Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Publishing a Book Forty Years Ago vs. Publishing a Book Now

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  As I was doing my massive book giveaway this summer, I realized that I had published my very first book, Luisa's American Dream, in 1...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Swedish Death Cleaning? Or Swedish LIFE Cleaning?

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I've been proceeding with great cheerfulness on my current project of "Swedish death cleaning" -  clearing out one's mount...
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Monday, July 5, 2021

What Should An Author Do with Hundreds of Old Author Copies?: My Gigantic, Ginormous, Gargantuan Book Giveaway

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I published my first book exactly forty years ago, in 1981.  I'm publishing #61 ( Boogie Bass, Sign Language Star ) and #62 ( The Lost L...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

One Satisfying Strategy for Dealing with a Bad Book Review

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Your book is coming out soon! Advanced Reader's Copies have been sent to reviewers! Any day you could get that very first review!  And t...
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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

How Much Should Authors Beg for Reviews?

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In his delightful autobiography, Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope reports his pledge that he would "have no dealings with any critic...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Waiting (and Waiting and Waiting) for Reviews

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Much of a writer's life involves waiting. Much of ALL human life, I suppose, involves waiting. As Dr. Seuss wrote in Oh, The Places You...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

The Danger (and Delight?) of Getting Your Hopes Up

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This week I did a cover reveal for my forthcoming verse novel for middle-grade readers, The Lost Language , about two sixth-grade best frien...
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