Lena Kovadlo's Creative Passion

Front cover of the thrilling novella I published for Barbara Kasey Smith.

Front cover for the book (a collection of short stories and personal quotes) I published for Regis Auffray. 

Front cover for the book (a collection of poetry and lyrics) I published for Michael James Kaiser. 

For the first time I ever I decided to reduce the price of my book Treasure to under $5. I was only going to keep it at that price for a week but I decided to keep it that way for a little bit longer. I am not sure for how long I will keep it at such a discount, so now is the best time to get the book if you haven’t gotten it already. 

Treasure is a story written in poetic form filled with adventure, emotion, love and beauty... It’s a story about a guy named Fin who finds a female lying on the shore of an island. He ends up falling in love with her and both set out to explore the island. Not all is perfect though as obstacles try to tear them apart... The question is whether or not they can weather these obstacles and also keep their love alive in the process. 

I always wanted to be a published author. Now that I am, with nine books in print, I want to help others make that dream a reality as well. I now help others publish books. Not only do I publish books for authors but I also help get the books distributed to Amazon, etc. and help with book promotion too. And I don’t charge a lot to do it. 

I am so excited that my debut novel The Secret Life of Ashley Miles is finally published and available for others to read and enjoy. The novel is very dear to me because it is based on my own personal experiences. 

The Secret Life of Ashley Miles is a story about a nineteen-year-old girl named Ashley Miles and her life after graduating high school. The things that Ashley goes through are things that many people face in their life after high school. There is the issue of finding a good job, moving out on your own, making your dreams a reality and last but not least finding that special someone who will make your life complete and will want to be with you for the long run.

All these things are not easy to achieve and everything doesn't always go the way you want them to go. Sometimes when you think that everything is finally going your way it can all go crumbling down and bring you back to where you started. And then you have to dust yourself off and try again because giving up is not an option. And that's what Ashley Miles experiences in her life.

I write because I love it but it's also great that I am able to earn money doing it.

At the end of July, while browsing the forums of HubPages, where I write articles, I stumbled upon a thread where people were talking about Bubblews - a site that allows to write while earning money for it. What attracted me to the site, and why I joined it, was that we earn from views, likes, comments and social media shares that occur on our posts. That is unheard of on any other site that allows us to make money online with our writing.

I decided to give this site a try and see if I can earn anything on there and be successful earnings wise. I ended up making three redemptions on that site totaling just over $75. And I keep on earning there. In total, I am almost at $100. That is amazing! It's only nearing a half a year of being on that site and already I've achieved more earnings wise than I did on HubPages as on HubPages it takes me over a half a year just to get $50. I know I am not making anywhere near what others are making on Bubblews but I am earning and so I will continue to write for Bubblews. I write there under the username lovebuglena.

Bubblews is more of a blog type site where posts can be short and don't necessarily need to educate or have informative content. They can just be about what's on our minds, what we've been through, what we hope to achieve, what we are dreaming about, etc... And they don't have to be lengthy. That's good although I sometimes have a hard time keeping a post short.

I don't necessarily love everything people post on there but some stuff is actually interesting and worth reading.

I am glad I joined the site and I hope that I will see even more success in the future. I love that I can earn by writing, which is something I've always wanted to do.

I love to cook and am excited that I am able to share my recipes with others thanks to HubPages, my cooking blog (Lena's Culinary Delights), and of course Facebook.

While I share my recipes on my profile and also have my cooking page on Facebook - Lena's Culinary Delights - where I share my recipes and other cooking related things, I thought it would be great to create a cooking group on Facebook where those that love to cook, whether professionals or not, can interact with each other and share recipes and recipe photos, cooking and presentation tips, and anything related to food and the culinary arts.

If you love to cook check out my cooking group page...

Creative Culinary Delights.

I have always wanted to write and publish a novel. One day after coming home from the library this title came into my head - The Secret Life of Ashley Miles. This title led me on the novel writing journey. It took many, many months (with a few hiatus breaks in between) for me to bring the novel to life from start to finish.

Writing a novel is hard but editing the novel is even harder. After all, you want it to be the best that it can be. You want an interesting story that readers will enjoy from start to finish, that they can connect with and that will move them in some way and leave a lasting impression.

I have been editing the novel for a long time and even asked some people to read it and let me know their thoughts. They told me the novel was great and that they enjoyed it but they couldn't offer any suggestions for improvement. I thought to myself, That's it. The novel is done. No need for anymore changes. I can go ahead and publish it.