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Jerks & Irks XLIX: Your Boring, Blabbering Book Blurb
Too, many times…I mean, FAR too many times…I am grabbed by a book cover on Amazon, only to read the blurb and have it begin with some clichéd mess that I have read a million times. Why? For the love of...
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BLOOD IN THE PAST Will Soon Be In Print!
That’s right! I’m about to kill some trees! When I first published Blood in the Past back in mid-June, I based my decision to offer it only as an e-book on my own reading habits and the reading habits...
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Jerks & Irks LI (50): The Birth of a Domain Name
I’m very excited this week! The proof copy of Blood in the Past arrived at my doorstep last week. I scanned it, made a few changes, and it looks like my little novella will be available in print...
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The Proof is in the Print! Paperback is Here!
Today is the day! Well, today is supposed to be the day. I approved the proof of Blood in the Past for paperback days ago, but so far it isn’t available yet on Amazon. I’m told it should be there...
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Interview At Creative Difference!
The incomparable Sandra Hessels, all the way on the other side of the world in the Netherlands, where her website is kind of in Dutch, has interviewed me on her blog! Don’t worry, the interview is...
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Hey You! Giving Away Stuff Over Here!
Okay, maybe I’m not technically giving away stuff over here per se, but if you travel through the vast lands of the internets, via a very insignificant click of your mouse/touchpad, you’ll find the...
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Jerks & Irks LIII: I Didn’t Have A (Witches) Ball
Some of you may have noticed that Events tab up there. I’ve been busy this month! Two Saturdays ago my town held its annual Book Festival and I shared a table with the South Jersey Writers Group and...
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What I Learned About Author Events: Part 1
Many of you will remember that Blood in the Past was originally available in ebook only. Then something strange happened. Friends and family and acquaintances and random people on Twitter (okay, that...
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What I Learned About Author Events: Part 2
Many of you will remember that Blood in the Past was originally available in e-book only. Then something strange happened. Friends and family and acquaintances and Hubby-pants’ coworkers were asking...
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What I Learned About Author Events: Part 3
Many of you will remember that Blood in the Past was originally available in e-book only. Then something strange happened. Friends and family and acquaintances and random people from high school were...
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Jerks & Irks LVII: I Wish I Had Time To Make Lists
It’s that time of year when blogs and websites are rolling out their “Best of” and “Worst of” lists like so many enumerated red carpets. I want so badly to participate as more than a spectator, but I’m...
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Jerks & Irks LVIII: I Failed My 2013 Goodreads Challenge
2012 was The Year of the Kindle. Having received a Kindle Fire for Christmas 2011, I devoured books the following year, reading over 75 altogether. I realize that number is subjective: impressive to...
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My Fave Reads of 2013
I know I said I didn’t have time for these lists, but that was last year. It’s January and I wanna talk about what I read in 2013, dammit! So let’s go! Here’s the top 15 reads of the year (series are...
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How Fast Do You Read?
Someone posted this fun little test on Facebook. According my results, I read 407 wpm, which is 63% better than the national average. Not bad, but apparently not as good as college students. I used to...
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What I’m Looking Forward to Reading in 2014
I know, I know. Another list. I’m such a hypocrite. I didn’t reach my Goodreads goal last year, but I’m determined to reach my more modest goal of 50 books this year. No, I’m not gonna list 50 specific...
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Why I Love My Kindle
I have seen dozens of articles and blog posts professing people’s love of print books. The smell of the binding, the feel of the pages, the general tangibility. But I haven’t really seen a whole lot of...
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Jerks & Irks LIX: E-Book Extras?
Last week, I posted several reasons for loving my Kindle. Were any of you wondering if there was anything I didn’t love about my Kindle? Because there’s one tiny thing. Well, I’m assuming it’s a tiny...
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How I Got My Book Into an Actual Bookstore!
I cheated. Plain and simple. Okay, maybe I just cheated a little bit. It’s not like I had a friend distract the shopkeeper (Do people still say ‘shopkeeper’?) while I shoved a stack of Blood in the...
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Do Readers Know the Difference Between Thrillers and Mysteries?
Last week I posted about the four types of serial killers and how I knew my stuff and people should just step off. Well, I wasn’t quite that harsh about it, but you get the idea. Not to harp on one...
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One of My Biggest Literary Pet Peeves Done Right
Those of you who know me in person, or know me a little better than just reading my blog from time to time, know that I’m pretty picky. This goes for books too. For example, I really love...
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