Photo of the Day: Rod Belcher's First Novel Signing

Rod Belcher hunkers down as the line grows at Books-a-Million for his debut novel.

Rod signs for Stephanie Kepros, first in line.

My old buddy and colleague Rod Belcher, who has written for both FRONT and its predecessor Blue Ridge Business Journal, signed his first novel tonight at Books-a-Million in Roanoke.

Rod's book is Six Gun Tarot (Tor) and it was published without the benefit of a literary agent. Rod pushed this one himself in a world that is highly competitive and where an agent generally gives the writer a shot at a major publisher.

Good for Rod.