Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah … from my home to yours By mid-next week, gulp, the beginning of 2025 bubbles up. Winter Solstice landed on December 21st, a favorite day of mine … which means that THREE more minutes of daylight are added each day forward until...
Tis the Season … What’s your purpose? For your writing … your publishing … for you, as an author? How about others? We all have a purpose … sometimes it’s myopic; others, multi. I’m one of the “multis” … many items, concepts, events, and groups I care deeply...
12 Tips for Authors to Sell More Books as Gifts If there is one item where there is “something for everyone”—it’s a book. Of many of my favorite things, books top my gift-giving list … and receiving list. If you are stymied about what to give to a favorite person, a...
OH-OH … the slated Annual AuthorYOU Holiday Party is happening in 12 days in my home … MAYBE. To have it happen, I need to know that you are coming. Otherwise, I don’t don the apron and cook up a storm; breakout the wine cellar; and of course, fun and goofy good...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday have passed… Now “ads” are popping to snag all those who might have missed out … and guess what, some of the deals will be better than what were originally offered. If you think you missed out on the holiday book-buying rush by not...