Writing Oh, boy! My book is a textbook! That’s good news, right? 14 Jan 20135 May 2020 When I wrote about this in 2011, I talked about rights reversion and what that means in an age of ebooks. Today, I'm having more of an issue with the…
Writing Working with illustrators 10 Aug 20111 Feb 2023 One of the illustrations Elijah Brady Clark did for my first "Who Pooped" book. At the SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators) conference in Los Angeles last weekend,…
Book Signings Book Signings: Learn from my mistakes! 25 Jul 201131 Jan 2023 Last month, I wrote a blog post entitled "14 book signing tips for authors." Last night, I kicked myself for not following all of my own advice. Actually, things started…
Writing Networking for children’s authors: What’s the dress code again? 20 Jul 20111 Feb 2023 Over the years, as my career shot through its giant pinball machine, changing directions whenever it hit a peg, I have been involved in quite a few trade associations, ranging…
Books Book Review: “Hawks Rest” by Gary Ferguson 19 Jul 20111 Feb 2023 Why am I writing a review of a book that came out over eight years ago? Because it went out of print -- which made me unhappy because it is…
Books Selling books in the modern era 18 Jul 201113 Jan 2023 When I was growing up, we did two types of shopping. Commodity items came from department stores like Sears, and specialty items came from specialty stores. To this day, if…
Books Book Review: “Hook, Line & Sinister,” edited by T. Jefferson Parker 1 Jul 20111 Feb 2023 I fish. I wouldn't call myself an expert. Some years I never drop a line in the water at all. But I enjoy fishing, and I enjoy mysteries. T. Jefferson…
Book Signings Book signings and long-term relationships 13 Jun 201131 Jan 2023 As you can guess from recent blog posts, I've been thinking a lot about book signings lately. Maybe it's because I'm putting together events for the bookstore right now, or…
Book Signings 10 book signing tips for booksellers 11 Jun 201130 Jan 2023 Since I'm an author who also owns a bookstore, I've been on both sides of the book signing game. Yesterday I talked about what an author can do to make…
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