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Digitally empowered author

by Christine Kling It is 5:00 a.m. on Friday morning and I am trying to get something written for the blog before I take off to drive across the state of Florida (in the pouring rain) to Sarasota for the … Continue reading

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Noodling away in Trinidad

by Christine Kling One of the problems many cruisers face is the difficulty of staying fit. Cruising can be a rather sedentary lifestyle. In fact, sailing a cruising boat requires only rare short bursts of physical energy and these are … Continue reading

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On getting a head … or it’s about time

by Christine Kling Okay, so I quit my job and moved onto my boat to write. Right? What a glorious lifestyle and a dream come true. Without the day job to eat up all my daylight hours, I should be … Continue reading

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Heading Home

by Christine Kling While tomorrow is the infamous Stranded Naked Party, tonight as I sit in the cockpit and watch the anchor lights blink on around the anchorage, my thoughts are on the voyage home. Don’t get me wrong. I … Continue reading

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My love/hate relationship with Amazon

by Christine Kling So from one week to the next, you just don’t know if Amazon is your best friend – sending your book sales into the stratosphere – or your apparent enemy when they seem to try to purposely … Continue reading

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Mind Demons free on Kindle

Mike Jastrzebski Mind Demons is free through midnight Pacific time today, Monday, April 16th. If you haven’t read it, I hope you’ll give it a try. On the boat prepping front, we have run into a couple of mechanical issues. The … Continue reading

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A Leap of Faith

by Christine Kling I know I often write about my adventures with boats and bikes and my attempts to live simply, but tonight, it is another adventure that is on my mind. I haven’t written about the sales of Circle … Continue reading

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Changing faces

In November of last year I published my fourth book, titled Weep No More. Unfortunately it has been the slowest selling of all of my books. I’ve tried advertising, givaways, lowering and raising the price, blogging, all to no avail. … Continue reading

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Kindle Select – final thoughts

By Mike Jastrzebski This will be my final post on the Select program. Between the US and the UK I gave away slightly more than 30,000 books over four weekends. So far this month I’ve sold 1083 copies of Key … Continue reading

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Ramblin’ (Wo)man

by Christine Kling “Lord, I was born a Ramblin’ Wo-man Trying to make a living and doing the best I can.” But it ain’t easy. Oh Lord, it ain’t easy. Okay, so this blog is all about folks who want … Continue reading

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