A launch week report

March 21, 2013

I guess this is it! Launch week for We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down. I’m starting to hear …

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! From a girl who is one-quarter Irish

March 17, 2013

I’ve been called a “mutt,” with ancestors coming from many different European regions. I don’t think that’s too uncommon here …

March 14, 2013

My first copy of the actual book arrived today. I’m so pleased! I first saw the cover several months ago. …

March 3, 2013

I remember 13 years ago when I was first starting to write my memoir. I would look at published authors …

February 8, 2013

If you haven’t yet entered, I would be honored if you signed up for a drawing to win a free …

January 14, 2013

I spent a couple of delightful hours at the office of the University of Minnesota Press today. I personally delivered …

January 13, 2013

How terrible would it be to have the word “cemetary” in a book about gravedigging? It almost happened! I just …

January 4, 2013

Originally posted on The Brevity Blog:
Susan Shapiro, on the NY Times Opinionator Blog, offers an excellent take on an issue that…

January 3, 2013

My memoir, WE’LL BE THE LAST ONES TO LET YOU DOWN, is now a Goodreads giveaway! You can enter until …

December 27, 2012

Read this description of Tracy Lee Karner’s new memoir and tell me it doesn’t sound intriguing 🙂 From Amazon.com: “After …