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 …
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Hemingway on First Drafts
At the risk of using a four letter word here, one of my favorite quotes on writing, compliments of Ernest Hemingway: "The first draft of anything is shit." — …
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 …
A New Years Greeting-Quote
"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't …
New Year's Blogolutions
The torn wrapping paper is thrown away, the cookies are eaten (and eaten and eaten and eaten!), and it's about time for the fresh page, starting over, the clean …
Literary Santa and One Lucky Chimney
I've spent most of my holiday shopping hours this year (as always) in bookstores. My giving bag includes old favorites (Andre Kertesz On Reading - with lovely …
