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Book stopped selling
Started Feb. 17, 2008
Newspaper article on my book
Started Oct. 30, 2007
Finished first draft!
Started Sep. 30, 2007
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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I am an author. My current book is "Excited Light" (AJSA Press).
- Do You Have A Website?
- www.lynnvoedisch.com
- About Me:
- I am a author, journalist, and editor. I worked for more than 20 years in newspapers, most of those years at the Chicago Sun-Times. I'm working on my fourth novel manuscript.
I've freelanced for national magazines and local Chicago publications. I am a member of the American Society of Journalists and authors and the Society of Midland Authors.
I live in a suburb just over the Chicago border.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://www.xanga.com/bastetmax
- Favorite Books:
- "Practical Magic" by Alice Hoffman
"Neuromancer" by William Gibson
"Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett
"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
and many, many more
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- The Book Cellar in Chicago
Transitions Book Place in Chicago
Good interview--and introduction to who I am!
This is a great interview by Norman Goldman and it will serve as a way of introducing myself to you.
For some reason, the link is not working, so you'll have to cut and paste:
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Lynn
For some reason, the link is not working, so you'll have to cut and paste:
http://tinyurl.com/ys3fo7
Lynn
LynnVoedisch's Blog
Go over to my blog at Xanga
My blog is over here:
http://www.xanga.com/bastetmax
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Posted on September 2, 2007 at 9:58pm —
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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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Rascal is sleeping right now. When she gets up, you'll know about it.
When RASCAL wakes up, you'll hear from her and/or her Mom - that would be me, Morgan Mandel.
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It's alright, I've got you in my page, and that's all that matters to me now.
Thank you for accepting my friendship. I am so happy to meet all you wonderful people, and I look forward to us chatting when we've got down time (ha!) Talk soon!
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BTW, I happened on a great web site: www.librarything.com
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Happy rewriting!
I am also an editor and book writing coach. Who is the little shadow on your shoulder? He resembles my buddy Master Yoda.
With warm regards,
Shannon Evans
The Writing Mentor
This book is going to be the ONE. Right?
Lynn
And I don't know if there were any "cool people" at the Sun-Times, but thanks for saying I was one of them!
Wow, long time no hear! Everyone, Lynn and I worked at the Sun-Times many moons ago, and she was one of the cool people there. Lynn, I hope you're doing well and getting ready to publish that first novel!
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