An interesting blogger decided to follow Sea Venture’s Journey (my sailing blog). Being the curious sort, I wandered over to see what I could see and found a repost from Catherine, Caffeinated. I’m sorry that the linking blogger didn’t leave any way for me to contact her. Still, I submit … Read more →
How To Sell Self-Published Books: Read This First
This is not only very funny, but also very, very true. Now, I’m not self-publishing anything at the moment. But I do edit, and I do acquire, and I do write books, and I do buy. This means that all of Catherine’s advice on paying attention to the details is … Read more →
A Marketing Revelation
Fine, this won’t surprise the networking gurus, but as I commented this morning on a post over at Writer Unboxed called “Networking for the Cowardly and Terrified” (that would be moi), I saw it. I rarely buy books when someone begs me to. I rarely buy based on advertising. But … Read more →
Connecting with Folk: That Tribe Thing
In my last post, I wondered about tribes and finding one. Perhaps that sense of isolation came from so many years as a gypsy cruiser on Sea Venture, connecting with boat people or via social media. Here, at home in NC, taking care of my mama, I’m miles from town, … Read more →
Tribes: Who Needs Them?
That fellow’s pointing at me. He’s a marketing guru (I’m sure), and he says that my next job is to make scads of social media friends. I must blog, tweet, speak, call, make myself heard somewhere, by someone. By enough someones that my book will sell. I’m supposed to … Read more →








