Most of you know I grew up on a farm in Illinois. It was like this: I wandered down the dirt road, staying on the smooth ridge between two hard ruts that melted into black mud after a good rain. On this sun-baked summer day in 1953, I dragged my bare feet to raise puffs …Read More
Who Did You Kill Today?
This question is for mystery writers, so I sincerely apologize if the title of this post misled you in any way. On the other hand, even if you’re not a mystery writer but like to read the genre, you might be interested in this topic. Here’s the thing. I’ve been wondering how other mystery/suspense/thriller writers …Read More
The Endless Adventure of Research for the Historical Novelist by Michelle Black, Guest Blogger
According to her website, Michelle Black was “born in Kansas and studied anthropology in college, then went on to law school where she graduated with honors. In 1993, she moved to Colorado and began to focus on her fiction writing.” “In 2008, she spent several weeks in India and was privileged to study with her …Read More
Wednesday Scramble
Thursday Guest Author Michelle Black, author of a new mystery from Five Star, Seance in Sepia, will be my guest blogger tomorrow. Michelle’s excellent post is about the unexpected side trips that happen while researching for historical novels. I’m looking for Guest Bloggers for the first half of 2012 If you have a book coming …Read More
Chiseled in Rock Tuesday: The Scary Me Before My First Cup of Coffee in the Morning
If you’ve never seen me before I’ve had my first cup of coffee in the morning, pop over to Chiseled in Rock blog. I can be very scary in the morning.
Heart Warriors Book Trailer
Northern Colorado Writers member Amanda Adams has written a book about her family’s experiences during her pregnancy and delivery of a child with congenital heart disease and all that has happened since. “Five months pregnant, Amanda Adams was told her baby was missing half his heart and given two abysmal choices regarding her pregnancy: force …Read More
Chuck Sambuchino’s The Worst Storyline Ever Contest
Here’s one you don’t want to miss. Chuck Sambuchino’s The Worst Storyline Ever Contest has been posted at Literary Agent Rachelle Gardner’s blog. The contest ends at 11:59 p.m., PST, Tues, Oct. 3, 2011. All of the rules are on the September 29th blog post linked above. Here are the prizes: 1. A query letter …Read More
Writing Tasty Scenes by Kelly Irvin, Guest Blogger
It’s my pleasure to welcome Kelly Irvin to my blog today. By reading her website bio, I discovered that Kelly worked as a journalist for many years, “six years in the border towns of Laredo and El Paso, where she was exposed to culture and language that serves as fodder for her fiction writing. She …Read More
Wednesday Scramble
The Winner of Monday’s GiveawayJenny of Choice City Native blog won my copy of The Ledge by Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan. I hope she finds it as exciting and as touching as I did. Tomorrow’s Guest Blogger Kelly Irvin is the author of A Deadly Wilderness and the upcoming release, No Child of Mine, …Read More
Chiseled in Rock Tuesday: A Writer Without Chocolate is Like…
My first post about chocolate is up at Chiseled in Rock. I hope you’ll drop by and enjoy this mouth-watering kickoff to the Chocolate Tour.
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