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September’s Anniversaries and Memorials
Last Friday, when I posted the latest book reviews, it never crossed my mind that the following day was my book’s three-year birthday, or publishing anniversary, or whatever it’s called. It only occurred to me Saturday morning when I looked...
Marriages, Crypto, and a Trip to Oz
I downloaded an ARC of The Big Day by Lisa Cheek on May 27, 2026, which happened to be the 37th anniversary of my wedding day (and yes, we are still happily married). This was fitting, because the “Big Day” in question is Lisa Cheek’s weddi...
One of the Best Books of the Year
The reviews in my series of book-reviews-as-memoir are linked to events in my life, and I could write this whole post about how author Libbie Grant and I have some crucial things in common. Like me, she was an actor in her childhood and con...
Girlz ‘N the ‘Hood
Back in 2019, I read a ten-page advanced submission at the Southern California Writers Conference in Irvine that really surprised me. The memoir took place in Southern California, and parts of it played out not far from where I grew up in E...
Marketing is Meeting People
I have written quite a bit about book marketing in the three years since the summer of 2023, when I started this Substack. Most of what I have posted here on the subject can be summed up in the line: Marketing is Meeting People. So when wri...
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