On a personal note, thanks to everyone who dropped by my blog yesterday. It was great fun having so many visitors, the most visitors I’ve had in one day since I started this blog on April 17th. Procrastination, or the inability to sit down and write, speaks to a lot of writers. For those who …Read More
Archives for July 2009
Things Writers Can Do Instead of Writing
Using myself as an example, I thought I’d show you a few of the things writers might do to avoid writing. 1. Take your camera outside and photograph the weather. You saw my yellow flowers and my double rainbow pictures earlier this month, but here’s a shot from last winter. It was early in the …Read More
Three Wyoming Mystery Authors
Since I just finished a good novel of suspense by C. J. Box (Three Weeks to Say Good-Bye), I thought I’d fill my readers in on the writings of C. J. and two more of my favorites who hide out north of the border (that’s the Colorado/Wyoming border, of course). Award winning author C. J. …Read More
More Story Ideas — Where to Find Them
The last time I dropped by a library used book sale, I bought one book. That is an amazing fact in itself, but that’s not the point of today’s post. I want to tell you about the book I did find: A Dictionary of Omens and Superstitions by Philippa Waring (Souvenir Press, Canada, 1978 and …Read More
Colorado Author — Amy Kathleen Ryan
From time to time I’ll branch out and include Colorado authors who write something other than mystery and suspense. Today I’ve chosen Amy Kathleen Ryan, author of Vibes, a Young Adult novel about a girl who can read minds. That’s how she knows everyone in her high school thinks she’s fat and disgusting, even Gusty, …Read More
Library Thing — For Readers, Librarians, and Authors
Yesterday I created a presence on Library Thing, which calls itself the world’s largest book club. Members are readers, authors, and librarians. The first thing I did upon signing up was to create my profile. Here I entered the information I’d like to have other members know about me, including my website and blog urls. …Read More
The Humane Award Goes To…
Yesterday I received an unexpected honor. Helen Ginger included my blog (in some outstanding company, by the way) when she passed on the Humane Award she’d earned the day before for her own blog, Straight from Hel. Thank you, Helen. What is the Humane Award, you ask? Here’s the scoop: The Humane Award is to …Read More
Mystery Author: Marshall Karp
Did you know Marshall Karp has at least one contest going on his website? If you’re the lucky winner of this one, you’ll have a character named after you in a future Marshall Karp book. Now how cool is that? If you don’t know how cool it is, you probably haven’t been introduced to Karp’s …Read More
Sometimes We Just Need Yellow Flowers
I can’t think of too many things that cheer me up in the same way yellow flowers do. I think it has something to do with the rambling, yellow roses on our farm that used to bloom around my birthday each year when I was a kid. It always seemed as though they bloomed just …Read More
New and Upcoming Releases from Colorado Mystery Authors
While I trip away from our Colorado authors to read Three Weeks to Say Good-Bye by Wyoming author C. J. Box, I’ll at least let you know what some of our better known Colorado authors are doing: Many mystery readers are fans of Diane Mott Davidson’s series featuring Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz. Her newest release …Read More