Trick or Treat? Pumpkin time is here again and I can’t help but admire the intricate carvings some people manage to do on pumpkins. I myself have two left hands for pumpkin carving. I leave Halloween decor to my garden spiders. But I write and I know a good book. So, no tricks. Just book treats for everyone. Look at all of these wonderful books that are discounted or FREE for a few more days.
BOOK TALK TWO ~ GREAT BOOKS ~ SUPER GIVEAWAY

WOOT! Here’s the second part of our Fall in Love with New Books event. Six fabulous books for you to download, plus a Giveaway that includes a Kindle Fire and $$$. Bonus! Free gift codes for an Audible book. Sponsored by eBook Betty.
I’m just wondering this: Do you know that you can click all of the live links in a blog or newsletter, download the books and then click on the back arrow on the Left top bar and get right back to where you started? Not being a techie, it took me forever to figure that out. Now about the Giveaway. On offer a Kindle Fire and Gift Cards. Next, look at all of these wonderful books. Each is discounted or FREE for this super-sized event.
BOOK TALK ONE ~ GIVEAWAY ~ $$$ ~ A KINDLE FIRE

Woot! Look at all of the goodies we have for you! Good books by Top Tier Authors, FREE codes for Audible books, plus a Giveaway ~ $$$ and a Kindle Fire. Sponsored by eBookBetty.
First up a real treat for you. A Romance by Kostas Krommydas, a star in the hit British Series, The Durrells. Dominion of the Moon: In the final stages of WWII, an archaeologist unearths the face of the goddess who has been haunting his dreams for years. In present-day Greece, an Interpol officer comes face-to-face with long-buried family secrets and an enigmatic woman. When gods and demons pull the threads, no one can escape their fate. FREE 9/16 ~ 20, 2019.
BOOK TALK FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE
All about Audible Books and Goodies! Goodies! Goodies!
It’s never been a better time to lock in your subscription to Audible.com. Here’s the offer: Sign up for the first time with your Prime Membership and get three months subscription for $5.00 a month. Don’t pass it up. That’s 66% off. Cancel any time and keep your books. But you won’t cancel once you’ve listened to these fabulous books. You’ll want more. We’ve got ’em. Here’s a tip, if you already own the ebook, you get the Audible for $7.49 or less. So buy the ebook if FREE or 99c and get the Audible for $7 or less.
BOOK TALK ~ Meet Talented Authors Who Write Good Stories
BOOK TALK IS ABOUT INTRODUCING YOU TO AUTHORS AND THEIR WONDERFUL BOOKS.
I so enjoy writing Book Talk blogs to showcase books and writers you may or may not know. I love the books you’re going to hear about. The key for me is the story has to entertain and this group of writers gets it. They do it. The stories are filled with characters you’ll adore, drama, humor and feel good endings. Starting you off with a book by A.J. Lape. I love Darcy Walker. That girl is TROUBLE on a stick.
Book Talk – Suspense in the Summertime

Summer is here! We’ve got Pillow Talk Books. Mysteries. Sweet Romance. Paranormal. Whatever suits your fancy. $150 in Gift Cards. That’ll buy a beach towel and some suntan lotion.
It’s a crime to spend the summer without a good crime read. Or suspense, or mystery, or any story that you would like to read in one sitting. Summer is the best moment to take on a book that you should read non-stop because suspense could kill you. Especially if you are on holidays. Even if you still have to do all the things women do, plus packing and unpacking, tracking swimsuits and sandals or sweeping ice cream and watermelon stains from sun kissed little faces. Here is a great selection of books to keep you on your toes. Some are crime and mystery, all are intense. All either Free or 99c for your enjoyment.
Accent on Romance and GreatBooksGreatDeals – Come What Come May…

