Where have you been Nicole?

Hello all!

I have missed you all so much! I promise I have not forgotten you. Things in life have just been crazy lately. On top of that, I am still having computer problems. Probably worse than ever.

I will not bore you with details. However, I will say that things are going pretty well. I'm getting them sorted out anyway. In other words, I'm still alive, I'm still kicking, I haven't given up.

I must tell you in case you notice there are spelling errors or anything, for right now, I am blogging from my iPhone. That being said, you should know that I am too lazy to spend for ever typing on a touchscreen. So, I am using the dictate feature. Because of this, it is incredibly possible that there will be serious errors! I apologize in advance. In fact, there probably has already been some so I guess I apologize pre-advance. If you follow playing the blind cart also, you will know what I'm talking about. I just finished that post and there are definitely errors.

In other news…

Clandestine is in production currently. I hope the audiobook will be done and in your devices soon! The new narrators are awesome! I am lucky enough to have two, a male and a female. This will bring a new dynamic to the story. Hopefully, it will bring it to life right before your very years. The duo is very talented. I am also lucky enough to call them my friends. They are a husband and wife partnership. Their names, Joy and Andrew strobe. I'm guessing the dictate feature has butchered their last name. If so I apologize to them a lot! Joy has been my friend for a while. She is the owner at dreamscape covers.  If you haven't seen her work yet, I recommend you check out her website. She's been having a lot of amazing sales and deals lately. Totally worth it.  I put the link in for the site as I normally would, but this stinking app and also the dictate feature and also the talking program in general, will not allow me to do so. Sorry about that guys

I am also currently working on a short story that will be in an anthology in the future. I think you guys will like it. It is a prequel to my story sightless spirits. Which of course, I know has not been released. It will be soon. I am working on it I promise. I am having to put things on hold until the computer problems can be straightened out. When it is, I will let you know and get back to work so I can bring you the material as fast as possible.

Divinity the second book in the bound in blood series is finished!! I am in the middle of still getting with an editor. I only have the second half left to be edited. I have think I have found someone. She comes very highly recommended. I will keep you posted as that progress is made

I am also considering changing the name of clandestine. I have decided that it is possible but not all young adult readers know what the word clandestine meetings. How, I think I know some adults that don't have a clue what that word means. I understand. So, I am wondering if I change the name if that will get people more interested in the title.  Crap… See what I mean about errors in this paragraph? Anyway, I am considering changing the name to simply the series name. Bound in blood. What do you guys think? I would love to hear your thoughts. Send me any type of email private message or comment if you have any.

I am also planning to update my YouTube channel more frequently now that I have an updated iPhone. The video feature works much easier. So please be on the lookout for more videos coming soon!

The other situation is with this blog in general. I have thought about doing this before, but now with the problems with my computer I am thinking about it more heavily. I am considering combining my two blogs Nicole Ray and playing the blind card.

If I do, chances are this blog will be moved over to playing the blind card. This is because I have more followers on that page. It is also more established. It is been around longer. I would also like to hear your guises thoughts about this change. I don't want to do anything that you guys aren't okay with. Let me know what you think.

If the change is made. And if Nicole Ray, moves permanently to just playing the Blenkarne, I can't automatically transfer followers from this blog to that one. I will give you guys plenty of notice however, so that you can get to that one. I hope that you will all consider following playing the blank card either way. I will keep it updated on Facebook and on the blogs on what I did. A decision should be made in the next few days.

I have some funny posts bouncing around my head the last week. I haven't been able to post them however, due to the computer issues. I'm hoping now with this app that I will be able to. It is undecided whether they will be put on the site or I'm playing the blank card. So please consider finding both so that you will be ready and able to read as they come out. I'm not even going to try to post the link to playing the blame card through this dictate feature. I really hope that all of you are able to see the other links on my page surrounding this post. If UR you will find links to not only playing the blank card but also to the YouTube channel and also to descriptions about my books. You can also find links to things that I mentioned earlier such as dreamscape covers. 

Once again, I am sorry for my absence. I am also sorry that there is so many spelling errors in this post. I hope you all can find in your heart to forgive me for all of it. I will try to be more diligent in the future. I promise that you all mean very much to me. And I am still plugging away. I will get back to work and back to writing very soon.  As I mentioned, stories have been bouncing around my head for days. This really sucks in fact, I'm in the mood to write! Finally! Writers block ended. The only problem is I can't right I have no computer in which to write on. How frustrating! Hopefully the stories will stick around in my head long enough to be put down onto the keyboard in into the my computer's memory

So I am done rambling for now. I hope to talk to you all soon. I'm hoping this app will continue to work for me so that I can update things more frequently. Because I am on my iPhone, I should hopefully be able to maybe post pictures now and then too. Please understand if there is no private pictures of my family however. But I will try to post other random pics as they come along

Love you all bunches! Keep on reading!

