When looking for a book on Amazon I use the reviews to help me make a decision. I sample the lowest ratings first, throw out the ones that contain some variation of “I hated this book, the ending was too sad, I would never be friends with that character, and focus on the reviews that […]
Continue readingHow to Stay Authentic in Author Groups
In my last blog post I talked about the pitfalls of membership in cross-promotional author collectives. This week I’d like to talk about using author groups in a way that won’t bankrupt your integrity.
Continue readingBreaking the Silence
Now that I’m a published author, I’ve stumbled upon a secret society: the cross-promotional author collective. Any author, regardless of literacy, could join any number of warm, fuzzy clubs to mutually stroke each other’s egos, exchange rave reviews (sometimes without even reading the book), tag each other’s books on Amazon, like them on Facebook, host […]
Continue readingWAKEUP CALL
This is not another article complaining about homophobia in America. This is not another plea for us to lobby for human rights, write our congressional leaders, or combat the religious right. This is a wake-up call, to take a good hard look at our own community and acknowledge the ways in which we sabotage ourselves. […]
Continue readingDownsizing
Now that I viscerally understand that publishing a five-star book will not make me rich (I still refuse to believe that I don’t have a shot at being famous), Carol and I have come to terms with the fact that it’s time to downsize from our big house in North Phoenix, to a smaller one […]
Continue readingRose’s Will Wins Award!
Thanks to the wonderful people who voted for me! I was also one of the top 5 in Favorite Lesbian Writer! Yay!!!
Continue readingInterview With Elizabeth Guizzetti, Author of “Other Systems”
Today I have the pleasure of interviewing a fellow author discovered by my publisher, 48fourteen.com. I just finished reading her Sci-Fi epic, Other Systems, a review of which I posted on Goodreads.com. Welcome, Beth. As you know, I’m more of a Wi-Fi than a Sci-Fi kind of girl, but I did get hooked into Abby’s […]
Continue readingKathy Reinhart, author of Lily White Lies
A big welcome to Kathy! Even though I don’t read romance novels, I got sucked in a little by Lily White Lies. In the beginning of the book, Reinhart captures the very essence of what sex is like when you’re ready to bail out of a relationship. Hilarious! Read the excerpt on the next page […]
Continue readingHow Hope Became a Reality
Today, I’m helping cyber-friend, Victoria Ferrante, get the word out about HOPE, her brutally moving novel. Read what she has to say about her journey: “How could someone do that?” It was the question that started me on a six-year odyssey in writing. Tammi, my sister-in-law, asked her question in response to a news story […]
Continue readingWriting Tips: Authors Beware!
You’ve written a book and managed to get it published. Now you want people to read it, so you plaster yourself all over the internet to get the word out. Your communication is full of typos, bad grammar and clueless punctuation. It’s no big deal. After all, you’re in a relaxed environment with friends, right? […]
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