I AM STILL HERE AND GOING GREAT

 My dear blog followers, I truly love that you are following me here on my blog. While I am doing great, the concentration of my writing has shifted ever since I’ve published my first two Christian books on January 11, 2020, as I am now a Christian blogger who share the words of the Lord daily.

Since no one is purchasing any of my books, regardless of the genre I have slowed down the progress on the completion of all of my writing endeavors, and am still looking to have my two secular romances completed by the end of November 2020.

Getting back to my Christian blog writing, I am now ranked #73 on this Christian women blog site:

https://blog.feedspot.com/christian_women_blogs/ 

I would love to move up on my ranking, and I am therefore asking each of you to support this endeavor by becoming followers of my Christian blog:

http://www.RLMorgan1951.wordpress.com 

and to follow me on my Christian Twitter account [will follow you back]

http://www.Twitter.com/RLMorgan13

THANKS for supporting me in this endeavor and have a BLESSED WEEKEND with your families from my family and me !!! 😊 😊 😊 

A DREAM STILL WAITING TO BE FULFILLED

 Wanting to retire, I knew I had to find something to occupy my time each day; I wound up deciding to write a romance novel.

However, I knew I could write nonfiction due to my weekly writing viewpoints for a community newspaper for a few years. Although that might have been the truth, it didn't help my desire to write any romance novel since it would writing fiction. The writing of anything fictional requires a different set of rules than writing nonfiction. So, even with this obstacle facing me, I'd persevered to write my debut romance novel, a YA Paranormal romance, entitled "I Kissed a Ghost."

My writing of this debut novel didn't come easily, as I got confronted repeatedly by the common ailment of all authors, known as writer's block. Yielding into this ailment is something I didn't want to deal with, and then luckily, I found a remedy in a now-defunct website where followers got asked to write a five-sentence story for the week's prompt word.

Moving forwards with an array of close to 100 of these flash fiction stories already written, I decided to write a few more and publish my second book, entitled "Micro Fiction – An Anthology," containing 100 of these stories.

Originally, I had planned to start writing my next story; however, I wanted to improve my writing by reading/reviewing books written by other authors, first romance, and then other genres. Unexpectedly, I got hooked on my writing book reviews, and my writing new endeavors took a backseat. Notably, by 2019 I had become a decently ranked reviewer on Amazon for a broad spectrum of genres and becoming a TOP CONTRIBUTOR for True Crime books. Things happen for a reason, and this year, my book reviews concentration shifted towards my writing them for nonfiction Christian books.

Aching to write another romance, with all the nonfiction Christian books I had reviewed and was still reviewing, I got inspired to write it has a YA/NA Christian romance, which I did, and gave it the title of "It Had Only Been a Game." Initially, I had planned only to write a single book, but I resorted to writing short stories and essays around a single word with writer's block creeping my writing again. Each one has a Christian element to it.

Now, with my first two Christian books published, I got inspired to start my Christian blog "Trying to Be a Good Christian Woman" and a Facebook group for my Christian sisters, "Worldwide Christian Women United."

Now, being asked, "WHAT'S MY MOUNTAIN?" or what dream do I possess that hasn't gotten fulfilled yet, my answer would be a New York Times best-selling author.

 

© R.L.Morgan

 

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STATUS REPORT # 69 - HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

New Year’s Day began marvelously for me, as everyone, the home attendant we have, myself went out to eat at the local diner, with my dear OH using a walker to walk to our car and then into the diner instead of a wheelchair for the second time; the first time had been on Christmas Day when we ate at an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet at a Indian restaurant about 17 miles from our home.

As soon as Lillie McFerrin will start up her Five Sentence Fiction website again I will be posting my response to her prompt word for the week. Her website was the inspiration for my decision to compile 100 of my response into my second book, “Micro Fiction – An Anthology” available on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QH15K4M  

I’m off to a great start with my second 2^nd career as a Book Reviewer. As you can see I’ve already read/reviewed 7 books, and am waiting for the receipt of about 12 more. I now up to 234 books being reviewed on Amazon, and the three other sites I post my reviews on, and I looking at reviewing a total of 400 books by the end of the year.

