Beautiful Blogger Award

In gratitude to those that came before!

I was a bonus Beautiful Blogger awardee on  Tracy James Jones' blog.  This is what Tracy said about me:  "...Indie Author Lynn Hallbrooks is one of those people who will go the extra miles to help anyone with anything and totally deserves to be mentioned for all of her wonderful deeds.  :o)"


Tracy is a fellow author that is only a few steps behind me on this publishing/writing journey. Tracy is a beautiful to me because she challenges me all the time with her quest to learn more about our common field.  I don't always know the answers but eventually we figure things out. 


Apparently these are the things that I have share as an awardee: 


• I must write seven facts about myself (see below)
• Link to the blog of the person who nominated you (see above)
• Link to seven bloggers who you think deserves the award (see below)
• Let those bloggers know they have been nominated! (that'll take some time)


Facts
1) I love chocolate
2) I love to music
3) I love art
4) I have two grown children
5) I have two Godchildren
6) I was in the U.S. Air Force
7) I'm basically an introvert in a business where I need to be an extrovert




Blogs and Bloggers
1) Blood Turbine by Mark Wilcox - Mark is beautiful to me because he was very helpful when I was first learning about Social Media. I have referenced his blogs on many occasions and I feel certain that I will on many more.  


2) Siggy's Omnibus by Siggy Buckley - Siggy is beautiful to me because she came into my life from out of the blue and has been a tried and true friend ever since.  Siggy's Omnibus is a collection of all the blogs that Siggy has created most since I've known her. 


3) Tim Greaton Forum by Tim Greaton - Tim is beautiful to me because he challenges me as a writer.  Tim and I have exchanged author interviews where we have learned so much about one another.  On Tim's forum I learn new things about fellow authors. 


4) Glenn Starkey - Glenn is beautiful to me because he is a fellow veteran and he encourages the love of reading.  At the moment, I can't recall a blog post of his that hasn't stirred up some kind of emotion.  A great example is his Memorial Day post. 


5) Wringing Out Words by Shannon Mayer - Shannon is beautiful to me because she gave me opportunities to help fellow authors shine. Many times Shannon has asked me to help out with a project and I've done my best. After all, authors should help authors whenever possible.


6) Musings of Mistress of the Dark Path by Susan A. - Susan is beautiful to me because she challenges fellow authors to be better.  On her blog, she has writing contests and shares ways to learn more about our mutual craft. In other posts, she allows authors to share the locations of their bodies of work. 


7) Shagging the Muse by Jonathan D. Allen - Jonathan is beautiful to me because he shares pieces of himself in his blog.  He tells things like he sees them.  I admire that because he does it in a way that isn't about hurting others but showing that this business is not always easy. 


I have read so many blogs since I started over a year ago, that I'm sure I could name so many more.  I hope you have enjoyed the beautiful bloggers that I've shared. If you haven't met this wonderful people before then please give their blogs a little look-see.


Thanks Tracy for tagging me as a Beautiful Blogger. "Bestsellers" to my fellow authors and hope everyone has a great one.  


By the way, I've scheduled out a post for Memorial Day that I hope everyone will enjoy.


Lynn Hallbrooks
co-author of Call Sign: Wrecking Crew (Storm Warning)

http://www.callsignwreckingcrew.com

Military Helping Military

David and I came to an executive decision tonight. You see we've been wanting to help out the Wounded Warrior Project for some time.  We weren't sure the best way to go. So after some debating, we are going to give this idea a try:  


For each sale of our book via our Create Space store, we will donate 10% to the Wounded Warrior Project*.  We will begin it at 0001 hours on 10 May 2012 until 2359 hours on 31 May 2012 Central time. This is so we'll have a traceable date and time.


I'm sweetly asking everyone reading this, if you can help in any way, be it tweet outs or purchases, we'd appreciate it. Even more importantly, military members with seen and unseen injuries will benefit from your kind actions.


After we get our tally of sales, I'll come back to report on how we did and if we will continue this venture into the future. 


Remember 19 May 2012 is Armed Forces Day and of course Memorial Day is being celebrated on 28 May 2012 so we can honor those that "Gave All" for our Freedom! 


Freedom isn't Free!


Lynn Hallbrooks
co-author to David McKoy
co-owners of Call Sign Wrecking Crew, LLC

Website: http://www.callsignwreckingcrew.com

Create Space store:  https://www.createspace.com/3635438 

Twitter name: @CSWCLynn 
Twitter link: https://twitter.com/CSWCLynn
Book trailer: http://youtu.be/7zcyAjBdpY0

Book Buzzer: http://www.freado.com/book/12618/call-sign-wrecking-crew-storm-warning

*Monies will go to them after we receive our money from Create Space.

Taking Add-vantage

I've been doing a lot of tweeting out from Amazon lately helping out fellow authors. I've noticed that not too many have their twitter accounts attached to their Author Central page.  That is if they even have an Author page via Author Central.  Yes, I realize all the social media stuff takes up time from things like writing your next great novel.  If you are out there marketing your book anyway then why not take advantage of the tools available to you already. 


One advantage to having your twitter account on Amazon is that if a clever tweeter wishes to add your name to their tweet out then you're able to see what's being said.  Another possible side-effect is that a reader might contact you to say, "Hello, just saw your book on Amazon and thought I'd take a chance just because you look like a great person." It could happen.  Besides, what can it hurt to add a professional type twitter account where people can find you. 


Some may say, "why bother with social media at all."  The biggest reason is Search Engines.  The more your name is out there...the more chance people can find you/your body of work via a Google Search. They can read your twitter posts, your Facebook posts, and even your Goodreads posts.  So remember be as professional as possible at all times.

This is just my personal opinion but I hope it is helpful to you just the same.

Have a great one!


Lynn Hallbrooks
co-author to David McKoy
co-owner of Call Sign Wrecking Crew, LLC