As of today, my blog is now being read in 76 countries!!!

I want to say hello to everyone around the world who is reading my blog! Readers from the countries of Morocco, Uzbekistan, Madagascar, and Belarus are the latest to join, adding up to 76 countries on the list! Welcome! 

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• Uzbekistan
• Madagascar
• Belarus

As of today, my blog is now being read in 72 countries!!!

I want to say hello to everyone around the world who is reading my blog! Kenya, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan and Armenia just joined us and are the 69th, 70th, 71st, and 72nd countries on the list! Welcome! 

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• Georgia
• Azerbaijan
• Iceland
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• Algeria
• Turkmenistan
• Cypress
• South Korea
• Ecuador
• Kenya
• Ethiopia
• Kazakhstan
• Armenia

As Of Today, My Blog Is Being Read In 67 Countries!

I want to say hello to everyone around the world who is reading my blog! Cypress and South Korea just joined us and are the 66th and 67th countries on the list! Welcome! 

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• Algeria
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• Cypress
• South Korea

As Of Today My Blog Is Being Read in 65 Countries!

I want to say hello to everyone around the world who is reading my blog! Turkmenistan just joined us and is the 65th country on the list! Welcome! 

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• Turkmenistan

As Of Today My Blog Is Being Read in 64 Countries!

I want to say hello to everyone around the world who is reading my blog! Egypt and Algeria have just joined us and are the 63rd and 64th countries on the list! Welcome! 

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As Of Today My Blog Is Being Read in 62 Countries!

I want to say hello to everyone around the world who is reading my blog! Croatia is the 62nd country on the list! Welcome! 

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As Of Today My Blog Is Being Read In 59 Countries

I want to say hello to everyone around the world who is reading my blog! Sweden is the 57th country to join that group, Georgia is the 58th, and Azerbaijan is the 59th! Welcome! 

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As Of Today My Blog Is Being Read In 56 Countries

I want to say hi to everyone around the world who is reading my blog! Serbia is the 56th country to join that group! Welcome! 

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As Of Today My Blog Is Being Read In 55 Countries

I want to say hi to everyone around the world who is reading my blog! Latvia is the 55th country to join that group! Welcome! 

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As of today, my blog is being read in 53 countries!

I want to say hi to everyone from countries around the world that are reading my blog! New Zealand is the 53rd country to join that group! Welcome! 

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• New Zealand

As of today, my blog is now being read in 54 countries!

I want to say hi to everyone from countries around the world that are reading my blog! Puerto Rico is the 53rd country and Iraq is the 54th one to join that group! Welcome! 

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As of today, my blog is now being read in 51 countries!

I want to say hi to everyone from countries around the world that are reading my blog! Israel is the 51st country to join that group! Welcome! 

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• Hungary
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• Slovenia
• Bulgaria
• Israel

Books I've read, Disappointments, and the Future

I've been reading books for the last two years with a different eye than ever before. Being a working author, I see and read them with a much more concentrated fervor. I look at the plot, characters, setting, phrasing, words, and many other aspects of a book in much more detail.

Also, I've chosen the books that I'm reading much more carefully. I've read more Stephen King, Tom Robbins, Ian Rankin, Suzanne Collins, Tana French, Hugh Howey, Sheri S. Tepper, Margaret Atwood, Patrick Rothfuss, George R. R. Martin, Lois Lowry, Mary Stewart, Brian Jacques, and I just finished The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings again by Tolkien as well as several others. They all do things much differently and have varying strengths that I can learn from.

I was particularly excited to read Tolkien again. It had been a long time, and I also read more about his thoughts behind the book, which were very enlightening.

A great disappointment recently was that Amazon decided to discontinue their Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest. They didn't publicize that they were going to discontinue it, and I know that many thousands of writers, including myself, had spent a lot of time preparing only to find out very late that it would not happen.

However, Amazon has started something new that they call Amazon Scout. It looks like a promising venue for indy writers, and I'm going to look into it after I finish The Chosen.

Also, after I get The Chosen published, I will be looking at some other contests, contact more agents, and pursue some other promotional avenues for my works. I will need some time off from writing, as I've been working 6-10 hours, five days a week or more, since April of 2013.

The next project that I will work on will be a sequel to Beatrice. I already have a lot of it planned and ready, but the chance to do something else for a while will be good for me. I would also like to write some poetry again. It's been too long!

To all those who have been reading my blog, I again want to say thank you, and watch for The Chosen. It will be completed and published in March!

WELCOME PAKISTAN!

Pakistan is now the 31st country where people are reading my blog. I want to say hi and hope you enjoy it!

I've also put a complete list of the countries below.

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Welcome to Moldova

Moldova is now the 30th country where people are reading my blog. I want to say hello and hope you enjoy it!

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Welcome to Singapore!

Singapore is now the 29th country where people are reading my blog. I want to say hi and hope you enjoy it!

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