A Gift

So evidently my book is a gift. At least that’s what Amazon is telling me.

Customers who buy 1001 Fun Things To Do in Retirement are not looking for a retirement book. They’re looking for a retirement gift.

And not just any gift will do.

They want something fun.

As did I.

Ironic, huh?

Looking for fun myself, I wrote something fun for others.

Cool.

Aspen Trees

I see aspen trees as a fitting symbol for the retirement years. Last week, I asked the book cover guy if he could include them in his design. Why aspen? 1. On my favorite hikes, one finds aspen high on the mountain. Reach them, and the peaks (read “dreams we have spent a lifetime chasing”)…

“Help Choose a Book Title”

RetirementMay 1, 2019

Help Choose a Book Title

You can copyright books but not book titles. So, theoretically, I could title my book To Kill a Mockingbird, or Gone with the Wind. And I would get exactly 0 readers. But titles do make a difference. Research shows that good ones get a second look. A reader might peer at the promotional copy on…

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