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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Mystery and Walking writer
- Do You Have A Website?
- http://alancook.50megs.com
- About Me:
- After spending over a quarter of a century in the computer business, I am now pursuing my first love--writing, especially mysteries. My mystery novels include:
RUN INTO TROUBLE--a footrace along the California Coast in 1969, during the Cold War. But is the Cold War about to heat up?
HONEYMOON FOR THREE--winner of Silver Quill award by American Author's Association and Readers Choice Award for best Mountain West book. Suspense takes a thrill ride
THE HAYLOFT: a 1950s mystery--bobby sox, slow dancing, bomb shelters, the communist conspiracy, and murder
HOTLINE TO MURDER--is the voice on the line that of a killer?
CATCH A FALLING KNIFE--sexual harassment, a stripper, murder in a college town.
THIRTEEN DIAMONDS--an unbelievable bridge hand, but you've got to survive to play it.
I also wrote a nonfiction book: WALKING THE WORLD: MEMORIES AND ADVENTURES, about true-life long and short walks and hikes.
In addition, I have written a book of freedom quotations: FREEDOM'S LIGHT: QUOTATIONS FROM HISTORY'S CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM, which I give free to schools, and a narrative poem, adventure, romance, fantasy, THE SAGA OF BILL THE HERMIT.
- Favorite Books:
- Ray Bradbury, Denise Hamilton, Robert Crais, Sue Grafton, Tony Hillerman, Sir Walter Scott
The Horatio Hornblower series, by C.S. Forester, books about spying, such as Between Silk and Cyanide, by Leo Marks
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Book Carnival, Orange, CA
Mysterious Galaxy, San Diego, CA
Neighbors Bookstore, South Lake Tahoe, CA
Four-Eyed Frog Books, Gualala, CA
A World of Books, San Leandro, CA
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Posted on March 11, 2009 at 4:40pm —
Honeymoon for Three wins Readers Choice Award
Posted on March 24, 2008 at 4:44pm —
Honeymoon for Three Wins Silver Quill Award
Posted on November 7, 2007 at 5:45pm —
MOON OVER MURDER is on Amazon Shorts
My mystery short story, MOON OVER MURDER, is live on Amazon Shorts at:
http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Over-Murder/dp/B000WH7DNI/ref=dp_shrt_new_0/105-6270387-5936403
It is downloadable for only 49 cents. Such a deal!
A teenage boy in the 1950s gets a dream summer job working in a restaurant beside a lake, owned by his aunt and uncle. It doesn't hurt that three pretty femal
… ContinuePosted on October 5, 2007 at 6:53pm —
Honeymoon for Three is out
Posted on July 5, 2007 at 1:58pm —
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I'm over at a few other blogs today. If you get a chance, come on over to see the Christmas Decorations at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/At http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/ the topic is Spoiled Milk. Ever sit down to read a good book and been disappointed?
If you haven't yet, check out the post below about the Paper War.
Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Paper War
I've been waging a war on paper the last few days. So far, paper is winning. The more I clean up, the more of it I find. The problem is, for much of it, I feel an obligation to do a thorough examination and decide whether or not it's worth keeping.The mailperson is my enemy. He, sometimes she, keeps leaving more paper in my mail box. I'm not talking about my Christmas cards, which I cherish, but all the other stuff dropped off for me to sort out. At times it's torture to come home and see the new pile the DH has set on the kitchen table.
I've discovered tons of magazines over a year old. They were trying to hide in a magazine holder on the side of the couch, but not doing a good job of it, since they were spilling over. Of course, I decided to check the headings on the covers to see if some of the information inside might prove valuable. Wouldn't you know it, I was right. Many articles seemed to good to give up.
I've already mentioned here before about how I also have a compulsion to print out emails that seem important to me. The result is I have lots of important pieces of paper. When there's an abundance, which is the most important? And, where's the one I really need? It is a quandary.
What about you? Is paper your enemy? Are you also waging a war against it? Who is winning?
Library Displays - See Make Mine Mystery Monday
Have you tried a library display? If you want to see mine, come on over to Make Mine Mystery on Monday.Thanks,
Morgan
Christmas Card Blues Is Up at Un:Bound Today
Hi Gang,I've written a short Christmas story which is being featured at Un:Bound today.
You may be able to relate to some of it.
I'd appreciate your going over to look and leave a comment.
Thanks,
Morgan
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