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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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New Killer Career Excerpt at Acme Authors Link
Hi Gang,Today, I've got a new Killer Career excerpt up at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/ . This one continues from the first excerpt I posted on Monday at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/
If you're curious about my recently released romantic suspense, come on over to one or both blogs to check it out.
Thanks,
Morgan
Time Out for Kindle Reading
Our local library has 8 kindles available for its patrons. The DH and I both got on the waiting list, mainly so I could use one. His number was reached and we picked up the kindle on Sunday afternoon. Now I've got a kindle to read for 2 weeks! So far I'm really loving it, especially the current book I'm reading, My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.What about you? Do you own a kindle? Or, have you tried someone else's? Would you like to?
Who's Doing Cyber Monday?
I'm very carefully going to check out the Cyber Monday deals. I have a few items in mind that I plan to buy, but it would be very nice if they'd go on sale and save me some money. I won't be spending much. Can't afford to do so this year.What about you?
Did You Shop on Black Friday?
There's still time to take the poll to the left about what you ate at Thanksgiving.About Black Friday -
The DH despises mob scenes, but my brother and I do love the adventure of shopping on Black Friday. We weren't courageous enough to get up at the crack of dawn, though, so we did miss out on a few goodies, like the snuglee blankets and pots and pans sets at Menards, and some other items. I did manage to get some work gloves at almost 50 cents each pair, and a boot/shoe dryer which sounded interesting and was less than $9.00. The biggest extravagance there was this turntable with MP3 encoding/AM FM radio combination thing, but that was only $49.00, which isn't too bad. I didn't go for any of the high ticket items.
I didn't do too bad, but do have some Staples rebates to send in. They're pretty easy to do online, so I don't mind doing them. I bought some USB flash drives, batteries, and CD rewrites there.
I also bought a reversible light grey, almost white bubble coat and some grey boots at Walmart, both items $7.00 each, which I plan to use walking Rascal.
What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of deals did you get?
So, this year I was pretty practical, but it was still fun and I did get a few things I hadn't expected to find.
What about you? Did you shop on Black Friday? If so, what kind of finds did you get?
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