A Video Explanation of the Big Inch Pipeline and How a War Was Won
Huge Thanks to the Pine Tree HS Video Production Class for This Book Trailer for The Big Inch
Blog tours, newspaper articles, and TV exposure
The winds of March have whipped me around in the most delightful way. Kind of like dancing on air. As this is my first time to enjoy this sort of attention, I’m looking both ways and around trying not to miss a moment of meeting readers, supplying books, and retweeting awesome reviews. It’s a grateful […]
KETK and The Big Inch
Is there anything more gratifying than talking to someone curious about the subject matter to which you’ve unwittingly become an expert? Maybe, but for me today that goal was met during an interview with a local TV reporter who knew nothing about The Big Inch pipeline and respectfully admitted it. He was curious, and that’s […]
Vulnerability isn’t easy, but it’s good
I had the opportunity to speak to Zonta Int’l members in Longview about the journey I’ve taken (a bit twisty, and not without it’s sudden drop-offs) and how grit and hope are the antidotes to digging one’s self into a hole when all obvious purpose and plans seem gone. I’d never articulated that message out […]
Writing Diversity
One of the challenges I face in re-creating a city from 1942 is trying to be true to the era without being disrespectful to diversity. The Big Inch pipeline was built during a time when immigrants were flooding into East Texas in droves (jobs, oil-related business opportunities, easy money from gambling, etc.) The Texas city […]
Playlist for Characters
Though I wasn’t smart enough to figure this out at the beginning of my novel crafting life, writing scenes to specific music has given an intuition to my character’s actions and comments–a zest that was missing before. It helped to sit down one afternoon and think through what style of music–and why–would appeal to the […]
Blown Away by Readers
I’ve experienced the crazy, big sensation of having readers of The Big Inch call me, text, email and tell me how much they’ve enjoyed the book. It’s a dream come true to have conversations with people about the story and that they use words like “page-turner” “can put it down” and “how fast can I […]
Celebrating!
Tossing a bit of confetti over here as the web team at Key Creative revealed my new and improved website–most notably for the easy options for buying The Big Inch novel and connecting through social media outlets. It’s awesome to work with talented people who do their jobs so well.
Goodreads Author Page
Friends, I’ve added an author page to the Goodreads website and there will blog posts there as well. Since that links to Amazon, the exposure might be a bit shinier.
