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At 8:22am on April 13, 2008, Patty Gammons said…: thank you for the offer - i would need to know more and would consider - thanks, patty

At 6:56pm on March 12, 2008, Alex Timmers said…: i'm having trouble getting my first novel to even get looked at. appearently no one wants a book by a sixteen year old because i've had several publishers say i'm too young. may you have better luck than me.

At 8:20pm on February 28, 2008, David Brollier said…: Yeah, I know forgiving is hard. I'm not even where you're at and I find that I'm always having to ask forgiveness for something. Here's something that may help, unforgiveness keeps both the offended and the offender in bondage. Forgiveness sets both free. So if you want to live free, you have to forgive. It's hard, but with the grace of God and His love we can both do it. And when you stumble, Jesus understands.

At 8:11am on February 27, 2008, sharon rose said…: Thank you adding me to your friends list, I am looking forward to reading your books. Sharon

At 5:24am on February 27, 2008, Cai said…: Thanks for the add, Shirley.

At 7:33pm on February 26, 2008, Loretta Wheeler said…: Thank you for the invitation to your friend's list:)

Loretta

At 7:29pm on February 26, 2008, Linda Merlino said…: Thanks for the add. I am interested in your authors4charity. My new book's main character has breast cancer. I have been trying to figure out how to go about donating some of the proceeds for certain events to breast cancer research.
My best,
Linda Merlino

At 6:47pm on February 26, 2008, Jacqueline Seewald said…: Hi, Shirley,

Have you contacted your local newspapers? They might give you an interview. You might also want to be a speaker at your local library. Maybe you could speak at a local bookstore about your book rather than just have a signing. Hope these suggestions help.

Jacqueline Seewald
THE INFERNO COLLECTION

At 8:24pm on December 14, 2007, Susan K. Droney said…: Susan

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Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?: I'm an author with eight books traditionally published and three I published myself. I also started the Authors4Charity group back in 93 and am a speaker on the death penalty and violence to teens.

Do You Have A Website?: my writers site is www.shirleydicks.net
www.amotherstorment.com and www.authors4charity.com
My MySpace URL: myspace.com/shirley85451

About Me:: I'm sixty six years old, orginally from NH and moved to Tn in the late 70's. I began to speak out against violence, the death penalty and speak to schools, colleges to the teens with a video called, The Choice Is Yours which I filmed on TN death row. www.thechoiceisyours.org

I've been on talk shows, Sally, ROlonda, Geraldo, Maury, Jerry Springer, and the BBC did a documentary on my life story.

When my life story was published by new Horizon Press, a movie company took out an option to make it into an movie which they backed out saying they needed an ending to the story. I've recently rewrote it, changed the title, brought it up to date and published it myself this time around. www.amotherstorment.com

Favorite Books:: I like romance stories, true stories, westerns, and humor.

Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace: I don't have a favorite book store

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Trailer for A Mothers Torment

I decided to get a trailer for my book, A Mothers Torment and placed it on my website. We'll see if it helps to sell the books. It might be something others may be interested in getting on their own books. Check it out

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Posted on March 17, 2008 at 11:19am —

A Long Road Home By Trevor Dicks

"I was eleven years old when I heard the judge exclaim, "Jeffrey Dicks, you are to be executed by electrocution until you are pronounced Dead, Dead, Dead!"

It was at that moment life as I knew it w

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Posted on April 30, 2007 at 10:36am — 5 Comments

Prologue A Mothers Torment

A Mothers Torment
Prologue

Greeneville, Tennessee Courthouse 1979
I had just been allowed back in the courtroom during my son’s murder trial, and as I listened to the lies the Prosecution was saying, I jumped up in my seat and
screamed,

""He’s innocent and you know it. You lie. You know he didn’t do it. He wouldn’t
have come back if he were guilty."

THE COURT: Sheriff, take the Jurors out
Again I scream

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Posted on April 30, 2007 at 9:30am —

Marketing

I am having a hard time trying to figure out how to market my newest book, A Mothers Torment at www.amotherstorment.com

With Road Angels, about ladies who ride motorcycles, I'm contacting motorcycle shops, motorcycle groups, leather shops to see if they'd carry Road Angels to sell. And with The Choice Is Yours, book and DVD, aimed at the teens about doing drugs, alcohol and doing crimes and violence, I have been contacting the schools to market it.

But my life story, A Mothers… Continue

Posted on April 29, 2007 at 4:27pm — 2 Comments

Authors 4 Charity

Authors for Charity is an organization organization dedicated to helping charitable causes
through the efforts of members conducting book signings and donating a portion
of the receipts to approved charities. By
offering a portion of the proceeds of our book sales, this concept will
undoubtedly open more doors for author signings than ever before, such as
coffee shops, gift shops, home offices of the charities you are donating
to, men and w… Continue

Posted on April 29, 2007 at 4:00pm —

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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?