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Started Jun. 2, 2008
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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Author, "Searching For A Starry Night," A Miniature Art Mystery, published by Quake/Echelon Press, www.quakeme.com.
My story, "Fire & Magic" features Sam and her mom (from Starry Night) facing a menace from the past. It appears in "The Heat of the Moment" anthology, with proceeds going to benefit survivors of the San Diego wildfires.
Read about people who make miniatures and try some projects via my ebook on cd, "In Miniature Style." See website for link.
- Do You Have A Website?
- http://cverstraete.com
- About Me:
- Writer, author, miniaturist, journalist, what else?
I collect and write about miniatures; see miniatures link at my website.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://candidcanine.blogspot.com
- Favorite Books:
- Mine! ha! and....Plague Tales - Ann Benson, Books byJudith Merkle Riley, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, I like Debbie Macomber's Blossom Steet Series; mysteries: Viets, etc. I'll think of more!
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- List coming.
Dec. 1, 2008 - Searching For A Starry Night, A Miniature Art Mystery from Quake/Echelon Press, www.quakeme.com - which is also available as an ebook - is a finalist in the children's/ya category for the 2009 Eppie Awards from the Epic Foundation. The winner is chosen in March.
General information is at:
http://www.epic-conference.com/eppie_awards.html
A download pdf is on my website, click the book cover at http://cverstraete.com
New Events:
December - It's the 12 Days of Christmas at my blog. See link in My Blog section below.
Mon 9/15: See the amazing Brocante House!
Tues: Meet Nicole of Linus's Blanket blog, part of the Book Blogger Appreciation Week at My Friend Amy's Blog. Check it out, win prizes!
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** Authors from BlogBookTours are participating in an August Blog Challenge - to post a blog daily beginning on Aug. 1.
Day 3: Inspiration and Sense(s) is the topic for the third Daily Blog at Candid Canine.
Come by and share your thoughts or your pet peeve words!
** New miniatures story, The Vet's Office -
** New Story, "When Eating's NOT A Crime at Fatal Foodies
* New Author Snaphot -interviews with Sunny Frazier and Betty Webb in the summer Mysterical-e.
Online:
JUNE:
* Featured Guest Author, Stories For Children Magazine
* Sam from SEARCHING FOR A STARRY NIGHT tells her Best Friend's Story
* Featured Book Cover at Erin Aislinn's website, week of June 2
Woo-hoo! The reviews are coming in...
A young reader shares her opinion on SEARCHING FOR A STARRY NIGHT, A Miniature Art Mystery:
"Gripping, surprising, and leaving you wanting more… you'll be shocked at the twists and turns…" --Lily Huber, Grade 8
<.p> New Interview!
Learn more about my upcoming mystery, SEARCHING FOR A STARRY NIGHT, miniatures, and other things at the Acme Authors Blog.
A Winner!
* Searching for a Starry Night was selected as the Most Eye-Catching Cover for March 2008 from the New Covey Cover Awards. See New Covey Cover Awards
* New Miniatures of the Month: April Showers Bring May Flowers at Candid Canine, 4/13 entry
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Get Spooky! How about some time with The Witch Tree?
Just in time for Halloween, I've excerpted my story, The Witch Tree at my Candid Canine blog,
Jimmy thought he'd found Utopia... until they came.
Now it's a battle, of life vs. death... him. vs. them. Who will win?
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Posted on September 27, 2009 at 12:35pm —
Searching For A Starry Night and Fun at Printer's Row!
You can see pix of the event at my Candid Canine blog here
Posted on June 13, 2009 at 7:55am —
Searching For A Starry Night Goes to School!
Read more about the visit and see pix at my Candid Canine blog - see post
Posted on June 13, 2009 at 7:52am —
New May-June Events: Searching For A Starry Night, A Miniature Art Mystery
* June 6, Printer's… Continue
Posted on May 12, 2009 at 1:01pm —
Vote for Searching for a Starry Night, A Miniature Art Mystery in P& E Poll to Jan. 14
Chris V.
Book art/cover:
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/bookart.shtml
Mystery:
http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelmys.shtml
Posted on January 2, 2009 at 8:23am —
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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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