Audible Books are Telling Stories That Enthrall from First Word to Last My first experience with talking books happened about thirty years ago when my four-year-old grandson had a seriously broken leg. I took a few of evening shifts in the hospital to allow his mother to get some well-needed rest. I took his favorite […]
These Books Were Made for Talking
Indie Authors: Are Your Sales Flat. Thinking of Quitting? Read This.
Are Your Sales Sucking Mud? Are You Feeling Dejected? Think It’s Time to Quit? You are not alone. Every forum I visit is rife with authors whose sales have flat lined and thinking it’s time to quit. What makes it worse, others are saying how fine their sales. I never suggest a writer quit. Here’s […]
Read the rest of this entry »WRITER’S ENVY: EVERY WRITER GETS IT. HOW IT HAPPENS.
Now I do have author envy and I’ll tell you about it in a minute. In the distant past I went to writer’s conferences; international, national, regional and local. I often went to writer’s retreats where we talked about our work. I sometimes even set up conferences myself for a group of writers in my […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Talk ~ Why Some Interesting Things Never Get in a Book
Why is it That an Author May Know a Dozen Interesting Facts He or She Does Not Put in a Novel? The short answer is: Those facts may not move the story along. More over, the book may end up being a travelogue. A for instance: In Count the Roses a main part of the […]
Read the rest of this entry »The life of a Writer ~ Amazing Adventures in the Face of Adversity
Some Writers do astonishing things ~ Surprising herself and the rest of us, too. In eNovel our members are usually talking about writing books, publishing books and trying to find the best way to market books. Every once in a while a member will drop a side note in our forum that catches my eye […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Talk. Good Reads for Lazy Spring Days.
What I’m reading now. All time Favorites, and books piling up in my TBR list… Like many of you, I adore my eReader. I own four Kindles and recently was gifted with a fifth that I have yet to register. Still, there are times I want to read a book that just screams to be […]
Read the rest of this entry »Holy Smokes! 2018 Almost Killed Me. 2019 ~ Survivor Mode.
In 2018 Awful Things Happened. Some I Understand. Some I Don’t. First up, I fell ill. We’d no more get one issue in hand and another would pop up. I spent time having sonar grams, MRIs. wearing heart monitors, swallowing cameras and visiting one specialist after another. I had so much blood drawn I could […]
Read the rest of this entry »COVER REVEAL And TWO FABULOUS GIVEAWAYS
All Tomorrow’s Memories going Live February 12, 2019 On All Sales Venues. Suspicions abound when Willa Manning receives a request from her adopted daughter’s biological grandparents. Wary of deceit, Willa nevertheless accepts the invitation and pulls out all stops to give her daughter a family before her own health fails. Small Town Sweet Romance. Drama. […]
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The grinch who stole my writing career As an experienced indie author I know two things: 1: How to write a book and take it to publication and 2: Marketing 101. Up until 2017 I thought I knew what I needed to know to market my books. I adjusted to every twist and tweak the […]
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