Sitting on the keynote speaker for #AuthorNation was hard. I’m a terrible secret keeper. So happy to be able to announce that it’s James Patterson! Speaking and signing at the reader event.

If you’re still on FB, check to see if you were automatically opted in to follow the incoming regime’s profiles and pages. I was - because consent still doesn’t matter to them, and Meta’s complicit in the propaganda pushing bullshit now, it seems.

There are a lot of things to unpack in this week’s newsletter - but the takeaway is how to use your website to protect content and track engagement so you can send automated reminders to your ARC teams.

Author Nation 2025 will open its call for speakers December 8, 2025! Prep your best pitches and join the mailing list at authornation.live to be sure you have all the details. Hope to hear from new speakers!

A starter pack of writers who write historical fiction and/or historical fantasy! bsky.app/starter-pack...

My extra books picked up at #RAVE just dinged me $150 on Southwest for oversized luggage. Worth it.

I always forget this is here.