Current situation in my house – I find my son’s ‘Shark in a Jar’ in the living room.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s a small jar filled with formaldehyde with a preserved shark of some sort in it.  The kind you would see in a souvenir shop.  Now, before I get hate mail from every animal lover on the planet, Nick’s shark was a gift from his older brother.  I am not in the habit of drowning sea creatures in toxic chemicals for my personal enjoyment. Anyway, I find this thing in the living room, cap securely in place.  No formaldehyde in the jar, just a shark. …

I have to admit, when I decided to write and self-publish, I had this fantasy that I would release my book and it would instantly become a best seller.  Alright, maybe not instantly.  I was willing to wait two or three days. I was fully prepared to ignore the marketing part.  Turns out, it doesn’t work that way.  If you don’t market, you don’t sell.  Unfortunate, because I’m excellent at ignoring things I don’t want to do.  I’ve spent the better part of the week marketing my first book and it still isn’t a best seller.  Clearly, there is some kind of conspiracy against me. I’ve never been one of…

Alright, everyone.  I am brand new at this blogging thing.  And I’m virtually clueless when it comes to setting up websites.  That being said, I hope you are able to navigate the site without too much difficulty.  I’ve spent several hours setting it up.  Hours which would have been better put to use writing the second book in the Laurel Creek series.  Oh, well.  Website design is one of the many housekeeping duties I didn’t plan on when I set out to become an author.  However, I must admit I’m loving every minute of this crazy journey I’m on. I am, by nature, a private person.  The need to market…