Presenting my book
I finally got my own copies! Hurray!
Book launched!
DIVIDED LOYALTIES said hello to the world today. I didn’t see it, mind you, until someone brought it to the house after it arrived on her doorstep. But today was its release day. Launching a book was a nerve-wracking process. I didn’t have to do anything. It was just a date on the calendar. On…
Can’t wait for release day? Preorders now available
Even though release day for my book DIVIDED LOYALTIES isn’t for two more weeks, impatient readers can preorder it at a 10 percent discount. It is available only here, on Black Rose Writing’s website For purchases made before the publication date of July 27, use the promo code: PREORDER2017 to receive a 10 percent discount.…
First steps in promoting my novel
I’ve done all the work to build settings that show how I think the countryside around Antietam Creek looked in 1862. I researched the Battle of Antietam, battlefield nurses and medicine (only enough; I’m squeamish). I’ve considered the clothes people wore then, the foods they ate, the names of the roads and churches and when…
WRITING: ‘Contract offer’
Now I know what it feels like to get a book contract. Heady. A thrill up there with winning the lottery or taking an exciting new job. Scary as any step into the unknown. And it came as I spent a day in bed, sick as a dog. About 3 p.m. I felt well enough…
