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How to Make Your Most Difficult Decisions

August 27, 2018

We’re confronted with choices every day: “What should I have for breakfast?” “Do I really want to go to exercises class?” Should I have that second brownie now or save it for later?” As much as we might groan about them, those kinds of decisions are relatively easy to make because there’s not too much at stake if we opt for one over the other. It’s the really tough ones—the life-changing ones—that lie at the heart of my just-released novel, The Price of Compassion. Tom Justice, the ... VIEW POST

Filed Under: blog Tagged With: decision-making, historical fiction, psychology, Ruth Chang, San Francisco

Musings on The Depth of Beauty G-H-I

February 4, 2016

G is for Guandong In the Depth of Beauty, most of the Chinese immigrants hail from Guandong province, and the novel touches upon the stirrings of revolution in China. Guandong province lies on the coast of the South China Sea in the People’s Republic of China.  Its capital, Guanzhou, (known to westerners at one point as “Canton”) was an important trading port for rice, opium and silk, among other goods, which meant that the Chinese people who lived there were more accustomed to westerners than ... VIEW POST

Filed Under: blog Tagged With: 1900's, China, historical fiction, historical novel, historical romance, San Francisco, The Depth of Beauty

Seven Ways to Promote Your Book on Kindle Scout

September 18, 2015

  I am winding down my 30-day promotional campaign for my new book, The Depth of Beauty, on Kindle Scout.  That’s the program where readers go to the KS website, sample the book and hopefully nominate it for publication by Kindle Press. Here’s my link: http://amzn.to/1ElzAQL The selection committee at Kindle Scout doesn’t spell out what you need to do in order to have your book pass muster with them.  I assume you need a lot of nominations, even though I’m not sure what constitutes “a ... VIEW POST

Filed Under: blog Tagged With: book promotions, book publishing, Facebook, historical fiction, Kindle Press, Kindle Scout, novels, Twitter

How to Keep Readers From Uttering Those Four Dreaded Words …

May 4, 2015

[NOTE: I submit this blog post as a writer, a reader, and a regular, everyday person. When I use the word ‘we,’ I’m referring to the collective, as in all writers, all readers or all citizens.] In the real world, where what happens to us via laws and public policy really matters, we seem to be okay with the fact that those we hire (read: “elect”) to represent us in government, are not straight with us.  Basically, they lie.  Even as candidates for office they lie, either directly or by ... VIEW POST

Filed Under: blog Tagged With: believability in writing, editing, fiction, historical fiction, news media, politics, public policy, writing, writing tips

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