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 […]
Some Days Are That Way
It’s one of those days when my brain is sluggish and doesn’t feel like writing. While it may be a sign of aging, it may just be I’m lazy. Once I get set down at my desk, the computer between my ears perks up, and I get a few things done. I keep plugging along, […]
Change of Seasons
It’s time for Hubby and me to move back north for the summer. The days in Texas will start getting too hot for me to function well, and the cool evenings in South Dakota will let me sit outside to think and daydream and the days are longer. Plus, we’ve never had to go through […]
Returning from the Sea
During a workshop I took last summer, the presenter talked about holding a writing conference aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The idea sucked me right in, and I signed up. I invited my daughter to go, but it didn’t work with her schedule. My sister jumped at the chance when I asked her. Last […]
Foggy Days
For Christmas, I gave my daughter a certificate good for three days at an AirBnB as a writing retreat. She cashed in on that gift this past week. I told her she could go alone, go with her hubby, go with her dad, or go with me. She picked me to go with her, along […]