Welcome
Dance Lessons Shortlisted for the 2011 IndieLit Awards
Oh, happy, happy days! My novel, Dance Lessons has been shortlisted for the 2011 Independent Literary Awards for their Literary Fiction list. I'm in good company, with Tina Fey shortlisted in the non-fiction section, and Stephen King in the speculative fiction department.
Thanks to all you readers out there who nominated Dance Lessons. Now... let the nail-biting begin as we wait for the judges to read and select last year's best literary fiction.
2011 was busy and happy. I got to publish two books and I got to meet all sorts of wonderful, engaged readers via blog tours and interviews, in-person and Skype-assisted bookclubs.
To help readers interested in Dance Lessons for their book club, I've prepared this list of discussion topics.
“a perfect choice for book groups. There’s plenty to talk about, and the setting is amazing.” — Roundtable Reviews
Just Released! Dance Lessons now on Kindle
Full disclosure: I'm not a kindler. Not yet. If ever. But many of my readers are dedicated kindlers. So you can now read about Ellen and Jo and Cat (the book's three women characters) as you ride the rails or wait for your flight. Or ask at your local independent bookstore, where they can help you to find either the paperback or the downloaded version.
Writer with a Day Job
Well, yeah, that’s me: a writer with a day job. So I didn’t have to travel too far for the title of my how-to writing book which was released in June 2011 from Writers Digest Books.
How do you find and keep that balance between working and writing and your family commitments? More fresh ideas at my blog, writerwithadayjob.
Writer With a Day Job: Inspiration & Exercises to Help You Craft a Writing Life Alongside Your Career offers guidelines on how to balance a day-job with a creative writing life. Read an excerpt. Amazon has both print and ebook editions. Or ask for it at your local independent book shop.