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Here’s a copy of the first newsletter for 2020 (the links to free mystery book giveaways have been removed because those promotions have ended) Hi everybody! It’s so exciting to be alive at the start of this new decade! Just ten short years ago many of us were making all…
2019 is almost over, so I’ve included a copy of my final Newsletter for the year! Hey ere’body, the end of the year is almost here and I’m ready for it! I don’t know about you, but it seems like only yesterday people were talking about the turn of the…
The 2019 National Novel Writing Month event (affectionately called NaNoWriMo) has ended. Participants spend the thirty days in November writing a complete novel of at least 50,000 words. What an amazing time I had this year participating in this great writing event! They redesigned their website and changed some things…
Hi all y’all. I hope you’re having a wonderful fall season. Since my last newsletter, I’ve been busy putting the finishing touches on my upcoming novel Dirty Daniel. I had so much fun writing this story, and I can’t wait for you to meet my newly-promoted homicide detective Meshelle “Mickey” Stanislawsky….
I mailed out my very first newsletter yesterday. I’m finally embracing the marketing side of indie publishing and taking the task of building my mailing list seriously. So, I’m going to repeat my newsletter here for everyone else to enjoy! September 2019 Newsletter: Hi all y’all! Woo-hoo! This is my…
I’m a retiree—finally. As I write these words, I’m indulging my sweet tooth on my favorite candy, strawberry Now-and-Later. After a lifetime of working for others, I’m technically unemployed, and I feel great about that. I now can partake of the windfall called retirement. Before ending my day job, I…
I just attended the best writing conference in my area: the Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference in Hurst, Texas. This annual conference offers two full days of classroom presentations, networking, and pitching your completed novel or work-in-progress to an actual agent or publisher. The conference helps authors and agents and publishers…
I wish I knew the author of one of my favorite quotes, which states: The important thing about your lot in life is whether you use it for building or parking. I have this quote on my wall within eye view—whether sitting or standing. My conscious self reads it every day, and my…
Getting positive reviews for something you’ve written makes a difference in your writing life. You feel like you’re doing something worthwhile, something that resonates with others and provides quality entertainment. That’s my intention when I publish my novels. Several positive reviews I received for my debut novel A Murder Among Friends…
When I started my fiction writing career, I thought point of view and viewpoint referred to two distinctly different things. They both, essentially, refer to an attitude or a way of thinking about a particular subject. We use viewpoint to talk about a person’s individual attitude about things. In fiction, point of view…