Southwest Nights (Semiautomatic Sorceress Book 1) Kal Aaron (best book club books for discussion txt) 📖

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P.S.,

If you’re wondering about Lyssa’s demon-hunting previous life (BTW, she had a different name), that version of the character used an enchanted sword made of blood rather than guns and used it to absorb demons. Magic and monsters were all considered myths and legends.

Other than the attitude and fondness for guns and motorcycles, not much else survived. Though I will note that, Samuel, Colonel Sanders look and all, is almost a direct port of a character from that series. Mostly, I just wanted to make the herbs and spices joke.

Author Notes - Michael Anderle

March 5, 2021

Thank you for not only reading this new series but to the back and our author notes as well!

For those who haven’t read my work before, I’ve provided a bit of an introduction below. For those who have read the introduction, just skip to the #GodIAmTired section below.

A Bit About Me

I wrote my first book Death Becomes Her (The Kurtherian Gambit) in September/October of 2015 and released it November 2, 2015. I wrote and released the next two books that same month and had three released by the end of November 2015.

So, just at five years ago.

Since then, I’ve written, collaborated, concepted, and/or created hundreds more in all sorts of genres.

My most successful genre is still my first, Paranormal Sci-Fi, followed quickly by Urban Fantasy. I have multiple pen names I produce under.

Some because I can be a bit crude in my humor at times or raw in my cynicism (Michael Todd). I have one I share with Martha Carr (Judith Berens, and another (not disclosed) that we use as a marketing test pen name.

In general, I just love to tell stories, and with success comes the opportunity to mix two things I love in my life.

Business and stories.

I’ve wanted to be an entrepreneur since I was a teenager. I was a very unsuccessful entrepreneur (I tried many times) until my publishing company LMBPN signed one author in 2015.

Me.

I was the president of the company, and I was the first author published. Funny how it worked out that way.

It was late 2016 before we had additional authors join me for publishing. Now we have a few dozen authors, a few hundred audiobooks by LMBPN published, a few hundred more licensed by six audio companies, and about a thousand titles in our company.

It’s been a busy five years.

#GodIAmTired

I went to bed late last night after going out to eat early (4:45 reservation at Benihana) and basically played all evening without paying much attention to work. I fell into bed about midnight plus thirty and didn’t even bother undressing.

My wife (who stays up later than me) just came in and noticed me on the bed and probably shook her head. I don’t know exactly because while I swear I was awake and spoke with her…

I don’t remember anything.

Fast forward to this morning, where I have one eyeball open and the other closed, trying to sleep while going through my emails.

I had forgotten to set up a call today! I quickly emailed back, and after a few misunderstandings about time (I’m PST, he is Eastern and didn’t believe I meant “in 15 minutes,” we did an early phone call.

The discussion on the phone was about Indie Publishing. This person was involved in the game industry and is now (thank you, Covid) based out of his home. His love is still writing and creating stories, so I encouraged him to look into what can be done if you self-publish.

You could tell he wasn’t buying what I was selling (which was nothing more than “check out indie publishing”), but what did he have to lose? Perhaps some time.

He checked out my suggestion to look on 20Booksto50k™ and other research before taking me up on my offer to call me and ask questions.

Once I stumbled through getting ready this morning, I got on the phone and was pleased that he both had researched the opportunities and that my suggestion just might be a path forward for him both creatively and financially.

That was all I could hope. Making creatives aware of self-publishing as an option for an author’s future is the proverbial leading a horse to water. What they do once they know is up to them. This gentleman called someone HE knew and spoke to them about it.

Both were shocked by what he had learned. I realized at that moment that the second challenge is now believing what he learned.

It’s one thing to believe the mountain exists, even when you can see it. Understanding that you can make it up the mountain is often a leap of faith, as much as a belief in oneself.

So, whatever your passion is, I’d encourage you to learn more about it. If you are a major reader and writing is something you would like to do, know that quite a few people are making a solid living—or at a minimum, a significant addition to the family income—with self-publishing.

I never want to forget to encourage those who wish they could write for a living. I did it, others have done it, and it’s still viable.

Have a great weekend (or week…whenever you read this!)

Ad Aeternitatem,

Michael Anderle

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About Kat Aaron

Kal Aaron loves a good challenge, whether it’s intelligence analysis, programming, or research science. After years of bouncing around the academic and corporate worlds, he was blessed with a family and the rare opportunity to make a living telling entertaining lies.

When not imagining dangerous fantasy worlds, he spends his time in the deserts of the American Southwest with his feisty wife, children, and pet bird.

Books By Kat Aaron

Semiautomatic Sorceress

Southwest Nights (Book one)

Southwest Days (coming soon)

Books By Michael Anderle

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