“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” ― W. Somerset Maugham And so once again, without knowing the rules, I have written a novel and seen it make its way out to the world of readers. Tuesday was release day for The Song of Sourwood Mountain. That is always an exciting day for …
A Writer Sees Stars
As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next. (Rachel Cusk) Book reviews have been around as long as writers have been writing books. I’m guessing that even before books were printed, storytellers around the fire …
Brownies, Blog Tours, Book Parties & More
Okay, so I took my camera to my Hometown Book Launch today and forgot to take even one picture to share with you, my cyber friends and neighbors. I could have at least taken a picture of those brownies I baked for my reading friends. But I was too busy talking to think about pictures. So you get a picture …
The Blessed on Tour
The Blessed is on tour this week, visiting reviewers’ blogs in lots of places. I’m here at home, watching from afar and hoping the reviewers will like Lacey’s story. It’s always interesting reading those first reviews, but that’s all it can be – interesting. A writer doesn’t want to invest too much energy in tracking reviews. Good or bad. Some writers don’t …
One Down; One to Go
Got my edits done for The Blessed. Just sent it off to the editor and got back one of those instant “out of the office” replies. But I got it sent in and that’s the big thing for me with everything else going on with my mom. I told my editor I did some of the edits in the middle …
From My Hand to Yours
From my hand to yours – I have my first winner in my giveaway. Charmaine, you’re the winner on an autographed copy of The Seeker!! Thanks for commenting here on my blog and entering my giveaway. I’ll be e-mailing you to get a mailing address. Somebody else will win next week and the next and the next. So keep sending …
So Many Books…
~~ How tall is your “to read” stack? Or maybe your “already read” stack is the tallest? In this stack I’ve got a mix. Some I’ve read. Some I hope to read soon and some I’ve had a while that keep getting pushed to the bottom of the stack by new books. There are even some I might give away …