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Internet Radio Show
Well, it finally happened. The day my radio radio was to air finally arrived. I was going to play it cool and wait until the next morning to listen, but as soon as it was available just before midnight my time, I anxiously went to the website, not sure what I’d find. And there it was! [...]
Fifteen Minute Radio Surprise
Thursday, September 10, 2009, is the big day: my broadcast on Don McCauley’s radio program, The Authors Show. For those of us on the West Coast, it begins Wednesday the 9th of September at 9pm. (PST) I’m eager to listen, yet anxious at the same time. I have no memory of what Don said or asked, [...]
Call-Screening for PBS Show
It was one of those days. My son, Roger Bowman, hosts a weekly TV show, ‘It’s Your Call,’ about the mortgage crisis in Southern California on KVCR, a local PBS station. Since it’s a live show with experts in the field who answer viewer call-in questions, they have a call-screener who takes questions from callers and [...]
BACKSTORY: Relevant Information or an Inconsequential Event?
When we begin a new novel, we need to intimately know our characters. We must know their motivations – why they do certain things and what causes them to react to events with warmth or hostility. Otherwise, their strong reactions or nonchalance may seem strange to other people. So, to prevent our readers from thinking our [...]
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VANILLA HEART PUBLISHING June Specials! Buy your favorite VHP fiction titles in print version from Amazon, and for every copy purchased, select a FREE ebook (with full cover covers, front and back) from our entire Ebook Catalog. Simply send verification of print copy purchase (your Amazon order number – last three digits only, date of purchase, your [...]
Radio Interview
I just completed my first radio show and even now, almost an hour later, I still feel like throwing up. You’d think, since I’m a mature woman, at least according to my gray hair, that I’d have more confidence when doing interviews, and I do – when they’re on paper. But talking to someone over [...]
Working Girl Reviews
Working Girl Reviews recently posted their review of my novel, Beyond the Quiet, and they also interviewed me about my writing classes and the writing process. Please take a look at their new site, read the reviews and interviews, and feel free to submit your book for a review. Click Here for Working Girl Reviews [...]
Beyond the Quiet Wins Award
The WOW – Wizards of Words writers’ organization has just awarded my novel, Beyond the Quiet, as the 2009 Book of the Quarter. Beyond will now compete for the Book of the Year in December. Thank you, Wizards, for this honor:
Free! 1st Chapter Chapbook
Hi everyone. My publisher just released a Free First Chapter Chapbook as a promotional tool. So if anyone would like to read the first chapters of my books for free, simply send an email to me: brendahillseaman@yahoo.com and enter the word, Chapbook, on the subject line, and I’ll send the pdf file which includes the first [...]
Meet Roger Bowman
KVCR, a PBS station for California’s Inland Empire and Desert Cities, is running a three-month series on the impact of the financial crisis in the form of a weekly live call-in program titled, “It’s Your Call.” Each week a new focal topic has included experts from the financial markets, health care systems, teachers, and others to [...]
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After twenty-five years of marriage, Lisa Montgomery thinks her husband’s death is the worst that can happen. Then she receives a notice about his secret post office box.
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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I write novels, short stories, feature articles, and restaurant reviews for my So CA newspaper. My 8"x11" workbook, Plot Your Way to Publication, a step-by-step guide from basic idea to a solid storyline, is available now at most online stores.
I used to edit full manuscripts, but no longer have the time, so now I offer first chapter editing on those critical opening chapters. See:
http://www.brendahillseaman.com/firstchapteranalysis.htm
- Do You Have A Website?
- www.brendahill.com
www.authorsden.com/brendahill
www.cuisinescene.org
- About Me:
- Hello, I'm Brenda Hill. Thank you for stopping by. Books are such a joy in life - the feel of them, the smell, the new worlds they open for me. No matter my circumstances, I can open a book and find love, laughter, and a light to guide my way.
No matter the genre or age of the character, my novels are about women in crisis. I highlight a problem and offer possible solutions while celebrating the inner strength women sometimes forget they possess.
My second novel, Beyond the Quiet, is about a repressed woman in her forties, who, after her husband dies, finally learns to live. And my first, Ten Times Guilty, scheduled for re-release summer 2009, is a suspense about a young single mother who's forced to learn her own value.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://brendahill.wordpress.com/
- Favorite Books:
- Absolute Power
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Da Vinci Code
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- B&N on land,
Amazon online
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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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