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Today is my 4 year anniversary as an Indie Author. What have I learned? #author #indieauthors #readers #romance #amazon #kindle #kindleunlimited #amreading #blogging #amwriting #books

5/14/2018

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Happy anniversary from California to all of us in the Parker Universe !

​There are so many readers on my journey with the Parkers/Manzones I kind of feel like it's all our anniversary! We've become like a family, haven't we? My crazy characters, my amazing readers, a whole bunch of love stories, and here we are four years together still going down the road I started without even knowing it 4 years ago. As Jack would say, some of the best roads in life are the ones you least expect!

​Yesterday, I saw a review posted on The Girl in the Mirror and it made me smile: "I ask you Susan Ward, how many Different Personalities Live inside You? I do enjoy your writing, I become part of your Story." Laughing. Only one personality. An old woman who's lived an interesting life!

​As I reflect on this journey I've been on with all of you, I'm reminded of the good and the bad, but the always hopeful of what I'm doing releasing my stories. So what have I learned? I like how I do what I do, and the indie world around me might be quite different, but I'm too old to get knocked off the road I'm on. And that's what I've learned at the stage in my life. Tune out the noise and enjoy the moments we have on this earth. Don't take the criticism too hard. Don't take the achievements too seriously. Don't engage in things that won't matter in a week, either way. We're only here on this glorious earth a very little while. So be happy.  And this isn't idle advice. This is how I do everything!

​Recently, Amazon broke ranks and announced sort of a sales report on authors. 1000 authors out of the 10+ million on Amazon achieved a certain sales level in 2017. I'm probably the least known author who made that list. I fly so far under the radar that only my super-fans are ever aware of me. I get it all the time. Who's Susan Ward. I have authors hit me up  for newsletter swaps and favors. I always say yes(I'm old, we like to be helpful. Got nothing better to do than be kind at this stage in life) then I get blown off after I say yes, like why do I want a favor from her? She's no one. I smile and just keep being me. I keep saying yes to helping, keep getting sort of dissed( I think), but always happily me.

​While I was vacationing recently through Idaho, Wyoming and Montana(Reacquainting myself some of the beautiful spots on this earth that are going to show up in Khloe's book) all hell broke loose in Indie Land regarding trademarks. I got texts from all kinds of authors. A kerfuffle will do that. I read what was going on and went back to my vacation and my note taking for The Last Girl. I don't get involved. Writing the next best book I can and not disappointing my readers with Khloe's story is my priority these days.  I don't want to do anything ever than go happily on my way being practically unknown. It's working for me. I've passed in 4 years a major milestone in downloads. Beyond 500K ebooks of mine out there on reader kindle. It doesn't sound like much, but it blows my mind. That's what counts for me. That I'm happy and I have readers who wait for my books and even some readers who enjoy them.

​So what have I learned. It's really rather simple. I am who I was when I started this journey. But that's also true for the other authors around me. We bring who we are into this world of Indie Publishing and that determines the type of world it is for us. And my wish to anyone  joining in this world of indie publishing, Be kind to each other. Our time on this earth is short.

​My heartfelt thanks to all of you who have joined my Parker Saga Family. My gratitude to those of you who've reviewed my books, both positive and not positive(And yes, a harsh review isn't a bad thing. It helps us work harder at our craft so I thank anyone who went to the effort to review good or bad my books.) I hope always to conduct myself in a way that fosters our spirit of love, hope and family we've created with the love stories in the Parker Universe. My readers are part of my family. It's your opinion that matters to me. No one else's. And it has been one of the great highlights of my life that you share your life with me inside my books.

​Peace, love and happy reading,

Susan
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Just released New Adult Romance...Return to Us #amazon #kindle #ibooks #nook #kobo #readers #amreading #author #indieauthors #RRBC #RT #sagas #fiction #books #newadult

4/27/2018

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Happy Sunday from Sacramento...#blogging #author #indieauthor #newrelease #romance #amazon #kindle #ibooks #nook #kobo

2/11/2018

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What a week. Releasing a book is always exhausting for me. Today I'm vegging in front of the TV binge watching The White Queen because Monday I have to get right back at it writing Return To US. I'm overwhelmed by reader response to Gone Guy, and now it doesn't seem right to make them wait for the next part of Willow & Eric's epic love story.

​That's why I've put up a Return to Us Prequel, to let my readers get a sneak peek into Willow & Eric's life before the second book in their story is released March 26th. So download the Prequel now!

