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- Author, Belly of the Whale to be releassed by Kunati Publishers in April 2008
My novel is the story of a young woman with breast cancer. It is twenty-four hours in her life, the day she gives up hope of surviving and the day she is taken hostage in an all-night market by a killer more deadly than her disease.
- Do You Have A Website?
- http://www.kunati.com/linda-merlino
http://www.lindamerlino.com
- About Me:
- My favorite quote is "What will you do with this one wild, passionate life?"...my answer, write...
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://www.gooddaysnodays.blogspot.com
- Favorite Books:
- Belly of the Whale and all the books on the Kunati web site.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Books on the Common... and Amazon.com
Linda Merlino's Blog
Blog a Virtual Question
Blog a Virtual Question
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Belly of the Whale is on Virtual Tour for the month trying to help fight-the-fight. There will be reviews, posts, interviews and a podcast for anyone wishing to come aboard.
I was asked many questions but one I’d like to share is included here: “What is the most important thing in your life right now?”
The most important thing in my life is my family. Family has been, always will be and is the most significant part of my lif… Continue
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Belly of the Whale is on Virtual Tour for the month trying to help fight-the-fight. There will be reviews, posts, interviews and a podcast for anyone wishing to come aboard.
I was asked many questions but one I’d like to share is included here: “What is the most important thing in your life right now?”
The most important thing in my life is my family. Family has been, always will be and is the most significant part of my lif… Continue
Posted on September 30, 2008 at 8:15pm —
Blog Real Life
Nothing in fiction can top real life and I confess that I prefer fiction to memoir and biography. The sprinkling of imagination like spices on a gourmet dish can turn boring history into explosive fiction. Reality as the back drop for fiction needs to go outside the boundaries of hum-drum.
Belly of the Whale is the fictional account of twenty-four hours in the life of a young woman with breast cancer; a disease whose reality is lived everyday by so many people. If you look at statistics the num… Continue
Belly of the Whale is the fictional account of twenty-four hours in the life of a young woman with breast cancer; a disease whose reality is lived everyday by so many people. If you look at statistics the num… Continue
Posted on September 25, 2008 at 9:40pm —
Every Three Minutes...
Every three minutes a person is diagnosed with breast cancer. This in a world of: wait-a-minute, give-me-a-minute, be-with-you-in-a-minute, and this-will-only-take-a-minute.
Sixty seconds multiplied by three is one hundred eighty seconds; that is all a woman has before her entire life is broadsided. Her drive home from the doctor, and the telephone calls to family, all will take longer than three minutes.
On August 13th I attended the Kickoff Breakfast for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer… Continue
Sixty seconds multiplied by three is one hundred eighty seconds; that is all a woman has before her entire life is broadsided. Her drive home from the doctor, and the telephone calls to family, all will take longer than three minutes.
On August 13th I attended the Kickoff Breakfast for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer… Continue
Posted on September 3, 2008 at 9:03pm — 3 Comments
Six Letter Word
Cancer is a six letter word. You wake up one morning, same as you did yesterday and the day before, but now everything is different, the color of the sky, the way the light falls on your favorite flowers, the way you look at life and your family, it’s all changed. Cancer has come through the back door, the disease has parked itself in the middle of your life and now you and all the people you love have to deal with the consequences.
Writing about cancer, using breast cancer as a back drop for f… Continue
Writing about cancer, using breast cancer as a back drop for f… Continue
Posted on August 30, 2008 at 6:10am —
Blog Writer's Laryngitis
Writer’s laryngitis, an ailment that on one level renders you unable to speak and on another level, unable to write, this condition is more severe than the common, ordinary: writer’s block. The latter can be remedied by long sessions looking at a blank page and even longer days in your jammies. Writer’s laryngitis requires medicine; the pharmacy kind of prescribed liquid that you pour onto a spoon and swallow with a grimace, then about thirty minutes later your whole body slumps over your laptop… Continue
Posted on August 17, 2008 at 6:38pm —
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Helpless
Over the Holiday weekend I took a good look at my house and that familiar helples feeling washed over me again. It seemed like an insurmountable task to get the place in order. It still does.I spend so much time writing and promoting after I do my day job, what little time I have left is precious. Still, sometimes I just have to buckle down and ignore my compulsion to write and make myself clean house instead. I tackled the spare bedroom, which had clothes and all kinds of other articles strewn over the bed, on the floor, and anywhere you can think of, compliments of myself and the DH, who were equally guilty. I did make some headway, which made me feel good, but if I had more time I know I could do better. Also, there are so many other projects left to do if I were to get the house really into shape. I'm wondering how much I'll get done before Christmas, when I have my family over.
Maybe over the weekend I can get more done, that is, after I do the Illinois sales tax form first, which is due by the end of the month. I've got almost all of my check statements, except one, which I think I can find online, so maybe I can get that done. You may have guessed I'm not the most organized person in the world.
Anyway, let's see how far I can get cleaning up. I've got this kindle on loan from the library, with about 9 days left on it, and lots of good books on it beckoning to me. I've got some great ideas for stories I want to start and others I want to continue. I've got some blog buddies I haven't visited for a while. I wonder what will win out. (g)
What about you? What do you do about housework? Does it get in the way sometimes?
PS The not so surprising results are up on the left for my EZ poll. I'll have to do a harder one some time.
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?
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