Thank You, UK Readers!
Last week, The Lost Daughter (the title of The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes in the United Kingdom) was #5 on the UK Heatseeker’s List, which measures the popularity of books by new (to the UK) authors. This week, it’s at #2! I’m thrilled and grateful. I know it’s because of the painted toenails! A big…
Read MoreTorture!
We’re about halfway through creating the one-to-two minute mini interviews I wrote about in my last post. Torture! Probably much more so for John than for me. He’s being incredibly patient. I actually hope that my part in the interviews is at least 90% over, though I know John’s editing is only beginning. I’d divided my…
Read MoreGetting Ready for the Mini-Interviews
Tomorrow, the good quality video camera we’re renting will arrive. Then this weekend, John will be filming my “Mini-Interviews,” during which I plan to answer some of the questions I’m most commonly asked by my readers. When my website is updated (soon, I hope) I’ll get those interviews up to share. John’s been after me for…
Read MoreSneak Peek!
Okay, I can’t resist. Here is the new trailer John and I just completed for Secrets She Left Behind. Right now, it’s only up on You Tube. Soon I’ll have it on my website and many, many other places on the web, and it will show up again on the blog once the book is…
Read MoreA Good Story Never Goes out of Style . . . I Hope.
One of my older books, Breaking the Silence, will be reissued in December, so my editor recently asked me to take a look at it to see if it needed updating. It was originally published in 1999, and it’s been a looong time since I read it. I’m enjoying the story (as I try to…
Read MorePictures She Left Behind
John and I are having such fun creating the book trailer for Secrets She Left Behind! I gathered a zillion images from stock photo and video sites on the Internet, pictures that evoked emotions and, I hope, will intrigue the viewer. We’re nearly finished. What was hard for me was not being able to use…
Read MoreIn the Beginning
I hope all you parents are making readers out of your children. When I think back to my own childhood, it’s full of books. My Dad was a school principal, and nearly every day after work he’d stop in each of our bedrooms and toss two things on our beds: candy and books. We…
Read MoreThey're the Same Book!
I’m very concerned! In the last few days, I’ve heard from several readers who are upset because they ordered two different books written by me. . . or so they thought. They’d each read Before the Storm and The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes and they loved them so much they wanted more. So they ordered…
Read MoreAnyone for Crumb Cake?
I’m occasionally invited to local bookclubs when they’re discussing one of my books, and I always go if I can fit it into my schedule. I love meeting new readers and it’s fun hearing what they think about a book I’ve written. Every once in a while, though, a visit to a book club comes with…
Read MoreSearching for Soundtracks
When I was on my writing retreat week before last, I wrote at least eight hours a day. I listened to soundtracks on my iPod the whole time, and while I have quite a few, I grew tired of listening to the same tracks over and over again. I would love some suggestions for new writing music. I…
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