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Hi All, My historical novel 'Hannah' has been released by Virtural Tales and is now available as a print copy or an ebook on Kindle. Follow Hannah as she travels across Texas in the 1880s seeking out the men who killed her husband, brutally raped ...
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- AUTHOR’S BIO: Sharon Poppen has won awards from the Arizona Authors Assoc. and the National League of American Pen Women. A chapter of her novel After the War, Before the Peace is on-line at www.xlibris.com . Her Western serial Hannah is on-line at Virtual Tales www.virtualtales.com and both books can be purchased at Amazon.com . Print anthologies, include: A Flasher’s Dozen, Desert Treasures and Offerings from the Oasis. On-line publications include: A Long Story Short, Apollo Lyre and Laughter Loaf. Sharon is a member of Lake Havasu City Writer’s Group and the Society of Southwestern Authors. Sharon’s goals are to write everyday, publish, as often as possible, and enjoy life every moment.
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- www.sharonpoppen.com
- About Me:
- Sharon Poppen is a long time resident of Lake Havasu City, after having lived in Illinois, California and New Mexico over the years.
Retired from the telecommunications industry, Sharon enrolled at Mohave Community College and earned an English degree. She now spends most days writing novels and short stories.
Her novel ‘After the War, Before the Peace’ is available at the local Hastings Book Store. Her novel 'Hannah' is available at Virtual Tales. com and both books are available at Amazon. com . Many of her short stories and poetry have been published in print publications and on-line at various e-zines. Her work has been recognized by such prestigious organizations as the Arizona Authors Association where she was awarded a Second Prize in fiction for an unpublished novel and the National League of American Pen Women with an Honorable Mention for one of her short stories.
Sharon is currently a member of the Lake Havasu City Writer’s Group and the Society of Southwestern Authors in Tucson, AZ.
- Do you have a blog site?
- http://thoughtsonwritingandstuff.blogspot.com/
- Favorite Books:
- Atlas Shrugged by Ann Rand - A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins - Anything by Alan Drury - Most of Michener's books - Most of Uris's books - A Million Tiny Pieces - James Frey
- Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace
- Hastings Books and Music Store - Long Story Short Ezine - Laughter Loaf Ezine
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Hannah - New Release
Hi All, My historical novel 'Hannah' has been released by Virtural Tales and is now available as a print copy or an ebook on Kindle. Follow Hannah as she travels across Texas in the 1880s seeking out the men who killed her husband, brutally raped her and left her for dead. Meet Liam, the Southern gentleman she meets during her journey, and follow them ala a Lone Ranger and Tonto trek as they right many wrongs in their search for the illusive, but deadly, Drake and his maurauding gang. Check out… Continue
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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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