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Teacher's Pet

by Paul D. Marks

It's hardest to impress those who know us best. What unexpected acknowledgment have you experienced from folks who knew you way back when? (Bonus points if it ties into a wedding, class reunion, or holiday gathering.)

Before I get to this week’s question, I’d like to share some terrific news:

Derringer Nominations are out. And I’m blown away by all the nominations and recognition for several of the stories in Coast to Coast: Private Eyes from Sea to Shining Sea, edited by Andrew...

All in the Family

"Life: It's hardest to impress those who know us best. What unexpected acknowledgment have you experienced from folks who knew you way back when?"  by CatrionaTopical. My excuse for blogging so late today is that one of my sisters, one of my nieces and one of my great-nephews* are staying with me on a holiday. The time got away from us all.

On the plus side, I just shouted the question to my sister to get the start of an answer. She shouted back thusly:

"Is it an acknowledgement...

The Fiddler and the Scribbler... by Cathy Ace

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Kudos from ghosts - by RM Greenaway

THE QUESTION:  It's hardest to impress those who know us best. What unexpected acknowledgment have you experienced from folks who knew you way back when? (Bonus points if it ties into a wedding, class reunion, or holiday gathering.)



Well, I get no bonus points on this one, but I do earn some for good effort.

My parents, who were living in a suite we built for them downstairs, both died a few years apart before I got published. They knew I had been scribbling away for years and was making...

Casting Call: Old Friends

Q:  It's hardest to impress those who know us best. What unexpected acknowledgment have you experienced from folks who knew you way back when?
- from Susan
Note to self: Acquire some people who knew me way back when.
Honestly, other than my two wonderful siblings and an ex-husband, I don’t have connections with people who knew me ‘way back when.’ We moved a lot when I was growing up. I was active but reserved in high school and since my father was the most visible TV newsman in the city, o...

You're Expected To Know

I'm watching my plans for the weekend activities around my work get lost in the coming blizzard to the Upper Midwest. All of a sudden I realize I've reached the point where I have to keep a schedule with apparatus and not just memory recall. Now I'm sitting at my computer wondering how the hell I got here.

Back in the day when I accepted I just simply wasn't a road comic, it was back to Chicago to find a good day slave that'd pay well and perhaps provide me some advancement. This was shortly b...

Buy Me!

Authors are increasingly expected to shoulder the time and expense of book marketing and promotion. When was/is enough finally enough? Where do you draw the line and why?

From Jim



I’m not sure where to draw the line. You can only control so much of the promotional side of the business. For me, the most important aspect is selling yourself. We’ve got to get out there in front of readers. And the best place to find new readers is at writers conferences. Follow these simple guidelines and you too...

Making money and spending time

Authors are increasingly expected to shoulder the time and expense of book marketing and promotion. When was/is enough finally enough? Where do you draw the line and why?
by Dietrich Kalteis
The way I see it, promotion is part of effective marketing. Along with the marketing efforts that my publisher puts in, there are the promotional things I do: speaking engagements, writer events, interviews, podcasts, book launches and tours. Updating my website, writing blogs, soliciting reviews and keepin...

Only if it's effective

By R.J. Harlick
Authors are increasingly expected to shoulder the time and expense of book marketing and promotion. When was/is enough finally enough? Where do you draw the line and why?
When I was writing my first book, I never gave a second thought to what my involvement in promotion would be if and when I finally got the blasted thing published.  I just want to get it written and published. But once I was over the thrill of holding that first book in my hands, I quickly realized th...

An Unusual Thriller

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