Sara J. Henry's Blog, page 18

New York Times, I Think You've Goofed

Yes, it makes sense to start charging people for reading your newspaper online. But $15 a month is too steep for many of us. A price of $5-$10 many people would do without a second thought. But for many of us, past ten dollars is the breaking point.



I'm predicting readership will plummet.



But not immediately, because faithful readers like me got an offer for a free subscription for the rest of 2011.



To be fair, I have to say that the description of what we will be able to access for free ...

Some of the Reasons We Love Poisoned Pen

Because not one but three staff members (okay, one is a staff member's mother) chose Learning to Swim as a staff pick for March. (Thank you, Patrick, Lea, and Didi.)



Because somehow they made my book their #2 selling hardcover in the month of February (this for a book that was released only on Feb. 22) - so, yes, that is seven days.



Because they chose my book for their First Mystery book club (I am saddened to learn there is no Second Mystery book club, however).



Because they pulled in a w...

I Almost Missed Petfinder's Adopt Internet Day

Petfinder is a bit dangerous for me right now - because I want to get a cattle dog puppy to replace the giant hole Bridget's death has left in my life - but I know that until I wrap up a few things (like my current book tour) I can't. But maybe you can.



This is Bendi, a 4-month-old Australian cattle dog in Madison, New Jersey, ready for adoption loving you with all her heart and being so damned loyal you'll never look back. Forget about going to pet shops. Get your next pet from Petfinder. ...

Sara at BookPeople, Saying Something That Apparently Puzzles the Other Author

See, if I'm lazy enough, other folks post photos I can use. Here's me on March 13 at the wonderful BookPeople in Austin, appearing with Darryl Wimberley. (My computer is currently malfunctioning - bad LCD! hurry up, Mr. Dell Technician - so I can barely see this photo myself.)





Photo from BookPeople - used with permission!

The Gang's All Here - at Least Some of 'Em

Some of the folks at my Barnes & Noble signing March 10 in Nashville. (I swear, I'll post more photos soon - I'm doing a mini book tour now and have discovered that it doesn't leave time for things like uploading photos ... possibly because I'm the type who feels compelled to crop and adjust color as needed.) But this is a nice shot as it shows many of the people who were there - I think my brother was hiding. Unless he's the one who took this.

Yes, That's Me in the New York Times ...

I unabashedly lifted this photo from Steve Weddle's Twitter feed. Here's the whole article, in Marilyn Stasio's New York Times column.



Some other recent interviews/articles:

Vermont Public Radio, Neal Charnoff, "Sara Henry on Learning to Swim"
"Taking the Plunge," Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Chris Knight
"Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry," I Love a Good Mystery
Poisoned Fiction Review
I'll post photos of my NYC and Nashville events soon (which were sublime) - visited BookPeople in Aus...

A Sentence I Feel Compelled to Quote

I'm just now getting around to reading last month's Esquire, as I've been somewhat insanely busy, and cannot resist quoting this sentence from an article on James Frey:

The truth is that anyone who spends $40,000 a year to be taught how to write by writers who cannot make a living by writing, or who imagines that fairness and common sense have anything to do with the publishing industry, could probably use a lesson in how life really works. - Stephen Marche, "Is James Frey the Most...

Enjoy What You Have, When You Have It

If you have an intense little cattle dog that loves to swim, you take her to the river to swim every day the sun is shining and the water is warm enough



And if the little dog likes to collect shoes and hide them in her crate or lug them up into the bed, you learn to store some shoes up high, and to allow extra shoe-hunting time when heading out the door and to not get annoyed when you discover shoes in your bed



And if she has a high-pitched bark that slips out when she's most excited, you l...

Where's Sara? (She's None Too Sure Herself)

A few recent interviews and reviews:

"A Quick Q&A with Sara J. Henry, author of LEARNING TO SWIM," Knoxville News Sentinel
"Book review: ET Native's Book Drenched in Intrigue," Susan Alexander, Knoxville News Sentinel
"Diving In," Sam Moxley, Chapter 16
"Learning to Swim is a nail-biter, edge of your seat breath of fresh air," Cheryl's Book Nook
Coming up: Vermont Public Radio with Neal Charnoff, Mountain Lake Journal at PBS, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise (after they dig out of the cu...

If You're Near Nashville Thursday ... Come Visit

[image error] I'm having my "hometown" launch at the Barnes & Noble in Cool Springs, Brentwood, Tennessee, at 7 pm this Thursday, March 10 - and you are all invited. This should be a really cool event with some great people attending.



Note: I'm actually from Oak Ridge, 185 miles away, but that bookstore is long gone, and I haven't lived there for many moons. So I've adopted Nashville as my hometown. And it's where my main character is from.