When nothing is sure, everything is possible ~ Margaret Drabble I love the positive spin this perspective places on uncertainty, which is a state of being most of us otherwise dread. This reminder seems especially apt at the end of a rough week in the publishing industry (and for several of my...
I've been having fun answering reader questions in my "Ask Me Anything" vlog series. I post these on my YouTube channel and Facebook author page, but to the extent you don't follow those outlets, I've decided to post the first six here. Hope you find them a little bit interesting. Enjoy! On second...
One thing most authors stress about is book reviews: getting them, liking them, ignoring them, and of course, those pesky Goodreads ratings that show up before early review copies of the book have even been made available to anyone! For those who don't know, the number of reviews a particular book...
Another new year, another round of resolutions. I'm not even going to list them because, if history predicts the future, chances are good that I won't keep them for more than about five months. *sighs* Temptation--to eat that sweet, to nap instead of hitting the gym, to watch TV instead of purging...
Let’s go back to high school for a moment. Remember the dread that descended whenever you were assigned a major research project? Perhaps we differ, but I did not enjoy reading, categorizing, and analyzing the volumes of information those assignments required. Funny how things change with age! To...
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Last night I went to see U2 play at Madison Square Garden. Whether or not one is a fan of the band, it is impossible to be unimpressed by its nearly four decades-long career. Few artists in history have been able to sustain relevance over that span of time. And unlike so many other musicians...
Although the summer solstice doesn’t occur for a few more weeks, with the passing of Memorial Day weekend, most people consider summer to have already begun (me included). Those who know me well know that I'm not a fan of hot weather. I prefer dry, crisp fall weather above all other. However, what...
