Over My Dead Body is a murder mystery, the second in the Father Frank Mystery series. But, what prompted the story line? The genesis for the plot came from the Keystone Pipeline. This massive project had been in the news over the last few years. It has raised much controversy, and Congress and the President […]
Author James R. Callan asks “what if?” to find book ideas
I majored in English with the intention of writing, but I soon found I couldn’t support a family that way. So I went to graduate school in the field of mathematics. For thirty years I worked as a research mathematician. When all the kids were out of college and successful, I returned to writing. In […]
An Internet scavenger hunt showcasing several authors
Writers, here’s another marketing idea. Instead of a regular old blog tour, how about putting together an Internet scavenger hunt, requiring readers to glean through postings on many blogs to come up the phrases needed to enter a drawing? In fact, there’s a scavenger hunt going on right now with an iPad Mini as a […]
What’s a good marketing plan for YOU?
If you have looked over my posts on marketing and have an idea of how you want to proceed, that’s great. But what if you don’t? What if the whole issue looks convoluted to you? I have some suggestions for a product launch tailored to a novel. First of all, make sure your novel is […]