…at the Bay Area Book Festival at Civic Center Park in Berkeley, California!

Stop by the Paper Lantern Writers booth to chat about reading, writing, and loving Historical Fiction. We’ll have lots of books to sell and sign. Plus some other fun giveaways!

Join me and other Paper Lantern Writers on May 7 and 8 at the Bay Area Book Festival at Civic Center Park in Berkeley, California.

This will be our FIRST TIME together as a group, and we’re SO EXCITED! We’ll be signing & selling our books throughout the event (natch!). Hope to see you there!

No author anywhere, anytime, with any novel, short story, comic book, or anything they ever wrote ever said, “I can’t wait to promote this!”

So says me.

I’ve got a new Paper Lantern Writers blog up today. Stop by to read more about Promotion Loves Company.

And yes! A photo of the The Women, because five women founded the Paper Lantern Writers!

If you’ve made it here from the SHINE Facebook Group, WELCOME!

You not only get a view of my desk (actually a dining table from Pottery Barn), but you get to see my late, great, beloved Belgian Sheepdog Traveller. He was not always an under-the-table kind of dog, but as he got older, he liked to be as near to me as he could.

This view of my desk is very dog and cat treat-focused, but I promise you that lots of work is done here also!

We’re looking for a few great historical fiction authors (published or pre-published) to join

our Paper Lantern Writers author co-op.

We read, we write, we jointly promote our historical fiction.

Here’s how to register for our Weds Nov 10th Open House: https://bit.ly/PLWOpenHouse

More about us at linktr.ee/PaperLanternWriters.

Author C.V. Lee recently interviewed me about my love of Sanborn Maps, List Links, and Hidden Research Resources.

It’s all here on the PLW YouTube Channel.

And for more info about Sanborn Maps, check out my Unlocking the Secrets of Historic American Cities with Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.

Join me on Paper Lantern Writers for my latest blog post New Cover, Same Old Fanny. Not surprisingly, it’s about how I changed the cover of my novel FANNY NEWCOMB & THE IRISH CHANNEL RIPPER.

But just because we’re all pretty busy these days, I’ll cut to the happy ending (and answer the title question above) here:

“So, if you’re an author and your existing cover or covers aren’t making you happy,

aren’t making you feel proud,

don’t make you go yummmmm,

make you feel like a failure, and

don’t compliment the other covers in your genre,

it’s probably time to redo your cover.

It’s worth the time, it’s worth the money, it’s worth the rethinking of how you want your novel to be known.”

If you do have time, come on over!

In a minute or so…links later!

Think you’ve got a great book cover? How about finding out for sure? Today on Paper Lantern Writers!

Ever Judge a Book by its Cover?