Don’t call me Shirley
I’ve been thinking lately about the importance of people’s names, and how good we feel when someone calls us by …
Author Archives: rachaelhanel
March newsletter
(This newsletter went out to my subscribers earlier this week. Subscribe to get a freebie and to stay current with …
Can you get rich by self-publishing?
Or course, but not likely. Want to know more about real numbers behind self-publishing? This guy does a great job …
Drumroll…catalog description for my book
Things are moving ahead. Presses everywhere are working on their fall releases (or next spring’s releases, in the case of …
Spotting domestic terrorists before it’s too late
The Biden administration recently promoted a new program designed to identify domestic terrorists. I wonder if a program like this …
The top 3 books about Patty Hearst and the SLA (+ 2 documentaries)
The Patty Hearst kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army was definitely one of the most bizarre events of the 1970s. …
A photographic sneak peek
My book on Camilla Hall isn’t coming out until October or November, but things are moving right along. I revised …
Reading round-up 2021
Time for my annual reading round-up! I set a modest goal this year to read 30 books. This was down …
Don’t be a Barbara Thorndyke
What kind of author are you? What kind of author do you aspire to be? Are you kind? Generous? Encouraging? …
Are you doing NaNoWriMo?
I’m not sure I’ve ever participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short, going on right now during the …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 