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A Post About The Post by a Postie

A Post About The Post by a Postie

I watched the movie The Post (Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep) with great interest recently.  Yup, I’m a Postie, having worked there for 23 years as an editor. I was full-time in Sports until several years after I started publishing books, when I went to part-time,...

Post-Writers Conference Musings

One guess what writers do when they gather – talk about writing, of course. A week ago today I was at the wrapup of the Novelists, Inc. conference in St. Pete Beach, Fla. It was jam-packed from Tuesday too-early-for-me to Sunday noon with talk about the craft, the...

Dive Into Your TBR Monday: #TBRDive

We all have them. TBR lists, piles, rooms, servers, caves, vastness as large as the ocean floor. There is treasure there we’re not enjoying. So, here we go.  Starting Monday, Oct. 8, join in the #TBRdive pool. Each Monday dive into your TBR and share what you come out...
Fork Over $2.5k, Learn to Scam via Kindle Unlimited

Fork Over $2.5k, Learn to Scam via Kindle Unlimited

I just blogged about why Patricia McLinn books are not in Kindle Unlimited, including that I don’t care to be associated with an ecosystem (Kindle Unlimited a k a KU) that spawns scammers. Well. Now there are people trying to sell courses (charging $2,500 !!!)...
10 Reasons My Books Are Not in Kindle Unlimited

10 Reasons My Books Are Not in Kindle Unlimited

Some readers ask why Patricia McLinn books are not in Kindle Unlimited – here are my reasons: Amazon requires exclusivity — what that means to readers. In order to make my books available in the Kindle Unlimited umbrella, I would have to take them away from...
Uh-Oh, Scammer Messes, Oh My

Uh-Oh, Scammer Messes, Oh My

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but more not-good things are coming to light in book and reading world that are important for you to know so you can protect yourselves from being taken. Sigh. I’d much rather bring you stories of puppies and kittens. Instead,...