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Two-Time Debutante

Question: When is a “debut author” not a debut author? I recently saw an ad for a new book by a “debut author.” Amazon was flogging this book hard, and the publisher had placed adverts in the trades...

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Unexpected Interest

Sometimes, the word “interesting” isn’t enough. This weekend past, as well as being sad, stressful, productive, lazy, and maddening, was also interesting. It was the 31st anniversary of my wedding. It...

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Trial Balloon: Boosting a Post

Facebook adverts don't cost much, but what can you expect? I learned a lot from one small experiment.

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Persistence

Four years ago, I wrote "The Book of Solomon," a short story, and started sending it out to markets. After a year an a half of submit-reject-rewrite-resubmit, I called it a day and put the story in the...

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Of Bushels and Lamps

“Has John read your books?” “I don’t know.” “What do you mean? You guys talk about books all the time.” “Well, sure. But not about my books.” The above snippet of dialogue is verbatim from this past...

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