Check out J.K. Royce’s publishing journey with her novel, PILZ. http://www.jkroyce.com/?p=1207#
Anthology Help from Barbara Santos
I had lunch today with Rich and Barbara Santos, friends from the San Francisco Writers Conference. Barbara co-authored the anthology, Practice Aloha, with Mark Ellman. It includes stories by Wayne Dyer, Mick Fleetwood, Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Hawaiian spiritual leaders, musicians, and lots of chefs. redroom.com/member/barbara-santos. She had several suggestions for my anthology that I hope […]
Cara Black’s Aimee Leduc Series
Cara Black was the moderator for a session at the San Francisco Writers Conference in February called: Finding the 411 You Need: Doing Research for Fun & Profit. She writes the bestselling and award nominated Aimee Leduc investigation series that is set in different districts of Paris. Her next novel, Murder Below Montparnasse comes out […]
A FAR TRAVELER download free offer
Blake Hietzman’s novel, A FAR TRAVELER, can be downloaded free on smashwords.com by using the code: ZE68Z. This free download will be available until mid February. An honest review would be appreciated.
Blogging a Book
Most writers know that we have to build a platform since publishers expect us to promote our books these days. One suggestion is to write parts of your book or all of it in a series of blogs to create interest in you. On the back of Nina Amir’s book, HOW TO BLOG A BOOK, […]
Forsada
My long time writer friend, Peter Dudley, has published the sequel to his novel Semper. It’s called Forsada and the cover is awesome. the FORSADA page on Amazon (http://amzn.to/UwIZtS) Go to the SEMPER page on Amazon (http://amzn.to/QIlR7t
Need Last Minute Gift Ideas?
For readers, here are some recommendations for books published this last year: Anne Ayers Koch has written two books of essays: It’s all About the Story: Composing a Life in Books “speaks to everyone who appreciates mystery, detective and romance stories. In a series of twent-two brief essays, the author reflects on these genres—why they […]