One of the hard parts of the holiday season is deciding what gifts to give everyone. Just this afternoon, I had a whole conversation with my aunt about what to get my kid for Christmas. I didn’t have a clue. I don’t even know what I’m getting him this year. We finally settled on a…
We’re two weeks away from the big day: Thanksgiving. You wouldn’t know it from going out and about in the world, though. Christmas is everywhere already. It’s November 14th and every store is decked out for Christmas. I’ve seen houses in my neighborhood with Christmas decorations up. All the commercials are for Christmas. What about…
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…
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….
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…
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)
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…
Guess what. I wrote a book. And it’s out now. Ok, you probably guessed it based on the title of this post. But it’s pretty exciting anyway. Here’s a description: Sue loves Thanksgiving. But this year, a power outage threatens to ruin the day. While her parents try to reassure her that everything will be…