 If anyone would like to interview me, just send me a private message.

Here’s to a VERY HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR to everyone and your families!!! :-)  :-)  :-)

 Love

 Robin Leigh

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

The year had begun very promising. My dear OH retired at the end of last year and I had looked forward to us doing a lot of stuff together once winter would end. I had so hoped to have finished my two WIPs; a Contemporary Romance which would have been my first romance novel but had been put aside because of my inability to finish writing it due to my never being satisfied enough to get it published despite numerous re-writes. This endeavor is now about 85% - 90% complete and has a new working from what I’d originally planned; it is now called “His Darkest Secret.”

With my first romance novel, a MG/YA Paranormal, “I Kissed a Ghost” receiving decent reviews [currently 4.1 stars from 24 reviews] I wanted to branch out and write a MG/YA Urban Fantasy novella. By the time I wrote three chapters, I received a review in which the reviewer hoped there would be a sequel. This caused me to totally rewrite the first chapter. This WIP is also about the same percentage of completion and has a working title of “The Secret of the Well.”

Unfortunately in March of this year my dear OH took ill and got hospitalized until the end of April, followed by several weeks in REHAB; came home for two months then broke a hip needing a partial hip replacement followed by more REHAB, and coming home in the beginning of September and is now FINALLY on the mend with the home attendant we’ve constantly have to aid with whatever needs to be done.

With all this going on, it’s no wonder I haven’t made any progress with my writing endeavors. It’s a good thing I decided to become a Book Reviewer last August, as it has been a way of escaping, at least for a while, all the negativity I’ve had to deal with this year in my life.  Right now I’ve got 227 reviews on Amazon, with 163 of them being done this year; I’ve got an approval rating of 96% for my reviews, with an Amazon ranking of 5,625. If anyone is interested in checking out my reviews here is the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Robin-Leigh-Morgan/e/B00BWXT4VU

With everything beginning to fall into place with our lives I’ve decided to step out of my comfort zone and write a GLBT erotic novelette which currently has no working title.

In the coming year I’m looking to expand the topics I currently have on my blogs, which for the most part have been limited to my book reviews and status reports. I’m looking at possibly doing some interviews, going back to writing Flash Fictions, etc. I’ve self-published an anthology of 100 of my Flash Fictions. If you’re interested in checking out my two books, here’s a direct link:

http://www.amazon.com/Robin-Leigh-Morgan/e/B00BWXT4VU

I’d love to hear from my dear followers.  THANKS for being here. Here’s wishing everyone to have a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR with your families. !!!  :-)  :-)  :-)

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR  !!!  :-D  :-D  :-D

LOVE

Robin Leigh Morgan

STATUS REPORT # 68 - HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND MORE !!!

I know I’m late in posting this but I’ve been EXTREMELY business trying to clear up the backlog of books on my TBReviewed pile before Christmas. Right now I only have 1 left from that pile.

Since my last Status Report I’ve read a total of about 16 books and have posted my reviews for each of these books on Amazon / GoodReads / LibraryThing and Shelfari as well as my blogs on Blogspot/Wordpress.  I’ve also written 4 reviews for books I’ve won/received from The Romance Review, either from their Year End Splash Party or their website in return for my honest reviews.

So far this year, as you can by blog entries, I’ve read and reviewed 163 books from a wide variety on genres.

On my birthday next month [January 15] I will become eligible for Medicare [Yes, I’m that YOUNG :-D :-D :-D].

Having worked for the City of New York the time came for me to change my hospital/health insurance so both me and my dear OH can each have our own polices the last week in November.

In December while I’d received my new insurance cards my OH didn’t receive any. For some reason an error had occurred which forced me to go back to the office which handles the hospital insurance for EVERY retired NYCity Employees to correct the problem. Yesterday I checked the interactive response and verified my OH’s insurance is now active but since the office was closed I couldn’t obtain a policy #. Once I call office for the insurance tomorrow I can finally obtain a policy and start calling the doctor’s visits we went for; and reschedule appoints which got cancelled because of the lack of insurance.

