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*bounces up and down* its here! It comes out tomorrow!

The first of the stories in my Twists of Fate Series, Changing Fate, comes out tomorrow from Red Rose Publishing! ( …

Do you know what YOUR audience wants?

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Nope. I still battle with subtle attacks. Recently we had an issue with one of my sons. The results and consequences could have been tragic and…

Today I got quite the surprise. I was barely listening to an announcement on the radio--91.7 The Bounce, to be exact, and I heard Eva Avila's name come up. It didn't twig completely until they started talking about the Oil Kings game. (I just don't DO sports! ) Then it hit me.

Eva Avila was coming to Edmonton!

Now…

If you click on the song I just added to "MY PAGE", you will hear me singing a song I wrote in 2004 entitled "THE BALLAD OF THE O'DONNELL HOUSE". It was written about a house - demolished a year ago this November - that was the inspiration for my novel, THE PIPES ARE CALLING.

The song tells the story of a massacre that happened in the early hours of the morning on December 10, 1875 in a little coal patch called Wiggans near Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, in the heart of anthracite…

Well last night I spoke to a really wonderful group of ladies (and one gentleman) from eight book clubs who were holding their annual "all clubs together" meeting. They had invited me to come join their meeting to speak about my road to publication. I was thrilled that almost all sixty of these folks had purchased my book and were prepared not only to listen intently to my tale, but ask really wonderful questions about my writing. I signed a lot of autographs and received and gave…

Radio Interview Tips

Don’t say “ My Book”

Repeat the title of your book!

Don’t say “It’s In My Book”

Chances are the host hasn’t read your book.…

Hello Everybody!

I want to record my book to make an audio book but I don't know where to start reading. Do I read everything from the copyright page to index? Or, do I start at the first chapter? Also, many pages of the book are sample applications, letters etc. Is there a way I can include these pages? They are a huge benefit to purchasing the book. Somebody please help me; and thank yall' in anticipation!

Virtual book tours with Pump Up Your Book Promotion continues! All authors on tour in September will be giving away FREE copies of their books to a few lucky people who comment on their blog stops. Winners will be announced at www.virtualbooktoursforauthors.blogspot.com on September 30!

The following authors on tour and their tour stops today are:

Nick Oliva, author of the book, ONLY MOMENTS, is appearing at My Best Friend’s Story at…

Synopsis:

“I am dead, may the Lord have mercy on my wretched soul and forgive me my many sins. I did what I had to do.”…

I would like to invite you to this week's special teleseminar, which will focus on two things:

• your questions about finding your best-selling book title
• a preview of what I'll be covering on my course on "…