Sold 7 Copies of My Book "How to Coupon: One Cheap Utah Chick's Guide to Getting Started"

I'm excited! I've already sold seven copies of my book, How to Coupon: One Cheap Utah Chick's Guide to Getting Started. I'm hoping I will sell more soon too.

I'm already working on a follow up book that will cover ALL of the errors coupon to first-time and seasoned couponers. This will be very in-depth and cover a lot of "oopsies" that other couponers have seen. I'm hoping to have this one published by end of next week!

If you haven't already, buy a copy of my book -- it's only $2.99!

How to Coupon: One Cheap Utah Chicks Guide to Getting Started

Yesterday I released an eBook on Amazon for the Kindle and iPhone/iPad. I can't wait to see how it turns out. This how-to guide discusses the basics of couponing and helps individuals get started. I love couponing. As a freelancer, I have to find ways to constantly save money, so I decided couponing was a good start. Then, I realized how difficult couponing could be and after going through all of the leaps, hurdles and mishaps, I decided to write them down and share them with the rest of the world. I'm still working on my novel. I'm thinking I will self-publish it as well through Amazon, Nook and Smashwords.

Check out the eBook though! It's going to be a hit (I hope). You can get your copy for $2.99 here on the Kindle Store. I think I will release a series of these. This one only covers "beginner" stuff and there are a lot of advanced techniques. You can follow my couponing journey on my other blog, by visiting here. 

 

Client Skipped the Bill...Again

You can't win in freelancing. You will be on a role with great paying clients and suddenly yet another one skips the bill. This time it was an Australian client I found on oDesk. They have a wedding site. The client was responsive in the beginning, but after the article disappeared for two weeks. Wrote back saying they loved in, but when I sent a message asking for the payment, they disappeared for another week. Then said they sent the message by accident but would pay for the article that day. No payment. I'm selling the piece elsewhere. That is the main issue with oDesk. You have not guarantee of payment. Elance makes sure clients fund the account before -- no skips. oDesk, however, doesn't care on fixed rate projects if you're paid or not. Unfortunately oDesk has more opportunities and it's likelier to get work there than Elance.

Life of a freelance writer...for sure.

Path to Being a Head Chef

Path to Being a Head Chef

Yes I am Alive!

It's been a long and adventurous year and unfortunately this blog was ignored, but never forgotten. Now that things are winding down I'm hoping to pick up where I left off.

Welcome back me.

Delirium by Lauren Oliver | Review

So I sat down and started reading "Delirium" by Lauren Oliver a few days ago. Desperate for something to replace "The Hunger Games" I thought I would give it a shot. It definitely had some pros, but also a few cons that left me sort of reading it because I had to more than I actually wanted to.

The Story Line

Girl living in a Dystopian society where love was considered a disease that could destroy the world. At a specific age there was a procedure done to remove the ability to love from these teenager's heads and the main character goes on an epic struggle to find out love is a good thing and escape from this oppressed way of living.

...typical sorta.

I give Oliver props for having "love" as a disease, but it was quite cliche to me. You knew from the second you read that it was about love the girl would obviously be falling in love. I found myself kind of annoyed through the whole book and kept reading, but the cliches were endless.

That being said, I give Oliver props for having a book that was extremely well-written. Her descriptions were beautiful, dialogue was engaging and though the plot was so-so, I wasn't disappointed. The next book is "Pandemonium", which I will most likely read.

Scale of 1-10?

Seven

Validity: Draft #2 Under Heavy Revision

More editing was done today. I took chunks from the middle, beginning, end all at random and started reconstructing an entirely new draft. I'm about almost 20k words into it and up to Chapter Seven. This will easily be 90,000 words if not longer. It is a trilogy though, so I dont want to drag out the story to the point where someone is like "Whats the point of Book #2?" 

It is flowing much better. I don't find myself staring at this thing going "what am I going to do here?" Instead I have a clear picture. It's like a train on the tracks, only this train is a 400mph bullet train that is whizzing through each station.

I plan on having this done by the end of the month and then it will be edited, fluffed where needed and May 1st I plan to send it out to agencies and a few publishers. 

The only hint I can give so far is it is a Dystopian. Before you go all "Oooh Hunger Games" on me, listen here: 

Dystopians have been around far much longer than Hunger Games. I'm talking since the days of Orson W. They are essentially sci-fi's, though some people don't realize this much. Fahrenheit 451...yeah that was a Dystopian.

From my vast knowledge of reading Sci-Fi and Dystopian-based novels, I'm pleased that this one is turning out to be quite unique. Funny thing is I cannot decide on the ending I would prefer to use. Sure I can go cliche, which I'm afraid a publisher would want or I can totally throw it for a loop. That has yet to be decided.  I think I will let the story flow the way it flows and the ending I will come to decide when I reach Part III of the book. Until then...it's as just as much of a mystery to me as it is to you.