Month: December 2012

Are You Ready For Boomer Lit?

I’ve been reluctant to admit this in the past, but I am a Baby Boomer. Yes, I was born at the bitter end of the post-WWII American baby boom. Some have called my cohorts and I the world’s greatest gift to the Gross National Product, but some have tagged us as the most overindulged and narcissistic generation in the country’s history. (This from a country responsible for Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.) Continue reading “Are You Ready For Boomer Lit?”

Martin Crosbie Announces New Title

Author Martin Crosbie is pleased to announce the release of his new suspense thriller, My Name Is Hardly.

Officially, the British government called it a state of unrest. In Northern Ireland, in 1996, they called it “The Troubles”.

Gerald “Hardly” McDougall is a forgotten man. He’s abused, bullied, and left behind. The only escape left is to join the British Army. At first, he’s a reluctant soldier and the Army doesn’t know what to do with him. Everything changes when tensions in Ireland escalate and the Army need a soldier with a particular set of characteristics. Hardly’s re-assigned and sent into the heart of the troubles, living in the same houses as the IRA soldiers he’s fighting against.

My Name Is Hardly, the follow-up book to the #1 Amazon best seller My Temporary Life, was released on December 10, 2012 and is currently available from Amazon.com, and Amazon UK.

What’s the Big Deal About a Writer’s Convention?

Guest post
by Gordon A. Long

I’ve been in this self-publishing game for a couple of very informative years now, and tried out a lot of the stuff the marketing gurus suggest: Twitter, Facebook, webpage, blog. I’ve had varying degrees of success so far, and it’s been a steep learning curve. With “Why Are People So Stupid?” coming out before Christmas, I’m on a big push, so I thought I’d make a new attempt at slalom. I decided to attend a writer’s convention.

Was it useful? Well, like everything else, the answer is Yes and No. Continue reading “What’s the Big Deal About a Writer’s Convention?”