Sylvia Dickey Smith is a Texas author and also the hostess of an Internet radio show Murder She Writes where she interviews women who write mysteries. I’m going to be her guest this evening from 5-6 Central Time. Previous guests have included Betty Webb, Elizabeth Gunn, Linda Faulkner and a whole list of ladies who […]
Today I’m fulfilling the promise I made last Saturday to post the next section of one of the chapters of my new book that I introduced HERE This chapter is titled “Socially Unacceptable” and first deals with the fun of social groups in high school. Here is the next section…. People may grow up, but
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I know on Saturday I said I would post the next excerpt from my new book today, but something else grabbed my attention. Last night I watched the interview with Michael Vick on 60 Minutes eager to hear him fully acknowledge his participation in the dog fighting enterprise that sent him to prison for two
My friend and fellow author, Ginger Simpson, surprised me with the One Lovely Blog Award yesterday. She made the announcement on her blog, Dishin’ It Out. I was really touched by the reason she chose me and this is what she wrote about me: A great friend and confidante, and a very smart lady. She
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I’ve just recently started re-reading some of William Kent Krueger’s books, as well as reading a couple of his newer ones. His books are some that I have enjoyed a lot, but then I’d forget to look for his latest and a few years would go by before I thought of how much I like
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Back in June I started posting excerpts from my new book and this latest installment is a continuation of the chapter dealing with one of our our family vacations. To read what precedes this click HERE Everything was peaceful for an hour or so, then the kids started squabbling, which soon deteriorated into full fledged
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More and more authors are turning to Internet marketing for their books. They are doing virtual book tours, blogs, maintaining Web sites, and whatever else they can do to increase visibility on the Web. This is all well and good, but according to Don McCauley at Free Publicity Group, many authors miss a major component
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The last of my company left today, so now I have no more excuses for not working. Darn. I sure was enjoying myself. I guess that is one reason that I like having my birthday on the Fourth of July. I was playing the “It’s my birthday” card all weekend until one of our sons
As I have been doing this blog tour, I have been amazed by the questions other writers ask me. One question I get a lot is, “Do you really think critique groups help?” Yes. Okay, that should be the end of the questions, don’t you think? But it seems that many writers have had bad
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This coming Monday, June 29th, Christine Duncan will be my guest and will share her thoughts about critique groups. Please try to stop by in your busy day to see what she has to say. Christine is an Arvada Colorado mystery writer. She got her start in writing for the Christian market, writing for Sunday
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