by Cyndi | Sep 17, 2017 | advice on selling a book, authors, bookstores, Writing, editing, reading
More Than You Think You Know was released in July 2017 and since then lots of people have been asking how to buy it. I’m not going to risk being as annoying as The Critic—selfish marketing isn’t my bag, and it doesn’t work. But since y’all...
by Cyndi | Aug 18, 2017 | advice on selling a book, authors, Writing, editing, reading
Long before my novel More Than You Think You Know was released I’ve dreamed of being in the tents with my fellow authors. It happened last weekend in Eagle Harbor, Michigan, and will happen again this weekend, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. -4 p.m. Sunday at...
by Cyndi | Feb 7, 2016 | authors, Writing, editing, reading
I’ve always wanted to go to Cuba and I used to envy Barbara Walters her Fidel Castro interview. But now that I’ve read Leaving Little Havana, a memoir by Cecilia M. Fernandez , I’d rather talk to her, a fiery journalist who could show me both her slice of Miami and...
by Cyndi | May 8, 2015 | advice on selling a book, advice on writing a book, authors, writing tips
Flashback to 1982, University of Nevada Las Vegas: I was young. The creative writing teacher’s pointed remark about women with “Alice In Wonderland complexes” went right over my head. My naiveté and eagerness, sitting there with a bow in my long hair, served me well....
by Cyndi | Feb 4, 2015 | advice on selling a book, advice on writing a book, authors, books, editors, ficiton, novel research, novel writing advice, novels, readers, reading, writers, writing, writing advice
Some of the most amazing connections happen on Twitter, like the conversation I’m having with a new author. My answer to @pasquale0022 took more than 140 characters. And I hope this info is encouraging to all aspiring authors: Dear John, Everything you need to...
by Cyndi | Oct 30, 2014 | advice on selling a book, advice on writing a book, authors, book review, writing
“It is as beautiful as I hoped it would be,” says the e-mail from my friend and mentor, author Deborah K. Frontiera, of her latest publication, “The Nature of Life.” The hardbound, full-color, hand-numbered and signed limited edition pairs photos and poems accumulated...
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