My guest today is Maggie Toussaint, author of the Cleopatra Jones mystery series from Five Star/Cengage as well as novels of romance and romantic suspense from Wild Rose Press. Like many of us, Maggie did not start out as a fiction writer. With marriage, family, and career to deal with, it was only later that …Read More
Archives for March 2011
Wednesday Scramble
Tomorrow’s Guest Maggie Toussaint, author of the newest Cleopatra Jones mystery, On the Nickel, will be here tomorrow. Her post is about Secrets… That Interview with Chuck Sambuchino If you missed my interview of Chuck Sambuchino (of the well-known Guide to Literary Agents blog) over at Chiseled in Rock blog yesterday, you can find it …Read More
Chiseled in Rock Tuesday: An Interview with Chuck Sambuchino
Chuck Sambuchino is the editor of the Guide to Literary Agents blog and a long list of Writer’s Digest publications. I asked Chuck questions ranging from his favorite chocolate chip cookies to what writers do wrong when they submit to agents. If you write, you don’t want to miss this one. Find us here: http://chiseledinrock.blogspot.com/
I should have been a cowboy…
Well, technically a cowgirl. But really. I should have. All those Zane Grey novels I read when I was young, the movies with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and Rex Allen, the Arizona Cowboy, the cowboy songs like Red River Valley: “Just remember the Red River ValleyAnd the cowboy who loved you so true.” I …Read More
While I catch up on a few chores…
please have another cup of coffee and read this really funny Broken Hearts Blogfest post from Heidi Windmiller, who blogs at …then she writes. I laughed out loud, so I hope you enjoy it too. See you on Monday!
Creating Characters by Maryann Miller, Guest Blogger
Today I’m welcoming Maryann Miller, author, journalist, editor, screenwriter and more. She recently placed in the top 15 percent of entries in the Chesterfield Screenwriting Fellowship with the adaptation of her mystery, Open Season. Maryann lives in east Texas with her husband and an assortment of farm animals and pets (although I’m betting they all …Read More
Wednesday Scramble (and “The Art of Rejection”)
Tomorrow’s guest I’m excited to have Maryann Miller, editor and mystery author, visit us this week. Maryann’s latest book from Five Star Publishing, Open Season, was released in January. Her post will be about Creating Characters. Diana Holgvin-Balogh reports on “The Art of Rejection” Diana, a member of Northern Colorado Writers, is working hard on …Read More
Chiseled in Rock Tuesday: An Interview with Beth Groundwater
I hope you’ll join me at Chiseled in Rock blog today where I’ve posted an interview with mystery author Beth Groundwater. Beth’s new series kicks off with Deadly Currents. Protagonist Mandy Tanner is a whitewater river ranger, so I’ve asked Beth a few questions about how Mandy is like or different from Claire Hanover of …Read More
I’m Ready to Seize the Day!
It was Saturday evening, and I came away from the Northern Colorado Writers Conference exhausted, motivated, energized, full of ideas and ready to tackle every project on my list with new energy. The conference was well put together as always. Director Kerrie Flanagan and her creative team, plus all the outstanding volunteers, did a great …Read More
Five Things That Really Tick Me Off
These aren’t the only things that make my hair stand on end and push me toward “saying something,” but they’re high on the list: 1. Very bad language spoken loudly in public where sweet little old ladies and young children might overhear. This morning, sitting outside at a table in front of Starbucks, a 30 …Read More