Kerrie Flanagan, director of Northern Colorado Writers, has presented a new challenge, this time for readers instead of writers (but all of us writers are also readers, right?). If you’re looking for a good excuse to curl up in your favorite chair and just read, visit the NCW blog, The Writing Bug, and check out …Read More
Finishing Up the Blog-A-Day Challenge
Today is November 30th, the last day of the November blog-a-day challenge among a few former classmates of Dani Greer’s blogbooktour class. I’m pleased to say that with this short post, I made it. As soon as I publish, I’ll pop on over to the group and give my report. Starting tomorrow, I will post …Read More
Selling Books at the Holiday Market
This is me, fairly early on Friday when I had plenty of energy. I was still a happy camper with a smile on my face on Saturday afternoon, but I looked more like something cat had dragged in. Thank goodness, I wore comfortable shoes both days. The Holiday Market is held annually at the Senior …Read More
Mini-Report on the Holiday Market
We had a beautiful day in Northern Colorado yesterday (temperature in the upper 60s). There was a great turnout for the Holiday Market at the Fort Collins Senior Center. My book table faces a large booth full of spectacular handcrafted wreaths. I have my eye on one stunning creation in lavender and purple. I sold …Read More
An Exercise in Sharing Ideas
Once a month Northern Colorado Writers hosts an 8:30 to 9:30 AM coffee at its writers’ studio for members only. The mix of attending members varies from month to month, but we always have a lively discussion on various writing issues. This month our fearless leader introduced a new exercise she had adapted from a …Read More
Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving Day
All my warmest wishes to you on this Thanksgiving Day. I believe the following words are just as true today as they were when spoken in the late 1800s: “Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There …Read More
Quotes to Prepare You for Thanksgiving
I found these Thanksgiving-related quotes at brainyquote: “Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”—————Erma Bombeck “I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them …Read More
Getting Ready for the Holiday Market
There were a lot of things to pull together for the two-day Holiday Market where I’ll be selling books on Friday and Saturday. The event is held every year at the Fort Collins Senior Center. Booths are set up in all of the meeting rooms, the lobby, the two large multipurpose rooms, and in the …Read More
Colorado Author — Becca Fitzpatrick
In my search for Colorado authors to feature here on Mondays, I’ve made a few exciting discoveries. Today’s author, Becca Fitzpatrick, was a wonderful surprise. Becca’s first novel, Hush, Hush, is a YA paranormal romance from Simon & Schuster that debuted at #10 on the New York Times Bestseller List in October 2009. For the …Read More
Five Things I Want To Accomplish in the Next 39 Days
Thirty-nine days from today is December 31, 2009. I plan to accomplish these five things before the old year disappears forever: 1. Finish the first draft of my suspense/thriller (not sure what to call it yet) with a working title of “A Terrible Mistake.” Judging by the amount of trouble my heroine is in, I …Read More
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