Check out this video old lady talking https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1665377321


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Confusion among the masses

There is a Bible story from the old testament, cant quite remember the reference at the moment, but it is a story about the tower of babel. Well sometimes I have a tough time trying to figure out who can do what and how to do what, when it comes to this computer. Maybe my computer is the tower of Bable. 

I write books. I publish these books on iBooks and on Kindle (Amazon) I generally use Chrome as a web browser. I wrote a book WITS' END it is for sale on both iBooks and on Kindle.

I was looking at my book WITS' END online at Amazon Kindle, I noticed it had a nice workable Table of Contents. I wanted to see the meta data on this book so I could duplicate it for my other books which didnt seem to have workable Table of Contents.

I tried to open my source file for kindle, I could not. I tried to open it with ms word, I could not. Perhaps I can open it with Open office, or maybe scrivener.

Apple Help desk ROCKS!!!!

I had a fun experience this afternoon. I was having hard time uploading a new cover for my digital Book "Gerald's Wisdoms" it seemed no matter what I tried I was getting stuck I received a telephone call from Kelly at Apples help desk and she talked me through it  and I was able to upload the new cover. Great learning experience for me.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1050406882

Lonnie, click on the link to see my books

http://www.amazon.com/Carolyn-Ann-Vaughan-RN/e/B016ZDYFVA

Okay bro, click the above link and it should take you to the page where Amazon sells my books. You can also get them from iBooks, and from Kobo. Hope this works for you, also thank you for your telephone call and kind words. -Carolyn

Down Home Nova Scotia: New paperback and ebook "Electronic Nicotine Deliv...

Down Home Nova Scotia: New paperback and ebook "Electronic Nicotine Deliv...: I am thrilled to be able to continue with producing books. My new book "Electronic Nicotine Delivery System" will be available in ...

New paperback and ebook "Electronic Nicotine Delivery System" to be released in next few days

I am thrilled to be able to continue with producing books. My new book "Electronic Nicotine Delivery System" will be available in paperback and as an ebook on Amazon Kindle and digitally on iBooks and Kobo within the next few days. It is basically the story of how i came to give up tobacco after being a pack a day smoker for forty-six years. The ebook has a lot of links to articles of interest I believe the selling price for digital is about 4 dollars Can, and 7.99 for paperback.

I am working on a thriller chiller and nursing memoirs but they are nowhere near ready for publication, but who knows, maybe with more sleepless nights will come more writing output.

Have a Good one
Carolyn

My book "For Devun" free for five days DEC 9 TILL DEC 13

Hello, I am running a free book promotion for five days from Dec 9 through to Dec 13.

My children's book "For Devun"  will be available at Amazon as a free download for the next five days. Enjoy.

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Carolyn Ann Vaughan

Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written. I have written four books. One is a children’s book “For Devun” The other two are short books, “Gerald’s Wisdoms” and “WIT’S END” and my most recent book. What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it? Secret Diaries of a Nurse: and other short stories Do you have any unusual writing habits? I like writing in my flannel pj’s. I am comfortable and delight in being able to stay in my pjs all day if I want to. I am recently retired from over thirty years of nursing and being able to work i pjs thrills me. What authors, or books have influenced you? I have never been without a novel I have read so many great books. I admire Stephen Kings ability to handle a character. Agatha Christie, Mary Higgins Clarke, Michael Connelly, Earle Stanley Gardiner, Harper Lee, Rick Moffina,Lucy Maud Mongomery, Harriet Beecher Stowe, for me the authors and books are endless. What are you working on now? A Novel about Jamie Mallory, a young paranoid schizophrenic and his nurse Olivia, it will be a mystery suspense. What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books? I use Facebook, twitter, goodreads, Google +, and I have a blog site. https://downhomenovascotia.blogspot.ca/ I also speak to church and service groups when the opportunity arises. Do you have any advice for new authors? never give up What is the best advice you have ever heard? fear not I am with you always What are you reading now? I have three books currently that I am reading all by indie Authors, “The Girlfriend Experience” by Charles O’Donnell, “In the Wicker Wood:Where secrets are buried” by Lazarian Wordsmith and “Diary of a small fish” by Pete Morin. I also plan to read the new book by Harper Lee What’s next for you as a writer? To write more. If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring? The Bible, Cujo, The Diary of Ann Frank, and The Old Man and the Sea Author Websites and Profiles Carolyn Ann Vaughan Website Carolyn Ann Vaughan Amazon Profile Carolyn Ann Vaughan’s Social Media Links Goodreads Profile Facebook Profile Twitter Account Read more...

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Down Home Nova Scotia: How does the world survive

Down Home Nova Scotia: How does the world survive: As I sit here pondering life I wonder how the rest of the world functions. I have recently decided to write books. I have a purpose, I have ...

