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- www.joebrightbooks.com
- About Me:
- I’m one of those schizophrenic artists who couldn’t make up his mind which art to focus on. I went to college on a fine arts scholarship, yet spent a lot of my time playing the guitar, writing songs, and performing with a band. I won the KFC songwriting contest while in college, and no, I wasn’t writing jingles about chicken. I also won a battle of the bands.
To support my artistic pursuits, I took time off from college and worked in the oil fields of Wyoming, near the small town where I grew up with my seven siblings. I also spent a few years with a dance group, touring Canada and Europe.
After receiving my English degree from Utah State University, I went to work as a technical writer for Thiokol, the manufacturer of space shuttle rocket boosters. Yes, they’re the ones responsible for the 1986 Challenger disaster, but that was before I worked for them.
I later taught English in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Berkeley, California. During this time, I began focusing seriously on my writing. My novel The Black Garden was recently released by Europe-based publishers BeWrite Books.
- Favorite Books:
- The Prince of Tides, Middlesex, Silence of the Lambs, The Green Mile
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Iliad Bookstore in North Hollywood
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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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