The Secret Behind Shiver and Fears

So what has gotten Shiver and Fears whre it is now? For future authors and writers, let me tell you now working by yourself is not the best idea. But how can I say that? I work by myself. Well, let me explain. I've spent years trying to find solutions to promote my work, truth is, I'm still not doing it right. But it could work for you.
For those who already have a story written you have a choice of createspace.com or Lulu.com. Now I'm sure there are other self publishing sites, but those are the two that sent my books at tons of book sites. If you need a cover idea you can always go to Fiverr.com and pay no less that $5 for art. After awhile you might want to chat with a few libraries and book stores and ask them to add your book to their collection. (After hounding them a lot, I got it going)
Don't stop at paperback, publish in kindle, audio, and hardback too. You want to publish in all sorts of forms to intreg all sorts of readers.acx.com is perfect for finding an audio reader and getting it published to a few sites as well.
Question is what do you do after all that? Well now you need to promote.If you're on a budget like me then you'll go to facebook.com and twitter.com any other sites that will grab people's attention. When you do this, the first people you want eyes on your book is your friends and family. (They always want you to have their support, and you always want to take it) Then the struggle is getting other people to find and gain interest. You can use a few dollars and promote on facebook, post videos on youtube.com or show off your work on any site where you customize your own. For Example:

make a meme

or a GIF

zazzle product

and there's more custom things you can make. So share those with friends and fans. But the most important thing you want to do is make business cards. Pass them out as often as possible. For me I make slow progress year after year. But I won't quit until I make it to the right level.

New Shiver and Fears

So those who are wondering, yes, there is another Shiver and Fears book coming out. It's making small progress. It's been worked on for a few months and I'm having a little trouble. No spoiler, just know there's a thief on the loose and two strange new neighbors. Now you might be thinking 'Oh of course, the new neighbors ARE the thieves. No, not at all.
So what's the hold up? The answer is a little writer's block. This next book will host the original 20 chapters and the complex is around the revealing of the plot... So what's the issue? The problem is, how to plot the rising action before revealing anything in the complex. Not to mention, relating details in the rising action to the complex.
For those of you who might not understand author vocab, let me explain my problem another way. You see, I want parts of the story to relate to the problem of the story. And it has to make sense. Like in The Ghost Next Door: How Hannah had that dream about a fire, and why her family was nowhere in sight... SPOILER ALERT She's a ghost! Killed by the fire (she wasn't dreaming).
A Puppet Family is about a boy making friends. That's all you get from that! Someday it'll be published. Just need to figure out chapter 6.

Help! I need a little help

I'm glad your here. I have been looking all over the internet to find a marketing idea to  grab the attention of more readers. Here's what I found: Making my books into a tv show would cost $88, getting a billboard would cost around $150, gosh hiring an illustrator cost $50. And there is so much more. What we need is a fund raiser, the only thing is, some people want to help, but they don't want to just hand away money. Well, for me it's not just the donating funds that help. It's also your attention that helps too. Right now you're probably reading this half way and thinking "he wants me to give my money to him?" or "This doesn't interest me anymore" But for those who are reading this just know your donation isn't the only way to help.
The easiest idea is to take posts, sites, and websites and share them with a friend, kid, family, or business partner who can say "I think i can help that author." Another suggestion is look into buying a book, or even something simple like a pen, a shirt, shoes. (Those of you who know about our store on Zazzle). Then the last suggestion is to donate to our funds. Help is here
What my books need is your attention. Whether it's reading one (just to see if you like it), shopping at the Shiver and Fears store (fyi they do have discounts), Donating a few dollars, or sharing with a friend who might be interested in helping. It's not just donating to an author that help, it's your attention, your suggestions, your partnership that help. This fund raiser can get a lot of marketing with Magical Times and Shiver and Fears, but your attention can do a lot more.