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Jul.21.2011

If you're in the Ann Arbor, Michigan, area, or if you're planning to attend the Ann Arbor Art Fair, I hope you'll drop by tomorrow, July 22, between 11 A.M. and 4 P.M. and enjoy the AIR-CONDITIONED COMFORT with me at the Workantile Exchange: 118 S. Main, at the heart of the Michigan Guild's Ann Arbor Summer Art Fair.

Attending authors include:

Saladin Ahmed, author of Throne of the Crescent Moon and "Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela"

Caribbean-born speculative fiction writer Tobias Buckell, author of Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin, Sly Mongoose, and New York Times bestseller Halo: The Cole Protocol.

Mystery and environmental-thriller writer Karen Dionne (author of Boiling Point and Freezing Point) [that's me!]

Colleen Gleason

Sci-fi/fantasy writer Jim C. Hines, author of The Snow Queen's Shadow, Goblin Quest, and more.

Mary Kate Kopec, author of suspenseful comic romance novels Love & Bullets and Dip & Devour

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I’m probably one of the few authors on the planet who enjoys marketing her books. For me, thinking up fresh ways to get the word out about my novels is almost as much fun as...
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Comments from Karen

Apr.12.2012 - 4:19 am
In response to: My Love Affair with Book Marketing
That's a good point about promotion. Robbi - what an author does to promote their book has to match the book's...
Apr.11.2012 - 3:07 pm
In response to: My Love Affair with Book Marketing
Thanks, Robbi! I tried a lot of other things too - some worked, some didn't - but both of these marketing efforts...
Feb.05.2012 - 6:35 pm
In response to: Readers: Are You Buying Fewer Books Now That Borders Is Gone?
Thank you both for your international perspective. Very interesting! I would definitely do my book-browsing and book-...
Mar.20.2011 - 5:26 pm
In response to: What it's like to visit an active volcano
Thanks for reading, Kate! My next novel takes place in the middle of the Pacific, and will require a research trip to...
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In response to: "In the event of my death" - a gift from Neil Gaiman
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Published Reviews

Boiling Point
Published by The Sierra Club
"Boiling Point features an eccentric group of characters — including two microbiologists, a celebrity figure, and a Nobel-winning scientist intent on destroying the world — and,...