I've been trying to promote Leaving the Tribe, but it's hard for me to relate to people. When an author writes an ad, she's supposed to think about what the reader wants. Give her a teaser. Make her interested. Get her to click the BUY button.

That's all well and good, except I'm not a typical reader or writer. I write and read what interests me at the moment, so it's hard to translate that to others. I can read suspense and enjoy it, but I intersperse that with historical fiction, regular...

Yesterday I posted about the prerelease angst I was feeling. It seems Karma chose to offer me hope, because while I was setting up a promo for Leaving the Tribe, I found reviews of some of my other books that I'd never read before.

It's SO nice to know there are people who get me.

Coco on KIDNAP.org: Lighthearted and amusing. Robin has accidentally become a modern day Robin Hood, stealing from the rich and corrupt, and giving to the selective poor. Collecting more misfits into her merry band,...

I have confirmation from my publishing buddies that Leaving the Tribe is ready for publication. In some ways that's comforting, but I'm a worrier by nature. I once had a publisher who put up the wrong file and published the book. (Thank goodness it wasn't my doing, because I'd never have recovered.) A reader contacted me and said, "There are places all through the book where words are crossed out and sentences have been reworded."

Oh, yay.

Needless to say I quit that publisher. Even a cursory...