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?
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?
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!!!
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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Have a great day and a successful year,
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I'm sure you get the picture...lol
Cheryl
How do you kill someone with a cow? a wild cow attack? chomped to death by the cow's big teeth? Lol!
My Uncle Clarance sat me on top of a cow when I was about 7. I was afraid of cows for years after that. I didn't like their big teeth :-)
Deb
And Marta, great to meet you. I've heard all about your group. Best of luck on your new novel!!
Cheryl
Marta Stephens
Silenced Cry
www.martastephens-author.com
Thanks so much for the add!
Mel
My launch was awesome...sold out. 4 days later Whale Song made Amazon.ca's Bestseller list...so I was very pleased.
Busy now negotiating a movie deal for my thriller The River. Now THAT'S exciting!!! Or should I say...THRILLING!
I am now looking for established reviewers for Whale Song. My publisher said they have some copies available...for magazines and newspapers...and bestselling authors...not advance copies, though.
Well, it's past midnight and I'm making too many mistakes typing...time to call it a night!
Cheryl
(did I spell my name right? :)
How did the April launch go -- pity I don't own the oilwells I'd need to be able to get up to Edmonton -- I'd have like to have supported you.
Chris.
Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song
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