My Writing Group Rocks!

I stacked all of the books published by members of my writing group, better known as the Peeps. I like this visual proof of all we’ve accomplished!

The three books with no titles on their spines are Wombat Chow of the Damned, Festival at Naval Headquarters! and How to Report a Coal Mining Problem by Donovan Reves. These are collections of short fiction and poetry: www.amazon.com/Wombat-Chow-Damned-collection-fiction/dp/1448644984. 

In Making Do, Liz Hilvers wrote about growing up in the Los Angeles area during the Great Depression: http://www.amazon.com/Making-Do-Liz-Hilvers/dp/1453751556/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332180688&sr=1-1.

Martha Sargent, with Smokin' Joe, was the rare Peep to publish fiction: http://www.amazon.com/Smokin-Joe-Martha-S-Sargent/dp/0982523009.

Memoir from Carol Bosworth titled Born Breech Into Covenant:

http://www.scribd.com/Xlibris/d/56133234-Born-Breech-Into-Covenant-The-Experience-of-Mother.

I wrote Dusty Boots, a biography of my dad that I like to call an American story, one man's story, a love story: http://www.amazon.com/Dusty-Boots-Dakota-Cowboy-Dad/dp/1448623308.

Bill Upton wrote Pizza and Mortars, a memoir of his service in Viet Nam: http://vietnammemoir.com/index.html.

Sadly, I found no links to The Epic Tale of Fred & Max by Ken Fraundorf. This is the book that started it all, and the writer we miss still, since his death from cancer in 2005.

Look for more books coming soon from the Peeps!

Friends can be good writers

For years I have been meeting with a group of fellow writers who help me improve my writing. They say I help them, too. Something has been working, because six of us have now published books, three this year. Most have been self-published, including mine, something I never would have considered a few years ago. The publishing business is changing. I no longer believe that all self-published books are "vanity" books and poorly written. I have read books published by "real" publishers that were poorly-written and poorly edited.

Each book should be considered on its own merit. Books that have been written by good writers with functioning critique groups can be good reads, very good reads, indeed. I recommend these:

Smokin' Joe by Martha Sargent (a novel set in central Oregon)
Wombat Chow of the Damned by Donovan Reves (quirky short fiction and poetry)
Born Breech Into Covenant: The Experience of Mother by Carol Bosworth (nonfiction).

Chapter 2

The topic today is book publicity. It's harder than book writing for me. I guess that's why people pay professionals to do the publicity part. So, it looks like a paid ad or two coming up!

Writing is a hard way to make a living, but a good way to make a life.

Happy reading!

Chapter 1

I have jumped off a cliff and published my own book. So far, the process has been quite enjoyable. I am so pleased with the quality.

It's one man's story; it's an American story; it's available at

www.createspace.com/3389139