Opt In for Sneak Previews and Prizes!

You might wonder why I have a new mailing list and why you'd want to sign up for it.

People on the mailing list will be first to see the cover of my new book [coming in print and ebook in May]. And that cover-reveal is going to happen pretty soon! [I'm waiting to see it myself right now and am giddy and nervous.]

People on the mailing list will get sneak previews of the new book, introductions to characters and excerpts from the book. [These are fun characters. Promise!]

People on the mailing list are going to be eligible to win cool stuff. [Seriously cool stuff.]

And I'll be sharing a few photographs, behind-the-scenes info on the research trips to the UK and Ireland, that kind of thing. [I promise not to bore you with home movies, though.]

So if this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please sign up here!

I'm extremely proud and excited, and I want to share it with you.

Pooks

Self Publishing, my new pov

For a fascnating exchange of information and links that go off in different directions for even more fascinating reading, I suggest you read a recent entry on The Passive Voice about self-pubbed authors and their earnings, and the comments.

Steven Zacharius, CEO of Kensington Books, has been fielding comments and challenges and giving a lot of information about traditional publishing, as others--largely those who self-publish--attack his points. He certainly needs to know more about the current state of self-pub, but his calm, patient responses are well worth reading.

We are all limited by our own experiences. I'm impressed that he's open to learning and understanding more, and will be following his writings on Huffington Post and elsewhere.

ETA: An interesting response from JA Konrath.