Signing Books at Henry’s
Yesterday, I spent part of the afternoon at a small indie bookstore called Henry’s Books selling and signing my books. It’s a charming place in the back of an old red sandstone building on Main Street in Spearfish, SD. In the front is an Italian restaurant, Nona’s Kitchen, that serves great food. I know that […]
Keep Trying
I love independent bookstores. They’re small but quaint, and the owners are usually such nice people. We have a lot in common: we both love books and reading. I connect with them easily. Where I live, there are several bookstores, two of which are big corporate chains. One is an indie bookstore with hoity toity […]
No Doors Needed
An unusual thing happened when I was selling and signing books at Wild Deadwood Reads a couple of weeks ago. Let me preface it by saying that it’s a free country where people can write what they want to write, and people are free to read or not read what they want to. At this […]
Wild Deadwood Reads
I’m resting after attending my third year of Wild Deadwood Reads, an author learning and book signing event in Deadwood, SD. It’s a day and a half of workshops, and this year’s were exceptionally good. I learned a great deal including new marketing techniques and how to write dialogue that moves the story along. Everything […]
One of Those Weeks
Ever have one of those weeks or days where not much seems to go right? That’s what last week was for me. It started off with news that wasn’t bad, but it set in motion a ton of work for me, mainly redoing a lot of stuff that I thought was done. Once I got […]
Old Dogs Still Learning
That old adage about how you can’t teach an old dog new tricks has no place in today’s world. This old dog has spent two weeks trying to learn how to navigate through a new platform for releasing books. It’s different than Amazon’s book site, and it took me a while to get all the […]
A Two-Week Book Tour
I’ve always told people I’m a homebody, but if you’ve kept up with my blogs this summer, you know I’m turning myself into a liar. Every month since April, I’ve been away from home on a trip or two. While it’s nice to travel, I sure miss home while I’m gone. On this last trip, […]
Another Day, Another Book Signing Event
I spent all day yesterday at the Community Center in Hermosa, South Dakota. It’s a very small, but nice town south of Rapid City. I’ve been there a few times for different events but haven’t spent much time. A lot of very nice people live there. The event was a vendor fair, not a specific […]