Good Character, Bad Character

Recently, I re-read one of my favorite books from childhood, Harriet the Spy, in order to share it with my son Satchel, age nine. I wasn’t sure if he’d like the book. It was written in the 1960s, after all, and the main character...

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Romance at Random Giveaway

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99 Reasons Why

Available starting today, a new adventure in digital publishing:  99 Reasons Why by Caroline Smailes. This "book with a difference" is only being published as an ebook and includes nine different endings which readers...

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Exposure

It’s been a wonderful journey getting my novel out into the world. The book’s been with me a long time, sometimes neglected for years but always residing in some corner of my mind. There have been moments of doubt, sometimes...

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Speed Therapy

I’ve got an idea. You know about speed dating? It’s usually held in a hotel meeting room or at a restaurant. Single people show up, fill out a questionnaire, then spend an hour or so moving from table to table, meeting other...

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