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Started by Lonnie Cruse. Last reply by LynnVoedisch Sep. 20, 2007.

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Comment by Gabe on November 1, 2009 at 3:20am: Hello, all. I'm from the Rockford area. It's really nice to see a writer's spot for Illinoisans on BookPlace!

Comment by Russell J Fee on May 31, 2009 at 11:10am: Hello everyone, I'm pleased to join all of you.

Comment by Oak Tree Press on April 12, 2009 at 11:33pm: Greetings, Illinois bibliophiles! I'm a new joinee...what goes on here?

Comment by Charlie Bear on March 11, 2009 at 5:40pm: All hale the great state of Illinois! There IS more to Illinois than Chicago! The wife and I are both former residents of Downers Grove and Woodridge! We both have family in those areas as well. I am a graduate of that great school downstate: SIU-C. Sorry it wasn't Champaign.........(HA!)
Just wanted to stop by and say hi!

Comment by Likai Chen on April 4, 2008 at 5:50pm: Hello, everyone! I'm Mr. Likai Chen. I live in China and a freelance author writing fictions in English. I'm new here and I hope all friends here could help me with writing.

I had my first juvenile fiction, Shuisheng the Mallard, published by Mill Creek Press in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2007. It tells a group of wild ducks flying south for the coming winter. A lot of dangers on their way. How they manage to excape the dangers? Can they arrive at their winter home in the south of China?

Also a lot of beautiful Chinese folk tales and Chinese traditional illustrations in the storybook that attract a lot of American children and adults.

I want to hear your comments on my book, friends, because you, the great authors, can give valuable comments that will help me with my future writing. Thank you!

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MORGAN'S OWN BLOGSPOT

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?