I’m really tired today (Monday). Last night I came upstairs at 10:00 to do one more thing at my computer (after watching the Survivor finale), and ended up hitting the sack at 2:45 AM. As usual, the “one more thing” had turned into ten more things. Once in bed, of course, I couldn’t fall right …Read More
Colorado Author — Paula Reed
Remember that teaser blog last week about Author Janet? I was playing around. Our Colorado author of the week is Paula Reed. Everything else I told you about her was true. She was a teacher at Columbine in 1999, she has been published in the romance genre, and she has just sold a historical novel …Read More
Photos from Norway
Today I wanted to experiment with posting photos, something I hadn’t tried on the blog yet, so I’ve chosen three from the solo trip I took to Norway in May 1998. Norway was a natural choice for an adventure. My maternal grandfather, Lars Ringstveit, emigrated to the United States with one of his brothers when …Read More
More on The Desert Hedge Murders
Yay! My advance reading copies of The Desert Hedge Murders, the second Sylvia and Willie mystery, arrived yesterday. Today I’ll begin proofreading the book again. It’s unlikely I’ll find any mistakes, but it happens from time to time. I know of authors who found perfection in the advance review copy only to find upside down …Read More
Write…or Tweet?
My friend Kerrie Flanagan is the director of Northern Colorado Writers. She is an energetic, hard-working woman on a mission to motivate and educate writers, especially local writers, and help them reach their goals. From the Northern Colorado Writers Conference in April to the fall writers retreat, and all the workshops, classes, and special events …Read More
Author Janet’s Story
I think my newspaper saga is over. Life returned to normal this morning. Venting was fun for a couple of days, but I can’t build a blog audience on whining and complaining, because I don’t have that much to complain about. Unless, of course, I want to start in on politics, the economy, or my …Read More
Extra Cranky Today
I couldn’t resist following up on yesterday’s post about my late paper. Turns out it never arrived. I hopped out of bed this morning with high hopes. After all, it was just a transition problem with first-day production. The paper will now be printed in Denver, an hour away from my town. I suppose we’ll …Read More
When My Newspaper is Late
The newspaper and coffee start to my day began when I retired eleven years ago. The habit is firmly entrenched. This business of newspapers dropping like flies bothers me more than drops in the stock market. When one of the Denver papers bit the dust not too long ago, I was upset, even though I …Read More
My Colorado Authors Project — Mike Befeler
I love the authors of Colorado. Once a week I plan to blog about one or more of those talented and friendly folks in the hopes a few more people take a look at their books. Today I want to tell you about Mike Befeler, a Boulder resident whose first mystery was published in 2007. …Read More
Happy Mother’s Day!
Note that I, being a mother, slept in today. Doesn’t matter than my kids are all grown up and live many states away. I pamper myself on Mother’s Day. I already called my own mother, who is celebrating her 90th birthday today. My brother is preparing k-bobs on the grill for her. He already made …Read More