Thanks, everyone, for your comments about yesterday’s blog. I’ll comment on them tomorrow, and catch up on some of your blogs as well. Tonight I’m too exhausted – I spent hours with my graddaughters in Woodstock, digging a new garden plot and putting in a flat’s worth of annuals. The nine-year-old really got into planting,… [Read More]
Print on Demand – Pros and Cons
My discussion of print-on-demand publishing in yesterday’s blog elicited some wonderful comments. It turns out quite a few of us on Blog Book Tours have gone the POD route, and most seem to be pleased that they did. I especially liked Marvin D Wilson’s comment (http://inspiritandtruths.blogspot.com). He said his first book, which was POD, has… [Read More]
Please visit my new pages!
I’ve just added three new pages to this blog. You’re cordially invited to visit, and to learn more about me and my two published mysteries, Mood Swing: The Bipolar Murders (2006) and Eldercide (2008). I’ll be tweaking the pages to improve the formatting, but at least the content is there, and I’m pleased to have learned… [Read More]
Transparency and candor, public and private
I enjoyed all your reactions to yesterday’s post about being a bitchy old crone. Marvin said “Love your transparency and candor. Be yourself.” That brings up an interesting issue – exactly how much of ourselves should we share online? I recently blogged about attending a training on leadership and community organizing given by Greg Golluzzo,… [Read More]
A bitchy old crone, and proud of it!
I was looking forward to spending the afternoon catching up with the Blog Book Tour digests, reading your blogs and responding, but I got waylaid by some weird interchanges with someone who is organizing an upcoming writers’ event. I can’t be more specific, because I don’t want this posting to come back and bite me in the… [Read More]
Eureka! Transcending my technophobia
Amazingly enough, I just figured out how to create a blogroll and added links to six of you under the heading of Blog Book Tours. This was a major hurdle for me, as I suffer acute anxiety when confronted with confusing new computer challenges. A couple of years ago, at my husband’s suggestion, I enrolled… [Read More]