Techie Stuff

As I was making my morning Twitter browse, I stumbled upon a tweet by author Debra Kayn sharing some sort of electronic “autograph” for her ebooks. Of course, my interest was caught. For those of you who don’t know me, I am fascinated by science and technology. The digital world is ev

…The Carina Press widget! Carina is really embracing digital promotion, with widgets and promo vids as shown in the previous post. Pretty cool for a new and fresh e-press!

Hello Friends! Just wanted to point you to my new redesign of my website! Websites are always a work in progress. I am not completely pleased with my website program but one day I shall have a website that I am completely happy with. Check it out at www.KellyParra.com. Also, one of th

I was lurking on a Twitter Kid Lit Chat last night and social networking sites were brought up. Do Twitter, Myspace, Facebook really help spread the word about books? What kind of updates/tweets do you like to read? Is Twitter replacing blogs? How do writers keep these social networks

I’ve finally purchased one. An Amazon Kindle 2. I’d just like to point out, the Amazon Kindle is not perfect and I very much still love paper books. Books and book stores give me a tranquil euphoria that is hard to explain. So why did I buy a K2? For convenience and down t

Okay, I’m trying something new! Podcasting. *chuckle* On this playlist I have the first “LV” Cast and as well as an excerpt of Invisible Touch. I’m hoping to produce a monthly podcast so we’ll see how it goes. I’m also trying this out as a Q &

Have you heard of Skype? It is a communicating program where you can have conference calls from computer to computer for free! No matter where you live, free long distance when both callers have accounts and no exchanging of phone numbers. I was contacted by As Written By for a Skype

I was going through this little debate yesterday…should I join Goodreads and Facebook?? I’m already with Library Thing and Myspace. Do I need another page?? haha. I had tried Facebook a couple of months ago, and even though it was very organized, I felt a little constricte

UPDATE: Secret fates will now launch in October! I’m excited about September, and not only because INVISIBLE TOUCH will be released, but because September 1st begins The Secret Fates Extravaganza! I put together a short promo vid on the authors participating. It’s going to

Page proofs are mailed off for Invisible Touch. Whew. I’m sort of at the “I don’t know how readers will feel about Touch.” It was the same feeling with GG. I had no idea who would enjoy GG. I thought I’d help relate to some young readers, you know? Get th