PROMOTING your work has gradually become a big part of the writer’s life. This blog is a good example of one way to do this. Other ways include Twitter and Facebook. Advertising, book reviews, postings to online sites and giving talks are other suggestions. Start with a book launch party. Good advice (and real life experiences) abound in J.A. Konrath’s “The Newbie’s Guide To Publishing”. 

WHAT I READ THIS WEEK—Chinatown Beat by Henry Chang and Monkey Love by John Paul Allen.