8/28/10–Some of you who tune in to my Blog will have been personally thanked for your comments sent to me during the approximately six months when I did not blog regularly and failed even to open comments.A number of you offered suggestions, requests for my charges for editing, and news.  I appreciate all, and want to pass along this news from writer friend Kay Murphy in California who, like me, used Publish America.  I used them for my humorous novel, Something's Leaking Upstairs. She used this POD publisher for her Memoir, Tainted Legacy. Although 99% of the purchases of my novel have been the result of my appearances at writer meetings, retirement homes, etc. (three to five per appearance) Kay's recent appearances at the site of her Memoir in Missouri have totaled nearly 100 copies. That about doubles the sales she made during a similar return a year ago to that Missouri location.This is a reminder to all:  Be prepared to do your own promotion whether your book is self-published or released by a major commercial publisher.  That's the name of the game, these days.   I'll be Blogging more often in the near future, but not 5 days a week as originally (optimistically!) planned.  Until next time, Willma Gore