Go ahead and celebrate

Every Sunday, my husband and I sit and watch an American football game. I enjoy watching men in tight uniforms engage in fantastic feats of athleticism; my husband loves the strategy involved. (Football, despite the physicality of it, is a cerebral game.) But there is...

AuthorTube!

AuthorTube! As my husband said when I said the word aloud to him, “What the heck is that?” Have you heard of it? I certainly hadn’t until I attended the SelfPubCon a few weeks ago. It’s similar to BookTok and Bookstagram, only it’s for authors—and there is,...

Revelations about book sales

The trial concerning the potential merger of Simon and Schuster and Penguin Random House has drawn to a close with some incredible revelations. Joanna Penn, in her podcast, The Creative Penn, talked about three major points made by Jane Friedman in her Hot Sheet...

Talking money

This morning I decided to have some lazy time in bed before getting up. I opened my phone and began scrolling through Facebook. My husband came in and asked what I was doing and I told him. He responded with “Oh, doom scrolling,” with a laugh. Normally, I wouldn’t...