Does this outfit make me look readable? Author photos and genre

What is the purpose of an author photo? It allows the reader to feel a connection with the author, of course, but the photo also communicates something about the genre of the book. Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton, Diane Mott Davidson and Shelley Costa write funny, PG-rated mysteries, where the violence and sex happen offstage. Janet Evanovich …

Things I didn’t realize about my own book (until I heard someone else reading it)

The Musubi Murder audiobook is almost done. You'd think that I'd know my own manuscript pretty well by now, but: 1. That whole "said" issue really took me by surprise. My producer has gone back and clipped out the unnecessary "said"s and now the dialog flows more smoothly.  It wasn't bad before, but those small edits make a big …