by Laura K Curtis | Apr 28, 2013 | Books
As I get older, it gets harder to embarrass me. I do things today I couldn’t imagine doing in my twenties. It’s one of the few things I appreciate about the passage of time. But the other day was something of a record. I have a friend, Jenn LeBlanc, who is...
by Laura K Curtis | Apr 17, 2013 | Books, Writing
This one is for the writers out there. If you’re not interested in the publishing end of things, feel free to skip on to more fun posts about dogs, cookies, etc. In my day job, I meet a lot of publicists, editors, authors, and assorted other industry...
by Laura K Curtis | Apr 10, 2013 | Books
I am a big fan of Amazon as a retailer. I think they do a great job selling things and their customer service is excellent. I’m not a fan of them as a publisher; I find far too many basic errors in their books (things that shouldn’t survive an...
by Laura K Curtis | Feb 28, 2013 | Books
Lately, I’ve been in a reading slump, with nothing appealing to me. And then I remembered that back when it came out, I grabbed Weston Ochse’s SEAL Team 666. Now, this is not my usual read, but everything about it called to me (including the bits of stuff...
by Laura K Curtis | Feb 25, 2013 | Books, Writing
So recently I’ve run up against a problem I never foresaw. Well, I foresaw part of it — I fully expected that when I sold my book, my editor would want to change my title. What I didn’t anticipate was that we wouldn’t be able to come up with one....
by Laura K Curtis | Jan 28, 2013 | Books, Writing
We first put together Feeding Kate as an IndieGogo project, so it was available only to those who donated when the project was going on. Now, however, it is available on Amazon and I believe it will soon be on B&N as well.