Category: Newsletter
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Surprise, Surprise
Thanks to all who participated in the Goodreads Giveaway for Core Haven that ended August 1st, 2025. If you’re one of the 100 who received a copy of my new release, your thoughtful rating and review on Goodreads and Amazon would be greatly appreciated. If you weren’t randomly chosen, you can, of course, still choose…
Drew Faraday
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A Whole Different Story
It’s been a long time in the making, but I’m happy/relieved to announce that the official launch of Core Haven on the Kindle Store earlier today (7-31-25) was met with a flurry of full-throated fanfare. I’m telling you, those two crows jabbered on and on as I sat on the back porch stunned by the…
Drew Faraday
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Scramble
Now that the official launch of Core Haven is only a week away, I think it’s high time I share my personalized self-publishing checklist that has all but the after-party items checked off. I know, I know, you’ve been waiting with bated breath, so here it is. (NOTE: Apologies to those who detest lists and/or…
Drew Faraday
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Noise Shields Up
Gotta love cold emails about as much as cold calls, right? Out of the blue. Suspicious. Amazingly detailed—in this case, about both my novels, one of which hasn’t yet seen the light of day except for the first two chapters as a sample. I suppose I could view the increased amount of such invasive traffic…
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Promotion Time
If you haven’t seen a Bookfunnel promo landing page like the one I’ve organized, now’s your chance. The setup is pretty straightforward, so I highly suggest you give the page a look, as well as any & all of the selections. Also, you can preorder Core Haven, my upcoming release, until its launch on July…
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One Step Closer
Confessions of a Checkoff List Devotee Photo by Vicky Sim on Unsplash Just spent a couple wonderful hours setting up this, that, & the other thing for the upcoming release of Core Haven, the companion novel I’ve been ballyhooing about. I know, I know…some readers will no doubt suggest I reframe self-promotion in a more…
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Cool Your Jets (v2.0)
Anybody lucky enough to be in my aunt’s sphere of influence has no doubt experienced one or more of her spontaneous deliveries of the title of this piece. Her rebuke always contains those same three words, but the impact can range from the mild end of the scale to the ultimate freeze in your damn…
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Deep Dive
If somebody asks what I like most about writing, I’ll reply in a heartbeat, “Oh, ____, for sure” (as in, the current phase). That’s because I’m incapable of pinpointing why I willingly work on writing for the lion’s share of my scarce free time and more of my coveted sleep time than I care to…
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My Level Best
Given the maelstrom swirling around us here of late, I started questioning my resolve to post about my own publishing journey during the next few months. Yesterday the thought of even mentioning how the last polishing phase of my newest novel is going suddenly seemed trite and self-indulgent. Fortunately before dawn this morning, I found…
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And Then Along Came Substack
Update: A month or so ago, I decided to add Substack to my social media plate. Just finished setting everything up & published my first post. I’m including a copy of it below, along with the link info if you happen to be a current user on that platform or are interested in joining. I’ll…
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Spinning Plates, Revisited
About a year & a half ago, I started one of my published posts with the following: I remember as a kid watching a juggler balance more spinning plates on sticks & his body than I ever thought possible. While most everyone else in the crowd was fixated on another, more risqué, street festival act,…
