What would you like to know?

I want to do a video blog for YouTube. I want people to get to know me as a person and an author. So its up to you, what would you like me to answer? Help people get to know me?

Being an Unknown Author

Hi, my name is Cassie. I am a writer. Ask me about my book…

All through this newsletter, you will find out different aspects about me that are aiding me in the quest to become a Well-Known Author. Being Unknown won’t get you discovered. Do you know how many musicians or comedic talents have been discovered using social media sites? I have heard stories about discoveries being made on Myspace, Facebook, and Youtube. I’m sure those aren’t the only sites either.

What those people had in common is they allowed access to their talent and people started talking about them. Then, word spread.

I used the connections I’ve made in my life. I initially ordered 125 copies of my first book Adoptive Personality. In a two week time span I sold around 80 of those books and gave a couple away to special people and libraries. Since then I sold a trickle of books the two weeks after that but when you exhaust friends and family and friends or friends, you have to wait for those people to read the book and pass it along.

I created a twitter page to search out book clubs and review sites. It’s all a waiting game now. I have books out to Virginia, Texas, California, North Carolina, Colorado, Massachusetts, Kentucky, and New York.

Virginia is by far the most sold state. My plan to get myself out there is to have a Gossip at the Park event for Adoptive Personality. I want readers and fans to spread the word. Have you ever read an intriguing novel and wanted to know what the author was thinking? Well, I’ll be there to answer your questions. I want to gossip about my book. I want to know readers thoughts and feelings.

And the best thing of all, bring the friend or family member you’ve been telling about the book. The remaining books I have for sale will be available as well as the electronic version for purchase.

If you ever hope to become a Well-Known Author, your book has to be gossiped about. People have to want to read it and get their hands on their own copies.

I’m hoping that my efforts in trying to become visible increase with time. I continue to use my personal and professional networks, as well as, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Email, and Youtube. In the future, I will have a website linking you to all of my sites and getting access to my monthly newsletter for Unknown Author News.

Vampirik Hunter Series by C.H. Dudley

Article by C.H. Dudley

Let me introduce you to a new set of heroines in these funny, action packed, historically rich books under the collection, A Vampirik Hunter Series. This series is meant to empower young ladies with strong female lead characters; it is meant to reconnect readers to history of all ages.

These books can be read by any age group and resemble the size of a Goosebumps book. I envision them as 4.25"x7", always 15 chapters, and between 110-175 pages each. I bring the premise or new character of the series out in Chapter 14 of each book, as an introduction to the next in the collection. And there is always a sneak peek of the next in the series at the end of each book to help keep you hooked.

In this series you see there is no such thing as good vampires! When the soul leaves the body, evil replaces it. I wanted there to be a real distinction between the good and bad characters of my books.

In my vision the series will have many many books, the character's t-shirts will be for sale and after the production of the 4th book; I plan on producing a trivia game of the facts learned throughout this series. I want audio books produced so the books can be heard by a slightly younger audience, long distance drivers and the elderly; the vocabulary is understandable for 7 years and older.

I want families to have fun together connecting through my books with laughter and conversation. I want families challenging each other intellectually while playing the trivia game I mentioned. I want this series to appeal to all age groups and I think the historically rich dreams will provide me that avenue.

I learned so much in the research of these books and the prototype for the trivia game and I want to be able to share that knowledge with fellow readers! The facts throughout these books can stir the desire in people to open their lives to the rich history at their fingertips.

I have three; Book 1: Helen, Book 2: Lee and Book 3: Rosalee out to test readers, age range from 13 to 58. I meant it when I said it was geared toward all age groups. My 9 year has even read it, smiling ear to ear. In the three books completed in this series I've written, there is only one kiss and only one cuss word. The main character gives the dirty mouth little boy a vocabulary lesson along with one in etiquette.

I plan on publishing my books and promoting myself in the future with the help of family, friends, sponsors, donations, a business proposal, the Internet, Social Media, and grant proposals. I am really serious about getting my fiction series out to the masses. I believe in my heart that it will catch popularity and become a fast sell. The softback book version will be $8.99 and the price will drop as the series gains interest. The eBook copy will be available for purchase for $5.00. The t-shirts will be $8.99 and the trivia game is not priced yet. (All prices subject to change) I hope to get picked up by a big publishing company but if I don't, I won't let that stop me.

My open age group and historical references give me the edge I need to be able to market to a large target of individuals, libraries, schools from Elementary to High School, book clubs, church organizations, book stores, and more.

My books are filled with characters that love Pepsi products and I have gathered corporate contact information, I will be emailing and asking for sponsorship of my series. I used Google and the many search avenues it provides to do all of my research for the history book of this series and plan to write to them for possible sponsorship. Several different movie references are made throughout this series and it is my plan to contact those movie production companies that are brought to life often and see if they will jump on board the sponsorship train. Won't know unless I try! The possibilities are endless. The power of suggestion is a successful thing in advertising and I will try to market that.

