It is December 21st and tomorrow begins a long-awaited two week holiday – somewhere warm. Just for fun, and with apologies to any offended cat owners, I am posting this –hopefully funny– story that was originally written for an under-1500-words short story contest. The title is Catnap and it is the only fiction piece I have every done in first …

That infamous rejection letter; the raw, caustic brutality of a few simple – often scribbled – words that can snuff the life right out of an otherwise promising writing career. Conversely those same words can steer a more determined author down the path to self-publishing, usually with little or no idea of what they are getting themselves into. Even one …

It’s December 4th and in10 days the window for getting books to customers before Christmas closes completely. This is final stretch for this year’s prime time for online sales, which actually began a few weeks before Black Friday and Cyber Monday. As founder, and the principle operator of Red Tuque Books, I have watched the company’s direct annual online sales …