Our $5,000 project request has received four-percent of its backing, and we’re at the halfway mark: tomorrow will leave us just 15 days to fund the Sister of Silence book video. It may seem an overly ambitious goal, but I think it’s entirely possible we will reach it by the Read more…
I’ve been seen in an emergency room twice since I left for my last book signing Saturday morning. The first time was when I coughed so hard I felt like I was going to pass out from lack of oxygen. I was four hours from home, driving solo, so the Read more…
It’s not easy wearing so many hats, and I may have to shed a few. In the meantime, some changes are underway to this site, the Nellie Bly Books site and the new site dedicated solely to my book: Sister of Silence. That’s because, in the last few months, I Read more…
Entries come from as far away as Australia Well, the blogosphere contests are over and whew, do I have some work to do: Goodreads announced via an email I received at 3:03 a.m. that 1,099 people—some of them from Scotland, New South Wales, and elsewhere—entered to win a free copy Read more…
. . . and Some Starbucks Coffee! Goodreads Book Giveaway Sister of Silence by Daleen Berry Giveaway ends December 10, 2011. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Updated Dec. 6, 2011: On Monday, 10 winners were selected at random for the Dearreader and Shelf-Awareness contest. The following Read more…
In a rapidly-evolving environment, change is constant. In the book publishing industry, that change continues to occur at warp speed. Or at least, it feels that way. Ever since Sister of Silence was first released in February, I’ve debated with myself, with colleagues, with other authors and especially readers, over Read more…
Updated Dec. 6, 2011: The new and improved e-book was uploaded recently and is now available here: Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Smashwords (for iPads and in most other formats). The current version available at iTunes is NOT the revised ebook. Please hold off on buying it there until further Read more…
Have you ever gotten someone’s phone number you knew you wouldn’t dream of calling? Maybe someone you would love to call, but didn’t dare? When I was in college in 2000, I supported myself and two of my children by working as a computer tech, providing customers with telephone support. Read more…
Let’s really kick off “Banned Books Week” Three days ago when Livermore High School librarian Stephanie Bogetti learned that I had spoken to students at Granada High School earlier this week, and my book, Sister of Silence, was shelved there, she immediately asked me to come speak at LHS before Read more…
Saturday: I missed my flight after throwing everything into a suitcase at the last minute, running out the door and finding I-79 traffic at a standstill for a 20-mile stretch. I tried to detour around said snarl, only to meet the gods of roadway havoc. Thank you, pizza delivery driver Read more…