By Chris Pitchford I’ll have to thank you later, Pat, for generously allowing me to guest post on your blog. Right now, I’m in way too much of a hurry. I’ve got words to write that readers (“Hello, You!”) will read… In a flash, the inspiration hit me. I now had the answer to the …Read More
Suzette McIntyre’s Painting of Katie Cat
Artist/Photographer Suzette McIntyre owns a studio and gallery in Windsor, Colorado. Boardwalk Gallery features showings for other artists as well as Suzette’s works. I might never have found this talented lady if she hadn’t become a member of Northern Colorado Writers, so thanks to NCW and Director Kerrie Flanagan for putting me in touch with …Read More
You Know I’m Always Bragging on the Talented Colorado Authors…..
Today I want to send congratulations out to Dean K. Miller for his upcoming e-book, The Odyssey of the Monk as well as his cover designer and illustrator, April J. Moore, also a Coloradoan. That’s the cover above, and here’s a sample of the art within the book. The monk story was introduced in Dean’s …Read More
Why Write? … by John Paul McKinney
By John Paul McKinney “You won’t make any money writing,” a friend recently informed me, “That’s just a pure ego trip.” While I didn’t agree with him (Hate to think of myself as that narcissistic), it made me wonder: “Why do writers write?” Maybe my friend is right in that only a small percentage of …Read More
The Squirrel Wins Round Three
Yes, I thought I was so smart. I bought that really long S hook and hung it far from the trunk of the aspen tree. The squirrel was flummoxed. Or so I thought. It took a few days, but I looked out the window yesterday afternoon, and the squirrel was upside-down, its legs wrapped around …Read More
The Winners of the Dead Wrong ARC giveaway
I’ve decided to give away five advance review copies of Dead Wrong instead of the two I advertised. Why? Just because!! I used random.org to select the winners. And here they are: Hilary Melton-Butcher Hilary lives on the other side of the great pond. She blogs at Positive Letters… Inspirational Stories… I first e-met this …Read More
Ta Da…I’m Giving Away Two Advance Review Copies of Dead Wrong
Dead Wrong is now available for pre-order at online booksellers. They say the release date is December 10, 2014 so that’s probably when they’ll be able to ship the book. My publisher’s release date is November 19, 2014 and that’s what I have on all my promotional materials. I’m giving an ARC to two different …Read More
So You Want to Publish An Anthology? Read On…
By Nikki Baird, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Anthology Chair Anthologies have experienced something of a renaissance, thanks to the indie publishing market. Lots of writers have short stories that they’ve written over the years, and in a lot of cases, the publishing rights to those stories revert back to authors fairly quickly, so there aren’t …Read More
The Critters Are Out to Get Me
On September 4th, I wrote about my war with the squirrel over the bird feeder. I now wish to report that the match stands at Squirrel 2, Me 0. Today, however, I bought a really, really long S Hook at Wild Birds Unlimited and hung the feeder from a high limb on the aspen tree …Read More
Serendipity
By Dori Hillestad Butler Hi, Pat! Thanks for hosting me on your blog. I’d like to introduce you to some of the characters from my Haunted Library series for beginning chapter book readers. This is Kaz and his family. Yes, they’re ghosts. Sadly, Kaz was separated from his family at the beginning of book one. …Read More
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