This post is for Alex Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writers Support Group (click the link for details on what that means and how to join. You will also find a list of bloggers signed up to the challenge that are worth checking out. The first Wednesday of every month, we all post our thoughts, fears or words … Continue reading
Category Archives: To Hunt a Sub
12 Surprises I Found Marketing My Debut Novel, To Hunt a Sub
Marketing To Hunt a Sub, my debut novel, is a whole lot different from my non-fiction pieces. In those, I could rely on my background, my expertise in the subject, and my network of professional friends to spread the word and sell my books. Fiction–not so much. For one thing, I don’t have prior fiction … Continue reading
Blog Hop for To Hunt a Sub
Starting last week, my wonderful efriends here in the blogosphere are helping me get the word out about my debut novel, To Hunt a Sub. I’ll be visiting their blogs to chat about the book, the process, and anything else on their minds. Some of the topics they’ve picked are pretty clever! Here’s the schedule … Continue reading
Still Waiting…
I was planning to launch my debut thriller, To Hunt a Sub, today, but I’m still waiting on the results of my Kindle Scout campaign. For those who aren’t familiar with that program, it’s a simple last-step to take prior to publishing: upload your completed novel (including cover) to the Kindle Scout website provide detail on … Continue reading
Cover Reveal: To Hunt a Sub
I’ve been preparing for this day for… years… Maybe longer. Simple words don’t seem enough to share the emotion of the event. Maybe a drumroll (as efriend Rebecca Bradley used to launch her latest book): Or would Pomp and Circumstance be better, as I prepare for my future as a world-acclaimed breakout author: Or maybe, Ride … Continue reading
#IWSG–My Debut Novel Launches This Summer
This post is for Alex Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writers Support Group (click the link for details on what that means and how to join. You will also find a list of bloggers signed up to the challenge that are worth checking out. The first Wednesday of every month, we all post our thoughts, fears or words … Continue reading
Can You Help Me Launch To Hunt a Sub?
I’m finally ready to put my thriller, To Hunt a Sub, out there into the marketplace. I have a cover, a good Kirkus review, a blurb, and a modest amount of courage, but I need your help. As a self-pub Indie author, ‘how we roll’ is by spreading the news via word of mouth. Here’s what I’m … Continue reading
How I’m Doing on ‘To Hunt a Sub’–VII
I had a few interruptions, but made a lot of progress on my newest thriller, To Hunt a Sub. Here’s the short blurb for this thriller: …a brilliant PhD candidate, a cynical ex-SEAL, and a quirky experimental bot team up against terrorists intent on stealing America’s most powerful nuclear weapon, the Trident submarine. Here’s what I did … Continue reading
How I’m Doing on ‘To Hunt a Sub’–VI
After a four five-year hiatus from the first book in my Delamagente-Rowe series, I finally think I’ll get it done. I had a few interruptions–agent interest in the series’ second book, imminent deadline for a non-fic series I write–but those are now behind me. The short blurb for this thriller–still a work-in-progress is: …a brilliant … Continue reading
#IWSG–My Writing (Lack of) Progress
This post is for Alex Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writers Support Group (click the link for details on what that means and how to join. You will also find a list of bloggers signed up to the challenge that are worth checking out. The first Wednesday of every month, we all post our thoughts, fears or words … Continue reading