Analogy warning: I am going to take this analogy way too far, but it is completely relevant, I promise! We recently built a tree house for the kidlets. That is a loose term because it is not actually in a tree; rather it is set among the trees. As…

I was honored to take part (okay I was the head cat-wrangler) for an event in Chicago this weekend that can serve as a template of sorts for other Hometown Reads cities. We had some fun, learned a lot, and made some mistakes. I post this only so…

Your new novel has arrived, those pesky typos are at a minimum, you are thrilled to thumb through the interior and feel a glow of satisfaction. Friends think it’s great; the cover is catchy. Now you have to reach out to others so someone buys your…

Creating a Live Book Event Together. Authors sometimes position the writing of a book as a big, painful deal. You alone wore the heavy cloak of creativity as you crafted your manuscript word by word, dragooning the…