Just wanted to share an extract from this week’s tarotscopes with my Patrons. I thought you might like it 😀 Mercury retrograde is here, and it’s an airy, windy week! Fortunately, for most it’s a lighter, positive time ushering in some beautiful new energy and beginnings or opportunities. For others, there are still some older…
Happy New Year! You made it to 2023! For many, we’re winding up some old stuff before we get into the new. Expect 2023 to really start going in February, after the Mercury Retrograde is over! In the meantime, clear the decks for an interesting year!
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2023 is finally ‘gettin’ going’ and it’s looking to be an interesting time! Love and light to you all! Water Signs Pisces 00:30Cancer 13:17Scorpio 30:34 Fire Signs Aries 00:20Leo 11:45Sagittarius 24:45 Earth Signs Taurus 00:20Virgo 11:23Capricorn 35:40 Air Signs Gemini 00:30Libra 14:32Aquarius 36:29
Here we are that end of another year! Time’s warping for most of us, but it’s bringing up some parts of ourselves that need healing, and showing us where we’re succeeding, too!
It’s been a rollercoaster year so far and the last months of it might only bring some relief during those peaceful last two weeks. Remember not to schedule too many things around then, and to use some of that time to relax and replenish yourself 😀
2023 is knocking at the door. Are you ready for all the opportunities it’s bringing. If you’re not, that’s okay!
Happy New Year! You made it to 2023! For many, we’re winding up some old stuff before we get into the new. Expect 2023 to really start going in February, after the Mercury Retrograde is over! In the meantime, clear the decks for an interesting year! Love and light to you all! Earth Signs Capricorn…
I’m on time! Yay! Yep, even though it’s Mercury Retrograde time again, some things are getting back to normal!
Take a deep breath and try not to stress. This retrograde shouldn’t be as difficult as the previous ones. All the same, take some time to attend those niggly things that you don’t want to carry into the festive season and beyond! 2023 is just around the corner!
We’re being asked to be true to ourselves and know what we now desire for our reimagined future!
Your free tarot heads up for May and June Better late than never! Some interesting progress for some signs (well done Aries!) and still some way to go for others; confirming many of your weekly tarotscopes!
Your free tarot heads up for May and June Better late than never! Some interesting progress for some signs (well done Aries!) and still some way to go for others; confirming many of your weekly tarotscopes!
Okay, so I’m late again in posting this, but here it is! The bad news is July has started off a little bit hectic, mostly because it’s like a reset to the year.
And that’s a good thing, even if the world feels a little wobbly 😀
It’s time to re-evaluate if what you wanted in January and February this year (a life time ago, right?) is still resonating with you now, because those opportunities are now off-hold and arriving fast. If they’re no longer for you, don’t despair. Put what you’d like to create and experience next out there all 😀
This will the third year running that we’ve offered this, and looking back I’m still blown away by the wisdom and group messages that have come through since 2019. Have a look at last year’s Valentine’s Messages for us all. Many thanks to those whose requests for letters and messages brought out these pearls of…
In this insane start to the next quarter year, I think Pink and Willow Sage Hart express the sentiments many of us have for the world just now. Fortunately, the sunshine always returns no matter how dark some times get because we all carry the light within ourselves and no one can tell the sun…
Better late than never! Some interesting progress for some signs (well done Aries!) and still some way to go for others; confirming many of your weekly tarotscopes!
Many of us may be getting ‘no’s’ from the universe at this time, but that’s because the universe is working to ensure your greater future freedoms and to avoid you getting stuck in energies and situations that will require more effort/heart-break to release. So, hang in there. Most of us will be getting much more clarity and definite signs of progress after the Mercury Retrograde—possibly in late July and early August 😀
For now, be weather-proof and keep those vibes high! It’s a wonderful time to meet new people and experience new situations. So, enjoy the temporary. It’s revealing some possibilities you may never had thought likely!
Don’t miss my 222 and 2222 sale from 10 January until 28 February 2022 😀 On Etsy Get my channeled letter from your future spouse, life partner or pet for $22.22. Add a mini-reading on the letter, if you’d like at no further cost. That’s 2 for $22.22! In eBook Stores If you’d had an…
The kettle has died! Mercury Retrograde is here! Take a deep breath. You’ve gotten this down to an art by now. There are other aspects to the next two months that will bring joy, movement, progress, and healing. Most may be starting off the new year on a low-note or with carried-over energies from December.…
Phew! It’s been a while since I got to catch up with you. I’m pretty sure you’ve also found the last three months full of topsy-turvy moments, insane obligations and other stuff that makes you glad it’s finally the Holidays! Maybe not for long, but it’s welcome, nevertheless. So, Happy Holidays! Good news for air…
In this insane start to the next quarter year, I think Pink and Willow Sage Hart express the sentiments many of us have for the world just now.
