“Valuable things should be paid for.”
Closing out 2014: Thoughts on Publishing I begin with this quote by vocal artist Taylor Swift. While I am not a particular fan of Ms. Swift, I immediately identify with… Read more »
Category: Books
Dive Into Summer with Anne Carter!
Guess what? Today’s the day! We are “diving into summer” with some fabulous authors and readers along for the ride. Good timing, too, since the Beacon Point Romance series… Read more »
Giving it All Away
WARNING: Rant is eminent. So, what’s up with all these generous authors, making their ebooks free or 99 cents? When I recently published with Amazon’s KDP program, I was offered… Read more »
LATFOB: An update
We are about a month away from our big book festival! So thrilled to be rubbing shoulders with such wonderful mystery, romance and suspense authors. Just for fun, I put… Read more »
Readers: How to @ LATFOB
Going to the festival as a book reader? I have tips for you, too!!! Because really, we authors are also readers. We escape the booth and walk around looking at… Read more »
REFLECTIONS by Susan Griscom: We’re On the Tour!
Don’t you just LOVE this cover? I mean, I was already anxious to read this book, since I so enjoyed WHISPER CAPE–first book in this series–but when Susan sent me… Read more »
Alter-Ego, Anyone?
by Anne Carter Have you ever wished you were someone else? Even fleetingly, say, while watching the Academy Awards and wanting to wear an insanely expensive Oscar de la Renta… Read more »
National Lighthouse Day!
Serendipity…a happy coincidence! That’s what I thought when I sat down to write this blog and realized that today, August, 7th, is National Lighthouse Day! Can you imagine my delight?… Read more »
The Good With the Bad
One of the worst things about having a shoulder impingement is waking up in the middle of the night with your forearm aching without relief. But that “twilight” state does… Read more »
Another New Year
How was 2011? As they say in the market, it was rather “flat.” That being, some good, some bad, all balances out. Certainly business for Valdata Services declined as I… Read more »