What Makes a Book Worth Reading?
It’s cucumber season. While I was picking cucumbers and swatting deer flies today in our garden, I contemplated what makes a book worth reading. I’m a reader, don’t get me wrong. I’ve read thousands of books in my lifetime. Some were good, some were great. Some weren’t worth my time. Others changed my life. Right […]
North Brainerd Book Club
Book clubs are my favorite things! Since publishing ABERCROMBIE TRAIL in 2009, I’ve visited close to forty book clubs across the region. Each one is different. Each delightful in its own unique way. Last week I attended the North Brainerd Book Club at Krista Soukup’s home on Bluff Street. We sat in her beautiful screened […]
Tracking Sales on Amazon
Amazon.com has a tracking system that logs every sale in book stores all across the country. This makes it possible for authors to see where their books are selling and how many are being sold. After I got over the big-brother-is-watching response, I began to appreciate this information. As a regional author, I’m surprised by […]