Summer is here! We’ve got Pillow Talk Books. Mysteries. Sweet Romance. Paranormal. Whatever suits your fancy. $150 in Gift Cards. That’ll buy a beach towel and some suntan lotion.
You may sometimes fall on your head. That is what happened to Jackie, and now she is not allowed near a computer for more than 15 minutes a day. So she instructed me (Krystallia) to do this week’s blog posts. She says to tell you that “she’s not thinking straight this week” and that “the bump on her noggin knocked all good things into another Galaxy“. Maybe that explains why she sent me a to-do list that is out of this world. If you see the list, you will agree with me that her head seems to be working like always: overtime. Jackie, get well soon! We miss you and want to read YOUR posts, not mine.
Book Talk ~ Sand, Surf and Summer Reads. Oh and a few FREE books.
Oh, Those Lazy Day of Summer!
Whoever coined that phrase wasn’t a Woman, because we women seldom have a Lazy Day in any season, though we often find time to read a good book. Today I’m introducing you to a few of my favorite Sweet Romance Authors. It’s a myth that we write sappy, cutesy love stories a la Barbara Cartland ~ innocent eighteen-year-old heroines falling in love with an older man, usually an angry Duke of this or that living Rich in some exotic locale. We’re creating stories about women with real issues who want to fall in love with a good man. A well written love story never goes out of style. Some have a little mystery. Some have a bit of paranormal. Some are full of emotional drama, others laugh-out-loud funny. All are H.E.A.
Spring into Book Talk for Kite Season
March Winds are blowing away bringing longer days and shorter nights ~ So What’re you reading?
I don’t know about you, but as Spring arrives, I want to garden, I want to sit in the sunshine and people watch. I want to get on a beach and watch kids fly kites. Reading is a part of my life, but on lovely days I want books that amuse me, make me feel good or make me laugh. I want books that are filled with drama, even sorrow, yet enthrall and allow me to slip in a bookmark so I can bird watch for a few minutes, talk to neighbors and catch up with what I missed when winter chill kept us all indoors. So, I thought I’d share a few of my favorites.
On The Road ~ Books That Travel Well
For your listening pleasure…
Everywhere one turns we see folks wearing ear pods with iPhones tucked into a pocket. They’re listening to audible books. A friend emailed me she listens while washing dishes and cooking supper. Her hands are free to manage tasks she does by rote. The holidays will soon be upon us and folks will be traveling to visit family and friends. And in the rear seats our kids will ask: “Are we there yet?” because some things never change. Here are a few great audibles to occupy your children as you go across town or cross country. Before I tell you of my favorites, sharing this: These listening books are wonderful for kids in hospitals.
BOOK TALK ~ Chicklit at it’s best…
HERE’S A WOMAN AFTER MY OWN HEART
How many times inside your marriage did you want to do this? Grab all of the money out of your joint account, do a number on the jerk’s truck and hit the road for a new life…
Jana Embers does just that. She adopts a cat for companionship, eschews men, chooses a perfectly sized and shaped device and writes about the perfect hero. Determined to share her philosophy, she pens You Don’t Need a Man, encouraging women everywhere to go out and experience life instead of waiting for a man to complete them. She makes it work.
BOOK TALK~ Readers Speak and Hidden Gems
Good Books. Great Reads. Stories with Twists.
In a reader’s forum one day months past, guests were saying: “I can’t find a good book that keeps me entertained for hours.” Or: “I won’t pay full price for a book by an author I’ve never heard of.” And this: “Every book I look at says on the cover or in the book description, it’s a bestseller. I don’t know what bestseller means anymore. So, I skip it.”
Book Talk ~ Pocketful of Bones
Pocketful of Bones
Brilliant. Inventive. Dark.
Telling you up front I don’t often talk out loud about books I read by my colleagues. Yet once in a while along comes a book that knocks my socks off. Some indie-authored books I read show raw talent that need polish, although most are well-written and
entertaining–which is what a fiction book should be. I’m a writer. I’m a published author. My stories are not going to set the world on fire or earn a million dollars. I don’t expect them to do so. But I know a story teller when I come across one. C.S. Forester is a story teller. His 126 page novel, The African Queen, that I first bought for 35c was made into an unforgettable movie. Canadian author Farley Mowat is a story teller. Even his non-fiction enthrall because they are so honest.
The Real Skinny on Artificial Intelligence
New Contraptions. Old Brain.
No, I wasn’t born under a rock, but I was born during the Depression which means I am not a Millennial. My kids aren’t even Millennials. What I am is O.L.D. and I’m trying to grasp artificial intelligence. An online dictionary says AI is a noun: the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages. Also, AI can drive cars–which I’m not
allowed to do, so that piqued my interest.
Why Don’t Men Listen? And Don’t Talk to me About Mars.
YES, I’ve read Men are from Mars, Women from Venus
But I don’t live with a Martian, although My Keeper acts like an alien too often. Aliens don’t have ears, do they? You know what I’m talking about. Try explaining something to a man and his expression goes flat~unless he smirks with derision as in ‘I already know that’. This happened: I’ve been ill for a while so I’m not allowed to drive. I asked my Keeper to take me to the UPS Store. He looked it up on Google so tells me he know right where to go. He drives through two shopping centers. We end up at Payless Shoes. No problem, he needs a new pair of sandals. I pull out my lovely new iPhone and ask Siri, ‘how far am I from the nearest UPS Store. Two shopping centers over right behind my bank. Yep. My Keeper wasn’t wrong. Blame Google maps. Bite my tongue!
Three things I need in life! What about you?

