Quite possibly, one of my favorite author events. Definitely the best original artwork I’ve ever seen for one of my books. The Mineral County Library is a haven for good-hearted readers.
The latest update from Susan Wiggs
Family Tree goes on sale August 9th. View this email on the web.
Enter for a chance to win a Family Tree Book Club Pancake Party Pack! Family Tree, the upcoming novel by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Susan Wiggs, is a perfect read for book clubs. The powerful, emotionally complex story of love and loss, heartbreak and healing, sets the stage perfectly for discussion–not to mention the irresistible recipes to inspire a menu for your club’s meeting! 25 lucky book clubs will each win a Family Tree Book Club Party Pack, including 2 copies of Family Tree, maple syrup and pancake mix, and a personalized note from Susan Wiggs. Winning book clubs will also be invited to a video chat with Susan. Enter here for a chance to win.
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I am posting this as a public service. Part of my revision process involves printing out my manuscript in Microsoft Word.
I work in WordPerfect because it thinks the way I do. But there’s one feature of Word that’s really helpful when I do a marathon sit-down and read-through with my editing pen in hand. You can print the ms with your comments and edits in balloons in the margin…so you know what you were thinking as you worked.
But the "new" Word, which comes as a subscription for 10 bucks a month, doesn’t want you to do this. After monkey around for way too long, googling "print showing markup" and all possible variations, I requested a call from Microsoft help. The phone rang immediately (boggle)…and the helper monkeyed for another 40 minutes (remotely) with no success. She promised I’d get a call from a higher power in 4 hours. That’s a long time to wait for a higher power.
So I monkeyed some more, and lo and behold:
There you go. You have to go to the opening screen of Word, then click OPTIONS, and then click DISPLAY. Look under "printing options" and check the box that says "Print hidden text."
Then CTRL-P, and there are your comments.
Simple, huh?
You’re welcome.
There are very few reasons to go to Orlando in June…but a writer would go to the ends of the earth to meet up with the nation’s librarians. The annual conference of the American Library Association gives us a chance to tell the most avid readers about upcoming books. Here are a few highlights of my visit:
1. Looking super official with badge swag and easel.
…but it’s always a good idea to read the fine print:
2. Where else do you need crowd control for meeting writers? In the #HarperCollins booth…
3. It’s not every day you get to tango with a #BerenstainBear.
4. #alaac16 had its serious moments. Check out this beautiful message wall. $5 was donated for every message that appeared on the wall. Really. Which is a big deal, when you consider how many writers were wandering around. I wrote SEVERAL messages in support of #Orlando.
5. My vote for most beautiful booth goes to #LibraryOfCongress.
I was on a panel with some of my favorite writers–Shelley Shephard Grey, Heather Graham, Meg Rusoff, Brenda Novak and Mary Kay Andrews.
Sometimes a conference hotel is better than it has to be. The Hilton had awesome pools and a spa.
#books #libraries #newfiction
…never to forget your anniversary.
Really! I’m so happy to see my short story, The Key Ingredient, in that #1 Bestseller slot on Amazon. Being on the same list as Tim O’Brien and George R.R. Martin is no small thrill.
Thank you so much to all who downloaded this little tidbit. Just a heads up–it’s a short story. SHORT. It’s an introduction to the irrepressible Annie Rush, star of Family Tree…and there’s a bonus excerpt from the novel.
#bestsellers #newfiction #MondaySurprises #grateful #TheKeyIngredient #FamilyTree #Susanwiggs
My anniversary is coming up, so I thought I’d revisit and update a post for you. This was a fun assignment from my local chamber of commerce. I had to come up with ten romantic things to do in my town. My overachiever tendencies came out, and I listed 11. Comment below–what’s romantic about your town?
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