My father and mother planted me in the middle of the dense woods in the Adirondack foothills. My childhood was spent staring up into maples, birches, oaks, firs, and even some plucky apple trees that had scrambled onto our land from nearby orchards. I grew up believing that trees embodied wisdom and that likewise, leaves…
We authors can be overwhelmed when deciding how much money we should spend, and where, in order to get customers to spend money on our book. Let’s be candid. Most new and independent authors set aside idealistic expectations of initial profit and focus on exposure, ratings, reviews, and the ability to quickly turn these aspects…
A friend sent me this photo, and I laughed out loud. Then a sensation overcame me. You know the feeling, a little tingling in your psyche as the miracle of creativity takes hold, transporting you to a place of bliss and visions and words. A backstory of Santa’s predicament came to mind in gentle bursts…
For me, the answer is an emphatic “Yes!” When I got my book contracts this year, they both came with an attached flurry of things I need to do for my marketing, and many are significantly in advance of my release date. Some of it was fairly easy. I mean, most of us who are…
After the elation of signing two book contracts in 30 days, in the middle of COVID, I was brought very resoundingly back to earth when I got the first manuscript back from the editor. Thud. Ouch. I went through four rounds of edits with my first traditionally published book, An Unsinkable Love, several years ago,…