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Karen’s Chat on Book Funnell

You can access your BookFunnel Library from any computer, tablet, or smart phone by visiting: my.BookFunnel.com where you can sign in or create an account. (Although you don’t need to to read my books) What is the BookFunnel Library?It's a library of the books you have received through BookFunnel. Use it to retrieve lost books… Continue reading Karen’s Chat on Book Funnell

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Karen’s Chat from Smashwords to your a Kindle

Since Amazon terminated my account – full story here, I’ve been investigating how easy it is to get books onto your Kindle. After all, that’s where most of us prefer to read from. Isn’t it annoying that Amazon has the stronghold? I know people buy from other retailers otherwise they wouldn’t exist. So I needed to… Continue reading Karen’s Chat from Smashwords to your a Kindle

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Karen’s Chat – Update on Publishing

Draft2Digital publishes to a wide range of retailers. Some I’d never heard of, but others include Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and even libraries. Imagine that, you can now borrow my books from your local library. Google Books is another major retailer, and I’ve uploaded my books there too. Publishing usually takes around 24… Continue reading Karen’s Chat – Update on Publishing

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Karen’s Chat – Amazon, it was nice knowing you.

Amazon has deleted my book account. As far as they’re concerned, I no longer exist there. Apart from a few unavailable paperbacks and anthologies, there is no trace of me. Why? Because I uploaded an anthology under the Electric Eclectic Books brand. It was meant to join the two I published a couple of years… Continue reading Karen’s Chat – Amazon, it was nice knowing you.

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Karen’s Chat on Horses

When I was eight, living in Whalley Range in Manchester, two sisters from up the road would take me on the bus across town to the leafy suburb of Whitefield, where there were horse‑riding stables. The pony I learned to ride was a little one called Champion. I can still remember hanging on for dear… Continue reading Karen’s Chat on Horses

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Karen’s Chat – If Walls Could Talk

How many times have you said that in your life? I still whisper it in quiet moments when I think about the people who lived in my house before me. We moved a lot when I was growing up, but one house in particular has stayed with me. It was where I spent my teenage… Continue reading Karen’s Chat – If Walls Could Talk

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Karen’s Chat about Ice Hockey

Yes, I know it’s a strange subject, especially coming from someone like me who isn’t a sports fan and knows little about it. What I do know is that it’s becoming more popular. Last night, there was a feature on the BBC’s The One Show, which highlighted its growing appeal, particularly after a recent TV… Continue reading Karen’s Chat about Ice Hockey

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Karen’s Chat – I’ve just done something I’ve never done before.

I belong to a wonderful writing group on Facebook and every year they do something called Music March. Every day we are give a music prompt, a song title and we write a story around it, I am so pleased with myself. I now have 31 story stories, all under 1,000 words. I’ve never written… Continue reading Karen’s Chat – I’ve just done something I’ve never done before.

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I Have A Newsletter!

I recently moved my monthly newsletter from MailerLite to WordPress. Although I wanted a newsletter, the platform was a pain to work with. I love my website hosted by WordPress and soon came to realise, I wanted the newsletter here, too. So, that’s what I’ve done and April 1st will be the first one. For… Continue reading I Have A Newsletter!