Author Interview on Book Country!

How cool is this??  I was blessed with an opportunity to be interviewed on Book Country!  Thank you, Nevena, for this chance!

Click here for the interview link.

Being and author just paid off! For real...

I just paid off my daughter's tuition in one stroke of the keyboard! 

Thank you to all my readers who've made this dream possible. 

THIS IS SO COOL!

It's one thing to come up with a dream, it's totally another thing to see it actually happen.  Gosh, I'm so grateful that this is really coming true.  I know I'm going on and on about it, but when life is so hard for so long, sometimes you get in this funk where you think that this is the only way life will be for you. 

Well, I'm quite happy to say that life isn't like that.  We have the power within ourselves to make a change.  And with God's help behind us, we can never go wrong.  I'm sooooo blessed.  I have my wonderful family, my sweetheart is well on his way to recovering from his heart attack, and I'm slowly, but surely improving as well.  And let me tell you, this certainly helps!!

Thank you, Heavenly Father!
~Ellise

The Governess to be combined into one volume?

Yes, I'm seriously considering this (and possibly going add more to the story line--like the wedding, etc.).  The main reason that I cut up The Governess into three volumes was to get the story published quicker--by the end of summer 2013. (Goal accomplished!)  I seriously needed to make some money fast to pay for my daughter's college tuition for this fall or she would not be able to attend, period.  (Another goal accomplished! Woohoo!--and a real, live miracle to boot! But that's another story...).  And that money was needed for the thousand other things out there, especially medical bills. 

But now, after my husband's quadruple bypass (and he's doing remarkably well, I'm quite happy to say!!! Yet one more miracle in this family's history of miracles...), we need the income more than ever.  So, now that the book is all out there, piece by finished piece, I'm considering making it into one volume.  I hadn't thought I'd do this until Pirate Bride was released, but many people have asked the question 'Why was the book published in volumes in the first place?' just one too many times.  It annoys me.  There were very good reasons why I did things the way I did them. 

So, with that said, I'm letting everyone know my goals.  I really don't know how quickly I can accomplish this goal since I'm right in the middle of helping my healing husband, homeschooling my son, helping my high school daughter, and my new college student with their lives, homework, etc., and haven't had any time at all to work on my writing since Volume Three was published at the end of July.  Whew!  I'm tired!!  Anyone seen the bags under my eyes lately?  I'm just glad all is going well. 

Thank you for your amazing support, everyone!

~Ellise :)

Help a Family for Fun!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1409820162574288/
Thank you, Kerry!  So kind.

We got a new puppy! :)

 

 And Toby is adorable!  Click here for more!

Passed the 10,000 mark and didn't even realize it...

How could I have missed that?!?  Yes, I wondered myself...

So, why do I even bring this up?  Mainly because I'm proud of myself.  Secondly, because most authors that I've followed don't bring this up.  Yes, maybe they are more modest than I am, but honestly, isn't it nice to know what kind of numbers you can look toward when you're publishing?  I have had no guidance or counsel on what to expect.  It is pretty hard to calculate.  It's a guessing game, really.  But for any self-published wanna be authors out there--these are the numbers I'm coming up with, folks.  That is, 86 days and 10,000+ copies sold.  I'm psyched!

Thanks for hanging in there with my, peoples...
Ellise

More of The Governess? Check out the link to do a survey! :)

Historical Romance Website!

Johnson Edward Killingworth, The Hammock

I'm thrilled to introduce my sister's website.  She is a new author and ready to release her first novel this fall.  I'm so excited for her. 

Please visit Clarisse Tate's website at:  http://www.clarissetate.weebly.com.

Good Luck, Clarisse!
Love,
Ellise

Happy Anniversary to my Sweetheart...

 

To my sweetheart~

 

Thank you for 21 years of marriage to the greatest guy I know. 

Thank you for loving me all this time and never giving up on me when the ‘world’ would have told you to do so. 

Thank you for blessing our marriage with three beautiful children that have completed us so perfectly. 

Thank you for being a great example to them of what a husband and father can be. 

Thank you for calming my fears, making me laugh, and wiping my tears. 

Thank you for daring to dream with me, for strengthening me, and for believing in me. 

And, most of all, thank you for being you. 

I love you! ~Ellise               

Week #1 Results for Volume One of The Governess!

Really happy with the results!  Click here!