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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Author
- Do You Have A Website?
- www.shayton.net
- About Me:
- Writing is better than all sorts of things, and I created a race that could do all those things, just so I could enjoy it some more. If you like Stainless Steel Rat and Ann Rice, well, if you would like to see that mix, give my books a read.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://shayton.blogspot.com/
- Favorite Books:
- Not counting my own Destiny Sets and Tamal's Journey (and coming soon Children of Tamal), I enjoy harry harrison, Lois McMaster Bujold, Terry Pratchett and many more
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- www.readerseden.com
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Competition
To welcome new members to my Yahoo group, I have a little competition.
Listen to the Shaytonian Chronicles podcast http://shayton.podomatic.com/ and tell me how either you, or one of your characters, would react to being in Tony's situation. (If you are female, imagine if it was a male asking you to be a mother to a godling)
Post your answers to the group. Subscribe by emailing shayton-
… ContinuePosted on June 27, 2007 at 6:57am —
Apparently I have been tagged.
OK so what's this tagging bit about?
Apparently I have to post 8 random facts about myself here in my blog. Then I let the person who tagged me know (Hi Colleen). Then I get to inflict...I mean share it with eight others. OK so go for it guys.
8 Facts about Karen
Fact 1: When asked what I don't do, I do not eat beetroot.
Fact 2: I hate leeches, funny when I write so many vampire tales but there you go.
Fact 3: My favourite teddy bear was called Isabel from t
… ContinuePosted on June 10, 2007 at 10:01pm — 3 Comments
A new home
Wow,
So many friendly people. I would definitely be happy recommending this place to all my friends.
When I become rich and famous, I will be sure to remember to mention Book Place in my speech. :)
Posted on June 4, 2007 at 7:33pm —
Recommended
This site was recommended to me, so I thought I would give it a burl.
Thank you for letting me be part of your group
Posted on June 4, 2007 at 7:31pm — 1 Comment
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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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When RASCAL wakes up, you'll hear from her and/or her Mom - that would be me, Morgan Mandel.
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Fact 1: When asked what I don't do, I do not eat beetroot.
(What part of a bee is its troot?)
Fact 2: I hate leeches...
(News flash: So does the whole world.)
Fact 3: My favourite teddy bear was called Isabel.
(Mine was Charlie Manson.)
Fact 4: I found that if you are doing a science project on fish, do not own a cat.
(Sounds like the only way to go, if you ask me.)
Fact 5: If you do own a cat, be sure that they are not so heavy the glass on the top of the fish tank breaks dumping said cat and glass into the tank.
(That's even better.)
Fact 6: If your fish dies of a heartattack because of falling cat, you can turn a tank into a terraium and still get a decent mark.
(You are one fortunate pet owner.)
Fact 7: When asked for facts about myself, I find it hard to think of anything.
(Trust me, that's okay.)
Fact 8: When I get to the last fact, I feel a wave of relief.
(Lord have mercy, me, too.)
Snooks
Glad you and you daughter liked them. Thanks for adding us and welcoming us to Book Place.
Have a great week,
Kendra & Julie
SFD
I will drop by soon
Adra
It is nice to meet you and thank you for the info..I have thought about it as well..Not sure what I will decide but thanx a lot...I hope you are well....
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