Promoting to Friends on Facebook

If you are friends with me on Facebook you might notice that I do not promote my books on my personal page except in very rare cases. I promote them more often on my author page but still not as much as some think I should. The reason I do not promote my books more on any page on Facebook is that it is somewhat pointless. You see all my friends know I write the Paisley series. If they are interested in a story, they will go purchase it or ask me about it. 

Paisley's Purple Flames became The Sacrifice

The first Paisley Story I wrote was “Paisley’s Purple Flames’. It was written back in the summer of 2009 as a contest entry. It told the story of an old white witch and the mortal man she loved. It was my first attempt at a contest and I was crushed when it did not even place. It was the grammar and other technical issues rather not the plot that pushed my story into the void.

It was changed and edited before it was accepted as a short story in the “Roses and Thorns’ short story anthology for the Circle 8 writers Group. It was actually the second short story of the Paisley series to be published.

In 2012 I self published it as the middle part of a 3-story series about Paisley over on Smashwords. All three of these are setting in a period when she is elderly. 

They are among my favorite parts of the series as they show the real Princess Paisley of the Eternals. The love between her and the mortal man is clearly visible, yet she knows it is taboo to act upon that love. Such as dilemma for sure, it is like having a piece of a rich chocolate cake in front of you and not being able to touch it. 

The Paisley Short Story Series

I published a series of Paisley of the Eternals short stories through the Circle 8 Writers group with hopes of assembling them into a novel. However, I am struggling to piece together so many different stories into some form of novel type book.

The short stories cover different periods of her life starting with her birth, childhood, teen years, and elderly years in the mortal realm. The only thing they have in common is they are about a sometimes confused but good hearted Princess. These shorts are action packed glimpses into her life as she seen it then.

To expand each short story into a novella would require lots of re-writing and this is something I do not wish to do, as the short stories are priceless. A novel moves as a much slower pace than a typical short story that tells the action within a short span of time.

Therefore, here is what I have decided. I am going to leave the short stories intact and matter of fact they are published already. All these short stories will help to build up the anticipation for the novels when they do in fact come out. The novels will go into detail about different events that make our favorite Princess who she is. 

Paisley's Birth | Paisley and the head of Prince Richard| The Curse of Queen Milano | Paisley's Choice | The Gift | The Sacrifice | A Paisley Christmas 

Princess Paisley Blog Welcome to All

Welcome to the Princess Paisley blog. I am the author of The Paisley of the Eternals series of short stories. This is a fantasy series with some supernatural elements tossed in. Most of the stories are pg-13 with the exception of one story, but I will discuss that later.

Folks who have grown to love the series can find information about when the series will be updated and learn about new characters as they emerge. The published short stories that show glimpses into her life are being assembled and her series started.

I am also gearing up for the A to Z challenge April 1, 2013. I plan a whole month of updates covering all sorts of things related to Princess Paisley. It should be a lot of fun for everyone.