I plan on giving away around 100 softback copies for free to the various people or corporations that inspired some areas of the books and or sponsored my endeavor. I plan on donating the copies for resale or distribution, eight to twelve months after the material goes to print.

Contact me through email, dudley49.cd@gmail.com, if you are interested in becoming a test reader.

Author Resource: Twitter: Tips, Tricks, and Tweets by Paul McFedries

Checked out of Barr Memorial Library, Fort Knox, KY

This book is an all-purpose manual for using twitter to its full potential. It’s well-written and even a little funny at times.

Getting Started with Twitter
It was very easy for me to sign up for twitter. I had a twitter account in the past that I used for The Voice eliminations. I didn’t really use twitter for anything else.
I have been researching how-to books on everything to make myself the most successful author I can be.

Customizing Your Profile
Used this section to pick a background, choose my profile picture, and my banner and customize my profile as much of my page as possible. I was slightly confused because this book was written five years ago but when I was looking at the computer I was able to figure out everything.

How Do I Send Twitter Updates?
I learned all about keeping my twitter up to date and how to interact with other twitter users. I also figured out you should tweet often so that you keep your followers interested.

How Do I Follow Other Twitter Users?
These suggestions allowed me the skills to look for authors, writers, book lovers, agents, and book people. This lets me connect with other people and make invaluable contacts. It also allowed me to grow the number of people who follow me. The 28 followers I started with as a Voice fan has now jumped to over 100. Go Twitter…

Can I Use Twitter on My Mobile Phone?
This provided me the tools to use my twitter app on my phone. This lets me check my notifications and messages, as well as, follow my friend’s tweets. This allows me great access when I’m away from home or when my home computer isn’t acting right.

How Do I Find Stuff in Twitter?

Want to know how to search twitter? This section is for you. Here I learned how and what to search for. I also learned a great deal about hashtags that allow other twitter followers to come across your tweets.

Where Can I Display My Twitter Free?

This is the chapter for links and badges you can display on your other social media to link your sites together and allow people to find you.

How Can I Take Twitter to the Next Level?

What Tools Can I Use to Extend Twitter?

The last two chapters cover getting the most of your twitter experience and squeezing every last drop. I will be checking out a few of the sites that help manage several social media sites.

This is a book I will go back to the library to visit again.

My Identical Twin is a Writer too!

 I am one in a set of triplets, but I also have an identical twin within the same set. My twin sister’s name is Tina. I am starting off writing Psychological Thrillers while my sister writes YA Paranormal Historical Fiction. Her books are the Vampirik Hunter Series. Before I get to her fantastically funny books, let’s find out about my identical twin and fellow writer of fiction.

 

I will let her just tell you about herself. Yup, that’s right; I’m stealing this from her blog, Unknown Soon To Be Published Author at http://chdudley.blogspot.com/.

My name is Christina Dudley and I am an inspiring Young Adult Paranormal Historical Fiction writer. I am in my mid-thirties and have two daughters, for whom I started writing my series of books for. One turns 15 in November and the other turns 10 in May of this year.

My oldest walked in one day around two years ago and said she was out of books to read. She asked me if she could pick one out of my room. It was crazy, almost every book she held up had sex or cuss words and that was what pushed me to really work on this series. To give avid teen readers cool, kooky, and current up to date topics with a clean delivery.

The fact that I am a triplet added to these fascinating books, along with the love of Jeopardy trivia by my dad, the enormous book collection of my mother, and my mine and my daughters' love of paranormal fiction was what gave birth to create this collection. My niece, Pamela N. Scearce is my illustrator for the covers of each book and is 12 years old.

 

Her series is going to surpass my book by a mile. They are funny; they are engaging; they are for all age groups and addictive. I literally laugh out loud when I read them. If I had the money to invest in her first print, I would have already paid it. Look for more articles concerning my YA Paranormal Historical Fiction writing identical twin, C.H. Dudley. Contact her through email, dudley49.cd@gmail.com if you are interested in being a test reader for her new series.

Special Release: The Hunters of the Vampirik Hunter Series

Article by C.H. Dudley

Book 1: Helen

In a world of full violence and beauty; Helen, an underestimated teenager and vigilante wanders around cleaning up the evil from the streets. As her beautiful memories turn into nightmarish images that loom in her mind of the night that would haunt and control her forever; the night her family was murdered.

This first mini-novel in the series begins in summer of 2001 and ends in December of 2010; taking place in the United States. The main character ends up helping the police with a ton of criminals but her true mission is ridding the world of vampires; her sworn enemy. Helen uses her quick wit, extensive training, and butt-kickin' boots; along with pencils instead of stakes and holy squirt guns; she dispatches these foul creatures into piles of dust beneath her feet.

In Helen's world, vampires are still lost to the ways of creating more, it's a mystery. A vampire bite almost always results in death, like poisonous venom from a snake. Only a select few know the real reason why they were chosen.

With the help of an Indian Tracker named Snowy Wolf, Helen survived her attack and was given the guidance and training needed to protect herself and the human race around her.

