A week from tomorrow, I’ll be jetting high over America’s heartland to Denver, where my husband and I are registered to attend the national conference of the Romance Writers of America. We’ve got our plane and hotel reservations, our dog Sirius has his reservation for the Hair of the Dog day care and kennel, followed… [Read More]
Win a free copy of Eldercide! Read this post on marketing to find out how.
“Kathy and I spent almost all day Sat. sitting around chatting, since we didn’t sell one book at the fair! There were quite a few booths but most of it was junk. I did, however, make contact with two possible sources for talks; one for our chapter and another for the historical society for me… [Read More]
My blogging story arc – a field of dreams
In my mystery novels, I do my best to build tension, to keep the reader engaged for over 300 pages. More than one successful author has said there should be conflict on every page. And ideally, every chapter ends with a cliff hanger – an unresolved situation that keeps the reader turning the pages. Readers… [Read More]
Norman Mailer admired my chest – because I was wearing my book cover!
Commenting on my post about blatant self-promotion, Marvin D. Wilson advised me to “let it all hang out” when it comes to hyping my books. The phrase brought back a treasured memory from 2007 – the night Norman Mailer gave me a beatific grin while he ogled my chest. Mailer was at the New York… [Read More]
BSP, or Blatant Self-Promotion. Why should it be a no-no?
“I’m going to become a world-famous author through my mastery of the Internet.” That was my response yesterday when our minister at the First Unitarian Universalist Society passed around the mike and asked us what goals we could set for ourselves over the summer. We were observing our annual “Flower Communion,” in which we bring flowers from our… [Read More]
Bookstore panel: Audience outnumbers authors – by one!
Thursday night I participated in a panel discussion at a beautiful independent bookstore, along with three other members of the Sisters in Crime of Upstate New York. Four authors, five people in the audience – not counting two authors’ spouses and the owner of the bookstore. Most of us drove a considerable distance to get… [Read More]