This is not my hut, but it is typical of the village I lived in. Mine did not have walls of bamboo. I had a separate sleeping recama. Very tiny. I was not the only inhabitant: Geckos, lizards, tarantulas and fruit bats lived with me.
Three things I Need in Life….
This is upfront and real. All I need in life is a cup of hot coffee, a book to read and a good dog. I know this is so because I lived for years in a jungle hut–no walls, and what I had were those three things for contentment. Didn’t have a car, electricity, Internet, mail service, telephone, or television.
If Your Book isn’t Selling~You Need a Breakthrough. Start Here.
What’s the Breakthrough? Your Mindset…No lie…

Roasted Glasses. If you want a man who can cook–message me!
Good Wednesday Evening friends, fans and indie authors. I woke today feeling really great and after all of the fiascoes last week, I wanted to write something inspiring. Just so you know how I went from awful to great, last week I suffered through medical tests every dang day. I gave up so much blood I thought I was in a New Orleans vampire novel. Next, my Keeper roasted my glasses in the oven. Then he killed the microwave. I went looking for quotes to feel good about and found one by #NickFoles: Failing Forward. Boy! Does that adage work for me.
My New Year’s Resolutions–What’s Yours?
WOW! WHAT A YEAR WE JUST SCRATCHED OFF THE CALENDAR…
Across the USA and our spinning planet Earth we suffered, fires, floods, earthquakes and hurricanes. Some unlucky folk got doubled tapped by back-to-back hurricanes, or like us in Texas; a hurricane atop flooding along the Gulf Coast. Thousands have yet to ‘reclaim’ their lives. Now, sweeping down from the Arctic is severe and frigid weather. I accidentally closed off my bathroom from circulating heat and awoke on the first day of 2018 to discover my tube of toothpaste frozen almost solid. Had to soak it in a bowl of hot water to get it flowing again. This time last year I was recovering from surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm. I had so many Hail Mary passes with my health in 2017, I bought two rosaries. My resolution for all of 2017 was: Keep breathing! Got it done.
How is your Life? It’s the Little Things…
Living Our Lives and Making Do
Worldwide and USA events are taking up space in my heart and mind. Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have touched me, my family, good friends and many of my writer colleagues. The 8.1 earthquake in Juchitan, Mexico, an area rich in history, did not get a huge amount of coverage, And even if it did, few of us had television, radio, cell phones or Internet services to learn of it. I know of the area only through Frida Kahlo’s dresses, paintings and float designers. I once wrote a book with a float designer as a main character and during interviews was astonished to learn float designers bid on jobs world wide–wherever there is a festival and exotic float parades. Now we’re watching California burn. More homes lost and this week, Christmas week, a horrible high-speed train crash in Washington state.
Wrapping Up 2017~ an Unsettled Year
We are all fast-forwarding to 2018, but this year ain’t over yet.

