The Other Felix Named "Best of the Best"
The Other Felix has been named to the Chicago Public Library's "Best of the Best" list, recommended as being "one of the very best published for kids in 2011." Jump to Fiction for Y
Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 09:43 am
Publishers Weekly Reports Strong Sales of The Other Felix
In yesterday's "Children's Booksellers Report on Black Friday Weekend," Judith Rosen included item:
Posted: Friday, December 2, 2011 - 14:48 pm
People Who Helped Along the Way
Once I was finally done writing, revising, and editing The Other Felix and the book was on its way to production, I started putting my list of acknowledgments together. Now, I had not written an acknowledgments page for any of my four novels for adults. For those, I don't do research, I don't share my drafts with other readers, and the books generally go straight to the publisher.
Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 14:06 pm
Strong early reviews for The Other Felix
The official release date of my first book for kids, The Other Felix, is October 11. But the early reviews are already trickling in . . . and they're pretty good!
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 14:51 pm
Free E-book: The Price of Liberty
The Price of Liberty is finally available as an e-book. As my way of saying thanks for your patience, I'm going to give it away FREE until August 31. (Smashwords only; Kindle will only let me price it at 99 cents.) Please download, read, and enjoy.
If you do download the free e-book and you like what you read, spread the word! Write a review on your favorite book-sharing site and be sure to tell your friends they can read it for free, too.
Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2011 - 17:45 pm
Conversations Both Live and Recorded
So I'll be at Centuries & Sleuths (7419 W. Madison St., Forest Park, IL) tomorrow night with two good guys, Bill Rapp and Allan Ansorge. Not sure exactly where the conversation will take us, but there will be wine, and cheese, and Allan has promised to wear "an unusually striking derby"—show up for that if nothing else!
Posted: Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 18:00 pm
The Price of Liberty a Runner-Up for Society of Midland Authors Fiction Prize
Just (officially) announced: The Price of Liberty is a runner-up for the Society of Midland Authors fiction prize. I'm honored! And amazed! They don't usually select so-called genre fiction. I'm in damn good company, too, as you'll see. I'd like to thank my agent...my stunt double...and all the animators who ruined their eyesight so the children of America could see their cartoons in true 3-D....
Whoops. Wrong speech.
Posted: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 18:00 pm
Mistakes, I've Made a Few
I'll be at the Frankfort Public Library tomorrow night (Illinois, not Kentucky or Germany), doing my program, "How I Kept My Day Job and Became a Published Author—and You Can, Too!" Joe Vince of FrankfortPatch asked me to share "Five Mistakes Writers Make Getting Published" and I said, "Only five?!"
Posted: Monday, February 14, 2011 - 17:20 pm
My Fellow Americans and One Nation, Under God Are Now Available on Kindle
My Fellow Americans and One Nation, Under God are now available in Kindle Editions (TM), delivered wirelessly to your Amazon Kindle (TM) e-reader via Amazon Whispernet (TM). Bargain priced at $2.99, these two terrifying tomes are the perfect last-minute holiday gift . . .
Posted: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 17:17 pm
Maybe Titles Are My Problem
I put my titles to the test on the Lulu Titlescorer, with the following results:
The title Cold Lessons has a 69% chance of being a bestselling title!
The title My Fellow Americans has a 26.3% chance of being a bestselling title!
The title One Nation, Under God has a 34.8% chance of being a bestselling title!
The title The Price of Liberty has a 26.3% chance of being a bestselling title!
Hmm...so Cold Lessons still has a chance?
Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 18:30 pm
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