Because my blog posts on critique groups will appear on The Blood-Red Pencil blog today and tomorrow, I thought I’d talk about the group I’ve belonged to since early 2004. Toward the end of 2003, local author Brian Kaufman taught a novel-writing class for all ages at our Senior Center. At the end of the …Read More
Books on Fiction Writing by Chris Roerden
I’ll probably mention well-known editor Chris Roerden every few months, just in case someone forgets, or new readers come aboard. Her two books on fiction-writing techniques are comprehensive tools for writing and self-editing. Chris will give a workshop during the SinC Into Great Writing program in Indianapolis on October 14th, the day before Bouchercon 2009 …Read More
First Sentences — Don’t Start With The Weather?
My personal notes: Blogger once again did not publish my pre-scheduled blog on Monday, so I had to tweak the darned thing to get my post out there. Probably happened again this morning. Then I was attacked by a vicious mosquito as I diligently pulled weeds from around my lavender plants. Now I will fret …Read More
Colorado Author — Janet Lane
Does anyone out there like a good historical romance with a little spice and a lot of intrigue? Today’s Colorado author delivers that and more. Published by Five Star’s Expressions line of romance and women’s fiction, Janet Lane’s Coin Forest Legend Series features Gypsy adventures set in 15th century England. Now I’m going to admit …Read More
Sharing The Last Journey
Farrah Fawcett’s two and a half year battle with anal cancer was heroic, as most such battles are. What makes her death especially notable is the information she gave us about her disease, and her determination, even though she’d been told she could not be cured, to fight for her life. One of the greatest …Read More
Countdown — Two Months to Publication
Most of the ARCs (advance reading copies) of The Desert Hedge Murders have been distributed to reviewers. My local newspaper reviewer highly recommended the mystery for a “Snuggie-covered reading session.” The first online review is available at armchairinterviews.com. I’m still keeping my fingers crossed for a good word from one of the big four: Publishers …Read More
The Usual Travel Stories
As promised, I do have a couple of travel stories. The usual injury: I stayed with my son and daughter-in-law two nights. They have two young dogs, including a hefty one-year-old German Shepherd named Jaxie and a two-year-old, slightly smaller, mixed German Shepherd and something else named Robbie. They are nice, playful, happy dogs, occasionally …Read More
On My Way Home — I Hope
I’m flying back to Colorado from Las Vegas this morning. I was hanging out with my son and daughter-in-law, their dogs, cats, and horses, and maybe even a ghost, in Oatman, Arizona, from Friday through Sunday. Sunday night I stayed at the Edgewater, a casino/hotel in Laughlin, Nevada, then took a shuttle to Las Vegas …Read More
Colorado Author — Cricket McRae
The author of three Sophie Mae Reynolds Home Crafting mysteries, Cricket McRae is a crafter of all trades, and I suspect a mistress of all as well. In Lye in Wait, she even taught us how to make homemade lip balm. While weaving all things crafty into her stories, Cricket creates believable characters and clever …Read More
Oatman, Arizona — The Ghost in the Oatman Hotel
I’m taking off a little later this morning, flying to Las Vegas, and then traveling to Oatman, Arizona, a dozen or so miles east of Bullhead City. Part of the action in The Desert Hedge Murders takes place in and around Oatman, an old historic Route 66 gold mining town which is now a tourist …Read More
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