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Things I’ve Learned About Book Promo – Part 1
There are 24 hours in the day. You use up about 8 sleeping. Another hour for a shit, shower and shave and maybe 2 in the pursuit of sustenance. Kick in another hour for aimless wandering and the occasional sweep of the vacuum cleaner and, if you don’t have aRead More …
Caught Between the Promo and the Deep Blue Story
That cold I mentioned in my last, distant, post laid me low; nearly two weeks lost and another week trying to pull it back together. C’est la vie. Now that Stealing The Marbles is out there on its own, I find myself in a quandary; caught between the promo andRead More …
Winter
Been down with the traditional winter cold the last few days. It usually comes in December, just in time for Christmas, but this year it came a bit early. Or maybe this year I’ll be blessed with 2 winter colds, one for my birthday (in two weeks) and one forRead More …
A Comedy of Errors
Or why real life would never make it in a novel. So, I have this water cooler sort of thing set up in my bedroom; a five gallon plastic bottle and a ceramic dispenser. The water here really sucks so you have to drink bottled water. Anyway, I went intoRead More …
Banned Books Week
Well, here it is, another Banned Books Week. I would say that the banning of books shocks me, but it doesn’t. After nearly 62 years of wandering around this planet, very little shocks me anymore. Seems to me, if you don’t like something about a book, don’t read it. HowRead More …
Is Common Courtesy Dead?
Okay, I know everyone is super busy. All those technological advances that were suppose to increase our leisure time have only seemed to fill up what little time we had. And, from my perspective, neck deep in trying to promote my novel, Stealing The Marbles, it’s killed common courtesy, too.Read More …
For Want of an Editor
I bought a self-published, digital book the other day. I know the author and liked the idea behind the story so I threw my usual ‘check it out first’ caution to the wind and bought it. I’m not going to say who the author is or what the story isRead More …
What’s It All About?
Ally Carter had a post on her blog a couple of days back where she talked about The Crazies. She summed up The Crazies this way: The Crazies are a hard thing to define, but most of us have had them—the what if this book sucks, what if this bookRead More …
Official Launch Day
Well, today is the day that Stealing The Marbles leaves the nest and flies out on its own. I feel like one of my babies has left home and gone off to college or something. What a roller coaster ride of emotions this is. I can’t begin to tell youRead More …
Being a Writer
I sent out a blast on Twitter the other day, looking for interviews and reviews for my soon to be launched book Stealing The Marbles. This morning I received an email that, ultimately, humbled me and made me feel just the littlest bit ashamed of myself. This person had checkedRead More …
Launch Update
Stealing the Marbles launches in 13 days. The Kindle version is now available at Amazon for preorder. If you like it, please review it on Amazon.
Stealing The Marbles – The Novel
It’s official. Stealing the Marbles will be available in both eBook and Tree Book format on September 1st, 2010. You should be able to preorder it within the next week. You can order it direct from Rebel e Publishers, Amazon, Amazon.uk, Barnes and Noble, itunes and mobipocket. I will postRead More …
My Muse is a Fickle Bitch
I’ve read more than a few articles in the last few weeks that preach you must put your nose to the grind stone, chain yourself to the chair, write write write every minute you have, give up all pleasures, shun your friends, and if all your friends happen to beRead More …
D5 Creation