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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I am an Author newly published with Cerridwen Press. Prophecy of Vithan came out August 2 of 2006. My second novel Stone of Cruento is due to come out May 1, 2008. I am working on a third Vials of Aquilonia. I have been writing since I was old enough to hold a crayon, but never tried to get published. I am thrilled to be working with Cerridwen Press. I visit exotic worlds with my characters. I reach for the stars with them. I fight the good fight, defeat the bad guy and win the love of my life. I hope you enjoy reading my stories as much as I enjoy writing them.
- Do You Have A Website?
- My website is www.charleneleatherman.com and I have a My Space address www.myspace.com/charleneleatherman. Come visit and say hello. A group of authors and I have a joint blog at www.goddessesofstorytelling.blogspot.com. We are a fun bunch of gals. Come by and comment on our ranting.
- About Me:
- My name is Charlene Leatherman. I love stories about strong women. I find historical women like Catherine the Great, Queen Elizabeth and Deborah, Judge of Israel to be fascinating. In my stories, my women are strong. Strong-willed, physically and mentally strong. They are faced with problems that demand as much as they can give, and they give it. In my life, I have lived as a strong woman who does not give up no matter what is thrown my way. I fight to discover the solution to a problem and solve it.
I live in a tiny town called Desert Center in California. It was founded by gold miners in the early 1920’s. It is in the exact middle of two towns, fifty miles from each town. That is why it is called Desert Center. The population is about 150 people and swells to about 1000 during the winter with tourists. I am the caregiver for my quadriplegic husband of 35 years. I have two wonderful sons and two marvelous daughters-in-law. I have two grandbabies, one from each son. I love being a wife, a mom, a grandmother, and a writer.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://www.charleneleatherman.blogspot.com
- Favorite Books:
- Maybe favorite authors would be easier to answer. I love anything by Issac Asimov, Stephen King, Nora Roberts, and a new author Lacey Thorn. Vampires by anyone, anything by Piers Anthony, and of course the classics - you know, the Illiad, the Odyssey, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allen Poe. I'm sort of an eclectic reader.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Cerridwen Press.com
Elloras Cave.com
Barnes and Noble
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Stone of Cruento Reviewed by Simply Romance Reviews
Stone of Cruento reviewed by Simply Romance Yea!
Stone of Cruento
Charlene Leatherman
Cerridwen Press
May 2008
ISBN: 9781419916984
Fantasy
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Synopsis:
Claren Maxwell felt she was misplaced, like she belonged somewhere else. Even… Continue
Posted on July 22, 2008 at 8:30pm —
Introducing Guest Author Hazel Statham
Let Me Introduce Guest Blogger and Author Hazel Statham
Hazel Statham will be gracing us with a visit during her Virtual Blog Tour during the month of July. She will be talking about her lastest book
His Shadowed Heart
Here is a blurb:
Can a shadowed hear… Continue
Posted on July 9, 2008 at 12:40pm —
Writers, Emotions and Reviews
Writers, Emotions and Reviews
Category: Writing and Poetry
Writers, Emotions and Reviews
One major attribute of a fiction writer - whatever the genre - is to feel emotions. The writer has to be able to feel the emotions so they can put those same emotions on paper well enough so the reader feels the same emotions. Adventure writers have to make their reader's heart pound, their pulse quicken and those pages turn. Romance writers have to make their reader's heart go pitter-pat, their pulse qui… Continue
Category: Writing and Poetry
Writers, Emotions and Reviews
One major attribute of a fiction writer - whatever the genre - is to feel emotions. The writer has to be able to feel the emotions so they can put those same emotions on paper well enough so the reader feels the same emotions. Adventure writers have to make their reader's heart pound, their pulse quicken and those pages turn. Romance writers have to make their reader's heart go pitter-pat, their pulse qui… Continue
Posted on July 2, 2008 at 1:53pm —
Adventure, Peril, Intrigue All Day Long June 18th
Adventure Peril and Intrigue All Day Long June 18
I am co-hosting Danger Zone Theme Day on Catanetwork Message Board on June 18. It's an all day marathon where you can come read some excerpts from authors of Action and Adventure novels. You'll have a chance to ask questions, participate in contests, and discover that perfect book for your summer reading.
Authors, if you write Action, Adventure, Suspense, Thrillers, and everything that makes the reader's pulse race, then stop by and share some o… Continue
I am co-hosting Danger Zone Theme Day on Catanetwork Message Board on June 18. It's an all day marathon where you can come read some excerpts from authors of Action and Adventure novels. You'll have a chance to ask questions, participate in contests, and discover that perfect book for your summer reading.
Authors, if you write Action, Adventure, Suspense, Thrillers, and everything that makes the reader's pulse race, then stop by and share some o… Continue
Posted on June 17, 2008 at 6:15pm —
Catanetwork 99 Theme Days - June 18th is Danger Zone Day - All Things Action and Adventure
Come One, Come All. Calling all authors of action and adventure fiction or non-fiction. Calling all readers of action and adventure.
Catanetworks is having 99 days of themes throughout the summer.
June 18th is Danger Zone Theme co-hosted by yours truly, Charlene Le… Continue
Posted on June 12, 2008 at 12:00pm —
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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?
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My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. My debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available for pre-order from Amazon.com, and I am writing because I was hoping you might be willing to read it and post your thoughts on Amazon.com (or some of the other book review sites). If you're interested, I'd be more than willing to send you an e-book version by e-mail. Just let me know. I've included a summary of the novel below:
Dirty Little Angels
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
If you'd like to read the first chapter before you commit, feel free to visit my web site:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id=894
Thanks so much,
Chris
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Christopher Tusa
Department of English
Louisiana State University
Editor, Poetry Southeast
http://www.christophertusa.com
mail@christophertusa.com
Have a great day and a successful year,
Lynda
Take care,
Sonny G
Scott
Looks like we share the same taste of stories. I've got a couple up at www.scotttbarnes.com that you might enjoy (though the site's under construction). Where is Desert Center? I grew up in the gold mining town of Julian, CA.
See ya,
Scott
:))
A
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