It's a wrap! My last book tour post
In my most recent post, I described some of the downsides of trying to do a book tour on my own with no help from my publisher except for...
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mcharlier1953
Oct 29, 20214 min read
The Truth about Book Tour Pain
Road trips can be great. With no deadlines, plenty of flexibility, plenty of money, and a car that’s fun to drive, they can bring out a...
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mcharlier1953
Oct 26, 20215 min read
A Valentine Gift: Three Nebraska Surprises
When I left Sioux Falls and started driving across the broad, khaki-colored prairies, I assumed my book tour was over. I had emailed the...
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mcharlier1953
Oct 21, 20212 min read
Fun and books in Sioux Falls
The finest book events on my book tour have been those that were set up by friends, friends of friends, family members, or bookstores in...
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mcharlier1953
Oct 17, 20213 min read
The Joy of Book Clubs
I have talked with a number of book clubs about The Rebel Nun via Zoom as it came out after Covid hit, but my first in-person one came...
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mcharlier1953
Oct 15, 20213 min read
A little nostalgia and a pretty Iowa town
I had planned a couple of bookstore stops as I headed away from events in the center of Iowa. Inexplicably, a bookstore in Cedar Rapids...
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mcharlier1953
Oct 12, 20212 min read
An Iowa reprieve: Hiking with good friends, golfing alone
As I was “growing up” in Iowa (never did get too tall), my family spent many Sundays at The Ledges State Park, where I learned to love a...
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mcharlier1953
Oct 9, 20212 min read
Book Tour Highlight: Diane's private event
STORY CITY, IOWA--As I was fighting drowsiness on my drive from Lawrence, Kansas, to central Iowa, I kept wondering if I was foolish in...
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mcharlier1953
Oct 6, 20212 min read
The Best Bookstore Visit - Ever!
I emailed about 50 independent bookstores as I prepared to tour the West and Midwest this past month to promote The Rebel Nun. Most of...
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mcharlier1953
Oct 3, 20213 min read
The Long and Not-Winding Road
Did you ever arrive at an appointment with someone you’d never met before, and the second you saw his or her face, you knew they weren’t...
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mcharlier1953
Sep 28, 20212 min read
The Denver Chapter of the Book Tour
When I told my brother I was coming to Denver to visit independent bookstores, he suggested I contact West Side Books, a store in the...
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mcharlier1953
Sep 26, 20212 min read
The Ouray Surprise
While we vacationed in Ridgway, CO, waiting for my book tour to begin, my friend Janet came down from her home in Colorado Springs to go...
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mcharlier1953
Sep 23, 20214 min read
The Cargo Van
I love my Ford Explorer. It is 23 years old and roomy. I’m as comfortable in it as I am in my favorite reading chair at home. And I can...
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mcharlier1953
Sep 21, 20212 min read
How to do a book tour Or Not Part One
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to be on a book tour? Whether you are a writer or a reader, the thought may have occurred to...
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mcharlier1953
Aug 28, 20217 min read
The good, the bad, the best-selling for August
I've become a bit of a curmudgeon lately, reviewing most books I read tepidly, and only occasionally sharing one that I truly love. This...
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mcharlier1953
Aug 16, 20212 min read
Hooray for indie bookstores!
The coolest people in the world, without a doubt, are independent bookstore owners and their staff. Among them are Brian and Amy Exstrum,...
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mcharlier1953
Jul 27, 20214 min read
The touchy quandary of writing reviews as a writer
This post originally ran in the Riverside Press Enterprise, July 25,2021, as one of the column for Inlandia Institute. It seems like a...
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mcharlier1953
Jul 26, 20219 min read
Summer Reads and Some that Will Take You into Fall
A Hand to Hold in Deep Water by Shawn Nocher It is hard to believe, in a way, that this is Shawn Nocher’s first novel. It is so...
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mcharlier1953
Jun 22, 20219 min read
A Month of Eclectic Reads
It's been a good month for reading for me. I spent the past four weeks at an artist colony residency where I wrote the first "shitty...
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mcharlier1953
Jun 14, 20214 min read
The (relatively) unexplored relevance of medieval tales
This blog first appeared as a guest blog on Novels Alive: https://novelsalive.com/2021/06/10/guest-blog-the-relatively-unexplored-relevan...
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