Hello! This is just to let people know that Meg and I formally closed down our Patreon today. It just wasn't working out for us for various reasons, but we're planning to start putting more extras into our newsletters as a result. You can find a sign up here: subscribepage.io/newgothenburg
If I can ever find a way to rejoin FB and other spaces without being a professional social media user instead of a writer, I will do it. But for now, you can find me updating quietly from this little corner of the online universe. You're all loved, and I miss you. <3
I know I've missed trends and easy solutions to problems I might have in publishing, but I had to weigh all of those things against my health and well-being. And I am simply better off. I wish it were different, but it isn't.
I will say I miss certain aspects of my online community. I was in several tight knit author groups and editor groups. I miss those people. I miss knowing about their lives and their triumphs and woes. I miss helping where I could. And I am out of the loop on certain things.
Body, mind, spirit, family wise, work wise, community wise, I am healthier for having more or less given up social media. I did keep this account because I never got into the habit of scrolling here. I even put together that pesky extra bookshelf that had been sitting around for months.
I have a friend who calls it "the sit pit" when she is stuck scrolling and scrolling and scrolling. She also has ADHD. I've decided that social media can be especially terrible for people like me because we go for that cheap dopamine reward and just scroll our life away.
This isn't to say that social media doesn't have its good points. It's great to help build community. It's great to organize people to do things that couldn't have happened thirty years ago without these tools. But one thing it isn't great for is someone, like me, who has ADHD.
I've started being active in my community instead of reposting things and feeling that that is active. I've started calling my representatives and going outside my house more. I've gotten involved in a way I never would have if I was stuck scrolling on my couch.
I've gotten healthier in some ways. My anxiety is easily a quarter or less than what it used to be. I've realized a lot of online squabbles really weren't anything. Everything seems so OUTSIZED online. Of course, there are plenty of things that are real issues. I've been directing my energy there.
Now that I'm using the tools instead of the tools using me, I've done so many things and feel so much better. I'm more involved in my kids' and husband's life. I'm more involved in MY life. I have read so many books I wouldn't have otherwise. I've watched old shows I always meant to get around to.
It's been about a year since I (mostly) left social media, and I thought I would reflect on it for a moment. The things I learned this year are that I've lost countless years of my life to scrolling. For real. Probably YEARS to a pointless, algorithm driven activity. The tool was using me.
So, I have been doing a terrible job of checking in on Goodreads. I have changed my mind about DMs! I will check DMs here, but I will ONLY respond publicly to book questions, so if you ask me a question and I decide to answer, I will post it.
I will check in about once a month. I'm busy writing. 💕
Hi!
You may have heard that I've had some health issues, and that's true, but I'm working with my doctors to get my health back on track. Nothing life threatening is going on! Just life annoying, which I think we all deal with occasionally.
All my love to everyone I haven't talked to in a while.
My newest “Too Much Sizzle for Amazon” book is here! You can find it on Smashwords! books2read.com/u/brnq1Z
Flirting with the Felon has a sexy secret, age gap romance, voyeurism, consensual somnophilia, and a hot man in lacy lingerie. You know, all the good things.
Flirting with the Felon
books2read.com/u/brnq1Z
When Kismet Leawood’s half brothers pull away because he’s a troublemaker, he comes up with a plan to hurt his oldest one. Flirt with Nathan’s biological father, Ezio, who’s currently in prison.
Can Kismet and Ezio make a relationship work?
Flirting with the Felon
books2read.com/u/brnq1Z
When Kismet Leawood’s half brothers pull away because he’s a troublemaker, he comes up with a plan to hurt his oldest one. Flirt with Nathan’s biological father, Ezio, who’s currently in prison.
Can Kismet and Ezio make a relationship work?
Flirting with the Felon
books2read.com/u/brnq1Z
When Kismet Leawood’s half brothers pull away because he’s a troublemaker, he comes up with a plan to hurt his oldest one. Flirt with Nathan’s biological father, Ezio, who’s currently in prison.
Can Kismet and Ezio make a relationship work?
Flirting with the Felon
books2read.com/u/brnq1Z
When Kismet Leawood’s half brothers pull away because he’s a troublemaker, he comes up with a plan to hurt his oldest one. Flirt with Nathan’s biological father, Ezio, who’s currently in prison.
Can Kismet and Ezio make a relationship work?
Flirting with the Felon
books2read.com/u/brnq1Z
When Kismet Leawood’s half brothers pull away because he’s a troublemaker, he comes up with a plan to hurt his oldest one. Flirt with Nathan’s biological father, Ezio, who’s currently in prison.
Can Kismet and Ezio make a relationship work?
My newest “Too Much Sizzle for Amazon” book is here! You can find it on Smashwords!
books2read.com/u/brnq1Z
Flirting with the Felon has a sexy secret, age gap romance, voyeurism, consensual somnophilia, and a hot man in lacy lingerie. You know, all the good things.
Hi, everyone! Just a heads up, M.D. Gregory and I are Pausing billing on our Patreon for a month and might potentially extend it through the holiday season. We have a lot of projects we're juggling right now, so we thought that was best. Thanks!
If you're wondering what I've been up to recently, here is an update from me! 💕
www.patreon.com/posts/update...
I've been absent from social media recently. I have been adjusting my sleep schedule. I haven't been right since LAST fall. I finally took a week to be a zombie, and now I feel really human again. It's been weird realizing lack of sleep made me an anxious mess. But I am back to my old self now!
Thank you for reading our books! Here is something fun for you, since you're so awesome. <3
Link to Outtake Scene: dl.bookfunnel.com/v1m06a7d8b
Eddie accidentally becomes a serial killer. In the process, he ends up winning the heart of a man he never knew he could love with all of his.
You can pre-order now!
Link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ6PCJ8D
So, surprise! We're doing a murderous holiday book! 💕If you want to pre-order, the book will stay at $4.99 until I upload the final manuscript. I can't guarantee that I will remember to tell you before I do in probably a month, so I'm telling you now. 😅
Link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ6PCJ8D
What else am I working on this week? Well, Meg and I are finalizing an outtake story for The Love Obsession, so if you wanted to see more of Zayn and Keaton, you will! <3
What am I doing this week? Well, my delightful narrator, Keval Shah, is hard at work! While you wait, you can check out our backlist:
www.audible.com/author/Ki-Br...
The Love Obsession is live! It's in Kindle Unlimited.
Link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FF5J7FD9
The Love Obsession is live! It's in Kindle Unlimited.
Link: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FF5J7FD9