Lasers, Ports and Courses.

March 8, 2015

I’ve had quite a week of it, one way or another. It has
been busy and frustrating at times, but life can be like that, right? I’ve
wanted to get on with my grand plan of course, but other priorities got in the
way. Monday I was at the local hospital for Laser treatment on my eyes. This
meant no driving, and because it was a late afternoon appointment, I couldn’t
do anything that evening. I felt shattered. Must have been the Laser treatment!
I was back at the hospital again on Thursday to have a ‘port’ removed from my
chest. This was the device through which my chemo had been administered, and
was still in use for my medication. Now it’s gone, I only need to visit the
hospital every other month and the treatment will be administered in a
different way and will take less time. Once again I wasn’t allowed to drive,
which it quite frustrating. We’ve had furniture delivered; been to the cinema;
been to the local bathroom shop and ordered white goods for the bathroom.
Shopping of course. And, I have to confess, watched a couple of football
matches on TV. Well, maybe more than a couple.

So what should I have been doing? I should have been
working on my master plan to sell many more books than I am at present. And it
was at the beginning of this week that I signed up for a course with Nick
Stephenson (an Amazon author), and am very keen to implement it. I’d seen the
preliminary videos about the course, and was fortunate enough to meet Nick in
London (it wasn’t planned) when I attended the International Thriller Writers
Meet Up. It was good to actually chat with him, rather than know him as a
faceless salesman on the web. Nick’s coaching is spot on, meticulous and packed
with information that I would never have unearthed on my own. I’m not even a third
of the way through the course and have learned a great deal already. The course
wasn’t free and it wasn’t cheap. I won’t say how much but if I get it right it
will have paid for itself many times over.

Readers of my blog will know when I have completed the
first steps and am happy with it. I plan to give one of my books away free in
return for an agreement to subscribe to my emailing list. The beauty of that is
that any reader can sign up and then unsubscribe once they have received their
free title. I’m hoping they will stay with me, naturally, but it would be their
choice. To get the free copy it will be necessary to download my permafree
title: The Eagle’s Covenant. Not yet
though; I’m not ready. Part of this process is having my free gift book
available in ePub, Mobi and PDF. These will be uploaded to the cloud, from
where subscribers can download via MailChimp. But like any new project: it all
takes time; and for me the learning curve is quite steep. But I will get there.
Hopefully, regular readers of my blog will keep an eye out for my announcement
and start the ball rolling for. Wish me luck!