Donna Lee Anderson writes a column called BookEnds for the Kitsap Weekly and in the August 19th issue, she featured the Klepto Cat Mysteries.
As an author, I understand the value of publicity. It’s the only way potential readers can learn about your book—whether it is through columns like Donna’s, word of mouth, Internet promotion or face-to-face encounters with your audience at book signings and speaking engagements, for example. And it doesn’t matter if the audience is large or small—every bit of publicity is important as is every potential reader. But an interview with a columnist or reporter is more valuable for an author than you might know.
If the right questions are asked, it helps the author reflect on the work she is doing, on her 
approach to her stories, and on her audience. She has the opportunity to review her reasons for spending all of those hours, days, and weeks writing and to determine whether or not she is still going in a reasonable direction. It helps her to examine her motivations for doing what she does and to learn whether they are still valid.
Donna, I thank you for the interview and the opportunity to spread the word about my mystery series. And for the opportunity for me to re-examine my career. Am I taking my career in the right direction? Absolutely. And I look forward to hearing from a batch of new readers who have fallen in love with Rags and his friends.
