Three New Audio Books (Finally, right?) Folks have been asking about audio books and I tried creating books through Amazon’s ACX for Audible, but the talent I was working with disappeared in the middle of production and yours truly can only afford to do the royalty split production path for audio books at this time. […more…]
Texas Jazz Singer Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond a book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Texas Jazz Singer Louise Tobin in the Golden Age of Swing and Beyond (Texas A&M Press May, 2021) by Kevin Edward Mooney is a biography of Texas jazz singer Louise Tobin as part of […more…]
Why the tutorial on a DIY Vintage mic? Not only am I an author, I act, direct, and am the Chairperson for Education at our local community theatre. It’s a lovely old building that has been either a movie theater or a live theatre for over 100 years! Since I love vintage, I tend to […more…]
I’ve had my book club for over ten years now and we’ve done some great reads with amazing food & cocktails. This night discussing Becoming Duchess Goldblatt was quite special, so I wanted to share. Firstly, you can’t have a lively book discussion without interesting and thoughtful questions. Since I was the host, it was […more…]
I met author Nicole Thorne through Instagram of all places. We shared a love of indie authors, each being one and supporting them. She reached out to me for an article about indie and or self-publishing author services and my experience with them. Below is a portion her article (an interview with yours truly). For […more…]
Starting a Book Lovers Book Club How did I come to need book lover gifts? When I moved to the small hamlet in Texas, just thirty miles south of weird (Austin) I had a hard time making friends as Texans are so darn friendly, I thought everyone I met was going to be my new […more…]
The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress Dances in the Dark The novel is finally available in paperback and ebook. I had wanted to do a much bigger event, but since things really aren’t turning a corner yet with the Covid-19 pandemic, and I’ve had so many requests, I finally, let the novel go into the […more…]
Has anyone else noticed the amount of hate and inequitable critiques indie and self-published authors receive? It got me thinking about editing, story-telling, the art of writing, style, writing fads, goals and what it says about us as human beings. For the purpose of this article, I’m going to refer to indie, hybrid, and self-published […more…]