New names

This blog used to be named "Talk to K Lynn."  "K Lynn" is the penname I used to publish my novel Friends in Need on Amazon for Kindle.  The Amazon folks said I should have a blog, so I made one.

I haven't used it for much.  For a while my sister and I used it to post zentangle art on websites that required posting from a blog.  But we have found other ways to post.

Recently I have been pondering what I should do about the current situation in the U.S. with Donald Trump as the President-elect.  Especially since I live in Nicaragua and can't be physically present at protests, wear a safety pin, etc.  I decided I could at least talk to people electronically.  So I decided to change the nature of this blog and use it for my own personal reflections as we head into 2017, and to share things that come to my attention that I would like to pass on.

I'm going to publish these posts on my Facebook page as well.  I don't know if there's a way with this server (blogger.com) to set up a subscription or a way to follow the blog directly in your email.  Maybe if somebody does know how, they will let me know!

Anyway, I would be happy for folks to pass this along any way that occurs to you.  And, please, to make comments if you have any.  I'd love to have dialogue, even with -- no, especially with people who disagree with something I say.

Incidentally, I am working on another novel I'd like to publish on Amazon some day.  So if you want to talk about Friends in Need or if I want to talk about Chosen, I'll still use this blog as an author.

Thanks for "listening."

Kathy (KLF)

Moebius Challenge

Pat Floerke says:  I tangled and put together an actual moebius strip, holding in awareness as I tangled the love, strength, tenderness, determination and solidarity that shines through in Laura's blog.  Here's to you, Artoo, and to all others affected by Moebius Syndrome.

Here's mine

OK, Pat inspired me.  Here's my zentangle tile for the Challenge 200.  It's not nearly as pretty as hers (see it on 138 - Pat Floerk

My sister Pat Floerke and I are into zentangling.  She asked me to post this tile of hers on my blog so the zentangle community can link to it.  Glad to oblige!

I so seldom visit this page that I didn't even remember how to make a new posting.  One of my "new year's resolutions" is to be more active and maybe attract some readers.

Feedback?

I was so excited, actually overwhelmed, when I clicked "publish" and sent Friends in Need to Amazon.  I knew that friends of mine would buy the book and I hoped that they would encourage friends of theirs to buy it, too.  I envisioned maybe selling 100 or even 200 copies.

So far, friends of mine have in fact bought the book.  I think hardly any of them have had the time to read it.  I don't believe any of them have recommended it to another.  I think my total sales have been 12 or15copies.  At the urging of Amazon, I recently joined the "select" program where my book can be checked out rather than bought.  Nobody has checked it out to my knowledge.

I'd love to have feedback from anybody who has actually read the book.  What did you like about it, if anything?  What did you dislike about it?  Have you recommended it to a friend?

Any comments?

I had envisioned this blog to be kind of like a bulletin board where people could write in their own thoughts and observations.  I have now grasped that I am the only one who can post to my own blog, but that other people can add comments.  So I am posting this to invite any comments and from there we can all enter into a dialog.