Blog Tour Tuesday

Blog news Hey, everybody! Just a reminder…I will be hosting a couple of really good looking blog tours in June…you should totally check out this site tomorrow to kick off the fun book stuff going on here. The Dying to be Beautiful Mystery series 99 cent sale post is tomorrow…so if you are looking for a cool nearly free read…be there or be an octagon! And I will be very happy to announce that for the first week in June…An Unexpected Performance, my YA time travel is going on Kindle Countdown! You can get it for reducing prices all week
Power of Money When Flat Broke

The Power of Money When You Are Flat Broke Hi- my name is Kim and I have a problem. Well, not so much a problem as an obsession. Do you ever think about the money you spend, no matter when or where? I told my hubby this morning that I feel like my life is a fixation on money. If I say, I need to go to the grocery store, it’s really saying “This is about money”- if I say, I need to work on my website, “This is about money”-or even, the dog’s nails need clipping, “oh, wait, that
Review of Kim Smith, Author goals for 2015

It’s that time of year again when we need to go back over what we have accomplished and to begin planning our new year ahead. I had a lot of goals for 2015, realized and unrealized. Only because experts say you will be more successful if you put down goals in a concrete form. I didn’t do that, but this new year I will. If you are only just now getting to the point of saying you need to make a few goals, here is a helpful link on goal-setting. So how did 2015 go? Rewrite/edit Shannon Wallace mystery
How to stand out in the book market part six

Welcome to the last installment in my series, How to Stand Out in the Book Market. It’s funny, but I didn’t intend on writing a series of posts like this. I just ran out of time a few days in a row and had to do it over. The response was so positive, and the interest so obvious, I sort of capitalized on it. At any rate, I am glad you are getting something out of it. Standing out in the book market today is a major concern for most of us. So today, for the final part, I would
After the con…I reflect with images

First, let me say that this past weekend, Mid South Con weekend, was the most fun I have had in just FOREVER. Before I left on Sunday, I took time to stop in at the organizer’s desk to tell them thank you. What a huge job that con must be for them! And they definitely deserve a big, big, kudoes. There were a LOT of con-goers this year. I do not know the numbers, maybe you do? I know it was more than 1000. I also have to say that Sched.com who kept my schedule updated and on the app