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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- Author of the Bridget O'Hern, amateur detective series, and of the upcoming Aunt Amelia (Winthrope) Golden Age mystery series. Also am a Derringer recipient from the Short Mystery Fiction Society. And I have a middle grade mystery series (short stories, so far) featuring a trio of fifth grade, multicultural sleuths known as the Stanley St. Irregulars. And then there's the e-book beginning readers series featuring Fat Cat and Gray Mouse in the Mystery Next Door. The lat dynamic duo are looking for a nice agent to to look out for their best interests!
- Do You Have A Website?
- Yup, go to www.patriciaharrington.com
- About Me:
- Well, I said quite a bit already up above. I write mysteries, flash fiction and am a grant writer, too. I teach a workshop that I call Parallel Universes: Writing the Mystery and Crafting the Grant. They do have a similar bone structure:-). Live in the Pacific Northwest where rain is no stranger. And I think I have X's on Fences around me. In Depression times, I understand that hobos and drifters would mark an X on the fence of a place where the lady of the house would give them a free meal. Well, that's a long time ago, but hobo and homeless kitties have the same system, and some of them don't meander on after they're fed. They settle in for the long run. Yup, I'm a sucker for the four-legged creatures with a sad story.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://mysterywritingmusings.blogspot.com
- Favorite Books:
- Have lots.
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Have to mention Seattle Mystery Bookstore and Whodunit Bookstore in Olympia.
Patricia Harrington's Blog
Research Help on Aussie/New Zealand and "Digby Hats"
I thought I'd throw this out to the literate and well read group out there in Book Place. I'm working on a mystery novel set in the 1930s. Had a British friend who told a wonderful story about his "digby hat," and the man was raised in New Zealand and served in the British Armey in World War II. He was a doctor. Short story is that I did look online for information about "digby" and saw that there was a place in Australia by that name. Found out some bits and pieces of info, but can anyone po
… ContinuePosted on May 14, 2007 at 11:25pm —
Books Garlore and Book Crossing
It's fun to be in a spot where people love books and share that interest. Thought I'd mention one small brag and also tell about a fun site called Bookcrossing. One of my flash fiction mysteries, "A Chilling Clue," is just out in a new collection titled Crime and Suspense Anthology, No. 1 from Wolfmont Publishing. http://wolfmont.com/
Had fun with that story, I must say.
Re: Bookcrossing, for those not familiar with the site, you register a boo
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Are you ready?
Anyway, I hope to get the house into decent shape before Christmas, when I do my annual meal for the family. There's also that Christmas list to get together. Time is ticking away.
What about you? Are you ready for Christmas? Or do you celebrate another Holiday? If so, are you ready?
Please Welcome Mary Cunningham, Cynthia's Attic Author
One of the main reasons for writing "Cynthia's Attic" came from my failure - failure to appreciate my ancestors. Our family stories are probably no more or less interesting than most, and I went out of my way to avoid remembering most of them or asking questions about my grandparents lives.
Or did I try to find out just which relative "supposedly" sold a city block on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles for $20,000? Guaranteed, I would not be sitting here writing a blog had that particular relative held on to the property.
Then there's the story, "Cynthia's Attic: Curse of the Bayou," of my great-great grandfather, Augustus Boilliat who disappeared in 1860 while taking a load of produce down the Mississippi River to New Orleans? Oh, sure I've read different accounts about what happened to him, but lost forever are the stories his grandson (my grandfather) could've told me about facts he'd heard from my great-great grandmother, Marie Julia, about her husband's disappearance.
I remember a few accounts told by my dad about his adventures as a teenage cave guide at one of the largest caves in the Southern Indiana area, Wyandotte, but I only have to guess at some of the adventures he must've had.
The idea for Cynthia's Attic: The Magician's Castle came from detailed genealogy research done by my cousin, Betty. Long before the Internet, she traveled to Switzerland to search for documents that would tie our great-grandmother, Harriet Kistler, to Peter Kistler the First, President of the Republic of Bern, 1470-1480. I've tried to honor the Kistler family in the fourth adventure in Cynthia's Attic.
Thanks, Morgan, for having me as a guest!
Mary Cunningham
She is also co-writer of the humor-filled, women's lifestyle book, "Women Only Over Fifty (WOOF)," along with published stories, "Ghost Light" and "Christmas Daisy," A Cynthia's Attic short story.
To celebrate the release of "The Magician's Castle," (Quake/Echelon Press, DEC 1, 2009), a winner will be chosen on each blog stop to receive a copy of the "Cynthia's Attic" short story, "Christmas With Daisy!" So, be sure to make a comment!
Mary Cunningham Books
http://www.marycunninghambooks.com/
Cynthia's Attic Blog
http://www.cynthiasattic.blogspot.com/
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Cunningham/e/B002BLNEK4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?_encoding=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=digital-text&field-author=Mary%20Cunningham
Fictionwise
http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/a20811/Mary-Cunningham/?
Quake/Echelon Press
http://www.echelonpress.com/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=23&zenid=4ac57b7ae19fa071cab3b4295df7baf3
Please leave a comment to welcome Mary.
Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks
Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Can We Talk?
I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.
I've heard that some people are more afraid of public speaking than of dying. Surprisingly, I find it easier each time I do it. As long as I have my cheat sheet with me to glance down at once in a while for security and I like what I'm talking about, I'm okay.
What about you? Do you like to talk or would you rather not?
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kyle
I am on Bainbridge, where are you? I have seen your books at Eagle Harbor Books and I feel as if I should know you!
If you ever need a professional review for marketing or an editor I hope you will keep me in mind.
With warm regards,
Shannon Evans
www.mywritingmentor.com
Mel
Thanks for reading my blog... yep, that's humor for you. Get you thinking one way and then go...
Anyway, the deer pics are up if you want to take a peek.
See ya,
Norm
Off to a presentation on my books Death Stalks the Khmer and Death Comes Too Soon.
Always fun to do!
Pat
Blessings, Col
Welcome to Book Place.
I hope you have a great time & tell your friends!
Morgan Mandel