When Mary Ann began helping me advertise the book signing at The Book Box, she called it my first signing. That took me by surprise, because I’ve done lots of book signings at conventions. I’d even signed books that I have brought to bookstores when I’d made consignment arrangements, but this was the first real… Continue reading Book Signing: The Book Box, Pflugerville
Author: hmelton
Meet the Artist: L. Autumn Andrews
My interest in tracking down the artists that have done covers for my books was recently rewarded when I met up with L. Autumn Andrews (and her invisible sister K. Angel) who did the cover for Extreme Makeover. I have another artist-autographed book for my shelf and a photo for my blog. L and K… Continue reading Meet the Artist: L. Autumn Andrews
Parallel Editing
After making several passes through a novel manuscript, I reach a point where I need other people to look at it, read it, and laugh and point. What I’ve done for years is collect several trusted readers to act as my review board. I print out a copy for each, comb bound, and ask them… Continue reading Parallel Editing