I'm a fan of the Q&A, which is the main reason I studied journalism in college. I like people, and I'm nosy. Catch in your mind a vision of a Jack Russell terrier nosing through a mole hole, and you'll get a picture of me when someone drops a morsel of intrigue. I won't let up ... at least I … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2017
Lu + Flora = Giveaway
Thanks to everyone who entered this giveaway. My random name-picker popped out the following names: Rachel Thompson, Chandra Ackley, and Maren McKenzie! Writing Lu was fun because it’s fiction. In all the other writing I’ve done – journalism, academic, technical communication - you get in big … [Read more...]
200
On June 28, I released Lu. By July 5, I sold 200 copies, and my boss ponied up per our beer bet. 200 copies is nothing in the publishing world. If said publishing world sat on my advisory council, they’d be making that cut motion across their throats, telling me not to blog sale numbers until I’d … [Read more...]
Against Hope, In Hope
For a long time, it was just Lu & Me, so now that people are reading the book and passing it on and recommending it, it’s fun. But this is also happening: I can’t thank you enough for taking the time out of your busy schedule to share your good words with us. Unfortunately, we could not … [Read more...]
La Librarie
My mama always said there wasn’t a rule I didn’t question, a line I didn’t want to cross. So you can imagine how statistics like this play in my mind: Less than 1% of books are sold in bookstores. I couldn’t pay attention to numbers like this when I was writing Lu, but now that it’s here, … [Read more...]
