Thursday, December 25, 2014

Upcoming Events: Perhaps You Will Join Me?

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TWITTER: Guest host on ‪#‎ LitChat‬ , Monday, January 5th from 4-5 p.m. UPCOMING READINGS: Friday, January 9th at 7 pm: Harvard Bo...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

DATE CHANGE: Join Me for LitChat# on Monday, January 5th, 4-5 pm

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UPDATE : Publisher had a baby! (Because I make everyone in publishing fertile, apparently.) So, there was a change in some scheduling, an...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Glowy People Magazine Review and Sweet Huffington Post Interview....(I Kid You Not, People)

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Predictions that the final post would not be my final post have come to fruition. But how could I go any further in this life and world w...
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Friday, November 7, 2014

Count Down Day....Ah, Screw It. No One is Counting Down with Me Anyway. (Final Post)

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You will understand the miracle of the blurb on the cover of my novel, if you are an LROD fan. You see, little rodents, good things can h...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

What Kind of Love Does John Updike Get from The New Yorker At Christmas Time?

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On this auspicious day (one week before launch), I thought I'd dwell a bit on the victory of being a writer. Remember all those New Yo...
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Monday, November 3, 2014

Count Down Day 8: Try Some Rejection Therapy or The Rejector Generator or Read About Rejection Experiments

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A week from tomorrow is the big day. I know we have already established that there is no such thing as the big day since the book has been...
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Friday, October 31, 2014

Count Down Day 11: A Pub Date is A Pub Date is a What?

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Received this observation from an LROD Reader, pointing out the availability of my novel for a month and the laughability of this count do...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Count Down Day 13: Publisher Says My Job Right Now *IS* to Freak Out

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I've had a few moments of panic lately as the time draws nearer to release: less than two weeks. No take backs. I have at least figure...
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Friday, October 24, 2014

You Are Free To Go by Sarah Yaw (Count Down Day 18: "Acceptance is Traumatic to Your Self-Doubt," Yo!)

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I love myself a fiesty author who speaks her mind about literary rejection and everything else. Therefore, I present to you Sarah Yaw, aut...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Count Down Day 19--Uncool Agent Delivers An Electronic Kick in the Nuts to This Outraged Writer

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I am interrupting this regularly scheduled count down to post a rejection sent in by an LROD reader today. It's a particularly weird o...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Count Down Day 20: Things Are Shaping Up in My Little World of Novel Promotion

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It's always the hard part to shift from being a writer alone in a room having a love affair or fist fight with words, plot, characters...
Saturday, October 18, 2014

Count Down Day 23: Literary Agencies I Have Known and Cursed

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I always thought I'd find a literary agent who would be my bestie forever and ever, but, alas, it didn't work out th...
Friday, October 17, 2014

Count Down Day 24--A Dose of What-Have-You for My Humble Novel

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Q: How many journals/markets has your writing appeared in? Over what time period? LROD: About a dozen when I was writing my second short...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Count Down Day 25--Why No One Comments on My Blog

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"Man, you're not getting no comments...what's up with that?" was a comment I received just a few days ago. This is from ...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Count Down Day 26--What's The Real Deal With Me & Jacob Appel?

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Jacob Appel is a prince among male writers. He is also prolific and smart and an interesting guy.  He is the second winner of the Golden ...