
{"id":492,"date":"2022-07-24T04:19:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T18:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.30.214.42\/blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2022-07-24T04:19:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T18:19:53","slug":"november-2015-update-and-christmas-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/november-2015-update-and-christmas-special\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Publisher News: November 2015 update and Christmas Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Everyone!!<\/p>\n<p>This has been a great month!<\/p>\n<p>We have released a few books, we have been getting some awesome covers, I have found some online tools for social media (my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pjcsjc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pinterest<\/a> page actually has stuff on it now!) and image manipulation, that I have been having a whale of a time with!<\/p>\n<p>As someone who is artistically challenged, with a husband and daughter who are incredibly talented in that area, art has long been a sore point for me (my art, not theirs). Well, with picmonkey I can do all sorts of things with existing images and it has been so much fun!<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s what I have been doing&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writers Exchange&#8217;s Facebook page now gets a daily quote<\/strong> &#8211; an image with text provided by me. I am adding them to this blog post, but for any more you will need to follow the facebook page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Writers.Exchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Writers.Exchange<\/a>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stipula_fountain_pen-500-quote.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-494 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stipula_fountain_pen-500-quote.jpg?resize=500%2C334&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Daily Quote 1 - 22 November 2015\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stipula_fountain_pen-500-quote.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stipula_fountain_pen-500-quote.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/girl-in-rain-quote-green-text.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-495 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/girl-in-rain-quote-green-text.jpg?resize=416%2C332&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Daily Quote 2 - 23 November 2015\" width=\"416\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/girl-in-rain-quote-green-text.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/girl-in-rain-quote-green-text.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/quote-3-text.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-496 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/quote-3-text.jpg?resize=291%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Daily Quote 3 - 24 November 2015\" width=\"291\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/quote-3-text.jpg?w=906&amp;ssl=1 906w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/quote-3-text.jpg?resize=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-off-christmas-sale-200.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-493\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/20-off-christmas-sale-200.jpg?resize=200%2C141&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"20% off ebooks for Christmas!\" width=\"200\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have just started our yearly <strong>Christmas &#8220;20% off&#8221; sale up at the WEE<\/strong> site (<a href=\"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/writers-exchange.com<\/a>) &#8211; ends 31 December, so you can use any gift certificates given for Christmas &lt;which you can buy <a href=\"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/giftcert.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>:&gt;\u00a0for 6 days and get the 20% extra value!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So while starting the Christmas theme, I made this <strong>Christmas wish<\/strong> for all my website visitors, and blog subscribers:<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joseph-mary-jesus-300.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-498 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joseph-mary-jesus-300.png?resize=300%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Merry Christmas!\" width=\"300\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joseph-mary-jesus-300.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writers-exchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joseph-mary-jesus-300.png?resize=257%2C300&amp;ssl=1 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our new covers<\/strong> are nearly finished, though we had a hiccup and are having to redo all Jennifer St. Clair&#8217;s book covers, which includes &#8220;A Beth-Hill Novel&#8221; universe \ud83d\ude41<br \/>\nThese covers that are being replaced are currently in the slideshow in the footer of this blog. The new covers are even better in my opinion and I hope you all agree when we get all of them back from the artist and put them in the slideshow!<\/p>\n<p>In conjunction with my attempt to do more on social media, WEE will be trying to do more on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandyJCummins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter<\/a><\/strong> too, so please forgive any newbie mistakes:)<\/p>\n<p>As per last month&#8217;s News, the following has not been forgotten: &#8220;We really want to turn this blog into something exciting so we will be adding a lot more content over the next few months. Interviews that have been done with our authors over the years, free short stories that aren\u2019t available anywhere else, and when I get a moment to breathe we will be thinking up competitions too! I am hoping some of our more successful writers will share writing advice as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s to more exciting developments in the next few months, oh, and new books too! &lt;grin&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Sandy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Everyone!! This has been a great month! We have released a few books, we have been getting some awesome covers, I have found some online tools for social media (my pinterest page actually has stuff on it now!) and image manipulation, that I have been having a whale of a time with! As someone who is artistically challenged, with a husband and daughter who are incredibly talented in that area, art has long been a sore point for me&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tQiy-7W","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":75,"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198194,"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/198194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writers-exchange.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}