The Author Guy Blog

  22nd January 2025 Hello out there, Welcome back. While I regularly purchase releases of new books online from either Amazon or Barnes & Noble websites (my books can be found on both), I also occasionally “haunt” used book stores (where my books can also be found). These stores can be a treasure trove of previously published books going back several decades and can usually be purchased for between one and five dollars. When shopping at these stores, I first seek out the sections of prolific authors I study, especially those who are no longer with us, authors such as Stuart Woods and Robert B. Parker. I’m especially drawn to these two because their books are dialogue-driven, and that is my writing style, as well. Last week, my search was rewarded with a rare find – an authentic autographed first edition of Parker’s  Widow’s Walk  published in 2002. If you’re ever tempted to order an autographed copy of an author’s current book, a note of caution. Years ago, I spent a ...

20th November 2024 Hello out there, Welcome back. It was exactly one year and fifty-two consecutive installments ago that I began writing and publishing a blog at the encouragement of my wonderful marketing guru out in the high desert of Oregon – R.J. McHatton. I write the words and he works his distribution magic. I had resisted this endeavor for several years for a couple of what I felt were very valid reasons. First, I didn’t know if I had enough worthwhile to say to publish a weekly blog. And, to be completely honest, that thought still nags at me from time to time. And second, like the millions upon millions of books a reader has available for purchase on Amazon, I knew there were likely 10s of 1,000s of blogs and podcast already clogging up the virtual world and growing in number daily. Yet here we are, a year later and still at it each and every week. At times, my content flows easily. At other times, I sit and stare at a blank computer screen hoping and praying for inspiration....