Just finished my first edit pass! As predicted, I've added a few thousand words like I always do. Now it's back to my husband, Joe Powers for his eagle-eyed observation skills. Hopefully, it will only need one more full edit pass and a few tweaks thereafter.

I'm working on round 2 edits today. They're pretty light, so I can see the finish line approaching!

Just sent my horror novel to some beta readers. Cross your fingers for me!

I've written my book blurb and synopsis, finally. Why do they always seem harder than writing the whole novel?

I've been thinking about terminating my publishing agreement with a small press for quite some time now and finally bit the biscuit and sent notice of termination. I'm going to reformat, create new covers, and publish them on KDP. Wish me luck formatting!

My republished books are live and now part of Kindle Unlimited! I made a price mistake on the one of the YA, so will wait to share that, but here's the first one that is ready to go. It's paranormal romance, unlike my others, which are YA dark fantasy. a.co/d/0SVzNYH

This my indie republished dark fantasy Skudakumooch: The Ghost Witch. It's a shortish novel for adventurous readers 11+ but YA and adult seem to enjoy it as well. Now available on Kindle Unlimited, paperback to follow after I get my proof copies. a.co/d/2f0jJ2n

This my indie republished dark fantasy The Nixies of McGillivray Lake. It's a shortish novel for adventurous readers 11+ but YA and adult seem to enjoy it as well. Now available on Kindle Unlimited, paperback to follow after I get my proof copies. a.co/d/aysXnVI

I decided to try my hand at short form videos for our books. This is the one I made for Skudakumooch: The Ghost Witch. Have any of you found short videos to be helpful for driving sales or are they a waste of time as a sales tools? I'd likely use them on FB, tiktok etc

The Nixies of McGillivray Lake Suitable for dark fantasy and horror novel lovers age 11+.

Out of This World Ages 18+ A little video clip I made for my paranormal romance, Out of This World.

Was going to start another monster horror story, but couldn't make myself do it, so I parked the idea for a bit and started a different one today. Managed almost 3700 words in 3 hours, so I think it was the right approach.

Here is the high-resolution PDF in case anyone is interested. Careful: It's 200 MB drive.google.com/file/d/1fwCFtQ…

Last day in my 40s. Tomorrow I will be half a century! Probably shouldn't have taken a pic immediately after rubbing my pollen irritated eyeballs, but whatever.

Four more days until an unspeakable evil is unleashed on the world. Be sure and warn everyone you know! joepowersauthor.com/2025/05/28/an-…

An ancient horror has awakened from its slumber. Nobody is safe. My new novel, Putting Down Roots, has been unleashed! joepowersauthor.com/2025/06/02/put…

I'm almost 12k written in my next horror novel. This one will be more of a thriller because i didn't feel like starting another creature horror that soon after finishing one. So, I'm shopping for a home for one novel and have started the next.

Need a line, copy, and/or developmental editor? High quality editing at a competitive price? Well, then DM me today for my services and rates.

Free ebook alert! I'm running an ebook sale from Sunday, June 22 through Tuesday, June 24th on all my self pubbed ebooks. For this limited time, get a copy of my ebooks for free on Amazon. Sale starts tomorrow! amazon.com/author/sheryld…

I have 3 novels in early stages in a folder and can work on none of them because the complex novel I started in 2016 is screaming for my attention incessantly. I don't think I can ignore it any further expect to produce new material until that beast is wrenched from my brain.