Fortunately, the sunshine always returns no matter how dark some times get because we all carry the light within ourselves and no one can tell the sun not to shine. Let that light shine bright and help heal those that need healing and comfort.
On another fortunate note, from mid-March onwards things are looking much brighter for most 😀
Yep, I went ahead and opened a store. To my surprise, South African vendors are supported, allowing us to join the global store easily. Take this as an official invite to redeem the 10% Off anything on my Etsy Store with the Come Anytime Coupon. Just click below to claim your coupon and support this…
OMG! That time already! Wow! It’s the end of 2021! Happy Holidays to you! But before we get there, there’s still some work to do, places to see, and people to meet. And hang onto to your yourself. It’s windy out there, and more bluster doesn’t help! 😀 If you’d like a weekly heads up,…
A quick free tarot reading to help you shift that energy and find some fun the easy way! Timestamps below. Please note that these are general readings for your entertainment and enlightenment, and may not resonate with everyone, or on every aspect. If you like this reading, you might also like my weekly podcast or…
Take a deep breath. You’ve gotten this down to an art by now. There are other aspects to the next two months that will bring joy, movement, progress, and healing. Most may be starting off the new year on a low-note or with carried-over energies from December. But, fear not! By mid-January onwards, 2022 really kickstarts things and you’ll get some exercise keeping up with everything 😀
Happy 2022! It’s going to be an amazing year 😀
If you’d like a two-week heads up or audio Pick-A-Cards, be sure to listen to my podcast for free, Details below 😀
Hanson Roberts, Lightseers Tarot, Vice Versa Tarot, Food Fortunes Timestamps below. As requested by a patron, a flip through four of my decks with some discussion/rambling about the interpretation and illustrations, particularly at the beginning. Timestamps Hanson-Roberts Tarot mini-cards 01:00 Lightseers Tarot 11:50 Vice Versa 27:19 Food Fortunes 43:30 Listen to your weekly heads up…
Oops! I felt Mercury Retro arriving (with many ‘where’s my head moments’) and thought it wasn’t going to be for a another two months! But it’s from end September to late October, so heads up! But isn’t it a good thing I got this tarotscope out in time? 😀 Time to halt those tech buys,…
This week I used my new Light Seers Tarot for your heads up for the week. You can watch the video of this reading here, or download the audio as usual:-D Time to reset and Enjoy!
Wow! It’s the end of 2021! Happy Holidays to you! But before we get there, there’s still some work to do, places to see, and people to meet. And hang onto to your yourself. It’s windy out there, and more bluster doesn’t help! 😀
If you’d like a weekly heads up, be sure to subscribe to my podcast for free, Details below 😀
Watch your Special Weekly Tarotscope here. Your Weekly Tarotscopes: 22 to 28 August 2021 Something new! This week I used my new Food Fortunes cards for suggestions for your menu as well as your heads up for the week. You can watch the video of this reading on my Patreon Channel, or download the audio…
Volunteer to be one of my guinea pig readees in the form below and I’ll answer your question to the best of my ability to read these new cards in a single free mini-reading of a few sentences or a short audio. Special shout-out to my awesome subscribed patrons who’ll be getting free full readings…
Phew! What a July! We survived! Now, it’s time to get back to business and making progress. And apologies for the late posting. With my new job, it’s getting harder to find the time to do your monthlies on time. This month, I’ve done a special channelled message from a crystal for each sign with…
Oops! I felt Mercury Retro arriving (with many ‘where’s my head moments’) and thought it wasn’t going to be for a another two months! But it’s from end September to late October, so heads up! But isn’t it a good thing I got this tarotscope out in time? 😀 Time to halt those tech buys, check your transport and other stuff we do to get through Mercury’s wobbly days easily 😀
If you’d like a weekly heads up, be sure to subscribe to my podcast for free, Details below 😀
Phew! What a July! We survived! Now, it’s time to get back to business and making progress.
And apologies for the late posting. With my new job, it’s getting harder to find the time to do your monthlies on time. This month, I’ve done a special channelled message from a crystal for each sign with totally random messages.
Don’t forget, if you’d like your weekly tarotscopes, subscribe for free to Way I See It With Leenna. Details down below.
Mercury Retrograde is here! And (in a little channeled message for my Patron’s) it’s going to be quite a ride! Rollercoasters and all that. So, eat healthy and eat lightly. Just saying…
And apologies for the late posting. With my new job, it’s getting harder to find the time to do your monthlies on time.
