After I wrote about how older authors are regarded or treated in the current publishing environment, I heard from some authors off-line.
When people prefer to contact you off-line about a topic, you get a sense of how sensitive that topic is. Read more: https://loom.ly/hxRYUtE
First Lines: take a peek inside Zelly Ruskin's novel, Not Yours to Keep!
Best Lines: take a peek inside Meredith Walter's novel, This Animal Body!
Honored to receive this recognition....
Great weekend meeting up with She Writes Press sisters at San Francisco Writers Conference , chatting about all things writing and books.
Meet the Wave
The wave of your nature is infinite. Meet it. Bow to it. Sing to its inner sunrise.
Best Lines: take a peek inside Ellen Barker's novel East of Troost.
The San Francisco Writers Conference is this week and includes a free Friday evening event. See you there?
More info: https://loom.ly/OqCN0UI
What a great discussion with Lisa Towles, talking about "Moral Clarity, Truth, and Narrative Courage" on her Story Impact Podcast. https://loom.ly/BU7SlqI
I’ve found myself riveted to the Buddhist monks’ Walk for Peace. So much about it is compelling: their commitment, their conviction, their compassion, their courage, their persistence, their humility. Read more: https://loom.ly/T2CtOFU
If you're in San Francisco, please join us this Saturday!
First Lines: take a peek inside Leslie Schover's debut novel, Fission, just published this week!
Recently I wrote about the reality of living under a government that has authorized itself to detain and even murder its citizens at will. And with impunity. I didn’t expect so many of the comments I received—publicly and privately—to center on “Is it time to leave...” Read: https://loom.ly/VOeb0IA
Do you heed their silent summons or do you fancy yourself as the one who summons?
I wouldn’t be writing these words—in fact, I wouldn’t be alive today—if my mother had not been detained and jailed by the Nazis in 1933.
She had gone to study at the Sorbonne because, as a Jew, she could no longer pursue her education in Germany. Read more: https://loom.ly/zIgoHlE
Something must be going right! 😀🌈 We saw a double rainbow during my meet and greet at Copperfield's Napa!
When I start reading a book of fiction, I pay close attention to the first line. I may read it more than once or read it more slowly. This is because that line can tell me a lot. On the most immediate, practical level, it introduces me to the book... Read more: https://loom.ly/4vd1vU4
When two people emailed me a few minutes apart with links to today’s New Yorker article by Vauhini Vara, “What If Readers Like AI-Generated Fiction?” I knew I had to read it pronto. And it’s a humdinger. Not because “readers liked AI-generated fiction” but because... Cont'd: https://loom.ly/z9EQiTs
Which Way
Does your soul show you the way... or are you trying to direct your soul?
It was a pleasure speaking with Will. You can watch at https://loom.ly/JJm1dVw
We shouldn’t assume we know the future of books. Often when I’ve raised this point, I’ve been met with push-back—for example, evidence of robust book sales. Which of course is great. Even so, I’m still watching the signs. I can’t help myself. It’s what I do.... Read more: https://loom.ly/JxYljeg
Thank you, Canada!
The sale continues thru Dec 15 in the US, UK, Australia & Canada.
The Vow's first-ever BookBub ebook deal starts today! The deal is in the UK, Canada, and Australia, and we've matched the sale in the US as well! For your convenience: https://loom.ly/1PRaKxw
When I was writing Shot: A Dictionary of the Lost, pronouns were a thing. If I was to on a Zoom with a client or with activists, everyone displayed pronouns with their name. Not to do so would have been an insult, or at least an indication of your lack of sensitivity. More at https://loom.ly/Lai52NU
Grateful for the recognition!
Your Shadow
Your shadow is watching. What does it know about you that you don't?
Recently several people asked if my books were available anywhere besides Amazon. That surprised me.
Actually, it shouldn’t have surprised me that they didn’t automatically run to their local bookstore to see if that store would order the book. In fact... Read more: https://loom.ly/F7hmKNY
Your dreams walk on cat feet into your world at daybreak. Smile on them so they don’t vanish.
judeberman.org/2025/11/21/c...
#mysticalart #spiritualart #meditation #dreams #consciousness #painting
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THE DIE is now available as an audio book!
James Fouhey and Hannah Choi, narrators. Find it wherever you get your audio books.
Shepherd is an awesome indie book platform, and I enjoyed the hard choice of selecting only three favs...
Read more at https://loom.ly/3ELOVyo