I wish you peace, love and happy reading,

Susan❤️

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12/24/2017

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​Well, all you readers crazy about the Parkers, demanding to know when Eric’s book Gone Guy will release have certainly upped the excitement for me to the point I couldn’t resist sharing Eric & Willow’s Prequel. Now this is just a sneak peek, a taste of my hottest book couple yet to hold you over until Gone Guy releases February 12, 2018. HAPPY DANCE!!! And while I probably shouldn’t say it, you’re going to love it as much as I loved writing it.
 
That Eric is a naughty bad boy, but in the sweetest way. How could he not be. He’s Alan’s son and we all love Alan!
 
Willow is just the match for him.
 
And these two. Fan myself. They are hot and fun. And since I’m writing over the holiday season Gone Guy is filled with heart-stopping romance, heart-warming feel good moments, a little bit of over-the-top because really this time of year we don’t need TOO MUCH of the real, plenty of laughs and steamy sex scenes, and,  yes, because I’m still me, a large side of angst before we finish the road to HEA. And yes, Gone Guy, my book releasing February 12th will be a standalone with a HEA guaranteed to make you smile from ear to ear.
 
Please make sure after reading that you Preorder Gone Guy now! For a limited time it’ll be 99cents, but I’m going to raise it to $2.99 after New Year’s and $3.99 shortly after release. This book won’t be in KU—sorry dears, I love KU, too—but there’s another issue with Amazon and the program and until it’s resolved I’m taking a pause in adding my new titles to KU.
 
But that’s why for my newsletter subscribers I’ve put Gone Guy up for a limited time at 99cents. For all you hardcore Parker fans who need more and Eric!
 
This Prequel is definitely going to get you ready for more of Willow & Eric, so have your one-click finger ready.
 
Please, love and happy reading,
 
Susan <3
 
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Wow, what a start to December...#amreading #amwriting #amazon #blogging #author #romance #granny #kindle

12/6/2017

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Well, hello everyone,

Sorry I haven't been around lately, but I've had myself one heck of a two weeks. My gal pal, USA Today Bestselling Author Andrea Smith, said, "Susie, this could be a book," when I gave her the info dump of what's been happening in my life.

Shortly before Thanksgiving we set out for Santa Barbara to spend a few days there before hopping to Ventura for the birth of our 4th grandchild due December 1. Something just told me that baby was coming early and I didn't want a 40 minute drive between me and my daughter when I got the call. I took one look at my daughter on the last Sunday of November and informed her, "That baby is coming Wednesday at 11:58 p.m. We better get everything finished and ready for the baby." To which, she said, "Not happening. We've got plenty of time! Let's just go into the village and have a soy latte and enjoy the pretty day."

And lo and behold, Wednesday she went into labor in the wee hours of the morning and shortly after midnight Nara Marie was born, and the Big Guy and I ran through stores like maniacs getting the things our daughter didn't have yet so that the nursery would be complete when she brought the baby home.

Sounds like a lovely, vacation, right? Exciting, joyful event of a new grandchild, etc. And it was. Right up until the day we left. We headed back to Sacramento on Monday because it was my father-in-law's 97 birthday, and a few hours after we stepped through our front door the Ventura fire broke out.

At midnight we got a call from my daughter that she had to evacuate, the the fire had rolled over the hills and was heading toward the ranch where she lived. So, with a 5 day old baby and three small dogs, she grabbed what she could and ran. It was quite a crazy time. The power was out on the central coast, the fire came in so fast no one was sure which direction to go, and they were evacuating people before information centers were fully operational.

They went south first toward Thousand Oaks toward some family, but the smoke was so thick and Nara so young, they turned around and went to Santa Barbara fortunate enough to find a friend to crash for the night with. Over 27K people were evacuated in a matter of hours, the fire threatened Ventura in a whole bunch of sections, hotels were overbooked, and it was just grab your junk and run.

The fire is still not contained, and my daughter doesn't know if her small home will make it or how long she'll be kept from home. And of course, it starts the second I leave Southern California and am not within arms reach of daughter to help. To say, it's been days of highs, lows, happiness and terror is accurate.

Life changes quickly, folks. Please keep in your thoughts and prayers all the firefighters still working the fire lines and the thousands of people evacuated like my daughter's tiny family during this holiday season.

