I Have Finally ARRIVED!

I received a google alert for my book title, The Edge of Memory, this morning. The link led to a chatboard discussion comparing various social networking sites.
At first, I thought the alert was related to the series of Social Networking posts I’ve started on the Querytracker Blog. But then I remembered the flag was on [...]

Geekiness to Spare

A long time ago, I celebrated my uber-geekiness here when I discovered how to use Palm Markup Language to create my own ebooks with formatting, table of contents, etc.
I love having a copy of my manuscript handy on my palm pilot, and I love reading my crit partners’ manuscripts on the go this way. [...]

Hmmm… Is Sarah Palin Watching My Book Trailer?

My book trailer is posted on youtube.  Along with a shorter version.
I’ve discovered you can view various stats on your videos when you post them.
For my original book trailer, I have viewers from about 20 states so far, but mostly it’s just one or two random views.  Most of my viewers, naturally, are in Illinois.
But [...]

Two Minutes of Your Time–

I decided that the original mock-up trailer I made was a bit too long.  So, I’ve edited to just under the 2:30-minute mark. 
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In Deep Smit (7/25)

It’s Friday again!

This week I am in deep smit with HarperCollins. No, they have not expressed any desire to buy The Edge of Memory. I’m sure they’ve never heard of me or my novel.
So why am I smitten with them this week? I’ve recently learned that they re-released a favorite novel of [...]

So, I was just minding my own business…

when suddenly, without warning, I became an aspiring novelist.
I have toyed with various ideas for novels all my life… most often when I am driving by myself. So with my newish job came a longer commute and so more time was spent daydreaming about what I would write if I wrote books.
These ideas were of [...]