"Just when I thought I'd be published posthumously, I received a box of books from my future former publisher.
Why Is There a Menorah on the Altar? Jewish Roots of Christian Worship is finally printed -- although the information on…"
"Ouch...and you make great points. As an author who also reviews books, I've made it my policy to take a pass on books that I don't like unless, as you point out, there's a larger cultural conversation to be opened via panning. Thanks…"
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
Why Is There a Menorah on the Altar? Jewish Roots of Christian Worship (Seabury, September 2009)
The Word Made Fresh: Communicating Church and Faith Today (Morehouse, 2008)
The Catholic Home: Celebrations and Traditions for Holy Days, Feast Days, and Every Day (Doubleday, 2004)
Come to the Table: A Catholic Passover Seder (Plowshares Publishing, 2004)
Deliberate Acts of Kindness: Service as a Spiritual Practice (Doubleday, 2002)
Staying Sober: Tips for Working a Twelve Step Program of Recovery (Hazelden, 1999)
My writing is:
Nonfiction
Outlets where I review books, TV, or film:
Books
Services I offer to other writers:
Coaching about: relative merits of traditional and self-publishing, both print and electronic; skills and resources required for publishing success; realities of book marketing, sales and distribution; process of landing a literary agent and setting reasonable expectations for that relationship.
Book proposals that include a rigorous competitive market analysis.
Line editing and light rewrite.
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
Nope
My professional associations:
Authors Guild
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Hi Meredith -- I got your email, so I'm not sure why you got the error message. I've answered the email -- assume you got it. And yes, by all means, we can talk about self-publishing. I'm not against self-publishing for non-fiction...but for fiction, I'm just not convinced. But would love to hear your thoughts. Cheers.
"Thanks, Kimberly. Seems as though I have to fit in time to write, but I am retired. I can fit other things in. I have always lived outside the box…I try to think inside the box when I write because I was a journalist.…"
"Alison,
In answer to your question, yes, you should definitely create a blog and post to it regularly. I post once a week and I "advertise" my posts on several sites including She Writes. For example, this week I'm interviewing author…"