So Much to Do, So Little Time I need a giant bottle of time. You know, like “If I could save time in a bottle….” I’d let out a few minutes only as needed, which hopefully would help me avoid waste. What To Do With All This Grape Juice? Last year I tried to make …Read More
Archives for September 2012
My Rocky Road to Publication by Judy Alter
An award-winning novelist, Judy Alter is the author of three books in the Kelly O’Connell Mysteries series: Skeleton in a Dead Space, No Neighborhood for Old Women, and Trouble in a Big Box. With Murder at the Blue Plate Café, she moves from inner city Fort Worth to small-town East Texas to create a new …Read More
Chiseled in Rock, Stuff, and the Tuesday Question
Thanks to everyone who visited here yesterday for the Genre Favorites Blogfest. I met some new bloggers, including a few who shared my love of musicals and all things bookish. Three Authors, Three Questions at Chiseled in Rock Today is Chiseled in Rock Tuesday of course, and my post is “Three Authors, Three Questions” starring …Read More
Guilty (Oops! I mean Genre) Favorites Blogfest
Thanks to Alex J. Cavanaugh and his Guilty Genre Favorites Blogfest, I have a chance to spend today connecting with a few old blogger friends and meeting some new ones. To see the linky list of participants, hop over to Alex’s blog. My guilty genre favorites are: MOVIES Musicals, musicals, musicals. I love them all. …Read More
Call for Guest Bloggers for the First Quarter of 2013
Come one, come all…but especially writers at every level. I feature writers from beginning to multi-published, both traditional and indie. I’m now opening up my calendar for guest writers/authors/bloggers for January through March of 2013. I’ll schedule guests for Thursdays, and when needed (especially to accommodate authors on blog book tours), I’ll also feature guests …Read More
Fiction Genre and Reader Expectations by Nell DuVall
World traveler Nell DuVall has visited all the continents except South America and Antarctica. She participated in marine surveys and archeological expeditions in Scotland, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Turkey. Train to Yesterday was her first published novel and When Lilacs Bloom, another time travel romance, debuted in April 2012. A science fiction novel …Read More
Where Have All My Visitors Gone? (Plus the Tuesday Question)
A Blogging Fact of Life The truth is, if we don’t get out there and maintain our blogging friendships by visiting other bloggers and leaving comments, our bloggerly friends will abandon us to our lonely, introverted, writerly existence with the definite impression we choose to be alone. In my case, it’s not alone time I …Read More
Colorado Gold Highlights
There was much to applaud at the writers’ conference in Denver, but there were three outstanding speakers that made this year’s Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference stand out. I didn’t take notes during these speeches, so I don’t have any quotes for you. But all three speakers left me with a warm appreciation …Read More
I’m at Colorado Gold. Please stop back on Monday
Yes, I’m in Denver doing my best to soak up every bit of writing information I can, connect with every single writer, agent, and editor I meet, and find some new potential blogger/author guests to feature in 2013. The workshops I plan to attend today include: The Lady or the Tiger: Traditional Publishing, Independent…or Both? …Read More
Travel: A Trigger for the Imagination by Denise M. Hartman
My guest today is Denise M. Hartman, mystery author. Denise’s background in journalism and television production has influenced her writing style and habits, while living overseas for several years, currently in Madrid, Spain, gives Denise’s imagination new sites and sounds for her mysteries on a day in and out basis. She is a member of …Read More