I will be featuring posts from nine Northern Colorado authors during the month of June. Their interests and works range from poetry to nonfiction to fiction. Tomorrow my guest is Dean K. Miller, haiku writer extraordinaire. He also writes other types of poetry, inspirational articles, and more. I never considered writing haiku until Dean offered …Read More
About Sleuthing Women — 10 First-in-Series Mysteries … by Lois Winston
Once upon a time I was published by what I thought would be my forever publisher. I was thrilled by the way they treated me and with their commitment to promoting my books. Then things changed—and not in a good way—and I made the decision to walk away, taking the rights to my books with …Read More
Writing to Publish … by Trai Cartwright
Between us writers, do you write to publish? For those who do, I’m jealous. You seem to have connected with the fundamental reason why we write: to tell others things, important things, playful things, things that entertain and challenge and change us. You’re an Author. And if you don’t write to publish, why not? Is …Read More
Learning e-format Publication … by Rex Burns
One of the most pervasive beliefs in American publishers has been that readers will not be interested in humorous novels or in novels about Latin America. So I wrote The Better Part of Valour, a comic novel set in Columbia. Again and again, American publishers turned it down; in fact, few if any of them …Read More
Saying Good-bye to the Grapes and the Trellis
The wind broke the main post of my grape trellis off at the base this winter. It’s leaning precariously, but tied to the aspen tree to make sure it doesn’t collapse across the sidewalk. Poor broken thing. I’ll be taking it down piece by piece as soon as the rains stop and the ground dries …Read More
CRIME & CRIMINALITY: The Amateur Sleuth in Regency England … by Darcie Wilde
Ah! The English Regency. The romance! The dances! The genteel manners, the snobbery, and the witty banter! And, oh! Those clothes! It’s a lush, intricate and magnificent setting for almost any kind of story. For a crime writer, though, it’s got some interesting pitfalls, and sneaky advantages, especially when you’re writing a mystery with an …Read More
The best blog posts I’ve read this week
I’m such a busy little bee these days. My blog is a great example of the things I’m neglecting in order to get other things done. This is not true of many of my favorite bloggers, so today I’m going to send you to the posts I read this week that will most likely improve …Read More
Sudden Change of Plans … by Lisa Black
I came to write That Darkness because I was writing another book and then stopped and wrote this one. Then I went back and wrote the other one. I never said I was efficient. I had been writing along in the Theresa MacLean series, in which Theresa is a single fortyish mother and forensic scientist …Read More
A Little Photo Fun (starring Sassy and Katie, of course)
It was a struggle getting my camera to give up its photos today, but I finally got it done. This is Sassy, finally posing for a profile shot. When we’re outside, she’s usually on the move, so it’s difficult to get a picture that isn’t blurry. One of Sassy’s favorite toys. She has them spread …Read More
All Books Have Souls … by Aaron Michael Ritchey
I have an artistic friend who once said something very, very interesting to me. He said all books have spirits. Most of the time, I can understand such a concept in a very animist way. Sure, the rocks, the trees, the plans, raccoons, all have souls and are connected. Yoda me, baby. It’s the Force. …Read More
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