by Karen Smith | Mar 5, 2025 | Blog
One might think that some who’s an editor, ghostwriter, and author would have experience with book clubs. In my case, one would be wrong. A high school friend of my younger son invited me to join a book club she was starting. I accepted. She scheduled a date,...
by Karen Smith | Feb 11, 2025 | Blog
In my daily perusal of Facebook, I came across an author proudly announcing the debut of his just-published book. Intrigued, I went to the book’s buy page on Amazon and read its description. The well-written description intrigued me further—just the kind of...
by Karen Smith | Dec 31, 2024 | Blog
“The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men / Gang aft agley.” – Robert Burns We had plans for Christmas, but the grand appearance of our first grandchild disrupted them. We’re not upset at that by any means. In fact, little Evelyn Grace was born...
by Karen Smith | Dec 17, 2024 | Blog
I went shopping recently. At this time of year, gift shopping isn’t unusual; however, I was shopping for a birthday present. My son’s fiancee has a December birthday, so we wanted to ensure she was able to celebrate both her birthday and Christmas...
by Karen Smith | Oct 22, 2024 | Blog
Within the various writers groups to which I subscribe and in which I participate, I come across every day someone posting about difficulties producing a book. People ask about appropriate program to write their books, create illustrations, design their books, and...