Books

Sandy Malone and Robin Nelson Corridon

Celebrating Mother’s Day On Jekyll Island

Mom had a blast attending my recent book signings at the Mosaic Museum on Jekyll Island. She sat next to me at the table and repeatedly apologized for my horrible penmanship as I wrote personalized notes and signed my books. It was hilarious. And awful. But mostly, hilarious.

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Sandy Malone's first book signing for "Escape to Jekyll Island" - picture with Jekyll resident Donna Nash

My First Book Signing, New Author Challenges, And What I’m Reading To Relax

Happy Sunday! I had my first book signing yesterday at Jekyll Market. Not gonna lie – I was terrified. But it was amazing! I met people who’d I’d only met on Facebook neighborhood chats in the past. And I met some awesome new people who had already read “Escape to Jekyll Island” and they wanted

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Delivering Books Naked

I was dreading delivering my first two big book orders. Not because I’m not proud or don’t love my books – I laughed writing them and I think readers will find them freaking hysterical. I’ve met the women I’m supposed to be delivering the books to, and there’s nothing to be scared of. So why did each delivery feel like I was walking around stark-ass naked?

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Paperback copies of Escape to Jekyll Island and In Bloom on Jekyll

How Not To Pitch Your Book To A Bookstore

TIP OF THE DAY: Never use the “A” word (Amazon) anywhere in a pitch to a bookstore. It is not a good thing that you also have your books available there – they hate Amazon and most of them will only get books through Ingram Sparks or other printers. My books haven’t popped up on Bookstore.org yet – and so I thought I was doing a good thing by showing the bookstore owner I was pitching that they were available on Amazon. Yeah, nope.

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