Reconsidering things.

I know a lot of you will probably say in response to what I am about to write, we all go through this, blah, blah, blah, get over it and do not give up. Yet sadly, many of these same people who are telling me this are part of the reason I am even in this situation.
I have been doing this for quite a while. Yes, I knew what I was in for when I got involved, that I was not going to become the next Mary Higgins Clark overnight. I am not expecting to even come close to that.
But what kills me is when I have certain people who tell me they are there for me, will help me promote my books, or that they will buy them, then I get a statement telling me I am the only one who is even buying my books--it is like a knife going through my heart.
Yes I believe in myself, and what I am doing but that hardly matters when no one wants to buy your books let alone help support you. I even came up with what I believe is a great idea for a contest this year, buy my book, post a selfie with it (which I see other readers doing for other authors when they don't even stand a chance of winning anything) tag me or my book page, and be entered to win one of two amazon gift cards. But guess how many entries I've gotten? Yep, that's right. ZERO.
Selling books is what is going to keep me a published author. That's just reality folks. I am not doing that. I believe in myself but it is doing me more harm than good because no one else seems to.

Like other struggling authors I really can't afford to do much promo wise with my books. I am doing what I can, with these promises from others they will be there to help me out. And what kills me worse is these same people who make the false promises expect me to be there for them.
I cannot continue doing something that means the world to me when I do not have the support I need. If you want to buy my book, then great. Please buy it! Don't tell me you will only to tell me five months down the line that you forgot.
Right now I am in the midst of preparing for an author event that I now don't even know if I want to take part in. Why bother? I keep stressing over how I am going to put together an awesome display on a very limited budget, and I do not have the ability to sell my books there. It just gets so damn tiring and then when you see no one is buying your books let alone seems to care...you just want to give up.
Which is what I am very seriously considering.

Cover Reveal: The Dream Traveler's Society: The Children's Stories Volume 2 by Christy K. Cagle

 Hello everyone, I'd like to introduce you to fellow Nevermore Press Author Christy K. Cagle. She is the author of The Dream Traveler's Society, and her latest release, The Children's Stories Volume 2 is set for release soon! Be sure to find out more about Christy and The Dream Traveler series at www.nevermorepress.com!

They come from all walks of life and from many different times. They are the children of the D.T.S.. Learn more about Leanne as well as so many new characters like Riley and Damien. Our pasts, presents, and futures depend on them, and so does our world!

Cover Reveal: Playing With Magic by Ellie Potts.

Playing With Magic **Dark Erotic Fantasy**


You can play with magic, but controlling it might get you burned…


Life has been getting back to semi-normal, as everyone was starting to enjoy their new life. Okay yes, cousins, Autumn and Anatha found out they were elemental witches, and yes they spent a few years in a safe house as what can only be described as a zombie outbreak occurred. But Autumn, River and Rowan had settling in with each other, and Anatha and Jaime were getting serious. But the dreams started, and then a big secret was dropped… This secret will take Autumn and Anatha by Storm, the nickname for their twin brothers. They journey to a magic town where they were born, and with the help of family and new friends lean that they have a destiny already set before them. One that was created years before they were born. It was written in their stars, and certain people will kill to make it happen. Will they save the world they know and the people they love, as they have no choice but to battle witches, monsters, cannibals and a crazy cult.
  Coming in October!! --
  :o) Ellie
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Cover Reveal: Seeing Stars by Ellie Potts

Today I welcome friend and fellow author Ellie Potts back with her upcoming romance release, Seeing Stars. I hope you all get a chance to check it out and enter her contest, I know I am looking forward to it!

Seeing Stars-Ellie Potts

Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 28, 2014

Can one secret stop two broken hearts from mending?

Alisa, bank clerk by day-self published writer by night, gets a phone call that will change her life. Hollywood wants to make one of her books into a movie. The news comes on the day she starts vacation, excited, she leaves work early to surprise her husband. To her surprise he is already home, and well even more surprising he is sexing up the neighbor in their bed.

Heartbroken and angry she makes a decision to head off to Hollywood on her own. Before the meeting she meets her TV crush Logan Rider. Logan has not only read her book Portals, but he wants to direct the movie. The offer is almost too good to be true! Alisa is thrown into a whirlwind of Hollywood as she sees stars, learns the movie business, and uncovers a few secrets. Secrets that prove actors are just as flawed as regular people. But there is one secret that can destroy Logan’s career. Will Logan be devoured by this secret, or can he find the strength to conquer it with Alisa’s help?

Surprise Ellie is giving away a $10 gift card and 2 copies of Seeing Stars when it is released.

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To learn more about Ellie Potts check out:

Blog: http://authorelliepotts.wordpress.com

Website: http://authorelliepotts.weebly.com

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Cover Reveal: Awaken the Elements by Ellie Potts.

Today, I am welcoming Ellie Potts with the cover reveal for her upcoming release, Awaken the Elements. Don't forget to check out the rafflecopter below, for a chance to win a 15 dollar gift card from Amazon, or B&N.

Awaken the Elements-Book 1 of The Elemental Trilogy

By Ellie Potts

Release Day: February 14, 2014

Dark Erotic Fantasy-f/m, m/m/f ménage, m/m

Blurb:

Autumn has tried all her life to be normal, and it worked mostly. But Autumn is not normal. She doesn’t know exactly what she is or why she is so different. She does know that she can make plants grow without water or dirt, she can talk to trees, and when she is mad she can make the earth move around her. There is one other person who is different like her, Anatha, her cousin. But the two have never really gotten along.

As a virus sweeps the globe, making people seek government sanctioned safe houses. Autumn and Anatha’s family find themselves in an unlikely safe house. But they are not alone; there are friends, ex-friends, ex-boyfriends, a reunited boy band, and a wannabe rapper. Friendships grow and jealousies run crazy, as two men spark a passion in Autumn she had never felt before.

During their first summer, Autumn and Anatha, perform a summer solstice ritual which awakens the magic inside them, leading them on the path towards their destiny. But first they need to learn to control the magic that is in them as well as learn to get along, or they will destroy everything around them.

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