Will Helen ever come face to face with the vampire gang that murdered her family? Will she ever find a true connection to the outside world again? Will the secret of how to make more foul creatures be revealed...Will Helen be allowed to fall in love with Jason or will it be bittersweet?

Take a journey and see life through Helen's eyes as you read the first book of this Young Adult Paranormal Fiction collection.

Book 2: Lee

In the hustle and bustle of the busy city, Lee, a twenty-one year female; graduates college and becomes the next Special One. She was in the middle of researching her college thesis paper when she was saved by Helen from some really bad criminals. Lee then put two/two together and came to the realization that, Helen was the Female Vigilante; that had spanned over many years in newspaper articles and was the topic of her thesis. When her twin, Christina said, "Bing her phone", they go on an adventure to find Helen for her side of the story but it’s too late.

This second mini-novel in this series spans through the year 2011 taking place in the United States but brings you to all different times with the historically rich dreams of the main characters, as they sleep. The gifts bestowed upon them for the ageless existence of fighting Vampires.

With the help of her twin sister, Father Keith, and a fellow Special One, Lee learns to kick real butt and protect the innocence of her city. If she doesn't, who will?

Will the secret of how to make more foul creatures be revealed...What will happen to the city Lee protects? Will she ever cross paths with Helen again? Will Lee kick butt with style and grace, or will she fall on her face...

Take a journey and see life through Lee's eyes as you read the second book in this Young Adult Paranormal Fiction collection.

Book 3: Rosalee

Tracked down at a monastery, Rosalee, a Brazilian fifteen year old fun loving and wild character; sports weapons like a bull whip, water balloons, pencils, and her go-go gadget yo-yo with which she sends these evil creatures to the underworld where they belong.

This third mini-novel in this series spans through the year 2011 taking place mainly in Brazil and the United States. Learn about faraway places in this mini-novel as Rosalee and Lucielle take you for a ride through their history.

Rosa connects with Shannon, Lee, and Cherish to try and banish the vamps before the epidemic spreads throughout the U.S. Now that the Vampires know how to create more foul creatures, the fight is even more life altering for humans and Special Ones alike. Twins have been disappearing in several different states and it is left up to our heroines to protect life as they know it.

Now that the secret has been revealed, will the Special Ones be able to stop them? Will vampires take over the U.S. before the government can step in... Will Rosalee find Helen, Iris, and Victor before they can make hundreds more?

Take a journey and see life through Rosalee's eyes as you read the third book in this Young Adult Paranormal Fiction collection.

Just send me an email to dudley49.cd@gmail.com and I will put you on my email list as a test reader and wait for your words of wisdom. Title the email: 'Opinion about A Vampirik Hunter Series - Book (#).' If this is an adult, read it and decide if you think your child/ren would love the humor that comes with wacky weapons, history filled dreams, and action scenes between human criminals and the undead evil creatures that roams the earth.

I would really like to send you a copy if you would grace my book, as a reader with a review. Be honest, whether you liked it or you didn't. Picture telling someone else about why they should or why they shouldn't read these books. I want honesty, because truthfulness from either aspect will show my dedication to the marketing and advertising part of the entire process in getting published as an unknown author. If you choose to participate, I thank you. I hope you enjoy the read and learn some things that you didn't know before.

Contact me through email, dudley49.cd@gmail.com, to become a test reader. Also check out my blog: Unknown Soon To Be Published Author, http://chdudley.blogspot.com/; Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/P1NK.LADY23?fref=ts, so we can become friends; Google, https://plus.google.com/u/0/111581220637188889528/posts, join my circle; and Twitter, https://twitter.com/cdudleyPINK, let’s tweet.

Why do I write?

I am not a great artist but I am an avid fan of TV shows, movies, music, and well written books. My mother started my love of books. All of her houses always had large or wall-to-wall bookshelves filled with several different genres of books.

As I got into reading, I realized why her collection contained so many genres. If you like to read as much as my mother and I, you run out of books if you limit yourself to just one type or another.

I also have an active imagination. When I was deciding what words I would use to describe my writing, this is what I came up with: disturbingly imaginative, creatively explosive, excitedly twisted, compulsively detailed, and quick witted. I have three new story ideas for books besides the self-published book Adoptive Personality I have available now, and my current work Abduction at Home.

Adoptive Personality was conceived in 1998 in a creative writing class I took at Danville Community College. I finished that novel in June of 2012. It took a long time to bring that masterpiece to fruition but it was because of nothing more than procrastination.

I have discovered just how much I like to write and I want to make a career of it. That means saying goodbye to procrastination. It means putting my heart and soul into my books and then digging deeper to get them into the public’s hands.

I may have a tagline for Adoptive Personality: Where sexy is disturbingly interesting. That also means I must have a tagline for myself: I am a writer. Ask me about my book…

I am fascinated and overjoyed when a new person discovers my book. I love to know what they think; good or bad. I encourage all my readers to contact me through email cassandrascearce@yahoo.com.