newsletter - StarDance Press

First things first: Look at that stunning cover. Isn’t it gorgeous? It was created by artist Cassandra Stevens, and I just adore it.

What’s up with this new short story? This is an exclusive gift I have put together for subscribers to my newsletter. Because yes–that’s my other news! I am starting a monthly newsletter, with the first issue being released in September.

Why a newsletter? Social media can be a chancy way to try to keep readers updated on new releases, sales, or other important or exciting happenings in the StarDance Press world. Even blogs can get lost in the midst of all the other online noise that’s out there. As for trying to keep up with folks through Twitter, Tumblr, FB, Instagram, or all the other social media platforms out there … there’s just way too much other stuff competing for one’s interest.

So a newsletter seems a better way to keep all of you up-to-date on new books and short stories. It’s also a great way to let you know about sales ahead of time (which reminds me, there’s going to be an upcoming September sale I’ll need to put in the newsletter …), and let you know about progress (or lack thereof, ha) on current projects. I might even include some other exclusive stories from time to time …

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, you can either type in your email address and click the button in the sidebar or on the contact page to subscribe, or you can do the same right here:

Monthly news and an exclusive free short story? It doesn’t get much better than that! Join today to receive your welcome email with a link to the short story, and then enjoy the first official letter in September. Can’t wait to share this new venture with you all!

Hi friends,

A brief note to let you all know that I’m going to be moving this website to a different server sometime in the next few days. I am hopeful this will be a simple task, but we all know that nothing is ever as simple as we’d like, right? So this is to let you know that there might be some wobbles in your ability to access the blog/website during the next couple of days. Fingers crossed it won’t be too bad!

One of my reasons for changing servers is to make it easier for folk to subscribe to the monthly newsletter I’ll be starting to send out in either August or September. Right now there isn’t a good way for me to set up a “subscribe” button on my website, but I’ll be able to do that once I’ve switched. I’m so excited to start this newsletter! I’m looking forward to being able to keep in touch with subscribers on a more regular basis than I can through blogging, and to be able to offer some sneak peeks into what stories I have coming out next, behind-the-scenes stuff, and even, yes, even a free short story as a “thank you” to subscribers.

So those are the upcoming changes for StarDance Press–a fresh website and a new newsletter. I’m hoping to be able to announce some new stories to be published soon, but gotta get all this writerly/publisherly housekeeping stuff out of the way first!

Chat soon,

E.L. (aka Louise)