Sandra Gulland's fifth novel, The Shadow Queen, is out in paperback, and I'm rerunning her post from last spring to celebrate. It "will remind readers why they …
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writing tips
A Survival Guide to Writers Conferences: 1. Eat Chocolate for Breakfast
A friend who is heading for a writers' conference next month asked if I had any advice, and since it's not the first time I've been asked: 1. Eat Chocolate for …
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How a Novel Gets Published: 10 Days Left!
Just a quick post that will not begin to cover everything that's going on in these last few weeks before publication of The Four Ms. Bradwells. I'm busy doing …
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How a Novel Gets Published: Books in Hand!
Thanks to my lovely editor, Caitlin Alexander, the fed ex truck rolled up my street yesterday with my first finished copy of The Four Ms. Bradwells! It's still …
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All True Story: Finished Books!
Woo Hooo!!! Look at these! Don't have them in hand (photo is from my editor) and they don't go on sale for a month (from today!), but dang, it's a book!!! With …
An Offering to the Literary Gods: A Deep Orange Scarf
One of the things I did this week on my way to publication is light a small candle to the literary gods in the form of one orange scarf. When I went on tour for …
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All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published # … Sadly, I've Lost Count
Where in the world have the days gone this week? To (nearly) finalizing the website pages for The Language of Light - for which the paperback will be released …
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How a Novel Gets Published: Book Tours, Websites, and Press Releases
This week's pre-publication taks: finalize press release materials and tour details. I had a lovely chat with Lisa Barnes from Random House about book tour …
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Tick, Tick, Tick … Two Months till The Four Ms. Bradwells!
It's two months - or two months less a day - to publication of The Four Ms. Bradwells, and almost two months since I posted an All-True Story of How a Novel …
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How Authors Can Get Bookscan Numbers
In case any authors out there don't already know it, you can get the Neilson Bookscan numbers for your books through Author Central on Amazon. I'll confess to …