My Money Jar–Kept on my Kitchen counter where it’s handy.
Telling you up front I’m older than God and younger than Death. I’m cruising eighty years old. My daughter gave me a book this week: Sub-titled: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy Until You’re 80 and Beyond. I don’t want to be sexy at 80. What kind of fool notion is that? I just hope for ordinary functions…like waking up every day, snapping in my $7,000 dental implants–which by the way broke in half the first year. I glued ’em back together with Super Glue and they’ve worked fine for three years on. I want a good, hot cup of coffee first thing in the morning until my eyes are open to see if the sun is shining or if it’s raining. That’s a good start for me and you, too, whatever your age.
A To-Do List on Steroids~NOT
Plotting a book’s life for the second half of the Year of the Rooster ~ 2017
All about Love, Fortune and Compatibility.
The first half of 2017 is used up~gone! Telling you up front, I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions…except sideways, such as: Don’t buy a swimsuit. That’s a top tier resolution because then I don’t have to declare a diet to fit in the thing. I did promise myself I’d recover my dining room chairs. Got one done. I’m good. As for my writing, I hoped in the deepest recesses of my heart, I’d finish a WIP and get it published. That’s happening. The Sheriff’s Woman has been through editing, is in the hands of my formatter and the ebook cover is in hand.
The Ghost Who Wouldn’t Be
The Ghost who wouldn’t be…
…a conversation with Lottie Mae Roberts from The House on Persimmon Road
It is almost four years on since the House on Persimmon Road was published. Fans and readers have asked dozens of questions about Lottie, who in hind site took over the novel. So, I’ve returned to the House on Persimmon Road in late Spring, not as a writer, but as a guest. Wearing an apron, the bib straight-pinned to her cotton house dress, and a pleasant expression, Lottie welcomed me into the house. The grand hall seemed larger than I recalled. The old floors gleamed, the walls painted a rich cream. I asked what changes Tucker and Justine had made. Lottie opened a door on the south wall. “This was my linen room. Now it’s an indoor bathroom. Can’t even hang my herbs to dry in season. Used to have lavender, mint, sage, marigold and such.”
The Art of Being Poor–2nd Edition
Pennies to Dollars
What is “Poor” anyway?
Kristine Kathryn Rusch aka Kristine Grayson who writes wonderful paranormal romances in addition to the popular blog kriswrites.com posted a telling article this week titled: Business Musings: Writer Finances Versus The Paycheck World. Kris is speaking of writers who made a mint early in our digital universe and now they don’t. Back in 2011 and 2012, an indie author who ran a book FREE and snagged Bookbub could depend upon hitting bestseller stats, plus many saw royalties in the six figures. Here’s why: In 2012 a FREE download counted as a full sale/priced book when the free unit returned to priced on Amazon. Then Amazon changed the algorithms that a free downloaded unit counted as one-tenth of a full sale/priced book. That leveled the playing field. Too, many of those books that hit the best seller lists did not measure up to what many readers consider Best Sellers.
The Art of Being Poor
There really is an art to being poor.
It’s funny that for most of my life I had no idea that I was poor or lived in poverty. True, I was raised poor, married poor, had a slew a kids and so stayed poor. I budgeted every nickel. Now here’s the thing. My parents came from good families. Working stock. My grandfathers owned their own businesses. All had been through the Depression. Money was tight. Next along came World War II and my uncles and dad went into the military. We had coupons for every shortage–shoes, fabric, sugar, butter, gas. I had my first stick of gum after the War. Juicy Fruit. One pair of buckled sandals got us through summers, otherwise we went barefoot. A six ounce Coca Cola was 6 cents and a treat.
My Book Life Goals for 2017 ~ A To Do List
FOUR RESOLUTIONS FOR 2017
There have been huge changes in our indie universe over the past several years. Especially within Amazon. We’ve seen 1000’s of reviews removed, click-bait books come and go; Kindle Unlimited arrived in 2014, KENPC ~ pay by pages read in 2015. Each time there’s been a change, I tell myself stick with the basics to market my books. I have and I’ve sold books. Not in the millions, but steady on.
Welcome to Accent on Romance
WELCOME! Back to Accent on Romance. For new visitors: Hello! Extending to you a warm welcome. Let me take a second to introduce you to my blog/newsletter. If you don’t like what you see or find it is not for you, scroll down and unsubscribe. No hard feelings. I get it. But you are gonna miss some good stuff!
Book Promotions ~ Indie Authors Report Results
The hot question among indie authors is: Where can I get the best promotion results for my ebooks?
This is the first in a series of blogs that will answer that very question. Right here you will hear the facts and figures from the authors themselves.
BACK PORCH CYBER CHATTER WITH BRONWYN ELSMORE

Welcome to the Cyber
Porch where eNovel Authors gather to chat.

