Beginnings In my working life, I was a library paraprofessional working mostly in public libraries. You meet all walks of life in libraries; anyone from moms bringing in their kids to storytime to college students needing research help. I’ve done it all; created and run kids and teens programs to doing better research than theContinue reading “Stories From The Stacks”
Tag Archives: writing
Missing Shenandoah
I lived in the Valley for 16 years. Felt like coming home when I moved there.
Marketing
Marketing Aug 26, 2025View in app Who’da thunk it? Writing isn’t all writers have to do. Yeah, editing is included in the writing and I kinda like editing. It’s like taking a painting or clay sculpture and adding details that make it, in the words of my artist daughter, POP. The part few, if any,Continue reading “Marketing”
Introductions are in Order…
Marketing Dragon Dreams
Gonna dive into the self publishing world once again. I’ve learned a bit since my first two books, Eternal Diet and its sequel You Are What You Eat, sank into the pit of Amazon anonymity. I’ve started a series of posts with art related to each character in the book to introduce them to potentialContinue reading “Marketing Dragon Dreams”
Technology is not my forte
I’ve not been here for a long time; so here’s an update November I will be at the Kona Stories book stores in Keahou Hawaii to market both ETERNAL DIET and YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. Can’t wait; wine, cheese, goodies and hopefully interested bookies. No, not THAT kind of bookie! Currently, I have severalContinue reading “Technology is not my forte”
Pitch Wars Update
Not much to report. It’s been a bit over two weeks and no requests. I did start thinking about what might be keeping my manuscript from instant success. Re-read the first three chapters [again] and decided the first chapter needed a better ending; one with more of a bang than Addy waking up from aContinue reading “Pitch Wars Update”
A Bit Out Of Sequence
Some of my posts here are out of sequence because I copied them from my old blog that just wasn’t working for me. Not being a tech savvy person, I was having trouble getting that blog to work for me. I copied and then posted them all on here; that’s why they all have theContinue reading “A Bit Out Of Sequence”