How does the world survive

As I sit here pondering life I wonder how the rest of the world functions. I have recently decided to write books. I have a purpose, I have something I want to say. I also want to add a few dollars to my pension.  Is that wrong?

I spend a lot of time joining this group and that group to promote my book. I get tangled up with which password I have used, concern myself with deleting sexually crude emails-give me a break. I try to support fellow writers, I try to learn how to write,how to format and how to avoid the sharks.

Some reading site asks me to select a favourite author. How in God's name would I ever do that? Seriously, I read two or three books a week-yes you read that correctly. I read, and have done so for over fifty years.

I have no idea who wrote some of the best stories I have read, until I decided to write my own I rarely paid attention to WHO wrote it. I simply want to be entertained. I can list off names till the cows come home but I will miss the best, because the book I am currently reading is "my best" or else I Wouldn't be reading it.

If you want a list of authors in no particular order sure, here goes: Stephen King,JamesPatterson,Dean Koontz,Frank Slaughter, Bradshaw,EarleStanley Gardiner, Louis LaMour,Agatha Christie,Lisa Unger, Amy Tan, Michael Connelly,the Bible,Margolian,Conrad Black, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Margaret Trudeau, Jack London, Carolyn Ann Vaughan, Dolly Parton,F Scott Fitzgerald, Tabitha King, Charles Hemingway,Lucy Maud Montgomery,Dickens,Temple Emmet Williams,PeteMorin, Mark Twain,Dan Brown,Pierre Burton,Farley Mowat,Stephen Leacock,Hans Christian Andersen,Peter Hoeg,Solzhenitsyn,Alcott,VC Andrews,Maya Angelou,Bach,Bloch,Pearl S. Buck,Clancy, Taylor Caldwell,Arthur Hailey, Margaret Craven,HarrietBeecher, Meena Lee, Stowe,FrankMcCourt,Lisa Jackson,Lisa Scottoline,Lisa Jackson, Harper Lee,YOU GET MY POINT, THERE IS NO WAY FOR ME TO CHOOSE

Hopefully this is the link to the AuthorsDen.com but not all things work they way I think they should :)

Where authors and readers come together!

Horses of different colours

Sometimes I wonder if it is just me or if ALL people struggle with trying to write the book, upload the book, publish the book DIGITALLY and then struggle with the fine points of printing the book.

Don't misunderstand me, I think it is wonderfu if someone can afford an editor, a proofreader, an agent,a graphic designer etc to assist with your cover etc, that is great and power to you. I cannot. Therefore I find it all a bit of a daunting task to do all these things, here is to hoping I am enjoying myself. 

Perhaps any knowledge learned is a good thing, I hope so!!!!

New Facebook page

I have decided to make a new Facebook page for my little books. It is called Maritime Home Grown Publication & Presentations. There are still things I don't quite understand about the Facebook page. Mostly I have used my FB to upload me singing and playing guitar, and occasionally viewing photos so the fine art of facebooking sometimes illudes me. Still, I do enjoy it, it really is nice to see photos and watch people's kids grow up.

Canada is a big country and Facebook does let us keep in touch just a little.

this is a link to Kindle edition of Gerald's Wisdoms

http://www.amazon.com/Geralds-Wisdoms-Book-One-1-ebook/dp/B016SUZX0W/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Down Home Nova Scotia: My iBook and Kindle sales are neck and neck

Down Home Nova Scotia: My iBook and Kindle sales are neck and neck: A few weeks ago I started an experiment. I published a couple of small books on three different platforms. Amazon Kindle, Apple iBooks and K...

My iBook and Kindle sales are neck and neck

A few weeks ago I started an experiment. I published a couple of small books on three different platforms. Amazon Kindle, Apple iBooks and Kobo

It is now a new month. So what have I learned?

• marketing the books is harder than writing them
• filling out the paper to get the accounts set up is difficult
• formatting the books is touchy
• supposedly Kindle is bigger than iBooks BUT my sales are exactly the same on both 
• the sweetest reading experience seems to be on Kobo
• Kindle provides me with an author page-kind of cool
• iBooks provides me with widgets
• Kindle provides me with an online writers community

Current total sales from all three platforms for  month of October 2015 is
                               18
Look out Stephen King, John Grisham, James Patterson. Here comes Carolyn Ann Vaughan

My book WITS' END available on Kobo

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-ca/ebook/wits-end 

WITS' END is hot psychological thriller

Well, I am quite thrilled. My little book  WITS' END which is available on iBooks, Kobo and Amazon Kindle, ranks 31st at amazon.ca as a hot psychological thriller. I have to say this pleases me.

No matter how I look at it. I really do like my story, and it is a nice pleasant surprise to see it ranking 31st so if you bought it on Kindle, thank you very kindly.

Now I need to get busy writing more psychological thrillers perhaps a longer story next time : )

my author page on amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Carolyn-Ann-Vaughan-RN/e/B016ZDYFVA