by Cyndi | Dec 31, 2014 | advice on selling a book, beta readers, book review, novel research, writing, zines
Menopause! There. I said it. Period (as in end of.) I’m not the only one turning up the volume on a forthright discussion. Lower East Side Librarian Jenna Freedman and her frank, funny and factual band of collaborators, including co-editor Kate Haas, are spurring a...
by Cyndi | Jul 5, 2014 | advice on selling a book, advice on writing a book, authors, book review, book store marketing, books
Picturing the curled lip or dismissive gaze of a book store manager can stop even the boldest author from approaching, even if the outlet isn’t a well-known national chain. Relax, says Lee LaForge, nine-year manager of Book World in Marquette, Michigan. “We need more...
by Cyndi | Sep 28, 2013 | books, novels, writers, writing
“I got a rejection the other day,” Corey LaBissoniere tells me, and the three of us – Corey, his mom Tammy and I – snicker. We are sitting in the Portage Lake District Library community room on the Houghton, Michigan waterfront basking in a substantial audience...
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