Amazon KDP isn't as smart as it thinks it is...or, perhaps it is, as, based on previous purchases, it just recommended two of my Cornish Detective novels to me!
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LastPass just changed, so that it can only be used on one device. I followed the instructions in this article to move my passwords to BitWarden, which permits syncing to any device: How To Change From LastPass To Bitwarden | Daves Computer TipsPre-spring sunshine is revealing winter's dust on every surface!
Olive oil lollipops - Yuck
It was 8C here a couple of weeks ago and we have no heating! First up got a fire going in the backyard so we could huddle around it clutching mugs of tea. By 10am the sun was high enough to give some relief and by 1pm it was T shirt time. 8pm on with the socks and jumpers.
Fine now though
Olive Oil update! It's now frozen solid in its glass bottle....I'm having to chip it out with the handle of a dessert spoon! It's 8C/48F in my flat today. I'm wearing everything! Including a woolly hat and 2 pairs of gloves + passion killer long johns!Watch out fellow tweeters, as I've just acquired a guide book "to help you sell - in under 15 minutes a day!" Advanced Twitter Strategies for AuthorsMy silver tabby Pushkin once brought a live starling home for me, which took me an age to catch as it flew about pooping over everything! Pushkin went off to eat Brekkies, while I ran around with a tea towel.I've ordered a humane live-trap device off eBay to catch my unwanted tenant! https://external-content.duckduckgo...s-Set-of-4-Cruelty.jpg_350x350.jpg&f=1&nofb=1I saw the mouse for the first time in a couple of days. It squeezed through an impossibly small gap at top speed, like this:Terry Pratchett's old home is up for sale: Terry Pratchett's four-bed Somerset cottage on sale for £800,000For cat lovers on the Colony, your cat is even cleverer than you think: Your Cat Isn’t Just Getting High Off CatnipMy sales of audiobooks may sound impressive, but my sales rank is currently 5,001,641 out of I don't know how many!
As of today, I've sold 101 audiobooks!Oh Lordy, I've started my self-promotion campaign by contacting an influential blogger and responding to a best-selling crime author's daily newsletter. I feel slightly seedy....Why can't books just sell themselves without the need for schmoozing?!I've got a mouse in the house! First spotted sitting by the fruit bowl in the kitchen, it's gone into hiding. I'm on the hunt with a colander and towel to catch it!I bought a mini keyboard vacuum cleaner powered by a USB which works surprisingly well: 6 Colors Laptop Mini PC Vacuum Dust Cleaning Kit USB Keyboard Cleaner Brush | eBayTwo more star ratings for my second audiobook, The Perfect Murderer...one gave 1*, the other 5*! No comments left, so I don't know why they disliked it or why they loved it!I struggled to add audio samples to my Cornish Detective website, finally finding a way. Checking my Twitter feed, I found congratulations from several Colony members...which was nice, but I don't know how I've linked my website to Twitter! At least I look efficient!It's so cold in my kitchen, that the olive oil has clouded over and turned to sludge!Squeezing out sparks! I've just uploaded the second Art Palmer audiobook to ACX.Fire in the hole! I've just added the first Art Palmer, post-American Civil War audiobook to ACX.I should add, that Audible pays an author 40% of the cover price. Thus, the first Cornish Detective novel, priced at 18.29 earned me about £124 from 17 sales, while Book 2, at £22.89 (it's longer) pays out £247 for 27 units - a total of £371. Sounds respectable, doesn't it? But, bear in mind that I devoted at least 1,000 hours into creating each audiobook, which gives me an hourly pay rate of just over 7 pence!Holy smoke, I just checked my audiobook sales and they've risen to 48, all without any cohesive promotion (2021's campaign). 27 of them were for my 2nd Cornish Detective novel, which only went live on 27th December.I’ve accidentally swallowed some Scrabble tiles and now I’m experiencing constant vowel movements. The next poop could spell disaster!I’ve become elegant! Suffering with poor blood circulation in my hands (Raynaud’s syndrome) winters in my unheated flat are painful when typing. For £1.79 I acquired a pair of what look like snooker referee’s white cotton gloves from eBay. They’ve got dimpled plastic fingers making them ideal for typing.
Thank you for your kind words. I've had a bit of PTSD, remembering the car wheel a foot from my face! I think the driver's view may have been obscured by the A-pillar beside the windscreen, but I was still the only vehicle moving for 200 yards either way. Anyone riding on 2 wheels soon hears "Sorry, mate, I didn't see you."Lucky to still be with you, as I was knocked off my bicycle, when a car came to a rolling stop at a junction, then pulled out into the side of me forcing me onto the verge. No injuries, but 1 pannier bag was ripped off. I swore a bit (!) which made the female driver's partner threaten to beat me up, saying the accident was my fault (?!). I've got an adrenaline attack, which may help me through mastering.Writers retreat: seven authors on their outdoor escapes from lockdown (including Agent Pete's client Michelle Paver). Writers retreat: seven authors on their outdoor escapes from lockdownWhy does toast make me happy? One-hit wonders Streetband agree (yes, that is singer Paul Young) Greatest songs ever: Toast by Streetband | Flush the Fashion
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