Publishing
Can You Really Judge a Book By Its Cover? Covers, Reissues, and Giveaways
The cover to the left is the newest for my novel Rising Tides, originally released in 1997 and scheduled to be re-released in this lovely edition in November of 2010. Reissues can present both problems and possibilities for authors. On the possibility side, reissues give new readers a chance to enjoy novels we wrote before…
Read MoreLook At Me, Look At Me–The Dangers of Too Much Promotion
Right now I’m listening to my favorite radio station. Our local public radio station has wonderful classical music, and very little talk. What talk they do have is insightful and interesting. Having said all that, do I help support their programming by becoming a member? Unfortunately, no. Instead I support a neighboring public radio station to…
Read MoreCan You Hear Me Now? Audio Books and Narrators
Imagine my joy last year when I discovered that the five novels in my Shenandoah Album series from Mira Books would be made into audio books. At every event I attended, readers had asked for that format, and I knew that personally, nothing made me happier than quilting or walking Nemo while an audio book…
Read MoreConferences, Publishing, and MUCH shorter novels
So picture this. Two thousand conference goers, editor and agent get togethers, two house guests, parties, booksignings, workshops, business meetings, a particularly noisy hotel and writers I hadn’t seen in years. Add this up and you get . . . exhaustion! I just returned from the Romance Writers of America conference in Washington DC, and…
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