In the years since writing my second novel, To the Left of Death, I’ve found there are additional challenges in marketing trauma based stories. To the Left of Death largely focuses on surviving trauma. The central story is about a teacher who was present when a student’s father was shot and killed. It also includes …
My choose-your-ending book, Audrey and Esther Geekify Greenville, has been on sale quite often lately through Amazon. These sales are at Amazon’s discretion. They come and go, and some have offered the book at 50-70% off (much cheaper than I can afford to sell the book myself!) You can keep an eye on the price …
Have you ever heard people talk about the “bones of a story?” Maybe as in, “The story had great bones, but I didn’t like…” (Why does discussion always focus on critique? Let’s save that for a later post.) Maybe you can tell what that means from the context. The bones are essentially the frame of …
Here’s a fun fact: my new book, Freely Written Vol. 1 went from concept to print in about two weeks. Yep, two weeks! While quick turn around is one of the benefits of self-publishing, that was a little crazy even for me. Why the quick release? And why did the print edition come out nearly …
By late summer 2020, I needed a fun and silly creative project. There were two ideas I’d been kicking around for quite a while: writing a gamebook and writing a book about two friends named after my grandmothers, Audrey and Esther. Putting those ideas together seemed like a perfect solution. I had no idea how …