Feeling plumb exhausted I decided to merely rest for a few days, but this caused me to realize today the I forgot to do an entry for the following:

December 20th was the 3rd anniversary of my fulfilling my dream of becoming a romance author, so to celebrate both of my books are in KINDLE Countdown mode until 12/26:

http://www.amazon.com/Robin-Leigh-Morgan/e/B00BWXT4VU

A GREAT GIVEAWAY EVENT !!!

I'm giving away 1 e-book copy of my MG/YA Paranormal romance novel, "I Kissed a Ghost" at this event. There are many great romance authors giving away copies of their books.

So Please Join Me There !!!

Here's the link: http://www.theromancereviews.com




Here's the link: http://www.theromancereviews.com 

I'M ECSTATIC !!!

I've just been accepted as a Book Reviewer on THE ROMANCE REVIEWS website where shortly I'll be posting most if not all the reviews I've already written for romance books and finding more books to review..

Here's the link to my profile there and the rest of the site:

http://www.theromancereviews.com/100001871186932 

This is a great site for all concerned when it comes to the romance genre: authors, reviewers, and readers.  AUTHORS have they book[s] on another site and hold giveaways. REVIEWERS have their reviews posted. READERS can find their favorite romance genre and have contests/giveaways for books.

If anyone is interested in the reviews I've already written here is the link to my profile on Amazon, perhaps one of them will prove to be HELPFUL in finding your next book to read:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/profile/A19QLCLVPLZH0B

This news has DEFINITELY MADE MY DAY as well as MY WEEK !!! 

NICKY WELLS' BLOG TOUR

It appears, if I’m mistaken, I’ve got the honor of being the LAST STOP on Nicky Wells’ WorldWide blog tour. And I also feel honored to have received one of the “coveted” ARCs of her latest Rock Star Romance novel Falled For Rock.

I’ve loved Nicky Wells for quite a while; she’s a true ROCK STAR in her own right.  I truly missed her MUSIC MONDAYS segment on the blog she used to have where she allowed me to become her DJ coming with a musical response to her selection for that week.  Somehow I always came up with perfect selection.

To know Nicky Wells you need to get to know her roots; and she gave us this opportunity when she wrote a wonderful entry on her blog in September of last year as she reminisced about her first 20 years in the UK where she even allowed me to come up with two musical selections related to them.

http://nickywells.com/2013/09/27/20-years-in-the-uk-today-looks-like-im-here-to-stay/

You’ll need to read the comments and her responses to get a true sense of who she is.

So without much further ado, here’s my review for her latest novel.

Reading Nicky Wells’ latest foray into the Rock Star Romance Fiction genre which appears in my opinion of becoming popular amongst some romance readers as well as authors, I couldn’t help but think this time she has included some of her own personal experience.  After all, she’s been allowed backstage at rock venue[s] and has hobnobbed with some current rock stars in the UK. Don’t we wish we could do the same with our favorite artists?  Envy is a sin [at least here] we must resist. I believe if she’s not already there, she’s the Queen of this genre and I look forward to reading more stories from her pen.

When we first read about Emily and her first encounter with Nate, I got “shocked” how she, given her personality, allowed herself to go as far as she did and I almost feared I’d be reading something erotic because of it.  Nate and Emily are totally opposites; he loves rock and she’s more of a classical sort of woman.  Naturally this relationship couldn’t last.

When she goes to the rock concert alone with the ticket Nate had won and had given to her, a sort of Kismet occurs when she meets Mike, the lead singer for MonX, the main venue for the concert.

I love how a mere photo changed both of their lives, as they wound up being great for each other.

Nicky has a wonderful way of making her main characters come alive and allows you to feel as if you’re part of it, making it a wonderful read.

I also love the addition of British English, which I, living on the other side of “The Pond”, have finally begun to understand after having two other of wonderful novels, which is why I’m giving it 5 STARS again.

