December 2023 | Nightbane | KCK Soapery

                                                        

After finishing Lightlark, there is no way I will just stop and not continue on with Nightbane.  If a third book is coming, I will be there waiting in line for it too!

I always thought I am a mystery, thriller, suspense, doctor, lawyer, detective books kind of gal.  But this series is definitely going to widen my book choices for reading entertainment.  Thank you to friends at work for recommending and ever so willing to lend me their physical books.  The book covers made it so tempting to buy at times.  But my time of buying books for entertainment is done.  I now like reading digitally and so I just borrow from the library and waited for my turn.  

The characters Isla, Oro, Grim and others were all so captivating and once you read Lightlark, you just have to know what happens next.  Although the going back and forth between past memories and present events was a little bothersome at times, I enjoyed the book a lot.  This is the reason I am giving this book a 4 star.

Isla ended up with Oro in Lightlark with her memories of Grim erased before the Centennial.  Now, these memories are coming back slowly with details that could be helpful to save Lightlark from being destroyed by Grim who is coming to wage war in less than a month.  Isla is still learning to wield her powers and learning how to rule both Wildling and Starling realms.  Now she has to find ways to help save Lightlark as well.

Now that her memories are coming back, intimacy between Isla and Grim is not just dreams that usually get interrupted in Lightlark.  Now we have more detailed description of events, I would not recommend this to young readers unless they already read a lot of books with love scenes or are experienced already.

Thanks for visiting!

Glynith

 

November 2023 | November Affiliate Marketing Income | KCK Soapery

    I don't have any new sales in any of my links.  Got a few clicks on all my affiliates which for now includes Nurture Soap, Mavely, and Amazon.  I've been busy making soaps for inventory for my upcoming craft show on the 2nd of December.

Here is an image from the facebook support group.  Her Amazon is busy, she have lots of sales but is not the amount she expected after all the work she did.  This report is not enough to replace her real job and she is contemplating just quitting.

Here is my report for October to November.  I lost one of my commission from last month but did not get any new sale.  So far, it has some clicks but no new sales.  It is totally understandable since I haven't been posting anything much about Amazon affiliate because I knew there will be changes in the new year.

    Although it is nice to know that I am not alone in this challenge of bringing people to click and really shop in your link.  I am hopeful that if I just continue, it will get better.  But with the upcoming changes, we will just have to see if things will be easier to post and attract people or if it will just make affiliate marketing life more difficult.  

    Amazon affiliate support groups in facebook are all ranting about a big change in the Amazon platform which will include pictures/images not included in sitestripe.  So that means affiliates have to ask permission from the manufacturers to post pictures when the change starts or buy the products to post. This is one reason why I haven't posted too much about my links yet.  I want to know what the big change will be then go from there.  But I also can't ignore the fact that it is the biggest shopping season of the year so I have another Amazon shopping post before this.

Thank you for stopping by!

Glynith

November 2023 | Gifts for Christmas 2023 | KCK Soapery

Here is a list of gifts for this Christmas.  Hopefully, they will help you with Black Friday shopping and check off some things in your list.  They were in my notification today and I thought they will be great for everyone.

Amazon is changing their affiliate platform and some big changes are happening.  That is why I haven't been actively making posts with Amazon links.

For now, enjoy your shopping here while I can still post images.

Thank you so much for your support!

Hope you enjoy your shopping.

Thank you so much for your support.

Glynith

November 2023 | Lightlark | KCK Soapery

 Lightlark

This book was recommended by a friend at work.  I am glad she did. Once I start, I can't put it down.  It is a fantasy book about six realms that were cursed and a land "Lightlark" that appears every 100 years to welcome the rulers to a game and the winner get to free the realms and its people from the curse.  A game where they outsmart each other to survive, strategize their demonstrations to see who is the weakest and who to team up with and who to sacrifice.

Isla is a ruler who grew up thinking she does not have any powers but is trained as a warrior, the other rulers all have powers.  She was also trained to seduce the King of Lightlark so he will give her his powers.  The book include curses, prophecies, oracles, betrayal, magic, lies, loyalty and love.

It was a page turner.  I can't put it down right when Isla portalled into her room to get ready to leave for the "Centennial" games.    

If you like the Hunger Games, you will like this.  Lightlark have realms instead of districts.  Killing and surviving started right away in Panem, but is not allowed until the 50th day in Lightlark.  The writing style is not as Suzanne Collins but it was still an entertaining read you can't put down even though you already know who betrays, who loves and who lies almost right when they all met.  Alex Aster did put in a few twists to the story so I did not mind the obvious.  It was a fun book to read and I can't wait to read "Nightbane" the second book in this series.

