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Selling Books at Art and Craft Fairs by Christine Husom
~Photo with my friend and supporter, Cathy, on the left. She surprised me by coming to one of the art and craft fairs this summer. I’d been thinking for a while about getting out to more fairs with my...
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I Can’t Believe I Did This Too!
When I worked for McCormick and Co., Inc., originally we lived in the Nashville, TN area. However, in 1998, Bob was offered a opportunity to relocate to Naperville, IL, a southeast suburb of Chicago....
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Things I learned about books and bookstores by Sheila Deeth
I run a local writers’ group. When I mentioned a free online seminar about getting books into indie and gift stores, one of the members suggested I take the class and report back. I suspect I wasn’t...
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Writing Book Reviews: Purpose and Tips by Christine Husom
There are two basic purposes for writing book reviews: helping potential readers decide whether they’ll read a particular one, and letting authors know what’s good, or not, about their book. It’s an...
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Read or Not Read
Did my title confuse you, dear reader? Don’t worry, I’ll explain. After my publisher launched my debut book, SHE HAD TO KNOW, in 2011, I gave a number of talks and signings for various organizations to...
View ArticleCreative Advertising
Years ago and for over 20 years I owned my own Belly Gram business. That was before the Internet, and service based businesses were traditionally advertised in the Yellow Pages of the phone directory...
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It’s Readers and Writers Week on the Match Game – by Sherrie Hansen
This March, I’m going to be speaking to a group of bed and breakfast innkeepers on the subject of how and why we choose accommodations when we travel. Of particular interest to this group is: When...
View ArticleBouchercon World Mystery Convention
I normally write something about writing in general or about my life in my blog, but this month I hope my publisher will pardon the account of my adventure of the last several days. Bouchercon, the...
View ArticleSize Matters – to Me
As a reader, I have a general book length that I prefer reading. As a writer, I found I did, too. When I wrote my first book, it just naturally came out to about 75,000 words which equals roughly...
View ArticleCozy Authors & Social Media
It seems to me that mystery books by cozy authors have become more and more popular among readers in the last few years. I am one of those readers and I love escaping to another world or hovering...
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