Tomorrow will be the official book release day for The Desert Hedge Murders, and I’m taking the day off to do fun stuff. There will be a blog post, maybe something unusual. Be sure to drop by. Today, however, is going to be a bear. After I run a couple of errands and meet a …Read More
Colorado Author — Denise Vega
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending an evening author event featuring Denise Vega, author of books for children, tweens, and teens, at the Northern Colorado Writers Studio. One of the things that I found most interesting is that several young people attended to hear her speak and to ask perceptive questions …Read More
Getting Ready for Three Months of Book Promotion
The countdown has begun. The official release day for The Desert Hedge Murders is August 19th. If you didn’t see the excerpt and synopsis from an earlier post, you’ll find it here. I’ve been trying to think of special ways to celebrate the day. Maybe go out to lunch and a movie and ignore my …Read More
Blogs About Books and Bookish Things
I know you’re just dying to add a few more blogs to your blogrolls or your blog reader because you don’t have nearly enough fun stuff to fill your day, so I pulled a few from my own list, added a couple more I found from following links, and here you are: Jen’s Book Thoughts. …Read More
First Sentences in Short Stories
Just to keep you posted on the results of all that thinking I did on Monday, I added 1,400 words to my novel yesterday, and knocked four promo items off my To Do List. I will take a bow while you all applaud. Thank you, thank you. Today, I decided to do one of my …Read More
Colorado Author — Teresa Funke
Today it is my great pleasure to feature Northern Colorado author and publisher, Teresa Funke. After reading two of Teresa’s novels set during World War II, I wanted to ask her so many questions, probably enough to write a dozen interviews. I’ve narrowed it down, however, to Teresa’s publishing experience. As I thought about the …Read More
The Desert Hedge Murders — Excerpt and Synopsis
Once again it’s time to inflict a little blatant self-promotion on my friends. Originally, I had planned to post just the back-of-the-book excerpt of my new mystery, The Desert Hedge Murders, but then I decided to show off that rattlesnake skin background as well. So I scanned the book cover, then cropped off the bottom …Read More
Skunk, Peanut Butter Cookie, or Books on Writing?
You never know what you’re going to get when you drop in here, do you? Well, except for Mondays. That’s almost always a Colorado author feature. There are so many authors in Colorado that I expect I’ll keep on doing that for a long time. The other days, though, anything can happen. I might tell …Read More
The Twitter Connection
There are still folks among my friends and acquaintances who think Twitter is a fad. They think it’s a passing fancy, destined for the vast web landfill within two years. I don’t know. Maybe they’re right. But does it matter? Can’t we enjoy the opportunities and the fun while they last?Heck, yes. And just to …Read More
One Interruption Leads to Another, But It’s All Good
Yesterday afternoon I saved my WIP to a flash drive and shut down my desktop computer at the first sign of thunder. My fully-charged laptop waited for me downstairs. I figured I could squeeze in more writing time on the battery while the storm passed overhead.The thunder stopped and the clouds wandered aimlessly out to …Read More
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