A blogging-friend emailed me today to say she has finished her novel (pause here to CHEER for her!) and she wondered what I thought about self-publishing versus finding an agent and traditional publisher. I have no authority or experience on this question, having neither written nor published a book--though husband and two sons are pretty … Continue reading YOUR Advice? Self-Publishing vs. Traditional
How to Bury an Owl
Ah, trick question! Of course you wouldn't bury an owl, because the Migratory Bird Act makes it illegal in the United States to be in possession of even an owl feather, let alone the entire dead bird. (Or three.) So of course this post is entirely a work of fiction. (Cough, cough.) Last summer I … Continue reading How to Bury an Owl
My Daughter the Ball-Buster
It's March of Dimes time... People with preemies are gearing up around the nation for the annual fund-raising walk. At this time of year eight years ago, my mother managed to get me away from the hospital (where my two-pound daughter was incarcerated in Neonatal Intensive Care) for a few hours to do some shopping and to … Continue reading My Daughter the Ball-Buster
When you Assume… you make an ASS out of U & ME
This isn't the post I was going to write today, but a thought-provoking interaction online has me starting with that title. It's a title that would be objectionable to the person to whose comment I'm responding--but I should back up and share the scenario first. A friendly fellow blogger re-blogged yesterday's post about building a … Continue reading When you Assume… you make an ASS out of U & ME
Blogging Tips: Growing a Readership
Blogging isn't intended to be a numbers-game, but most of us would be lying if we said we didn't note our own numbers. (See "Confessions of a Statistics Slut" for proof of my own profligacy in this regard...) A blogging-friend asked the other day about growing a readership on WordPress, so here's what I have … Continue reading Blogging Tips: Growing a Readership
One of the most amazing things about blogging is the network of FRIENDS I've found here--people I know and love even though I haven't "technically" met them. One of those dear friends is Kathryn McCullough, whose post on a "Very Bloggy Wedding" (where blogging-friends PLANNED the wedding, and then attended, meeting the blogging-bride in person … Continue reading
National Procrastination Day
For those of us who start our taxes ON April 15, the rare year when April 15 falls on a Sunday is something to celebrate...A whole extra day to procrastinate! And this year we get another whole day, thanks to Washington D.C.'s Emancipation holiday tomorrow. Add in the fact that it's Leap Year--which bumped the … Continue reading National Procrastination Day
Kana's Chronicles 