Tag Archives: Novels

Selling Novels at Calvary Women’s Services Benefit

Nov

06

This Tuesday, November 8 from 9 am to 3 pm, I’ll be selling my novels FOOD AND WORRY and SIX WORDS at a charity boutique to raise funds to build a women’s shelter here in Washington, DC. The address for … Continue reading →

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6-Word Stories and my SIX WORDS Novel

May

18

Image: m_bartosch / FreeDigitalPhotos.net In honor of short story month, here’s how Hemingway initiated the six-word story: For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn. Okay, but enough about Hemingway’s brevity. Now here are six words to describe my novel SIX WORDS: … Continue reading →

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Author Profile: Leslie Pietrzyk

Apr

24

Leslie Pietrzyk is one of my favorite authors, teachers, and creative mentors, and she’s funny and a great source of recipes and restaurant recommendations. Her Work-in-Progress blog is helpful to writers in the DC area, and everywhere else. For example, … Continue reading →

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“McQuestionable Musings” about Self-Publishing

Apr

21

Karen McQuestion is one of the most successful novelists to emerge from Amazon’s CreateSpace platform. To quote her bio: “I’m the author of six books, including the novel, A Scattered Life, which has been optioned for film. Five of those … Continue reading →

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Dystopian Novels from Carrie Ryan and Lauren Oliver

Apr

14

[If you're not sure what dystopian fiction is, or if you are a fan of the genre already, see my P.S. about it at the end of this article.] In honor of Support Teen Lit Day, which is today!!, the … Continue reading →

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Rock the (Book) Drop

Apr

12

This Thursday, April 14, is Support Teen Lit Day. The websites Readergirlz and Figment are sponsoring a book drop called Rock the Drop. You can help connect teens (and tweens) with great reads by dropping a good book anywhere you … Continue reading →

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Celebratory Discount & ABNA Contest Update

Mar

25

I’m proud to announce that I’m a quarter-finalist in Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award contest. In this third round, novels were judged on excerpts (the first 3,000 to 5,000 words). I entered Food and Worry, though I am equally proud of … Continue reading →

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Guest-blogged for The Writer’s Center

Feb

24

The Writer’s Center’s “First Personal Plural” blog kindly reposted the two-part series about self-publishing that I did for Leslie Pietrzyk’s Work-in-Progress blog. Here are the links to Part 1 and Part 2. And on this blog, please click the “Self-Publishing” … Continue reading →

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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Update

Feb

24

First, a grateful welcome to anyone visiting this blog for the first time via The Writer’s Center’s “First Person Plural” blog. I just checked out Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award Update for the zillionth time this morning and I made it … Continue reading →

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Earnest (But Ultimately Cynical) Potboilers from 1983

Feb

08

Joy Fielding’s THE OTHER WOMAN and Trevanian’s THE SUMMER OF KATYA are forgotten jewels. I read these almost back-to-back, but didn’t realize that both books were published in the same year until I began writing this post. 1983 must have … Continue reading →

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