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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA campus
April 25, 2009 to April 26, 2009
Alan Cook (and hundreds of other authors) will be signing books at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the UCLA campus April 25-26.
Alan signs his mysteries at the Sisters in Crime Booth #355 in front of Royce Hall, April 25, 4-6 p.m.
I'm glad to see that Amazon Kindle has made its books compatible with iPhone and iPod because I have 7 books on Kindle. I want to think that anybody can access my books from anywhere, even though, personally, I still prefer to read real books, not...
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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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Amazon Kindle Books Downloadable to iPod or iPhone
I'm glad to see that Amazon Kindle has made its books compatible with iPhone and iPod because I have 7 books on Kindle. I want to think that anybody can access my books from anywhere, even though, personally, I still prefer to read real books, not digital ones.
Posted on March 11, 2009 at 4:40pm —
Honeymoon for Three wins Readers Choice Award
HONEYMOON FOR THREE has won the Readers Choice award for the best Mountain West book.
Posted on March 24, 2008 at 4:44pm —
Honeymoon for Three Wins Silver Quill Award
The American Author's Association has presented the Silver Quill award to me for Honeymoon for Three. That brightened up my day!
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
My new suspense novel, HONEYMOON FOR THREE, is out. Told from 3 POVs, it features the bride, the groom and the stalker who has a bellybutton fetish. It takes place in some of the most beautiful areas in the Western United States, including national parks and the northern California coast. And let's not forget about Reno and Seattle, although I don't know whether anybody ever called them beautiful. Suspense takes a thrill ride.
Posted on July 5, 2007 at 1:58pm —
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Slides, Anyone?
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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