Bronwyn’s Box of Fosters
Our guest today on Back Porch Cyber Chatter is Bronwyn Elsmore and boy! It is a good thing my porch is virtual because Bronwyn lives a continent away in Auckland, the stunning New Zealand ‘City of Sails’. Though she tends to wander the world, at home Bronwyn shares her writing life with one man, one special cat and a box full of fosters. Bronwyn is not a huge coffee drinker and for the first time ever, I’m out of iced tea. So. With no further ado, let’s hear from this very talented writer.
Hiking the Facebook Trails
Wild life in the Facebook jungle
WARNING: WILDLIFE LURKS

Jackie Weger. Do subscribe to my newsletter, sent about once a month. It is always full of free and discounted books. Thank you for visiting today.
Good Morning. I’m Jackie Weger, founder of eNovel Authors at Work. I write romance novels. The heroines in my books are good girls in turmoil. The heroes lean toward the alpha–good men all, because good men make good husbands and better fathers. My books are not going to shake the world by its roots. I write to entertain. Sometimes I get it done, sometimes I don’t. Goes with the territory. When I don’t get the job done right, I keep trying…I don’t blame Amazon if my book doesn’t sell, or rail at Bookbub because a book did not snag a coveted promotion slot, or sound off because readers don’t post reviews. Which brings me to topic: Facebook and Amazon Community discussion forums. No promotion allowed.
BACK PORCH CYBER CHATTER WITH MARY D. BROOKS
Interview with Mary D. Brooks
It is a lovely cool day with just a bit of drizzle in the air on my back porch today. Perfect for sharing a pot of Earl Gray tea as eNovel member Mary D. Brooks and I have a chat about her fabulous career. Mary is multi-talented. Artist, actress, writer–and describes herself as an Australian of Greek origins who has too many imaginary friends and a passion to write about strong women and unbreakable love. For twenty years Mary has hosted the top-rated The Australian Xena Information Page: www.ausxip.com/xena, to showcase fandom for Xena Warrior Princess. But let’s just hear from Mary in her own words.
Back Porch Cyber Chatter with P.C. Zick
INTERVIEW WITH P.C. ZICK
The weather is cooperating for a change and I’m happy to invite you to join me and Patricia Zick on my virtual back porch. It’s the dog days of August so we’re sipping on Texas-sized glasses of sweet peach tea. Zick describes herself as a storyteller no matter what she writes. Many of her novels contain stories of Florida and its people and environment, which she credits as giving her a rich base for her storytelling. Florida’s quirky and abundant wildlife–both human and animal, supply her fiction with tales almost too weird to be believable. I lived in Florida for more than a dozen years so Zick’s locales resonate with me. Each time I open one of her books, I ache for sand between my toes, the susurrus of moss gently swaying and sometimes the roar of a bull ‘gator. With no more ado, here is Patricia…
#FRUGAL FRIDAY 2
NEED WAYS TO FUND YOUR BOOK’s LIFE?
A few helpful tips here.

Pennies add up to $$$. It’s Leap Year! Save all of your loose change in a jar in your kitchen for great good luck all year and beyond. Plus you won’t be broke on January 1, 2017.
If there is any single thing I have learned about indie authors over the past three years it is this: There ain’t no way to shut a complainer up beyond cutting out his or her tongue. A few of the longest running complaints:
“I can’t afford an editor. ”
#FRUGAL FRIDAY
Do you need money to hire Beta Readers? Copy Editors? Cover Artists?
What about a bit of pocket change to promote your book?
Well, most of us do. We indie authors are up against it. One lament I hear every single time I visit a forum or a Facebook group is: “I can’t afford _______.” Just fill in the blank. Some of us lie to ourselves because we don’t want to afford those services. And gosh, it sounds just fine to plead poverty. Gives the image of the struggling author living in a cold-water garret suffering for his craft. Some consider publishing a book an adventure. “Hey, if I make a little money on the side, great. If not, I’m in the groove. I’m a published author.” Chatting that up on a first date, or with the carpool mommies, or at cocktail parties has more cachet than saying, “I work at Walmart.”
A BUTTER BEAN SUNDAY
Whatcha Havin’ for Supper?

