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Hi all, had to share some tidbit advice for new website owners. My spirits were sort of down about my website at http://theguardianscurse.yolasite.com. My guestbook rarely gets a nibble so I thought people didn't visit my site.
While attending the…
Well, a little anyway. I updated my Anything Vampires and Paranormal Romance blog and started a twittering. I then searched for my name and online name, sandrajg23, on Google. My eyes popped open when my Book Place page appeared. I haven't written m…
That series concept has become the drive behind my writing. I am a newcomer but was wondering if anybody would take a look at my website and/or fan pages to give me honest feedback on my progress at writing and self-promotion. If you sign in/ become…
This is a place for all of us newbies to get together, be encouraged and inspired, and get some writing done!
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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- reader and want-to-be-writer
- Do You Have A Website?
- http://theguardianscurse.yolasite.com
- About Me:
- I am an unemployed teacher and new to writing. I started writing about a dream when I was about 25 but then lost the drive to pursue it further. Now at 38, I am again giving it a go. This time that one 'dream' idea has sprouted into 3 more stories that continues a guardian's curse paranormal romance that I incorporated into my original 'dream' story. I don't know where all of this will take me next, but at the very least I will have fun doing it and sharing it with friends.
- Favorite Books:
- Most paranormal romance novels (Christine Feehan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Brenda Joyce...)
Pride and Prejudice
Shogun
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Hi all, had to share some tidbit advice for new website owners. My spirits were sort of down about my website at http://theguardianscurse.yolasite.com. My guestbook rarely gets a nibble so I thought people didn't visit my site.
While attending the Muse Online Writer's Conference, one of the workshop presenters suggested using a counter from statcounter.com. I figured it couldn't hurt and the time to set up was negligible.
Two weeks later I fi… Continue
While attending the Muse Online Writer's Conference, one of the workshop presenters suggested using a counter from statcounter.com. I figured it couldn't hurt and the time to set up was negligible.
Two weeks later I fi… Continue
Posted on October 25, 2009 at 12:47pm —
I'm Moving on Up...
Well, a little anyway. I updated my Anything Vampires and Paranormal Romance blog and started a twittering. I then searched for my name and online name, sandrajg23, on Google. My eyes popped open when my Book Place page appeared. I haven't written much on here, but I guess that will change. I need to build my brand for when I eventually sub. to publishers. I have a long way to go but every tiny step now will benefit my platform later.
Anybody else going through the same issues with building a b… Continue
Anybody else going through the same issues with building a b… Continue
Posted on October 21, 2009 at 9:12pm —
The Guardian's Curse Series
That series concept has become the drive behind my writing. I am a newcomer but was wondering if anybody would take a look at my website and/or fan pages to give me honest feedback on my progress at writing and self-promotion. If you sign in/ become a fan for any or all of my sites, then I would certainly return the favor.
My website is http://theguardianscurse.yolasite.com
Thank's for your time.
My website is http://theguardianscurse.yolasite.com
Thank's for your time.
Posted on August 27, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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MORGAN'S OWN BLOGSPOT
Are you ready?
Anyway, I hope to get the house into decent shape before Christmas, when I do my annual meal for the family. There's also that Christmas list to get together. Time is ticking away.
What about you? Are you ready for Christmas? Or do you celebrate another Holiday? If so, are you ready?
Please Welcome Mary Cunningham, Cynthia's Attic Author
One of the main reasons for writing "Cynthia's Attic" came from my failure - failure to appreciate my ancestors. Our family stories are probably no more or less interesting than most, and I went out of my way to avoid remembering most of them or asking questions about my grandparents lives.
Or did I try to find out just which relative "supposedly" sold a city block on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for $20,000? Guaranteed, I would not be sitting here writing a blog had that particular relative held on to the property.
Then there's the story, "Cynthia's Attic: Curse of the Bayou," of my great-great grandfather, Augustus Boilliat who disappeared in 1860 while taking a load of produce down the Mississippi River to New Orleans? Oh, sure I've read different accounts about what happened to him, but lost forever are the stories his grandson (my grandfather) could've told me about facts he'd heard from my great-great grandmother, Marie Julia, about her husband's disappearance.
I remember a few accounts told by my dad about his adventures as a teenage cave guide at one of the largest caves in the Southern Indiana area, Wyandotte, but I only have to guess at some of the adventures he must've had.
The idea for Cynthia's Attic: The Magician's Castle came from detailed genealogy research done by my cousin, Betty. Long before the Internet, she traveled to Switzerland to search for documents that would tie our great-grandmother, Harriet Kistler, to Peter Kistler the First, President of the Republic of Bern, 1470-1480. I've tried to honor the Kistler family in the fourth adventure in Cynthia's Attic.
Thanks, Morgan, for having me as a guest!
Mary Cunningham
She is also co-writer of the humor-filled, women's lifestyle book, "Women Only Over Fifty (WOOF)," along with published stories, "Ghost Light" and "Christmas Daisy," A Cynthia's Attic short story.
To celebrate the release of "The Magician's Castle," (Quake/Echelon Press, DEC 1, 2009), a winner will be chosen on each blog stop to receive a copy of the "Cynthia's Attic" short story, "Christmas With Daisy!" So, be sure to make a comment!
Mary Cunningham Books
http://www.marycunninghambooks.com/
Cynthia's Attic Blog
http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com/
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Cunningham/e/B002BLNEK4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=digital-text&field-author=Mary%20Cunningham
Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/a20811/Mary-Cunningham/?
Quake/Echelon Press
http://www.echelonpress.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=23&zenid=4ac57b7ae19fa071cab3b4295df7baf3
Please leave a comment to welcome Mary.
Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks
Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Can We Talk?
I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.
I've heard that some people are more afraid of public speaking than of dying. Surprisingly, I find it easier each time I do it. As long as I have my cheat sheet with me to glance down at once in a while for security and I like what I'm talking about, I'm okay.
What about you? Do you like to talk or would you rather not?
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Christmas Bash at whisperyourfantasies@yahoogroups.com
December 12, 2009 at 6pm to December 23, 2009 at 7pm
Christmas Celebration at Whispers Publishing's reader's loop. Come meet authors, participate in chats, contests, read steaming hot excerpts, win books! Our grand prize this year is a basket filled with Godiva's Cocolates.
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Early Endorsements for “A Circle of Souls”
Linda Fairstein, NYT Bestselling Author: "A fascinating debut - this novel takes the reader to the darkest places in the human soul, from a writer with the authenticity to lead us there. A stunning thriller and an important read."
Judge Judy Sheindlin, star of the Judge Judy Show: "The seminal work of this fine author kept me glued to my chair until the adventure was over and the mystery solved. A great read!"
Book Synopsis:
The sleepy town of Newbury, Connecticut, is shocked when a little girl is found brutally murdered. The town s top detective, perplexed by a complete lack of leads, calls in FBI agent Leia Bines, an expert in cases involving children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a psychiatrist at Newbury s hospital, searches desperately for the cause of seven-year-old Naya Hastings devastating nightmares. Afraid that she might hurt herself in the midst of a torturous episode, Naya s parents have turned to the bright young doctor as their only hope.
The situations confronting Leia and Peter converge when Naya begins drawing chilling images of murder after being bombarded by the disturbing images in her dreams. Amazingly, her sketches are the only clues to the crime that has panicked Newbury residents. Against her better judgment, Leia explores the clues in Naya s crude drawings, only to set off an alarming chain of events.
In this stunning psychological thriller, innocence gives way to evil, and trust lies forgotten in a web of deceit, fear, and murder.