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...

I've been finalizing the files for Leaving the Tribe, which releases in 6 DAYS!, or so the website screams at me. Combing files for those last few errors is nerve-wracking, because when I find a mistake in one, I have to correct it in all four files, Amazon print, Amazon e-book, D2D print, and D2D e-book.

In the process, however, I found that D2D offers pre-sale promotion prices to readers, so I signed the book up for one. As of now, it isn't only Amazon users who can get the deal. D2D serves...

As Leaving the Tribe's release date nears, the world and my own story scare me more and more. What will happen when this administration is gone? Will the country choose wisely? Will they find some sort of common ground? Will they find a candidate who won't take advantage of precedents set, like ignoring the Constitution, refusing to allow Congress to make law, and treating the opposition with disrespect and even treasonous harassment?

Those are the questions that prompted the book. Though the...