I haven’t done the Mix and Match for a while, so here goes: What I’m Reading: In fiction, I just finished Free Agent by Jeremy Duns, a classic spy story by a debut novelist. I liked it a lot and am looking forward to the next book in the series which is scheduled for 2010. …Read More
Archives for November 2009
An Unexpected Surprise from Colorado Country Life Magazine
First I received an e-mail from a friend, telling me my first Sylvia and Willie mystery, The Prairie Grass Murders, was one of the mysteries featured in an article in the newest Colorado Country Life magazine, a publication of the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association. That evening, a member of my critique group handed me …Read More
Story Jumps Boundaries, Characters Are Out of Control
Lynnette’s story began as a simple novel of suspense. The first outline had only one chapter that was not in Lynnette’s point of view. Then one of the bad guys grew bigger than the part I had given him, so I wrote some chapters from his point of view. He was only a minor bad …Read More
Colorado Author New Releases
I have three new releases to report from Colorado authors: TERESA FUNKE Teresa Funke‘s 3rd book in the Home-Front Hero Series, V for Victory, was released in October. Product Description from amazon.com: “Based on a true story in the summer of 1943… Twelve-year-old Miguel Montoya feels left behind. Everyone else in his large family is …Read More
Whatever Happened to Lars (Ringstveit) Twedt?
Lars Ringstveit was a Norwegian who came to the United States with two of his brothers when he was in his teens, sometime in the early 1900s. An older brother, Peter Ringstveit, had immigrated earlier and was already acquiring land and herding sheep in Montana. Peter helped his brothers by sending them money for travel, …Read More