Tag Archives: writing

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Some children take quickly to organized sports and thrive at them, dribbling soccer balls and basketballs with equal ease and talent. I was the little fat kid reading in the corner. I was chosen last for all the teams and … Continue reading →

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Joe Café by JD Mader: a review

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

A bloody massacre at a beloved diner in a small town sets Joe Café in motion, and, boy, does it move! A little Elmore Leonard, a little Pulp Fiction, JD Mader’s crime thriller sparks and crackles with tension, laying out … Continue reading →

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Want to be a better writer? Read more!

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Happy news! According to the National Endowment for the Arts, daily reading, once on the decline, is rising again. Here are some good reasons you, as a writer, owe it to your career and to the next generation to keep … Continue reading →

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Get a Load of These Tomatoes!

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Just a reminder, my friends, that THE JOKE’S ON ME has been nominated for best romantic novel in the P&E (Preditors and Editors) Readers Poll. This poll recognizes the hard and often overlooked work of authors, editors, illustrators, and publishers, … Continue reading →

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Charmed Life: a review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Charmed Life, the second book in the Brass Monkey Series by Susan Wells Bennett, is a charming, highly readable delight. The Brass Monkey, a Sun City, Arizona bar, is the fulcrum for the series, published in paperback and e-book format … Continue reading →

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Stealth Book Promotion

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

A sobering fact of promoting your small press or independently published book is that it can seem like bookstore owners would rather endure a simultaneous tax audit, bikini wax, and colonoscopy than pepper their folding-chair-stuffed “conversation” areas with your latest … Continue reading →

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How to Survive NaNoWriMo Craziness

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

November is National Novel Writing Month, and if you signed up to do the NaNoWriMo competition, which starts on November 1, I bow to you. I’ve done it four times. Each time I learned something new about myself, my writing, … Continue reading →

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Public Speaking for the Terminally Introverted Author

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

I was recently a guest on a “Meet the Authors” panel in New York with ten other women who had been published in the last few months. We spoke about how our books came to be: the initial idea for … Continue reading →

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So You Want To E-Pub Your Novel?

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

You’ve finished writing your novel, your baby, your joy, your passion, and you’re considering self-publishing as an e-book. Why not, with nearly everyone you know toting around a Kindle or Nook or planning to get one? It’s awfully tempting to … Continue reading →

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Drawing Breath: A Serial Novel

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Charles Dickens did it in magazines. Stephen King did it with The Green Mile. I’m very excited to announce that now I’m doing it: publishing a novel in serial installments, which you will be able to download to your favorite … Continue reading →

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