. We have all seen the commercials or have heard stories from others.

But now you wouldn’t know this green animal would be such a huge presence in our lives, all of our lives. He is a sassy bird and he won’t let you forget it. They say, the experts, that parrots are perceptual two-year olds. That is the best and accurate way to describe it.

Most of my birds are rescued from places I wish they had never seen. A rescued animal will give you more love then one can ever expect from another.

But this time of year it is his birthday where he will receive extra loving, if that is even possible hehe, and treats for being with us another year. It is hard to imagine what it was like before he came home with us. I have tried and those memories seem to blend into the woodwork.

For now it is his birthday, #JasperAmazonParrot, he is 21 and may we have him for many more years.

Author's Platform, Sharon C. Williams, Social Media

Speech: Author platform and social media

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imagesThis past Saturday I gave a small speech to one of my writers group. There were three of us sharing information to the members. One discussed the process of being a self published author. The second filled in the gaps we left behind thank goodness. I talked about the traditional side with query letters, the dos and don’t of the process, gave a nice list of links and then moved on to social media via author platform and why it is so important.

This is something I been working on for a few years now, my author’s platform to where now it is almost second nature to me so doing a small gathering on this was easy on my part. They were so interested I been asked, maybe coerce is a better word, to do another one at my convenience which will be next Wednesday. It is nice a/ to be able to talk about something I am very familiar with to where it is little work to where I just need to prepare for a few run through and b​/ helping other people out especially writers who are more green then I am.

There is enough room for all us to have our books up there. We all write in different genres, different age groups and different target audiences and there will never, hopefully, be a shortage of readers. As an avid reader myself it is a great time for the choices keep expanding on what is out there to read.

Book release, Children's chapter book, Jasper Amazon Friends and Family

Book release this Friday: Volume two to my children’s series

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614cZIpFARL._SX311_BO1,204,203,200_In a few short days my second book to my children’s series comes out. This Friday to be more exact. It does not get old the excitement, the giddiness, the smiles that won’t leave one’s face just anticipating the actual release of a book. A book that took time and effort on your part that includes the edits, the critiquing from your writers group, the revisions, the choosing of illustrations and book cover to just name a few from a long list of things writers have to do for a book to be written.

The day comes close to the fruit of all your labor and to let’s face it everyone, the moment it is dropped, released to the public is very rewarding. As most writes know that is not the end of the story for there is a lot of work to be done after the book is published officially. But it does not take away from the happiness and sense of accomplishment one can feel inside.

So on October 9th my book, “Jasper Rainforest Friends and Family” will be made available to the public in all formats. We do use Smashwords so people can view it in pdf as well if they don’t have a tablet to read it in an e-book form. But the pre sale for the e-book is still going on. Until Friday that is you can get the e-book at half price and also get volume one at half price if you want to catch up.

Book release time is so exciting. To those who read this and have had this happen you get what I am saying. It is not just a Friday to me, it’s book release day which will make three books I have out.