The curved ball thrown by my paperback distributor featured in my IWSG post two weeks ago. To recap, an email from the publisher said Ingram would be dropping my “book/books” from April 25th. But not which titles. the supply chain
Book Review | Drunk Chickens and Burnt Macaroni
Drunk Chickens and Burnt Macaroni by Mary Smith has been in my Kindle for several years. I only added it to my Goodreads list in 2022, probably when housekeeping after Mary’s death from cancer that Christmas. We met at a
Crossing | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Crossing was provided as a prompt last April (2023). I wasn’t inspired by the chicken so much as the word prompt… which reminded me of the short story X Marks the Spot, that in turn gave me book 8 of
Book Review | Saltblood by Francesca de Tores
Saltblood, a tale of war, pirates and deception. I loved the blurb and loved the book, thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for the advance copy. It’s due out on April 25th. Saltblood by Francesca de Tores In a rented
Publisher curved balls #IWSG
Last week, my publisher partners sent me two emails, both throwing me curved balls. As I often do, I decided to talk through my problems here with you! Janet Alcorn, T. Powell Coltrin,Natalie Aguirre, and Pat Garcia! Publisher: Smashwords (ebooks) problem: ebook rejected
Book Review | Forgotten Lore
I’m fairly sure I got Forgotten Lore as a freebie from Rhonda Parrish’s website or mailing list last year (although it seems to have been 22 on my Goodreads list!). I’ve been looking forward to reading it. Forgotten Lore Blanket
The Guinea Pigs and the A2Z Challenge
Blogging from A to Z in April – the challenge starts on Monday. And I’m not doing it this year – too much work 🙂 The guinea pigs were so keen, though, and someone gave them an idea for a
Book Review | Space Oddities by Harry Cliff
Space Oddities is subtitled The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding Of The Universe. I have become aware of several things that have scientists worried about whether Einstein was right or not. This seemed to at least gather them together for
Flashback Fiction #writephoto | Lambent
Lambent is the title Sue Vincent gave her #writephoto prompt this week in 2020. It refers to the quality of light in the stunning photo she’s chosen. I’m doing some Flashback fiction at present, and this one brought back many
Book Review | K’Barthan Extras #3+4
The K’Barthan Extras are a series of novella-length stories featuring the Pan of Hamgee – the star of M T McGuire’s funny, fantastic, thrilling fantasy/scifi series. I reviewed the first two in January. These are just as good. Close Enough
Desk | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Desk was provided as a prompt last March (2023), so I thought I’d slip it in here. It’s from the writephoto meme by KL Caley at New2Writing.com, but unfortunately KL is on hiatus. I have recently discovered that my neck
Book Review | Kiwi and the Serpent of the Isle
Serpent of the Isle is book 4 in the Kiwi series. I started out to read book 3 Kiwi and the Living Nightmare. Only when I’d finished, and thought the blurb sounded nothing like what I’d read, I investigated further.
When did you last update your book descriptions? #IWSG
Update your book descriptions? Why? Those were my questions when I read an interesting post on marketing your Amazon titles at Jane Friedman’s website. Kristina Kelly, Miffie Seideman,Jean Davis, and Liza @ Middle Passages Update Book descriptions to increase your Amazon Rankings That,
Viridian and Princelings Offers in Read an Ebook Week #ebookweek24
Offers – I’m trying not to do them these days, but Bob mentioned he’d missed a Princelings book or two, and I thought I’d run something for Read an Ebook Week this year. Princelings ebooks on offer 3-9 March You
Book Review | The Last Word by Elly Griffiths
The Last Word is Elly Griffiths’ latest crime novel. Listed as a standalone, it reprises characters from the first Harbinder Kaur novel, the Postscript Murders, and Harbinder also appears in this one. I wish Elly would stop using ‘The Last…’