Found a great vet in Cuenca, Ecuador: will treat emergencies!

Dr. Javier Gallardo, Cuenca, Ecuador veterinarian

We had a vet emergency on a Sunday night. Tried calling every vet listed with 24 hour emergency designation and either they didn't answer, or would not come in.Then we found a phone number for  Dr. Gallardo. He said to come to his clinic, where he met us and treated our dog. He was wonderful! We will use him for both pets, and highly recommend.his services. He speaks very little English but uses a Spanish translator on his PC and this worked fine for us.

His phone number is 2816869 or 0987232618. He was featured in a news story at http://www.eltiempo.com.ec/noticias-cuenca/120811-veterinaria-gallardo-con-nuevo-local/

It's like this: I love my animals more than most people. It scared the heck out of me when my new, little rescue dog got so sick, and I couldn't help her. Cheryl ate something BAD on the street and started getting very ill, late at night. So I was so thankful to find this nice vet!

The Plan Starts in New York City, Moves to the Mississippi Delta, and Winds Up in the South American Andes of Ecuador

A sunset in the Andes of Ecuador

I am so close! The Plan is in final editing stages. From here, it goes to a formatter, and then to Amazon! The cover has been designed, and it's fantastic. I am so excited to be about to share this book with  my friends. Here's the basic summary:

A sunset in the Mississippi Delta

The Plan is A MURDER MYSTERY, HISTORICAL FICTION THRILLER that opens in New York City, but quickly moves to the Deep South. The bond between Clinton and Joe, two gay, black lawyers (one of them, married) is broken when Joe is found hanged. A suicide seems impossible to Clint, and Joe’s widow is acting cagey. Clinton Moore thinks Joe was murdered, and that his and Joe’s shared obsession, investigating and fact gathering about the cover-up of various murders of civil rights activists, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and of John F. Kennedy, is the reason for Joe’s death. Clinton feels he is next on the list, and that solving Joe’s murder is his only chance of survival. When he discovers that Joe’s wife has been spirited away to South America, he sends his trusted legal assistant, Mollie, to Ecuador to check it out. (See more at: http://ebooksfromsusan.com.)

Got to get to work,, though. Thanks for stopping by!  Susan Klopfer

#BookPromotion Tips : Vastly disregarded ways to bring attention to your book #amwriting #writing #writers

#BookPromotion Tips : Vastly disregarded ways to bring attention to your book #amwriting #writing #writers

If you've decided to write books for retirement income, you need to read this article on Search Engine Optimization. It's critical that you understand book marketing, otherwise you won't move your books. As I wind down writing The Plan, my time will now be spent marketing it. That's the fun part! SEO is critical. I will be sharing such tips from time to time, because I know that many of you are interested in self publishing. Please share your ideas, here. Thanks.

Want to be a part of self-publishing? Even if you don't write? Try some some Fan Fiction!

Fan Fiction -- fun to do. Keeps boredome away!

I just learned about this, and it sounds pretty cool.A way to earn some income in publishing, even if you don't write. I can imagine someone enjoying this if they like to read and spend their time hunting down good books.

AMAZON LAUNCHES ITS KINDLE WORLDS STORE AND SELF-SERVICE PUBLISHING
PLATFORM FOR FAN FICTION WRITERS

The model allows any budding writer to submit and publish original stories in the Kindle
Worlds Store based on the world or works of an existing media franchise. Amazon will
then pay royalties to both the creator of the fan fiction and the original right’s holder;
the standard author’s rate for fiction that is at least 10,000 words in length is 35 percent.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1001197421

Fan fiction (alternatively referred to as fan-fiction, fanfiction, fanfic, fanon, FF, or
simply fic) is a broadly-defined fan labor term for stories about characters or settings
written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction

Here's what a few of our authors had to say about Kindle Worlds: 

"This was downright fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants, take-chances, go-places-you've-never-been fun. It reminded me of being a kid: reading comics and just living in a completely different reality for a while. Archer & Armstrong are great characters, worlds away from what I usually write. I felt I could take chances, do things differently, and simply have a good time going where the story took me." —Carolyn Nash, writing in Archer & Armstrong

"I love challenges that can take my writing in new directions, and it was blast to write a story set in the Valiant universe, with themes and characters that don't normally appear in my writing. I also enjoyed writing from the point of view of a teen and preteen character." —Jason Starr, writing in Harbinger

"This writing style is something I've been doing for years, though the world is very different with the ghosts and the powers. I just dug in and—hopefully—did some of the writing I do best. I know I had a good time." —Mel Odom, writing in Shadowman and The Foreworld Saga

Cuenca, Ecuador Writers In Transition Gets Set ForThursday, July 4 Monthly Reading; Free and Open to the Public

Tom, attending a meeting of Cuenca's Writers In Transition, or WIT,  listens to feedback on his presentation. The group presents public readings  at  p.m.Thursday, July 4, at the Calif. Kitchen Restaurant. Open to the Pubic and Free.

This Thursday, on the 4th of July, Cuenca writers are getting together to read from our current works. We're all retired expats -- this is what we do with a good share of our time -- and it's a lot of fun.

If it were not for this group, I know that I wouldn't be able to write The Plan. It's the most difficult book that I've ever written, because it is fiction. And I am used to writing news stories and nonfiction books.

But the challenge has been so good for me, and I encourage other retirees to think about writing -- a poem, a short story, a diary, letters to your children of grandchildren. It is just a wonderful, creative way to spend your time.

I am impressed that we have just as many men in our group (well, almost) as women. It is hard for guys to retire  I'm going to make this generalization  (and I guess that I apologize), but from my observations, men often have a harder time finding good stuff to do when they retire. But these men who regularly attend WIT meet with the group almost every week, and they are accomplished writers.

If you are a writer, or a wannabe writer, and live in Cuenca, Ecuador, please attend our weekly meeting at 12:30 p.m. each Thursday at the California Kitchen. We usually have lunch, but you can come and have a cup of coffee or tea with us. We won't "make" you read. Just come and listen and see how the group functions.

Meanwhile, I hope to see lots of people come to our monthly reading this Thursday. We decided to go ahead and do our regular thing, even though it is the 4th of July. The group  may be smaller, but we know it will be fun, especially if YOU'RE there. Susan

Here's your invitation:

Writers in Transition (WIT)

presents

An Evening of the Spoken Word

California Kitchen Restaurant

Luis Cordero 5-65 y Honorato Vasquez

4th July 2013 . Thursday . 7pm

Free Admission . Cash Bar

Authors

"Masada"

by Anne Carr

A story of love and expecting the unexpected.

"A Fish Tale"

by Suzanne Freddie

This is a short short story inspired by a Greek Myth: Bauccis and Philemon from Ovid.

"Bridge... Slightly Revised"

by Manon Stephenson

A small group lightens up a serious game.

"The Writer", Chapter 32 of The Plan

by Susan Kopfler

Lawyer Clinton Moore arrives in Ecuador; he visits the Cuenca Jazz Club and meets a journalist who will help him find his dead lover's wife!

"Noah's Ark"

by Frances Augusta Hogg

Who would say no to the gift of a wombat?