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North East Texas Writer's Organization Conference 1 Reply

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Comment by Gay Ingram on June 20, 2009 at 5:50pm: Hey Everybody! Check out my latest article for Fiction Fix, a great writing newsletter. Go to: http://www.coffeehouseforwriters.com/fictionfix/0907%20Ingram.html

Comment by Karen Harrington on June 7, 2009 at 10:22pm: Hello Fellow Texas Writers:

Join me at the event Two Out Of Three Authors in Historic Downtown Plano on Tuesday, June 16th 7 pm at Gregory's Bistro for a fun evening of stories and writing advice. Here's the website for all the details: http://www.schuylersmonster.com/twooutofthree.html

Hope to see you there!

Karen Harrington
author, Janeology
www.karenharringtonbooks.com

Comment by Stephanie Morris on May 7, 2009 at 9:45am: Better Late Than Never has received a glowing review! Check it out!
Better Late Than Never Book Review

Comment by Stephanie Morris on April 10, 2009 at 11:43pm: Hello my fellow Texans! I have a new release out!

TITLE: Better Late Than Never
AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris
AUTHOR URL: http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com
GENRE/THEME: Interracial Romance
PUBLISHER: Amira Press
ISBN: 978-1-935348-31-3
RELEASE DATE: April 10, 2009
URL TO THE BUYING PAGE: http://www.amirapress.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37_43&products_id=211

BLURB:
Kristen Smith loves to work with children and her life-long dream of opening her own childcare center has finally come true. Everything couldn’t be more perfect until her high school sweetheart walks through front door with his son in tow. Randy Stroud was the "one" that she has never gotten over. She has never understood why he’d ended their relationship but it was obvious that he’d moved and she was more than willing to pretend that she had.

Comment by Gay Ingram on March 3, 2009 at 3:30pm: Wanted to tell my fellow Texas writers about an upcoming event. Jacsonville Public Library is holding its 2nd Annual East Texas Authors' Forum on Thurday, April 16th at Norman Activity Center in downtown Jacksonville. No charge - all East Texas authors invited to participate. contact Nancy Washburn 903.721.2175 or nancy@austinbank.com if interested.

Comment by Tim Quinton on August 3, 2008 at 1:26pm: Sorry that I haven't been around that much. When I'm not working at the job that pays the bills right now, I'm sitting with pen and paper working on my stories. Just as soon as a book comes out, my readers are asking "Where's the next book?" You just can't give them enough it seems.

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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?