Yesterday a dear friend dropped by, someone I hadn’t seen for awhile. During our visit I mentioned I’d won the silver medal from IP Awards for BROKEN BUT NOT DEAD. She was delighted. But as I spoke, I heard a disturbing sound in my voice. It was my apologetic tone. I was embarrassed I’d won when so many others hadn’t. …
I received exciting news yesterday from my publisher Theytus Books. Over 2,400 independent authors and publishers participated in the 16th annual, 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards contest. My suspense thriller BROKEN BUT NOT DEAD won the Silver Medal for Canada-West — Best Regional Fiction. WOO-HOO! As authors, you write these stories because they have to be written, but you never …
Our home of twenty years has been under construction since the first of March. No sooner do I think we’re nearing completion and something else needs to be done. Most recently we replaced the railing in the loft with a half-wall. What I like best about the change is that we turned the area into an actual room… and because …
Q: If authors want to self-publish, how do they choose between the overwhelming array of self-publishing options for books and ebooks? Excellent question – and one for which there is no answer. But there are some signposts to consider on this particular path. Here are my notes by category on some of the options now available (and remember that this …