Planning A Goodreads Giveaway

Every time I decide to up my ante in Sell-My-Book poker I seem to run into yet another learning curve. For those of us in our fifties at the dawning of the new millennium, negotiating those treacherous roads to new and better exposure for our books and brand can be exhausting, if not downright impossible. […]

10 Things I’d Like Authors to Give Me as a Reader

Since the times I remember sneaking off to read my mother’s books instead of doing the vacuuming, I’ve had a love affair with words on a page and the secret stories they tell. Here are some of the things that keep me coming back over and over to the second love of my life–reading. Characters […]

7 Useful Tips for Authors to Help Their Readers

You’ve written your book and have lots of sales but somehow you’re not sure you’ve done everything you could have to make that book fantastic. Here are some suggestions that might have readers telling their friends about your book, buying gift copies for the birthdays of all their relatives, whether readers or not, or simply rushing to purchase your next book for themselves.