Bloggin’ Like Crazy
A published writer who decides to blog has the same problem as an Oscar-winning actress who takes a part in her kid’s elementary school play — the fear that people will come expecting way, WAY too much. That’s why (I think) many writers rarely, if ever blog. They think their “public” will be devestated unless they can [...]
“Butter Comes From Butterflies”
Ok, I LOVE finding new websites. You know the book Needful Things, by Stephen King? Where people stumble into this little curiousity shop, filled with the exact kinds of curiosities they, themselves had always been intrigued by, in the back of their minds? (Yes, I know, forget that part about the store owner being the devil, [...]
Blog Lovin’ is My Favorite
Some more top-notch Blog Love for Trespassers has come in lately. Not to diminish the importance of PW or Kirkus Reviews (believe me, I’m so grateful I’m double-tithing so they don’t take it back), but I have to say that my favorite fans are the blogger fans.
Why?
Well, there are the obvious reasons. They took the time to read [...]
STARRED
Well, if you’ve refreshed my home page lately, you’ll see that Publisher’s Weekly gave us a STARRED REVIEW!!! Not that I should care, of course. Because true artists are above all that trophy stuff, gold-plated glorifying, ego-boosting stuff.
But because I’m a Kentucky girl, and I’ll call myself an “artist” the day Jeff Foxworthy calls himself [...]
Shame-full Self-Promotion
Well, my dear, long-suffering (but thank goodness she continues to live and continues to suffer for me) web publicist, Valerie, has gone and made me a Facebook fan page. Thus, I’ve been encouraged to enter that strange hinterland called Self-Promotion.
All first-time writers must get to know this territory well. But I have to confess, it feels [...]
On Reading and Shopping
I hadn’t been in a mall bookstore for years, until yesterday. I’d been in an airport bookstore, which is pretty much the same thing, only bigger, and without the employees who wear matching polo shirts, ala Foot Locker. The atmosphere was just as I remembered, the last time I stopped in one to browse the Sweet Valley [...]
LAUNCH DAY!
It’s official! This afternoon, Meg and I flung ourselves through the doors of Joseph-Beth Booksellers with the kind of enthusiasm one usually sees only when those grand gates at Churchill Downs are thrown open. Or when they play the news footage of that God-awful designer-wedding-dress-for-a-dollar smorgasboard up in Boston. (Having lived both places, let me just [...]