I was recently asked to provide a book blurb for my novel Our Romantic Getaway in 25 words or less—including the title. As the queen of verbiage, this was no easy task. I started out with 375 words, and then cut it back to 180. That was the easy breezy part. Then I copied and […]
I get hundreds of e-mails asking me how my books are selling and what kind of effort I have been putting into getting them out there. Here is my partial answer: As a recent novelist, I can tell you that the marketing and selling of Our Romantic Getaway and The Day It Snowed Popcorn has […]
This has been an extremely difficult and depressing blog to put together. Mostly because not knowing my father, has created a life-long hole in my heart. I was once told by a close friend, who has been the unfortunate recipient of my non-stop father narratives, that I have a broken wing. I tend to disagree. […]
I have been working on this bully post for a few days now, and maybe the “bully tome” has gotten the better of me—because lately everything I watch on television, read in The New York Times, or witness while I’m out and about, comes back to a bully or a bully tactic. Watching the knockout […]
Okay, maybe I hyperbolize when I say wedding centerpieces can save the world. But my suggestion could certainly save one person’s world. Many of my friends and relatives are getting to the age where they are helping their children plan and finance their weddings. And according to the majority of them, most couples are spending […]
