Marketing the second novel “Reconnecting” Each time I think of the term ‘marketing’ I cringe. And each time the term comes up I recall the words of a Director I once had: “None of you know how to market yourselves!” Was that some sort of curse I continue to carry with me? When my first novel “The Women Gather” was accepted by Baico Publishing in 2012, I was utterly grateful. What I hadn’t considered was the next step: marketing! What it really meant was self promotion: “I have written this wonderful novel. Please buy it!” Alright. I know that isn’t
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Monthly Archives March 2016
OWEN’S POEMS from “Reconnecting”
OWEN’S POEMS from “Reconnecting” If you only knew When we met by chance In crowded rooms of people ‒ If you only knew. When we met by chance Alone in empty hallways ‒ If you only knew. When we met by chance With her, in that small café ‒ If you only knew. When we met by chance At the station heading home − If you only knew. When we met by chance In the building where you live ‒ I will tell at last. Mystery Often you have passed this way.
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Waiting for the words to flow
Waiting for the words to flow One of the treats of living in the country for Marlie, was her beloved geese. Going for a drive with Owen always meant that she might see them. To her great disappointment, however, there were no geese to be seen anywhere on that particular day. Marlie chuckled to herself. It made her think of the blank screen on her computer, as she waited for the words to flow from her mind to her fingers ‒ but nothing. “Perhaps the geese got tired of being stalked,” she had told Owen. “They can’t keep away from
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