THIS IS TO LET THOSE OF YOU IN BLOGSPHERE who tune in to this page from time to time that  it (and my computer) will be off-line for the month of April.  I will try to get one more "gem of wisdom" posted befor leaving on March 30 fo an eight-appearance book tour in California.

NO, I DO NOT RECOMMEND such tours as opportunities for mega-sales of  books.  And I could not finance such an adventure if it weren't that I have gratis B&B in each of the five cities in which I will appear. I've lived in six different California Counties and seem to have made more friends than enemies in my long adventure in writing. Quill Driver Books,, the advance/royalty publisher of two of mine has a good promotion support department.  However, these days–unless you have a block buster with a major N.Y. publisher, the major part of promotion is up to the author.

I WILL APPEAR at three Retirement Homes, at three writer club monthly meetings,, a bookstore and a church and will report on all this when I return.  I hope to have new tips to pass along.  The most recent book, Long Distance Grandparenting (pub. in Nov. 2007) will be the main focus when I talk about "A Lifetime Of Writing For Fun, Love & MEAGER Profit."  My writing life–besides being punctuated with many great adventures–has brought many laughs–many on me!  I don't mind telling of these and audiences seem to enjoy my foibles as well as my successes.