Don’t forget, if you’d like your weekly tarotscopes, subscribe for free to Way I See It With Leenna. Details down below.
Enjoy the ride and stay safe at all times–keep those hands close to your sides 😀
This TBR Love is part audio with my new podcast—Way I See It: eBooks For Travelers. In the fourth episode, I discuss the some of the books in the Dead In The Water Mystery and Thriller Giveaway.
Don’t forget to check out the fantastic giveaways on Prolific Works, including my own Situation No Win sample of the first five chapters. My eBook is also discounted at most retailers until early May 2021 😀
Why eBooks For Travelers? Whether on the move or in armchairs, ebooks are lighter by far and—I believe more eco-friendly!
Giveaways!
22 March to 5 April 2021: Romance in every subgenre.
23 March to 6 April 2021: Actions and thrills, long and short reads.
Little Known, Highly Recommended
Featured in the podcast e-Books For Travelers episode
Kick Back by Phil Savage
An Alex Munday book Volume 1
Alex Munday, ex football star, now struggling for credibility as a journalist and PR troubleshooter.
The seedier side of football and organised crime from match fixing and gambling to money laundering to illegal contracts with players, and even international gang wars.
Bloodbath in Rio by Gus Heyerdahl
A Tor Medina Thriller Novella
Set in the Morros of Rio, Tor’s family is massacred and he immediately seeks revenge. Helped by a neighbour and Tor’s girlfriend, Morena. This fast-paced story covers just a few days of this turning point in Tor’s life.
Don’t Let Her Go by JG Alva
Standalone novella
Jamie Richards and his wife are out shopping with their daughter, Amy, in Bristol, UK. When Amy is abducted at knife point, both parents go to extreme lengths to get her back.
So, ja, it’s been just over three months already since I first started my official podcast Way I See It With Leenna and I thought I’d do a review of this podcast service.
Looking at my unimpressive stats, you’re probably wondering if I’m celebrating this milestone or not. Well, I am! But before I get into why, let me first take you through my experience with Buzzsprout so far.
It all Began When…
Oh, I don’t know when…Probably back in 2017, just after I came off the weekday radio slot at LotusFm and wondered how best to start my own regular podcast that suited my schedule (or non-schedule) better. Or maybe it began back when I was teaching in China and occasionally stumbled upon some awesome podcasts on iHeart Radio and thought I’d like to do something like that…
In any case, I decided to go the Patreon way back in 2018 and haven’t regretted it, though, as usual, my subscriber count is very low. As I prefer quality over quantity, I’m very happy with my awesome patrons and what we’re doing over on that channel. But back to Buzzsprout.
In November/December 2020, I decided I was finally ready to do the weekly tarotscopes and thought it would be great to have it distributed to Spotify and Apple. I went back to researching podcast hosting sites. I’d done so in 2017 and couldn’t afford them back then, not that I can afford them much now, but more about that later. This time I came across Buzzsprout as an alternative to Podbean. (I honestly think the podcasting community might be too into coffee, but never mind). I liked the feel of Buzzsprout, but what really sold me was their pay-as-you-go plan and their free plan. Currently, I’m using their free plan with 2 hours of audio and 3 months of hosting for each episode. Once its three months are up, that episode is deleted. If I exceed 2 hours of uploads for a monthly cycle, then I can upgrade for the month to get an additional hour for only $4. This is what sold me. It suits my weekly content needs and my tatty-string budget perfectly! I have plans to add extra content like the eBooks For Travelers episodes and, hopefully, interviews in the future when I can get onto the regular $12 per month plan. But for now, while I’m building up from my 2-11 person audience that I’ve achieved so far via Buzzsprout, I’m happy with the plan.
How I Clicked With the Upload Button
So, me being me, I did my research the night before and got the deets for the artwork, description, file types and stuff like that. I decided to use the same branding as Leennascreativebox as I’ve been doing tarotscopes here since 2016 or so, and it just made sense. It was all ridiculously easy with the name of the podcast being the hardest part of the process for me. On that same night, I recorded three episodes (it was a busy period and I didn’t want to stress about recording episodes over Christmas) and converted them into mp3 format using VLC.
I can’t remember if I registered the night before or the day I uploaded. I don’t think it would have made a difference anyway. Things just ran very smoothly from the start.
On the morning of my first upload, I created the podcast channel complete with branded artwork, filled in the deets with the descriptions, categories etc., then went to the big green upload button and marvelled at how quickly my audio loaded. It was all done in less than 10 minutes. That was the Friday. I scheduled my first episode for that Saturday morning—less than 24 hours.
