Little Free Libraries

My book, All We Need: The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t, is now available in more places than ever. Yesterday, my mom and I drove around putting copies in Little Free Libraries all over Newington and West Hartford. So, if it was the $9.99 price point that was keeping you from getting the book before, you…

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Sound and Fury

I realized something shocking today. We’re on the Saturday before “the most consequential” presidential election of our lives and I haven’t written a single thing about it. I checked and it’s actually been about two years since I’ve posted anything political at all. I used to post political things all the time. What’s changed in…

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Happy Thanksgiving Season

Happy Thanksgiving season everybody. Hurrah, hooray, yippee, wahoo, it’s Thanksgiving time. It’s time to stuff your face with leftover Halloween candy, decorate your home with hand turkeys, and, most importantly, read Thanksgiving stories out loud, together, as a family. Hey, I just happen to know a Thanksgiving story that would be perfect for the occasion….

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Why I Published ‘All We Need’ Independently

Broadly speaking, there are two ways to publish a book, traditionally and independently. Traditionally is probably what you think of when thinking about how a book comes to market. The author submits a manuscript to an agent or a publisher (Penguin, Houghton-Mifflin, Scholastic, etc.). If the agent likes it, they can shop it to the…

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Five Reasons You Should Buy My Book – All We Need: The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t

You should buy my book. If you’re on the fence about it, here are five reasons why you should buy my book: So, there are five reasons. If you think of more, let me know. All We Need: The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t a book by Gene Glotzer and Marci Bohn (bookshop.org)

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All We Need: The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t

For those that never noticed and those who don’t remember, I have a book out. It’s called All We Need: The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn’t. It came out last November. Being a Thanksgiving book, that seems appropriate, but it didn’t give me much of an opportunity to push it very hard. Still, we sold some…

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