Just a perfect Texas afternoon. Butter beans boilin’ in the pot.
Boo-ya! The sun is shining here in my corner of Texas. The weather is just right, no humidity, just cool enough to keep mosquitoes huggin’ the undersides of leaves and not makin’ pest of themselves. Tiny titmouse chicks hatched yesterday in the nest mama titmouse built atop the anchor bolt in the satellite dish. They’re not feathered up yet and their necks are wobbly. Neighbors on two sides of me have their outdoor grills fired up and the good cooking smells are wafting in the air. I can tell by the aroma of spices comin’ across my back yard that one is grilling fajitas, the other is barbecuing chicken.
¡Nuevo! Recién publicado ~ Caras Ocultas por Jackie Weger
Hola! Mis Amigas!
…and that is about as much español as I can manage safely. However I am happy to share with you Caras Ocultas, is published on all Amazon venues, including Spain, Brazil, y Mexico. Leer GRATIS con Kindle Ilimitado.
The print edition will be released soon
To celebrate I am cooking my favorite Tortilla Soup. Here’s my recipe.
- 1 cup cooked chopped chicken
- 12 fresh tomatilla, steamed or boiled soft and mashed.
- 1 onion, cooked soft, mashed with tomatilla.
- 1 cup fresh-off-the cob corn or 1 can corn, drained.
eNovel Authors Report Promotion Results ~ Part 3
Welcome again to the Cyber Porch…
where eNovel Authors at Work gather to share the ehow of book promotions
This is the 3rd in a series of reports on actual results of promotions. eNovel authors tell you where they promoted, how much they paid, number of books downloaded and how much they earned–or not.

Welcome to the Cyber
Porch where eNovel authors gather to chat.
What’s Your Beef?
The Naysayer’s Rant
Golly. Not a day goes by that I don’t read a blog spewing unhappy rhetoric about Amazon, KindleUnlimited subscriptions and KENP. I was going to quote a blog post today before I responded here, but wisely I visited Amazon and looked at the author’s book ranks. Here they are:
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #843,296
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #588,727
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #690,870
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,959,586
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,371,610
eNovel Authors Report Promotion Results Part V
Small Campaigns Work Just Fine

Big Red. Patience Prevails

Welcome to the Cyber
Porch where eNovel authors gather to chat.
Book Promotions ~ Indie Authors Report Results Part 2
What can you expect when you put an ebook in promotion?

Welcome to the Cyber
Porch where eNovel authors gather to chat.
We hope to answer that question here. This is the second in a series of articles in which indie authors share their actual experiences in the ehow of
Setting Up House & Mother’s Day
New Release…on Sale… and a few other tidbits to share….
Good evening readers and fans. I am so sorry I have been neglecting you. Indie authorship is a steep learning curve and I’m still finding my way. I do want to share some news. I have created my first boxed set with my three most popular novels to date. Erin Dameron-Hill designed a sensational cover. Monday, May 04, 2015 is the official launch of Setting Up House, priced at 99¢ through Mother’s Day, May 10.
Accent on Romance and GreatBooksGreatDeals Easter Bunny Hoppin Your Way

Don’t miss our TOP of the Line books by some of your favorite Authors, most of whom are USA Today, NYTs and International Best Selling writers. All books FREE or 99c. Plus a Giveaway with Smart gifts from us and our Sponsor eBookBetty. Our Giveaway starts April 1, 2019. Ends April 30. No April Foolin’! Some books on Sale now. Others on Sale dates April 8-12. You bring the chocolate and Jellybeans. We’ll bring the books.