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A trip down memory lane…
Steve and I were back on the road again, this time to familiar roads, memories, extended family and friends. We travelled to St. Louis, Missouri to hold our first official “book store” book signing,...
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The first six months…
Blogging is a different kind of animal. Not being born into the computer age and being introduced to “Social Media” in my fifties, I have been slow to grasp the power of social media. It can consume...
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Is Self Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing a little like Duck Dynasty vs....
You write your book, you make a decision at the time to self-publish or go the traditional publishing route, you have your book in hand, or perhaps in pdf version only, these days you don’t really need...
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Book Clubs, Book Clubs and then more Book Clubs
I am often asked as an Independent writer/publisher, “How are your book sales going?” This is a mixed question, and an easy one and a complex one. Do you mean how are my book sales going via printed...
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An hour spent in the garden….
On my author bio, for my book The Year of the Cicadas, I have stated that I am an avid gardener, and I am. I love gardening. I have an engraved rock in my garden that says “An hour spent in the...
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Summer Reading Memories
We were on our way for a little three- day weekend getaway. It is getting close to lunchtime and we are ready for a little stop. Pulling off of the interstate we find ourselves in a small mid-western...
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Backswing and Moving Forward
I have spent the lovely months of June and July with my grandchildren. I have heard it said that you can’t push through on your forward golf swing, unless you bring the club back to rest behind your...
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Finding and Using your Voice
Sometimes I wonder why I put our personal account out there for the world to read. Sometimes I wonder what my family, friends and neighbors must think of me. For those of you who have not had the...
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It’s a Wonderful Life….
I had an amazing week this week! I watched as two dreams I voiced years ago came true. I put it out there into the universe, spoke it and watched as it came back to me. One was huge with possibly...
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The Bus, the Rowboat, the Helicopter and Seven Million Books
There is an old parable, okay maybe a new parable and it goes like this: A man is in his home and a flood is coming. This man is devout and he knows in his heart that God is going to save him. He...
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