Reviewers are scattered all over the spectrum on this. However, I enjoyed it, I am giving it a 4 out of 5.  Alex for sure is not lacking in the imagination and she is a good story writer.  There is a hint of some intimacy in a dream.  So I will say, this can be young reader appropriate.  Unless your kid is totally sheltered from kissing and touching scenes, then refrain for a while.

Enjoy!

November 2023 | St. Paul Lutheran Ladies' Aid Craft Fair | KCK Soapery

Picture above are the cured soaps getting ready to be wrapped for my first craft show after Covid on Saturday, November 4, 2023.

A big thank you to my friend "C" for inviting me to join in their church craft show that benefits the Ladies' Aid group.

I bought a table cloth that was much smaller than the tables provided by the church so I decided to just plop the soaps on top of the cloth but it was so wrinkly and so unprofessional.

I practiced putting together these shelves I bought before Covid but was not able to use since the craft show I planned for it was cancelled.  Our dining table looked too crowded with the shelves so I decided to just use one shelf for the show.

My friend "C" got me another table cloth she has on stash and let me borrow it.  Printed a few descriptions of the fragrance oil but it was not the look I was imagining.  It looks so sloppy!  Give me suggestions please.

When people started streaming in my final look was the pic below.  The descriptions were just placed below the shelf.  Better but still need improvement for sure.

Pictures below are my neighbor crafters tables.

Woodburning by Jessie Steven's.  She was woodburning whenever there was a lull and it is definitely interesting to watch.  She made me a pendant, drew what I suggested, burning it on the wood pendant, and finally done after a while.

Simply Beautiful art:

AMW Designs made freeze dried candies and knitting art designs by a friend.  We bought freeze dried skittles and they were yummy.  

There were a lot more tables, I just did not get to everyone this time around.

Hopefully, I get to join them again next year!

Off searching for our next craft show.  Hoping to be able to still join a December show just to get the word out that I am back with my soaping again. 

Thank you for stopping by!

November 2023 | Mavely Affiliate | KCK Soapery

                                      

    I came across Mavely affiliate program when I was searching for support for Amazon affiliates.  The company started in 2019 and has been growing to about 500+ reputable companies and is working with 25K+ influencers.

    The program is so much easier to sign up and navigate than Amazon and you get a shop you can share if you want to use it or you can just share links to all your social media.

    You get commission on what you buy, what you sell, when your friends and family buys or sells, and when you share the opportunity.  This makes it so much preferable than Amazon which limits what sites you can share your links to and sales from yourself, from friends and family is not included in the commission.  

Here is a youtube video on how you earn with Mavely. It definitely sounds like we can all earn from this program without too many rules to follow.  Check out my link below and let's earn a side hustle earning while shopping.  There is no fee! It costs nothing to be an affiliate with any of the companies I am working with.

Join Mavely by clicking here

Thank you for stopping by.

Glynith

Here is my shop that I generated with my mavely shop link.:

mave.ly/kcksoapery

 

October 2023 | Online Income Report After One Month | KCK Soapery

    It was this time last month when I started thinking about getting my soaping up again and monetizing my social media.  

      I got my official letter this morning and got all the three sales I needed to be officially an Amazon affiliate.   I am just doing this on my free time for now.  If you give more time for it, I am sure you can get better revenue as well.  I also sold a few artisan soaps and body butters!

    I applied to be an affiliate at Nurture Soap first and after a few weeks I did earn $8.51 from the link.  You can click on it and buy anything for your soaping needs.  They have great products and you can follow me in my facebook page KCKsoapery to watch my reels and videos (live and uploaded) using their products.

    Next, I applied to be an affiliate with Amazon.  Click for any shopping needs that you have. Prices are the same.  Register for any Amazon subscriptions including audible, prime movies, and shop for anything they offer.  I will earn commissions on any qualified sales and registrations.  So far, I earned $0.20 from a protein shake somebody bought and $0.72 from a denture adhesive. My link sold after I joined a blogger facebook support group made by thesheapproach, where we reciprocate buying from each other links.  I have been listening to her and reading her blog, not ready to do any paying subscription yet though.  Maybe soon enough when I get all my websites and social media into a better shape.  Just now, I made a sale for 2 water bottles which earned me $0.63 and $0.66 each and completed my requirement to be a full Amazon affiliate. 

    Here's to more clicks, shares and follows.  Let me know what you want to see on all these social media.  What will make you come back and visit often then?

    Thank you so much to all my supporters.

Glynith