Currently Syndicated Bear

I'm back. Chicago is SUCH a great city! I hope you all had wonderful holiday weekends.

Today, I'm linking you to my first syndicated article. I love the fact that Google Ads put fire-related links all along the right-hand side. I've also heard that Amazon is already shipping Minder, so if you ordered a copy from them, it should arrive soon. They've also lowered the Kindle price. I hope you'll leave a review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, GoodReads, or Shelfari if you like it! Please drop me an email or leave a comment if you post a review--I'd love to get your feedback.

The Brenda Novak auction ended at midnight. My critique of a query letter and the first ten pages fetched $70 for diabetes research! Thank you to everyone who bid, and congrats to the winner. I'll contact you as soon as the auction folks send my your info. Feel free to contact me directly. So, for the next year, whenever I offer that critique as a prize in a contest, I guess I can say it's "a $70 value."

Chicago

Hey, I'm going to be in Chicago for a wedding Memorial Day weekend. Anyone have places to recommend? Music, food, sights, quirky bookstores, etc.--it's all good. My first visit, 14 years ago, was equally brief and involved watching Ross from "Friends" wish my brother's graduating class well.

He actually talks like that in real life.

I'm still hoping that more folks will MAKE ME GIVE YOU A T-SHIRT. The contest is open through the rest of the week. We'll have at least one more contest this month, so check back every once in a while.

Finally, I try to be pretty open and on-manipulative in my marketing. But this new ad campaign takes it to a whole new level:

WARNING - male readers may wish to pass this one by.