Authors with a forthcoming book need to look at many different promotion strategies during a pandemic. I'm learning as I go, since a lot has changed since my first novel was published. Here's a few tips of mine. If YOU have any, please share! Write it and Zoom... Forget book tours. The biggest advantage to Zoom is that authors can appear anywhere without having to leave their living rooms, … [Read more...]
Meet the Fish Family, 1955
The Big Joke: Written in 1955, the story depicts a typical fifties household with a stay-at-home mother, working father, two school-age kids and a baby, except they are goldfish: Mr. and Mrs. Fish, Walter, Arabella, and last of all, Baby Clarissa. Baby Clarissa wears a white gown and little hat, drinks from a bottle and sits in a high chair. Mama knits ear muffs for Papa. Papa gardens … [Read more...]
What’s so special about Howard Street?
This year, riding a bike on unpaved Howard Street was precarious because of the deep ruts. Many homes on Ocracoke are still under reconstruction after Hurricane Dorian devastated the island in 2019, so I'm sure the truck traffic doesn't help the condition of the street. Calling it a street is misleading, though. It's really a one-way lane, and it holds a rich history. Ocracoke For … [Read more...]
New Release: Children’s Picture Book
The inspiration Many times my late mother suggested I write and illustrate a children's book. Every time, for whatever reason, I resisted. Until inspiration hit me. The scurrying ghost crabs spooked my grandson, Oliver, then three, when we were vacationing at Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks of North Carolina several years ago. My daughter and I unsuccessfully tried to find him a book … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Kevin St. Jarre
What: I have two novels under contract with Encircle Publications. The first one is literary fiction, with humor/absurdism, titled Aliens, Drywall, and a Unicycle, due in bookstores November 6, but available for pre-order now. The other is a YA crossover novel titled Celestine and is scheduled for publication in May 2021. Why: Like so many other authors, I have always written, … [Read more...]
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