Blatant bragging
This book is getting lots of kudos As of today my memoir has twenty-two reviews up on Amazon. Twenty are five-star, and even though they wrote terrific reviews, two people gave the book only...
View ArticleSocial network and novel work updates
Social Network Update I’ve now joined BranchOut and Pinterest – as if I needed more social network connections than I already have, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Goodreads. I really don’t know...
View ArticleChallenges and writing work update
Yesterday and today’s assignments for the April platform challenge were to accomplish things I had already done – build a Facebook profile and give myself a Twitter name. I also have a Facebook author...
View ArticleThe Independent Author Network
I recently joined The Independent Authors Network and I think it is paying off already in turns of book sales and reach. I recommend it to my author friends out there who have stagnating sales...
View ArticleBirthday post mortem or how I’m moving forward
Just about a year ago – on Mother’s Day and near my last birthday – I achieved a huge goal. My memoir, Leaving the Hall Light On, A Mother’s Memoir of Living with her Son’s Bipolar Disorder and...
View ArticleAnother rant – this must be my rant week
So I’m frustrated. I am in the running for a prize at the My Gutsy Story contest site. Up until yesterday another contender and I kept taking the lead back and forth, but now I’m seven votes behind....
View ArticleMy WriteGirl poem
There’s still time to buy a poem for as little as $5.00 and support WriteGirl, a creative writing and mentoring organization for teen girls. With only twenty-three days to go in this first campaign,...
View ArticleTwitter at its best
I’ve been listening to Scott Simon’s distinctive voice on NPR’s “Weekend Edition” for years. After reading this article I know he also has a distinctive, elegant, and loving voice via Twitter. For...
View ArticleIntroducing social media expert, Frances Caballo
Knowing our way around the social media is absolutely necessary to all authors. I’ve spent a lot of time on my computer socializing and marketing with my virtual friends and networks – probably much...
View ArticleMore bragging
Even though I’ve bragged all over Facebook and Twitter I thought I’d do a little bragging here as well. The reason is that my memoir Leaving the Hall Light On is a finalist in the memoir,...
View ArticleWhat’s a platform anyway?
A few weeks ago I was a panel member at a writer’s conference workshop. The subject was building a platform. Today, I’d like to share a few points that we made at the workshop. But first, here’s my...
View ArticleTwo newly published poems
I’ve had several poems published over the last couple of months. I wrote the first in response to one of Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides Wednesday prompts. I think it’s the first one of his I ever...
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