As ever I wish you peace, happiness and happy reading,

Susan

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November 05th, 2017

11/5/2017

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Hello Lovelies:
Well, it's been exciting since I released ALL IN with all the kind notes from readers and the giveaways on my author page...and stay tuned we're having more of them through November because I've started my 12 days of giveaways for the holidays early this year!! So if you missed out on the Kindle Fire and the Starbucks Gift Cards don't despair there's going to be more.
But while I set up another giveaway for this week, I thought, why not put up a free book. If you love epic rock stars, you're going to fall in love with the hot and sexy Alan Manzone in The Girl on the Half Shell.
I so relate to romances that involve a good girl. The girl that was a little overly dramatic and confused about life as she exited high school. I was that girl– pretty much unsure and questioning everything.
But that didn't mean that I didn't have an eye for the gorgeous guys who were a bit of trouble. And it just seemed right that I write a romance where the good girl leads the bad boy on a merry chase through life and love.
So grab The Girl on the Half Shell during the 5 days Amazon Free Download if you haven't and by the time you're done reading....We're having another giveaway!!!
Peace, love & Happy Reading,


Susan
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10/18/2017

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Get ready for the ultimate M/M Romantic Suspense love story....

A sexy spy for the CIA....
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Their instinct is to protect. Their nature is to love. But secrecy is Leland's bag of tricks and Graham's is duty, loyalty and honesty.
​Can these two very different men make a go at love and life together
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It's a locked & loaded release week. Time for a #free #ebook #amazon #giveaway #romance #LGBT #RT #RRBC

10/10/2017

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It's a locked & loaded release week with All In(Locked & Loaded #5) releasing Sunday October 15th!!!! So I thought, what better time to put up a giveaway on Amazon for one of my favorite books in the series, The Manny. Since the third book in the Graham Carson Trilogy is filled with action, twists and turns, and an epic MM love story--Oh, and quite of bit of that stuff we call spicy bits--you're going to want start reading now the amazing journey of love and life Leland & Graham have together.

So hop over to my giveaway page to enter to win a free kindle copy of The Manny. And sign up for my newsletter. On Sunday there's going to be a chance to win 1 of 5 $20.00 Amazon Gift Cards on Release day for ALL IN and you only get the how-to-win and the link to enter through my newsletter. www.susanwardbooks.com

I wish you peace, love and happy reading!

Susan

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#FREE Today Only. Grab this great erotic thriller on #amazon #kindleunlimited #erotic #romance #KU #RT #kindle

10/7/2017

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Getting Ready for a Locked & Loaded October with the release of All In(Locked & Loaded #5). So Woo Hoo it's time to get crazy giving stuff away. For today, it's a free download of Pistol Whipped( Locked & Loaded #2). It's a standalone, the book can be read out of order, so if you're in the mood for a quick erotic mystery filled with twists & turns and some kindle-melting scenes, grab Pistol Whipped now. It's free on Amazon Only Today!    

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Peace, Love & Happy Reading,

​Susan

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The Locked & Loaded Series is a spinoff of the Amazon Bestselling Sand & Fog Series.

I’m Dillon Warrick.

Ex-Special Forces. I have no memory of what went down on my last deployment, so when the opportunity came to resign my commission and sign up for a new gig I jumped on it.

Now I’m the personal bodyguard for the biggest celebrity on the globe and still living life on the edge. I’m six feet two inches of blond-haired, blue-eyed Adonis, combat-fit body and fully loaded weapon.

My best friend, Graham, thinks I’m running too close to the edge and about to take a fall. And then there’s Rachel, my former high school sweetheart turned f&&k-buddy. As incredible as she is, I can’t commit until I unravel the mystery of what happened on my final mission.

Other books in the Locked & Loaded Series:
The Manny
His Man
​Skyler
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9/28/2017

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Happy Thursday:

​My GoodReads  giveaway for All IN, Locked & Loaded #5) is live. So pop over, entered and don't forget to add All IN to your TBR. I'm getting close to releasing again, and I'm so excited and amped about this book. How often does an author get to write a sizzling  MM Romance thriller between a Sexy Agent for the CIA and a Hot Bodyguard. This book is packed with secrets, intrigue, twists and turns, and of course plenty of man on man love. And why not? Leland and Graham are such epic men they needed one epic love story. They deserve it, these two warriors in life--and in bed. They keep the world safe for my famous rockers in the Parker Saga.

Good Luck, Peace,  & Happy Reading!

​Susan



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