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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I'm an author and an avid reader. I've been reading since I was three, if my mother was telling the truth. Occasionally, she did. I could open a used bookstore this minute with just the stock in my house.
- Do You Have A Website?
- I do. It's www.fitzgeraldwrites.com
- About Me:
- I am an author. I have written seven novels to date: mainstream, romantic suspense and mystery. I'm currently working on a mystery series.
- Favorite Books:
- Of course, all of Jane Austen. Louis L'Amour's Last of the Breed, DeMille's Word of Honor, Sheila Simonson's Lady Elizabeth's Comet, Fran Stewart's Green as a Garden Hose, Patti Callahan Henry's When Light Breaks. The list is endless.
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- Abebooks.com, barnesandnoble.com, Wordsmith (Decatur, GA), Amazon, of course.
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Check out my book trailer on my website. It's www.fitzgeraldwrites.com. Let me know what you think.
Check out my book trailer on my website. It's www.fitzgeraldwrites.com. Let me know what you think.
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A Love Affair
Why does an Atlanta author writes about Melbourne Beach? I've had a people ask, "Where the heck is Melbourne Beach? Well, Melbourne Beach is in east central Florida, twenty or so miles south of the Kennedy Space Center, and the reason why I write about that particular beach is simple: I love it. But of course, there's more to the story.
I'm a native Floridian. When I moved up here to Georgia many years ago, I left a part of my heart there. There's a legend I heard that
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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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I had a successful book signing at the Waldenbooks in Cumberland MD, which the manager described as “a little off the beaten path.” She gambled and ordered a big stack of The Troubleshooter in hard cover, and they all sold.
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This morning, I received a copy of Tilly's Tale, that I'd ordered as soon as the book became available in the UK. I always like to test out the delivery service when I have a new book released.
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I never could resist a cinnamon roll, so I'l definitely stop by. And we Lyndas have to stick together!
I keep hot, buttery-sweet cinnamon rolls on the cyber-table at all times—go ahead, grab two.
Have a great day and a successful year,
Lynda
Thanks for the nice comments on the blog, I have put your cover with the other samples.
Eddie
Impressive credentials!
We would love to be part of any upcoming book (or promotional project) you have coming out. Part of the reason I joined BOOK PLACE is to contact Five Star authors. My company is fairly new but I have been working with Five Star for 5 years, I am ex-employee of Thorndike Press/Five Star. I was laid off when they closed the production dept. (not Thorndike's choice, this came from the company that owns them).
When I left, I added a graphic design business to my wife's poetry publishing company, Thorndike/Five Star was a huge reason I started the graphic design dept.
I'm just now spreading the word that we are here to help authors and publishers design there covers.
I really want to Thank You for your praise I really appreciate it.
If you want to send me an email my email address is ed.vincent@encirclepub.com.
Look forward to working with you.
Eddie
I was the art director for your book cover IF TRUTH BE TOLD, I'm a subcontractor for Five Star, my team of designers do most of the covers for Five Star.
I'm glad you like your cover we work very hard to make the authors happy.
Eddie
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