Still going strong on the virtual book tour. Today’s stop is a short review on BCF Reviews. http://bcfreviews.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/one-small-victory-by-maryann-miller/ Yesterday I forgot to list one of the stops, so here is a link to that one. http://www.thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com/ Here I got to write a bit more about how the central character was developed. I always find it […]
Day five of my virtual book tour. Or it could be day six, I don’t know. I’ve lost track. I admire folks who can keep up with a jillion things at one time and make it look so easy. Me, I have to spit my gum out so I can type. Anyway, the tour is
The tour started up again today after a weekend off. Today I am featured athttp://www.thebookmuncher.blogspot.com/ I got to post about a crazy booksigning event at a senior center. We writers must choose our audiences carefully. 🙂 And don’t forget the “Blog Train Excursion” starting today. This is a great chance to win a bunch of
I am starting a virtual book tour this month to promote my new book, One Small Victory. This is a new twist on the standard author tour that used to take authors across the country to meet readers in bookstores and other venues. Publishers used to arrange the tours, especially for big name authors, and
Last weekend I was gut-punched by the murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. That day, like any mother anywhere, I thought of his parents and their terrible grief. Grief is certainly their’s first. I freely acknowledge that. But there is a grief that many of us are feeling as well. If grief was a circle,
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Late last week I was going to do a post about this book I’ve been reading that has just blown me away. It was going to be part of my Friday Reads features, but then, well, life got in the way. I was simply numbed by the murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis and
Are you partying tonight? My celebration will be small, just me and one of my sons. As in years past, we’ll toast the New Year around ten o’clock because it’s midnight somewhere. Then he’ll go back to his house & we’ll both be tucked in before the bell tolls midnight. Tomorrow I’ll make a few
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For those of you who celebrate Christmas, I do hope you were able to gather with family and friends and have a day that created memories that you’ll treasure for years to come. The memories are a huge part of the magic of Christmas. This year, I hosted the Miller clan at my new house,
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For years now we’ve all been trying real hard to be politically correct in our Winter Solstice greetings, saying Happy Holidays, lest we offend someone who doesn’t celebrate Christmas, but I’ve always been a bit of a rebel. Besides that, I’m not the least bit offended when I hear Happy Hanukkah or Happy Kwanzaa. Those
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Decorating… check. Baking… sorta check. Still cookies to make. Gifts and cards… also sorta check. Still have to wrap a few gifts. House ready for company… check as soon as I get all the wrapping paper and bits of ribbon off the guest bed. Now to just close down my office for the rest of
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