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Announcing … that first step towards a print edition!
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It may not seem like much of a step to you, but I did assign an ISBN this morning for a future print edition of my most recent novel, One Woman’s Island! And that’s cause for celebration in my books! There’s still a lot of prep work to…
Speaking of Chikungunya …
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It will soon be 7 months since I contracted the virus, Chikungunya, shortly after returning to Bequia last summer. I should add that it’s been a veeerrryyyyy looonnngggg 7 months at that! This was the worst I’ve ever felt in my life – even worse than when we…
What’s on my shelves …
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I’ve been picking away at that rather odious job of cleaning the bookshelves and reshelving all my books, making sure they’re in order, because that’s the kind of reader I am … This is probably also a holdover from my days as a bookseller. Anyway, it’s a job…
The reason I write and publish …
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It’s never been about the money (because, as I have said before, you’re more likely to win the Irish Sweepstakes than make much money at all in this publishing game), and it’s not about the fame (similar reason as for the money part). It’s because I believe I…
Happy New Year from Bequia!
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Happy New Year to Everyone from Dennis, Me, and the cats (of course!), and here’s hoping 2015 will be a good year for all of us! Thanks to those who have read my books, reviewed them, interviewed me or hosted me on their blogs, all the Authors I…
Bequia This Week advertising for the tourist season!
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Once again this year, I’m happy to advertise my novel, Island in the Clouds, locally every week in the informational flyer, Bequia This Week, created these past 15 years by Nicola and Wilfred! Here’s a link to the large ad I’ll be running 4 times throughout the next…
Would you like to give someone an “Island” this Christmas?
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Well, not a real island – a piece of sub-continental land surrounded by water – of course. But a print copy of my novel, Island in the Clouds! ♫ Deck the halls with bits of Bequia, Fa-la-la-la-la, La-la-la-la ♫ For any readers wishing to give family or friends…
Path of a Bullet – Put some Ike under your tree this Christmas!
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I am so pleased, and proud, and downright giddy, that a story I’ve written is being included in the new anthology, Path of a Bullet, A Collection of Short Stories Featuring Ike that Tim Baker has put together for release on Dec. 1 as an eBook and in…
Some promotion for ME – Susan M. Toy
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I’m so busy promoting other authors all the time that I don’t get around to tooting my own horn about my books or myself as often as I possibly might do. So it always comes as a great surprise and delight to me whenever any of these authors…
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