Brenda Spalding is a talented writer who has received several awards. Her expertise in publishing and marketing makes her a regular guest speaker at writers' conferences and writers' groups.
The author is a past president of the National League of American Pen Women- Sarasota Branch, a member of the Sarasota Fiction Writers, Florida Authors and Publishers Association and the Florida Writers Association and on the board of directors for the Florida Writers Foundation
Her company, Braden River Consulting LLC, was formed to help other authors on their creative journey. She also consults occasionally with SCORE to help their clients.
Brenda Spalding is a talented writer who has received several awards. Her expertise in publishing and marketing makes her a regular guest speaker at writers' conferences and writers' groups.
The author is a past president of the National League of American Pen Women- Sarasota Branch, a member of the Sarasota Fiction Writers, Florida Authors and Publishers Association and the Florida Writers Association and on the board of directors for the...
Join Hayden and his family on the family farm for the annual Halloween party. Friends come dressed in costumes to enjoy the haunted house and are treated to to a surprise visit by some fascinating creatures of the night.
Grandma's pie recipe is in the back for a fun time for going beyond the book.
Grandma needs some honey for cookies. Hayden visits a neighbor who has a honey farm. There he learns how Mr. Albright gets the honey from the hives. A jumping off point to explore the life of bees and how they are so necessary for our ecology. The young might want to try out grandma's honey cookie recipe in the back of the book.
Hayden wants to grow a vegetable garden but things don't go quite as he planned. With the help of his family and the local farm stand it all turns out and he learns a valuable lesson in commerce. This is a great book to read before a trip to the Farmer's market. You can have a discussion with your young reader on where the vegetables come from,...
The bookstore that has carried my books for a couple years has decided that they will no longer take consignments from authors for books. they will only take books that they can order directly from Ingram. AUGH!!!. Being a new author my earlier titles were through KDP.
I have spent the morning trying to figure out how to transfer my best selling older titles from KDP to Ingram Spark. It can be done. You have to take your books title out of expanded distribution and fill out a form to request...
Sorry I'm a bit late with this or a bit early which ever. The hurricane here at my house was rather a none event. Our lights flickered and we lost the TV for ten minutes. The only damage was a few shingles and screens from the pool cage. I do feel for all those that lost everything to storm water damage or were hit hard by the hurricane. At one point the news said that there were about one million people without power.
There is a tale that the Calusa Indians used to come to the...
I read an interesting article on the Jane Friedman site today. It popped up on my phone and I can't get it back. It was from one of her authors about her experiences with traditional publishing. Her first book was picked up and published by Touchstone and imprint of Simon and Schuster. They paid her a substantial advance, did lots of promotions for her, book stores, libraries and the lot. Her book became a best seller and hit the NY times best seller list. It was published in several...