Then, mindful that I had a busy week, I uploaded the other two episodes and waited to see what happened.
What Happened the First and Second Week
First thing that Friday of the first upload, I got an email from Buzzsprout for each upload, telling me the episode was successfully uploaded and I had x amount of free upload time for the month.
That Friday, I was also able to choose my distribution. When I clicked on the distribution tab, my podcast was already in Spotify, Deezer, and a couple of others. I was then able to apply for distribution to Apple (it’s a bit of process, but not too bad), Stitcher (less of a process), iHeart Radio (I wasn’t sure if I’d be accepted but gave it a go, anyway), and a couple of others. I’m never impressed by Amazon’s treatment of writers so I elected not to use their podcast services and sign another gargantuan agreement with them. The whole process is easy to follow and do, with information about how long to expect before you might hear back from Apple, Stitcher and iHeart Radio.
It’s very easy to get listed.
Six hours later, Stitcher sent me a welcome.
First thing on the Saturday of my very first episode being released, I checked my stats and found I had a listener! All the way from France :-D. The download was on Deezer and not Spotify, so perhaps new content is easier to find on Deezer.
I shared on Facebook, Twitter and with family and friends, and by Sunday evening, I had about another three downloads.
On Tuesday, I got an email from Apple letting me know my podcast was now available on iTunes, Overcast and their other services.
Additional services when you sign up on Apple.
Feeling chuffed, I checked my stats, but there weren’t any new listeners. In fact, it took another two to three weeks before I had any downloads on Apple and Spotify.
With having scheduled ahead, Episode 2 of Way I See It With Leenna, had about two downloads when I checked the next Saturday morning. I shared on this blog, Facebook, and Twitter, using Headliner to create a minute and a half promo audiograms. It was easy and fun creating them and by the end of the week, I had a couple more downloads.
Towards the end of the week of Episode 2, or maybe it was Episode 3, I got an email from iHeart Radio saying my podcast was now available on their service. There was already a download from them as well!
And so it Goes
And so it went. So far, the most listeners I’ve had is 11 when I did the first Bonus Reading for Valentines, but the follow up on the feature the next week went back to about 4 listens. I think it’s still too early to tell what the potential is for this podcast. But I’m happy with it. Why? Because of my patrons! I’ve been uploading the same episodes a day early on my Patreon channel Writerstarot With Leenna. In addition, each episode will be archived for them should they wish to use it for their research or self-growth. And, my patrons have been listening to the podcast on Patreon, often sharing it with their family, too.
A few weeks ago, Buzzsprout was held to ransom by hackers, and I was impressed with their transparency and response. Buzzsprout sent out an email just hours after the attack, letting us know what was going on, what they were doing about it, and what they expected to happen moving forward. They also kept us updated on Twitter in real time. It was great to see the amount of support and goodwill that came from the Buzzsprout community. While I wasn’t affected by the service being down, it’s heartening to track how quickly the site was up again. It was back to normal the next I logged in. Buzzsprout’s technical team get the superhero badges from me 🙂
And on it Goes
I don’t share as often as I should on social media. In fact, I’ve left Facebook, and saw no impact on the number of listens I’ve received weekly. I do share on my YouTube channel every now and then, and I can’t tell if that’s helping or not. So, how do I think the one or two new listeners are finding me? Well, I believe it’s this blog (so, huge thanks to you!), as well as the searches within the service apps like Deezer, iHeart Radio and Apple.
So, is it worth it for me? Yes it is! I don’t yet have a buzz around my podcast, but it’s in a good place to sprout 😀 (I’m sorry, I just couldn’t resist it!)
An interesting two months! In addition to your Romance Angel card, I’ve added my Time Machine Cards–just for fun😀
As we leave the confusion and frustration of Mercury’s Retrograde, there’s a bit more progress, though on fronts you may not be aware of, or had neglected for some time. We’re also setting, or preparing to set, more sustainable and stable foundations! And, as I’m often affected by Mercury, I’ve completed forgotten to add the Yes/No/Maybe segment that the fire signs received. My bad! I’ve added a free Yes/No/Maybe on my Patreon for you if you really, really need that Yes/No/Maybe 😀 The link to that post is by the timestamps for Water signs, Earth signs and Air signs. Feel free to visit that post another time and make use of the Yes/No/Maybe superquick reading.
Don’t forget, if you’d like your weekly tarotscopes, subscribe for free to Way I See It With Leenna. Details down below.
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