baseball

My 5yr old daughter had her first every baseball game today. It went a lot better than her first practice went. She wasn't as shy and didn't need us out there with her. She hit the ball on the first pitch a couple of times, though the first time she was on base she didn't know where to go. But it went very well and she had a lot of fun. It was a good time had by everyone.

Spellbound By Books

I am on Spellbound By Books today talking about A Soul Worth Taking. You can also enter a drawing where 2 free copies of the book are being given away. Check it out

http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2011/04/guest-post-by-rye-james-and-giveaway.html

design changes

I'm probably going to be doing some experimenting with the blog in the next few weeks. As stated in the last post I'm going to post about some personal stuff more. But I'm also trying to change the look of the blog. To be honest, it looks kind of boring. I added the slideshow of my books  to the right so people can find them easier if they so desire. That's a good start. I'm also going to be adding other features...what, I'm not exactly sure yet. I just want more content and less 'blah'. So I'm on the lookout. Anybody has suggestions or ideas feel free to email me.

little league

I'm going to venture off the regular path of blog topics today. Usually I only discuss my writing stuff. I think I'm now going to occasionally talk about personal things as it appears some readers like to know things like that...trying to get to know a writer they like.

My 5yr old daughter had her first baseball practice on Sunday. Didn't start off too well. She's incredibly shy at first and isn't outgoing at all when meeting new people. She didn't want me to leave her side as she's playing catch with another kid and everytime I started to leave the field to go watch from the bleachers she started to cry. At one point she said she wanted to stop and go. My wife then stayed with her and after another twenty minutes or so began to warm up to everything. The practice was about 2 hours and she eventually stayed out there on her own, hitting, running the bases, and standing out in the field. So when the practice was over she said she had fun and wanted to come back. They handed out hats and shirts and we went to the store to get her spikes. I asked her what was the matter at the beginning and she said she wasn't sure what to expect.

All in all it was a great day. I played baseball for quite a few years and I have to say that I think I was more nervous watching her than I ever was when I played. Her first actual game is next week, will have to get out the camcorder for that one. The joys of having children.

Special Thanks

Now that A Soul Worth Taking has been released, I wanted to give a shout out to Jeffry Hepple. Jeff formatted the book for Kindle, Nook, and Smashwords. Jeff is also an author of some historical fiction that you should definitely check out.

Here's his Amazon author page to check out his books:

http://www.amazon.com/Jeffry-S.-Hepple/e/B002BM69BO/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

Amazon release!

A Soul Worth Taking is now available on Amazon for the Kindle!

Click here:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004V02A3K

Happy downloading!

Release of A Soul Worth Taking

For you Nook users, A Soul Worth Taking is available now!! It's being offered at an introductory price of only .99!! The cover is not yet up there, but it is embedded in the story once you download it. It will only be at that price for a few weeks so hurry and get your copy.


http://search.barnesandnoble.com/A-Soul-Worth-Taking/Rye-James/e/2940012295224

For those of you who use mobipocket (still 99 cents), the link is here:

http://www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/eBookDetails.asp?BookID=429756

And for those who like the variety of options at smashwords:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/51084


For the Kindle users, it should be available within the next 24 hours...I will have another post when it's ready. Download away, all!