Sure they do.  As far as visibility for a book goes, Goodreads clearly exposes a novel to new readers.  Whether readers go on to remember the novel, buy it, or read it is anybody’s guess, but since discovery is a key step before any of the rest of that can happen, visibility can’t hurt.

Here’s a case in point.  Though Birthmarked came out in 2010, the audio books for the series have just been released this month, and my audio publisher wanted to highlight them.  Tantor… Continue reading →

I had a lovely chat last week with Cindy Wolfe Boynton, the host of Literary New England Radio Show, which airs Monday nights through Blog Talk Radio.  The show focuses on writers in New England, so it feels like it’s happening in my own back yard, yet it has a broad audience with listeners as far away as the U.K.  Cindy interviewed me about the Birthmarked trilogy, from how I came up with the first ideas, to how the trilogy became audio books this month… Continue reading →