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My Blog Publishing Schedule   What have I been up to with my blog publishing schedule? Well, when I started this blog, I decided to post twice a week, then it went down to once a week, then I skipped weeks. Now I have decided to stay true to my first impulse and post twice a week. What will I talk about? I don’t know yet, but I hope it is interesting to whoever reads my author’s blog. Kindle Unlimited I decided not to put any more of my romance stories into Kindle Unlimited. I was making  ½ cent per page, which isn't a lot of money. So, it was a no-brainer.   Generally,  I haven’t been making any money on Amazon lately;  it may be their mystery algorithm, but it made me think about what I want and what kind of readers I want. Any readers were good, but I am not a quick writer. I may consider Kindle Unlimited in the future, as I understand it may be key to making money.   Raising My E-book Prices I am raising my romance e-books to $2.99. I know a 5...

  With the Wuthering Heights movie coming out over Valentine's Day weekend, it prompted me to write this book throwback blog post. For those who did   not read the first post, book throwback is when I talk about the books and/or authors that made an impact on me. Wuthering Heights is about Cathy and Heathcliff who love each other to the exclusion of anything else with dire consequences. The book was written by Emily Bronte and is a 19 th century novel. When I read the book, I was in my late teens, and the   book scared me. I thought Heathcliff who loses his mind when,(spoiler alert ) Cathy dies, and who is an anti-hero in the book was a man who truly only wanted one thing, and that was Cathy. He tries to destroy( in some instances succeeds) everyone because he mourns and loses her. The thing about that kind of love is that it makes no room for others. If possible, we are supposed to love others and not just our beloved, and Heathcliff does not love his child nor his ...