I am a Marketing Genius

I’ve never self-marketed a book before, or anything else. I’ve never launched a book in 2026 before, either. I’m more adept at watching the world with concern, second-guessing myself, and throwing ideas to the wind.

But amid all the weird sales graphs, ads, algorithm noise, and small mysteries of a book launch, something lovely and unexpected happened. As sales for My Last Friends on Earth picked up, readers have been finding my earlier novel Understanding Ken again—and picking it up.

Bonus!

If you came for three kids fighting an empire in the future—and enjoyed the ride—there’s another kid, about 150 years earlier, dealing with divorce, confusion, and growing up in the 1970s.

Two different stories. Same real questions.

How do you fight for what’s right?

How do you forgive yourself for mistakes?

How do you keep joy while figuring things out?

Those questions feel very real for me right now, too. How about you?

If you’ve read either of these books, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

More to come, god-willing

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