Point Surrender
That’s the theme for this year’s Circle of Hope Afternoon Tea and Champagne Reception, being held tomorrow, October 15, 2011. This is my first time going, and I can’t wait. Picking up my pal Kath and heading out to a “luxury Sand Canyon estate” where we’ll be escorted to our delightfully decorated “Vine to Wine” tea [...]
Surely you know how exciting this is to us lighthouse people! A quick surf through cyberspace will turn up numerous celebrations of National Lighthouse Day. I am celebrating by kicking off my month-long campaign to launch my latest romantic lighthouse mystery, CAPE SEDUCTION! But back to NLD. What’s it all about, actually? Well, back in [...]
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Of all the times to be MIA, it had to be now, when my new book is just sprouting wings! Not to be a bore, (or a boar?) I have to insert excuse #3 here: still have a day job. Yep, it’s true; even glamorous, wildly successful authors such as myself do occasionally supplement their [...]
March Madness! We love March. March is… Small press month Women’s history month National Nutrition Month National Kidney Month American Red Cross Month. See anything interesting yet? Maybe you’re not up to a whole month of anything, so consider this: it’s Read an ebook week! Yes, those annoying tree-huggers are back, admonishing you for still [...]
It’s going great. A LOT more fun than I thought it would be! And it’s forcing me to write on-the-fly. I offered these topics, now I must make good on them. (What was I thinking??? LOL). Monday kicked off at Life of a Publisher. Confession, my actual article got lost in cyberspace and never made [...]
Pam: Well, Case McKenna. Or is it Casey? Case: Just Case. (Shakes dark, shaggy locks away from his face.) But yeah. Casey’s my given name. Just got a bit worn. Pam: Case it is. Let’s see. You own a lighthouse? Case: (Shakes head, grins) Oh, no. Not me. You’re talking about Point Surrender, right? Nope. [...]
I’m blogging all over the place anyway, so why not hand pick a variety of entertaining spots to visit while I’m at it? The entire schedule can be found on the Book Tour calendar on my website…
What I see are missed opportunities for publishers to mine both camps. Maybe part of the problem is that these big, mainstream publishers don’t really know how to market the digital versions of their new releases. Or, they are so focused on the low price of the ebook, they fail to see how any sale is better than no sale.
Some friends of mine are traveling to Oregon tomorrow, and our discussion about their trip led me to recommend visits to the state’s many beautiful lighthouses. As it turns out, their travels will take them along a good portion of the Oregon coastline, leading them past several of these marvelous beacons. Heceta Head, of course, [...]
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