Fantastic news: Marilyn Wetston kindly talked about my book twice this morning on her Sunday radio show From a Woman’s Perspective on AM740 in Toronto. Nicknamed “The Wardrobe Doctor,” Marilyn runs a fashion store, appears on the radio (including Internet radio) and television, and writes for a large variety of Canadian and Ontario print media.…
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StumbleUpon Pimps My Hits
Somebody StumbledUpon one of my posts for the second time, and this time, today, I decided to make a greater effort to figure out how to add the StumbleUpon widget to my website. Suddenly, after I did that, one person then another added my joining-the-chapters-community post to their book pages on StumbleUpon. The number of…
A Good Gift for Mother’s Day
Thank goodness for a timely phone call about Mother’s Day and the suggestion that maybe my book would be a good gift for that special day. Back before the shit hit the fan, I had mapped out the special days that Lifeliner would be good for, and one of the obvious ones was Mother’s Day.…
Fellow iUniverse Author Wins Leacock Medal
Terry Fallis, a fellow Publisher’s Choice and iUniverse author, has won the 2008 Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, which includes a cash prize. I’d like to point out that he beat traditionally published — and well-known — authors like Douglas Coupland and Will Ferguson to win this coveted prize.
Top Ten Writing Inspirations
We authors were challenged in Chapters Community to write a post, or a top 10 list, or a review about those who inspired us and influenced our work, whether books, essays, stories, or fellow authors. Hey, I thought, good idea for a post on my own blog. So here’s my top 10 list of those…
An Honest Story of Judy Saving a Spirit
A person whose spirit Judy saved left a touching and honest account of how she met Judy in my Guestbook. When Toni Smith first e-mailed me to tell me how Judy had made a difference in her life and perspective on life, I had thought it was after Judy had gone home and had successfully…
Protest the New Big Blue Bin, Else It’ll Multiply!
Update: If you don’t like your new blue bin and want to have a better solution: “Target70 will book a home appointment so you can use a combination of several smaller bins which would be a lot more manageable.” E-mail them. The City of Toronto dumped a very large, lidded blue box on my property.…
Amazon Continues to Squeeze Authors and Small Publishers with BookSurge Ultimatum
I wrote earlier about Amazon attempting to force print-on-demand publishers like iUniverse and Lulu and other small-press publishers to use BookSurge to print all books sold through Amazon. Essentially, the retailer is also the printer and wants deep discounts from publishers for the privilege of printing through them. The discounts will lead to lower royalties…
Lifeliner on Midwest Book Review’s Bookwatch
The Midwest Book Review was established in 1976 and “publishes several monthly publications for community and academic library systems in California, Wisconsin, and the upper Midwest.” Among those publications is MBR Bookwatch, and you won’t believe whose book ended up in the March 2008 issue? You got it: mine! “The MBR Bookwatch is a monthly…