What’s it like to be a podcast guest? And how do you prep? Read on for a few Tips & Tricks from my recent experience.

Got book club questions for your masterpiece?  Here are 3 reasons you need them:

• Book Clubs Are Influencers
• It’s Never Too Late
• Resources Abound

Read on for all the whats, whys, and hows.

Should you include literary Easter eggs in your manuscript? I did. Here’s why—

• Readers Love The Hunt
• Easter Eggs Reveal Character
• It’s A Sneaky Way To Foreshadow

How’d it go? Book Launch Party exceeds expectations! Photos and brief recap.

What’s a book launch party? And how do you plan for one? That’s the topic for this week’s newsletter. And timely it is.

This Friday, October 13, 7-9 p.m., The Book Bungalow (St. George Utah’s local independent bookseller) will be hosting a book launch for All that Glisters.

What’s involved in throwing such a party? 

What’s the secret to becoming a Self-Starter? Here’s my journey to find out and the resulting magazine article entitled Self-Startability—You Hold the Key to Your Own Ignition.

With my debut novel finally launching this week, my Senior Editor, Lea Schizas, reached out to interview me. Here’s the first draft of the transcript.

Welcome back to the ongoing saga of my author journey. With the Copy Edits complete, the next step in my publisher’s manuscript workflow was reviewing the Galley Proofs. What are those? And what’s at stake when approving the Final Galley?

“You know,” my wife said, “you should write a blog post about Why This Book? and Why Now? Readers want to know.”

She had a point. And so that’s what this week’s post is about—My motivation for writing All that Glisters. Along the way, I’ll explain why wheelbarrow economics scares the bejeebers out of me. Hence, the cute little illustration below that I collaged together.

Alright, alright, alright, I know it sounds cliché but the editor is there to help you. My editor...your editor...all editors want what you want:

The best possible version of your book.

Sometimes that requires a makeover.

In this week’s blog post, we pick up right where we left off—publishing contract in hand, cover design complete.

Here’s the follow-up to last week’s Mystery of Cover Art Design. In Part 2, you’ll get to inspect the mockups, see how my original recommendations to the cover artist proved unworkable, and watch the final design evolve. Man oh man, did I learn lessons along the way!

In this blog post, we take a behind-the-scenes look at how a book cover comes to life—starting with the first steps in the process. For me, it was fascinating what’s involved. Expect surprises! 

I could use your help. I’m on a quest for the perfect author photo for my mystery series. There’s got to be some clues, right?

This is a mystery after all—or at least, mystery-adjacent. With so many photos of interest to investigate, I could really use an assist. Working together, we might just be able to find the right mug shot for a fledging whodunit writer.

All those responding to the request for feedback will be entered into a drawing for one of five signed copies of All that Glisters when it releases later this year. Details at the end of this post.