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Bill Fritz

My Wife Wishes to Engage a Reputable Publisher for her Six Manuscripts

Hello Group, As you all know, finding a good publisher is a real 'catch 22'. Without being published, one is hard pressed to obtain an a...

Started by Bill Fritz

4 Nov 11
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Julie Hunter

Story Location

I am in the process of writing my second book and I am troubled about whether to use a real location or a ficticious one. I don't know if...

Started by Julie Hunter

1 Nov 11
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Dee Owen

Book Promotion

I am trying to promote my deceased mother-in-law's book that I am having published early 2008. I have a blog and am trying to create a we...

Started by Dee Owen

16 Nov. 23, 2008
Reply by Ana Maria Barrios Esocobar
Julie Ann Shapiro

Semi-finalist in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Contest

Hi Everyone, I'm so excited. My second novel, Three Drop Pennies made the semi-finals in Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Contest. They're hav...

Started by Julie Ann Shapiro

5 Nov. 19, 2008
Reply by Linda Hayes
Janice Ballenger

Question on a book proposal

I am preparing to send, per several agent's request, my book proposal. Problem is, depending on what you read, some say to bind the propo...

Started by Janice Ballenger

4 Sep. 7, 2008
Reply by David M. Harris
Cathleen Tarawhiti

Book covers - photographer

Hi there, I would like to get some of my work onto book covers but I am not sure where to start. Any advice would be greatly appreciated ...

Started by Cathleen Tarawhiti

3 Jul. 19, 2008
Reply by Eddie Vincent
Renata Rafferty

Offering printing credit that I can't use ...

I need some help regarding a printing credit that I am offering at a discount. Background ... My previous work had been published by a ...

Started by Renata Rafferty

0 Jul. 8, 2008
Newt Love

picked up by a European publisher

I just agreed to -- signed paperwork to follow -- sell the French, German, Italian, Dutch, Greek, Spanish and Portuguese versions of How ...

Started by Newt Love

8 Jul. 7, 2008
Reply by Karina Kantas
Jim Vernon

Suggestions for Online Book Publishing

Does anyone have experience with online publishing of their book(s)? I know that I can manually convert my document to a series of web pa...

Started by Jim Vernon

0 Jun. 26, 2008
keyz421

Something we All Need

Everyone shops! We all need things, albeit, necessary or frugal. Stores such as Overstock, JC Penny, Michigan Bulb and more - actually ov...

Started by keyz421

0 Jun. 2, 2008

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Slides, Anyone?

I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.

Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?

A Christmas Tree Already

On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.

Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.

With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.

While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights  or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?

Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life

I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.

For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of.  You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or  bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.

PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!

CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter

One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.

Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.

I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.

What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?

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