If anyone is interested here are my other reviews for the Nicky Wells’ novels on Amazon I’ve read, here are the direct links.

“Sophie’s Turn”  http://tinyurl.com/k9qgogr

“Spirits of Christmas”  http://tinyurl.com/kdfl5xw

THIS PAST WEEK

This past week had been a GREAT week for me. I finally made the decision to convert my first YA Paranormal/Time Travel/First Kiss romance novel, “I Kissed a Ghost”, into a Kindle ® version which should become available about April 24^th.

I written a few flash fictions this week which really got the creative juices I’ve got in those little grey cells of my head flowing, which finally got me to do another ten pages of re-read and editing for my yet still untitled adult contemporary romance with a paranormal element running through the storyline.  These ten pages brings my total completed rewrite pages to 82%, with one additional page and about 350 additional words; at the same time I can sense how much more centered I am as I write. This can only improve as I find more flash fiction prompts I can respond to.

On LinkedIn.com I received the following comment for one of the threads I’d started,

"April 19th is National #FlashFiction Day - on which the Flash Flood Journal will be posting Flash Fiction all day long. Including one of my pieces! Yay! #amwriting

 You can submit your own short fiction (up to 500 words) before midnight on April 17!

http://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.co.uk/ "

I've submitted three of my most recent endeavors from my blogs. They consist of two Five Sentence Fiction and one 33 Word Fiction.

So if you have a chance, I’d to hear your comments on any of us recent Flash Fiction endeavors.

 

THE TIME HAS COME

I’ve been debating for the past week whether or not to post this entry and how I what should I say. Well to make a long story short two months ago I finally fulfilled my passion for writing and I succeeded at long last to self-published my debut novel, a YA Paranormal/Time Travel/First Kiss romance novel, which I entitled, “I Kissed a Ghost”. For those who have followed my blog you know I’ve had my fair share of trials and tribulations fulfilling my dream.  And when I typed that final elusive period of my manuscript I felt superb and in a state I can best describe as euphoria.  I paid to have my manuscript edited, as well having the cover designed.

Once my book got released on December 20, 2012, I, like every author proceeded to market/promote my book. I more than pleased to have received 62 “LIKES” on Amazon.  I got thrilled to have received a wonderful review on Amazon. However, someone who never read the book said the book would be swell it got read by a 13 year and then preceded to give it only one star. I guess this individual had to be an adult who decided to rate it as if she/he were reading it for themselves. Why would anyone take the time to write something like this? The only possibility I can see for this is one of jealousy of what I’ve accomplished, but then, who am I to say why this individual did this?

I’m happy someone had nominated me for a group read poll on GoodReads, and got somewhat elated when I tied for second place, which made my book part of the group read. I felt with this accolade, with over 6,500 members in this group, would result in some sales being generated. I felt great seeing the number of individuals who’ve indicated my book as a “To Read”.  But the truth be known, right now I’m feeling totally discouraged about my having written my book, and my future writing endeavors, simply due to the fact no real books have been sold. I wanted so much by now to have generated enough sales to have a Kindle edition made for my book.

So as it stands right now, I’m still plugging away at trying to find new venues to generate sales of my debut novel as it gets too repetitious to do it in the places I currently have a presence in. I’ve slowed down the re-reading and editing of the novel I mentioned in the above to no more than two pages a day, which will continue as I write to new material for it.  Nonetheless I will still be commenting on the blogs I follow. This slowdown of my writing will afford me the opportunity to have a greater presence in the two LinkedIn Groups I managed.

In closing, I’d like to tell, you, my followers I’ll still be posting my flash fiction endeavors, writing progress, etc.  Everyone here already knows about my debut novel and where you can get a copy so I’m not going to mention it again here. I’m willing to listen to any suggestions anyone might have as where I should try to get additional exposure. I’m willing to make myself available for blog interviews.  You can leave the information here or email me at RLMorgan51@gmail.com  [Subject = Interview or Marketing Ideas.]

THANKS for being a follower.

Sincerely,

Robin Leigh Morgan