An Important Message For All Writers...
Go GOOGLE yourself! And I mean it folks. Now I'm not trying to be rude or obnoxious, I'm actually being quite serious about this. Sometimes putting your name in Google and checking out what pops up can be a real eye-opener. The other day when I was sitting in the library with my wife who was tutoring a student of hers, I pulled out her spare laptop and set it up so I could do some writing. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my flash-drive with me. Which of course meant, no writing. So I just started net surfing. I don't know what prompted me to do it, but I decided to put my own name into the Google Search to see what would happen. The results took me ever so by surprise. Not only did I find all the usual links to my blogs and Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, FB, Twitter, etc. but I also found a host of other book sites that were carrying my two novels "The Bridge" and "The Ship". Naturally I was flattered, but the...