I love the library. Whether it’s checking out a crazy number of picture books when my boys were small, or taking on the summer reading challenge, or just retreating for an afternoon of quiet writing time (with WiFi!), the library is simply made of awesome. I show my support by vying for the most-library-fines-paid award each year. Like much of… Read More
Keeping kids well-supplied with books they love is part of Ink Spells’ Raison d’Être (note: I really don’t know French, in case that wasn’t obvious). Which might make you think my home is lined with bookshelves neatly organized and ringed with the whispery sound of paper pages turning (or Nook page-clicks – seriously, what is with that sound?). But no. The boys… Read More
I was terrified that only crickets would show up for my book signing. Instead, I had a wonderful time talking to friends and selling books. Having a small press book means a lot of the marketing and selling of your book falls to you. I love my publisher (Omnific Publishing) and they’ve done a lot to market and get my… Read More
Not much of a blog post today, because I’m off to my first book signing! Terror is clutching my heart, trying desperately to warn me: no one will come, no one will come… I’m ignoring her plaintive voice and, buoyed up by some good press in the local paper, valiantly heading off to the coffee shop and the book store… Read More
If you’re in the market for an e-reader for the holidays, here’s a great guide to get you started, courtesy of Nathan Bransford’s new gig at CNET (congrats again, Nathan!). I own a Nook, and regularly use the e-lend feature to share books with my mom in California and my niece in Wisconsin (I’m in Illinois). It’s cool to be… Read More
My post about a Twelve year-old View of the World – wherein Dark Omen opined about the utter uselessness of romance in fiction – inspired commenter, master librarian, and all around cool dude Iron Man Guy Carl (aka Mr. Swanke) to ask Dark Omen to interview over at his blog Boys Rule! Boys Read!. In my completely non-biased opinion, it’s spit-out-tea funny. Especially… Read More