Please excuse this tiny deviation from our regularly scheduled Colorado Author Monday (which will be on Tuesday this week), so I may announce the winner of my first drawing for a signed hardcover copy of The Desert Hedge Murders: Paul David BrazillPoland It appears Mr. Brazill is a fan and author of noir, so I …Read More
The Desert Hedge Murders — Book Drawing
It’s time for my first drawing of a signed hardcover copy of The Desert Hedge Murders. If you want to read a synopsis and an excerpt before entering, check out the information I posted on August 7th. This drawing will be tweeted throughout the day today, as well as advertised on several lists and groups. …Read More
Mix and Match Thursday
What I’m Reading This Week: In fiction I’m still working on Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe mystery, Some Buried Caesar. I was sidetracked by the Colorado Gold Conference and the extra sleep required to recover (and the two-hour finale of Big Brother), so I haven’t had as much time to read this week. In nonfiction, I’m …Read More
More Links for Writers Who Want to Know Stuff
I received my newsletter from C. Hope Clark’s Funds for Writers and found an interesting article on Web 2.0 Addiction. Web 2.0 is the designation used for social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, as well as blogs, among others. When you follow the link, you’ll want to look for the September 13th edition …Read More
Random Thoughts
I found an interesting blog today. I think I picked the link off Twitter, but I have no idea which Twitter ID, so I apologize for that. If I ever figure it out, I’ll let you know. The blog is called: Pimp My Novel. This is good insider stuff from Eric, who works “in the …Read More
News and Books from the Colorado Gold Conference
I wanted to report on a few of the highlights of the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Conference so the usual Monday Colorado Author feature will return next week. I will, however, be mentioning a few of our authors in this post, just to whet your appetite for more good books to come. First, I have …Read More
Colorado Gold Conference Begins Today
Today the conference fun begins. I checked into the hotel yesterday afternoon and played hermit while I caught up on e-mail, and did other online chores. I’ll be pretty busy from 11:00 AM today until about 1:00 PM on Sunday. Be sure to stop by The Blood-Red Pencil today for more tips on self-editing your …Read More
Mix and Match
What I’m Reading This Week: I finished The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner. It was hard to put down, but I was just a tiny bit disappointed by the ending. While I would have thought early on that I would rank it 5 out of 5, I’d have to drop that to something like 4.25 out …Read More
Setting Goals — The Way I Do It
Here’s the final count for my long weekend writing binge: 6,131 words. My target was 10,000 words. So how would you view the actual words written against the target number? If you were doing the goal setting, and the writing, would you feel you had failed? Here’s the thing about my writing habits. Because I …Read More
Progress Report and New Awards Received
As I announced last week, I had hoped to add 10,000 words to my novel over the long weekend. Here’s my report through Sunday: Friday: 1,908 Saturday: 1,183 Sunday: 2,366 TOTAL through Sunday: 5,457 I guess I’d have to write all night on Monday to get the job done, wouldn’t I? Since I wrote this …Read More
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