Yesterday, I spent my morning at the 10th annual Puzzled Kustoms Car Show in Southington, CT. Unfortunately, there were many other events going on that sunny day, so there weren’t as many people there as expected. That’s life sometimes, on the bright side the weather was beautiful and the people that did show up were

Yesterday I had my book signing at an actual Barnes & Noble bookstore. When I walked inside, I was in awe. I hadn’t been inside a Barnes & Noble in years, and the one I grew up going in was nowhere near as big. When I talked to one of the staff, they got my

After years of marketing my books, I’ve become a promoting pro. I’ve learned it isn’t enough to be a masterful storyteller; you have to be a competent marketer or have a good marketing team behind you. Luckily, in this digital era, it’s not as challenging to become a promoting pro as it was in the

Almost three years have passed since publishing my first book, and I can finally call myself an award-winning author! I was over the moon when I received the email from Literary Titan the other day. My debut novel, Looked Down Upon: The Exiled Kin, won the Literary Titan gold award in the fiction category. Earning

Yesterday was my first book event as a vendor outside of my home state of Connecticut. Thank you to Bookaround for hosting the 2026 Summer Book Festival in Rhode Island; it was a blast. I fell short of my sales expectations, only selling five books. However, I made some connections, and those precious moments are