My Crazy Life

I would just like to take a moment to say I am terribly sorry. I haven't been active on this blog and am behind on deadlines. I am still here and devoted to my work. Unfortunately, as some of you know life as a single mommy sometimes takes over and things get jumbled.

It seems like lately, if it's not one thing it's the other. Have you ever stepped back and took an outside look at your life? That's what I've been doing lately. Things have gotten very distorted and out of focus. Seeings how I'm blind, that's a pretty big improvement.

I'm trying to get back in the swing of things and promise to be full fledge normal very soon. I've been working on the review process for Clandestine in audio practically none stop. I have also gotten several chapters of Sightless Spirits and the yet untitled book three of Bound In Blood. Divinity is still in the editing stages.

I've also been trying to plan a fun give-a-away for the near future as well as planning some future signings to get out in public.

It's difficult to get the word out and with lack of funds for advertising and travel, the job can be that much more combersome. This is a huge pitfall of self-publishing that I plan to adress more fully in a future post.

My goal is to start posting more here so that the blog reader base will increase. I want to talk about things you want to read about. If there is ever anything you want to hear about no matter what the topic is, please don't hesitate to drop me a line.

I am also very open to guest posts on this blog. Are you an author? Maybe you are a reader who loves books and wants to talk about them. Or maybe you are a reviewer or someone else with a love and passion for the literary world. Either way, if you want to do a guest post, I want to work with you.

Do you have any ideas for posts? Let me know what you're thinking and I'll try to make it happen.

I will tell you that I am really loving the Bound In Blood series and think you will all enjoy where it's heading in the future. There are more tweists turns magic and mayham then the first installment of Clandestine. There are new love issues and jam packed action to keep you craving more.

The audio book for Clandestine is going to be marvelous. The narrator Melissa Strom is amazing and I love love love the music by Toby Semane.

As always keep checking back for more updates. You can also visit me on Facebook by clicking the link on this site. Remember, every like the page gets, helps get the word out for free. Please help by pressing the like button for the FB page. I'm active on there and always respond to questions, comments and or messages.

I have been having Twitter issues so I admit I haven't been as active there. You can also find me on Good Reads where I host a group and am a member to several groups.

I also have my blog Playing The Blind Card where you can get more info as well. Oh and side not, I have been contemplating combining the two blogs. What do you think? I will keep you posted on that front as well. I hope that if this happens all followers will consider traveling to that blog.

Thanks for listening to my rambling and I will be back soon more:)

HAPPY NEW YEARS

I would like to send a shout out to all my readers! It's 2013! It's time for new beginnings.

I hope that this year is a wonderful and amazing one for all of you. Have fun, make waves and don't forget to splash a little. Don't be afraid to travel to the deep end, sink to the bottom and rocket back to the surface unscathed.

This year will be a busy one for me. Divinity will be coming out soon and I have three other projects in the works for 2013 as well.

I'm hoping to widen my fan base and get the word out about my books and blogs. I'm hoping all of you will help spread the word in any way you can.

I'm thinking of running a contest this month and next to get more followers for the blog as well as Facebook likes. What would you guys like to see as the prizes??? Any ideas??? Light it up readers, tell me your thoughts in the comment section and I'll try to make it happen.

I will keep you all posted on what I decide on. Hope to hear from all of you soon:)

As always, thanks for reading
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Clandestine in Audio Update

First off, I would like to say I'm sorry for neglecting this blog lately. Things have been very busy and honestly, a bit crazy around here. I will try to keep up in the future.

Now, I'd like to let you know that the production of Clandestine is well under way. Things are going great! Melissa Strom is a fantastic narrator and I think you will all love her work.

The past few day she and I have been discussing the music for the book that will play during the opening and closing credits. There is a lot of talent out there, but I think we've found the artist that will best match the Bound In Blood series. When I've nailed down the details and make it all official, I will post a sample of the music for all of you to check out!

Melissa says that she is down to the editing process of her recording. That's right... that means we are almost there folks! Are you seriously as excited as I am??? I can hardly stand it.

The series will be available for your download on Audible, Amazon and iTunes! When things are closer to being finalized, I will let you know more about price and what not.

Stay tuned for my next post. I am going to give you a Divinity update. I will tell you that you will be able to buy it in January! I will also be revealing the cover in the next post as well. If you can't wait that long you can find the cover as well as book description on Good Reads. Hope on over and add it to your "To Read" shelves:)

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