Yesterday a coworker asked me how I am always so happy. I told him it's a choice. That every day when I get up I can either choose to be miserable that I'm leaving my nice warm bed or I can choose to be happy. All day I keep repeating that choice. Tonight I find myself frustrated with my book. There's no time to write, or to even read, for goodness sake! It isn’t flying off the shelves. Far from it. Hardy anyone even knows about it, and I don't have the time or energy to kee

So... Steve told me he left me a review, but it disappeared. Since he bought the book on Amazon, we thought it was gone forever. But no! I did a google search for my novel on Goodreads, and sure enough... there it was! From a couple months ago! How cool is that? These reviews are precious, so I hate that I almost lost one. Weird that it didn't show up on Amazon, but I'm just glad it wasn't lost forever. Thank you, Steve!

A surprise 3rd Review appeared on Amazon! Thank you, Nicole, for giving me a great 2020 review! What a nice surprise. Three reviews may not sound like a lot to most people, but considering I'm not paying anyone for reviews, every kind word is VERY appreciated! Yes, I've learned that some people pay to have their book reviewed... sometimes by thousands of people! This 'marketing' side of the industry never ceases to amaze me. (Not always in a good way.) I've received num

Well... it's available in one store so far! Thanks to my new friend, Beth Castelli at Coligny Hardware & Beach Supplies, anyone may now walk in and purchase my paperback novel in her store! No delivery hassles. No waiting for Christmas. No WAY! This is SO COOL! Big shout out to the nice guy (Feurell, maybe?) at our local Staples who told us about Beth. (We went to Staples to print out some Posters, and the I.T. Manager told us the on-island True Value was MORE than an ordina