Fay Risner's Blog – March 2011 Archive (5)

This post won't seem like business at first, but I am a writer and every life experience I have had or will have helps me write a better book. What I've been doing lately will be in my next nurse Hal Amish book.



As I mentioned in an earlier post, the month of March is lambing time in my barn. I don't get much done at the computer, book sales for my third Nurse Hal Amish book and ebook. We have had a good lambing season, and the cold days or the snow we had this morning doesn't bother… Continue

Why am I interested? I write Amish fiction, and I’m on the list. After I self published I’ve always been on the lookout for free websites to promote my books. It was my worry that I’d write a book that doesn’t sell after I hired a firm to promote for me. What works for me might not be the way most authors publish and sell their book. I’ve put my books in different author sites and blog posts, thinking that might take longer than paid advertising, but I wouldn’t lose money. Besides, I can…

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Baby boomers have reached the age to have Alzheimer's disease. Good Morning America scrolled across the screen there is now 15 million volunteer caregivers which is up 37%. These caregivers need as much information as they can get on how to take care of a person with Alzheimer's.



I've written a book titled Open A Window - Alzheimer's Caregiver Handbook. I'm very proud of how much this book helps caregivers. It's written in layman's terms. Caregivers who read the book can identify… Continue

My latest book is Hal's Worldly Temptations-book 3 in Nurse Hal Among The Amish series. ISBN 098245953X There's plenty of places to get a copy. Right now the book is in ebook form at Kindle and Nook but in the next week it will be a paperback at Amazon, and my bookstore www.booksbyfaybookstore.weebly.com and I'll put the book on ebay when I get my first shipment.



I'm always surprised by what readers like about my Nurse Hal… Continue

If you have a subscription to Good Old Days magazine watch for a story with my by line in the May/June issue. Last summer, I submitted a story which was a take off of a blog post about what my family did on Memorial Days in the 1950’s. You might be able to find the post in my blog so I won’t rerun it here. This is the 6th story the magazine has bought from me.

I’ve heard the old saying that we become our parents. I happen to be a combination of mine. My father was a delightful…

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