Hello and welcome to another version of what is on my mind.

Week two of the post-op period is a little better, but still very painful. Thanks to pain pills I can move around for a little bit.

I was wondering how many of you collect free eBooks?

There are a lot of them out there. I believe it was two blogs ago that I posted several places to go to get free books.  In the past week, I have picked up close to 100 free eBooks.

They are in every category possible in both fiction and non-fiction.  If you are not collecting them, you are losing out on a lot of good books.

Most of them are for Kindle and even if you don't own a Kindle, you can download an App from Amazon for the computer, either pc or Mac. And read away.

Leave a message and let us know if you collect free books and how many you have.

We would love to know.

Right now I am reading a book titled GOTU- A Robin Marlette Novel by Mike McNeff.

So far (on chapter 9) it is an action-packed story.

I am up to 184 books and will be still looking for more tomorrow.  They are not hard to find.

Facebook posts several. If you are not a friend of mine on Facebook, just ask and then you can see the posts as well. They usually show up on my wall.

The Big News this week is that I received my first Royalty Check.  Now I will have to sell more books to get another one, hopefully it won't take as long as it did for this one to get sent out. 

They will only send them out after 75.00 dollars worth is sold. Then only at the end of a quarter, really it turns out to be about a month after the quarter.

Best part was they went ahead and added the money collected in that month they were processing checks. So, mine was way more than the 75 minimum.

Okay, let us know how many eBooks you have and if you feel like sharing where you get them do that as well.

Time for me to take a pill and bed. 

Until next time,

John

Hello,

It has been two days in post-op recovery. The pain is still horrible and I am not moving very fast at all. Without the walker, I don't think I could make it ten feet.

I have been told that recovery time is at least 4 weeks.  Right now I am trying to sit in this chair with only a little key board on my legs.

Remember, if you want to be a writer, you must sit down and write. Also, you need to read. Read those types of stories you like and want to write.  That way you can see how it is done by those that made it to the published world.

Still haven't had many comments about what all of you are doing this summer. I know I am through with surgeries for quite a while.

Take care and hopefully, next time I will have more to say.

Until next time,

John

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 Finally the fireworks have almost stopped for now. Really tired of hearing them going off.  It is time for the government to outlaw commercial sales of fireworks to prevent the injuries that occur each year.

Are you on Facebook?   If so, have you befriended Pixel of Light?  They give away free eBooks three times a day.  They usually have four or five each time with different genres each time.

Another great source for books is BLOG TOUR DE FORCE

They have free give-a-ways several times a year.  And again they provide different genres.

They even have FREEBOOKSY

This website is where you can sign up for different types of books to be sent to you. They will be delivered to your inbox.  You tell them what type of literature you want to receive and how often, for what type of reader and your email type.  It is all explained on their website via the link above.

I haven't done any writing this past two week as I had eye surgery and am still mending from that. Now it is time for the consult for the next surgery plus a procedure on another issue. Maybe sometime soon I can get to that editing and get some writing done.

How about you?  Have you been working on anything interesting?  Tell us all about we would love to hear.

One month of vacation left minus the two days that we have to go in to work for curriculum. Time sure is flying by fast. No vacation again this year, but hopefully there will be some short trips we can make before it is over.

What are your big plans for the rest of summer? Is anybody taking a big trip?  Tell us and let us wish we were going with you.

That is about it for this time, still getting headaches when I read this small screen. In about four more weeks I can get reading glasses and that will help.

Take Care and please leave us a message and let us know how you are doing.

Until next time,

John

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If you are interested here is the info:

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I haven't had much time to write this week as we are building a new gate in order to try to keep the dog from going on his run around the block. He thinks he needs to get out every once in awhile to see what is new in the neighborhood. He doesn't go far, but it usually takes ten minutes or so to get him back in the yard. This last time he came in and went and hit the old gate again and popped the lock off, and out again for a short run back down to the driveway.

How has your week been?  Leave a message down below telling what is going on in your life. We really would like to read about it.

All in the Family Cruise sold another copy in the UK this past week.  Of course She Rises at Dawn was the big seller last quarter. I should get a pretty good check from that quarter.

Okay one last time, leave us a message and let us know what is going on in your

world.

Until next month,

John

How is your summer going? Mine is starting slow as the energy level just isn’t back up to par yet.

I am thinking of taking the short stories and putting them altogether in one book and adding in the story for the video game to it. Not sure if there is another short story available to add in with them or not, will have to search the computer. But, then they would be in one book instead of four or five different ones.

One eBook you need to read is Nail your Novel by Roz Morris. It is outstanding and will help you to create a better manuscript. The entire title is Nail Your Novel: Why Writers Abandon Books and How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence

You can get it here in paperback or kindle version: http://tinyurl.com/7kpddo8

You should also visit Roz’s Nail Your Novel website to read all her wonderful insight on writing and other topics. http://tinyurl.com/2bausms

Roz is a great author and teacher of writing. I can’t remember exactly how we met, but we keep in touch usually on twitter. She is a great person to know and learn from.

What about you?  Where are you in your writing career?  Does anyone have a book coming out soon?

Do you have a book you would like to talk about, let me know and we can feature you on the blog here.

Feel free to to leave a message down in the comment section or email me at john@johnpoindexter.com, if you want to talk about writing or your book.

As I mentioned last time, we always plan a vacation, but seldom take it. This year is no different. We spent some of the money saved for a trip on a loveseat. It looks like we will be staying here after all.

Until next time,

John

PS: My wife’s birthday is tomorrow. Happy Birthday Sweetheart!