Posted by Sol on May 11, 2008 at 3:30pm —
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In honor of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and my parents Ruth and Albert Zimbler, I thought I’d reveal some of the differences between my fictional character Sharon Gold in MRS. LIEUTENANT and myself.
While Sharon Gold’s experiences as a new army officer’s wife in the spring of 1970 are based on my own, Sharon’s background is different than mine. Sharon was an anti-Vietnam War protester when she met Robert, an ROTC cadet at Michigan State. I was never an anti-Vietnam War protester. In fact, I w…
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Posted by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on May 11, 2008 at 11:48am —
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With Staci Robinson, author of Interceptions, and attorney David Korzenik
Writers in Hollywood are known to be paranoid about intelle…
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Posted by Paula Berinstein on May 11, 2008 at 10:41am —
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Stuff happens. Thomas Carlyle once called it “the lightening bolt that comes out of a clear blue sky.” Everyday we wake up and have no knowledge of how our day will transpire, or how it will end. Most days it is the same old routine, get up, go to work, take care of the kids, read the paper, take the train, traffic, on and on…a routine, a boring predictable routine called daily life.
But some times we get side swiped, something or someone comes “out-of-the-blue” to turn our ordinary life on its…
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Posted by Linda Merlino on May 10, 2008 at 11:41pm —
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Isn't so little anymore. I had to take her to the vet the other day and she weighs in at almost 12 pounds. I was surprised it wasn't more because she seems so much bigger and feels a lot heavier than Woofy. And the reason I had to take her to the vet? This is funny. Because my hubby was worried she had a tumor. She has this big sack that hangs from her belly and sways back and forth when she walks. I told him I'll take her in but that they're probably going to charge me $32 just to tell me she's…
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Posted by Debbie Wallace on May 10, 2008 at 1:11pm —
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In my last post I promised to describe more of my interview with Anita Rufus of the Anita Rufus Show on KNewsRadio in Palm Springs, California. And I’ll get to that promise in a moment.
First I want to share something I just learned – today is Military Spouse Appreciation Day. According to Spousebuzz, President Regan in 1984 declared the Friday before Mother’s Day as Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
In a guest blog on www.Spousebuzz.com, Lieutenant General William Caldwell, Commanding General…
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Posted by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on May 9, 2008 at 8:27pm —
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I had planned to write this post about my interview yesterday by Anita Rufus of the Anita Rufus Show, KNewsRadio, Palm Springs. (And I will get to that interview.) Yet, as I typed today’s date for my own records, I realized that my husband officially began active army duty 38 years ago today.
After all this time I can’t remember how I felt the first time Mitch left our furnished apartment in Muldraugh, Kentucky, to be officially on active duty. Instead, here’s what Sharon Gold thinks of her hus…
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Posted by Phyllis Zimbler Miller on May 9, 2008 at 8:25pm —
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How will your life be different in 2011?
“But by 2010 or so, many Middle Eastern nations will themselves be past the midpoint, World [oil] production will then have to fall.” – Oil and the Future of Energy, Scientific American, The Lyons Press, 2007
“General Motors has set itself an even more ambitious target of selling hydrogen cars by 2010.” – Climate Change, Robert Henson, Rough Guides, 2008
“Desalination is also the most high-tech and most international part of the water industry. T…
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Posted by H. Court Young on May 9, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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Hidden, By Dotti Enderle
Illustrated by T. Kyle Gentry
Pelican Publishing Company (August 15, 2007)
Hidden is a treasure.
"You can learn a lot from dead people. You just have to know where to look," says twelve-year-old Fiona, the day after her grandmother's funeral. She's non…
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Posted by Mary Cunningham on May 9, 2008 at 7:49pm —
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The Friday House trade paperback and hardcover editions are now available.

Blurb
Special Agent Jamaica Kurtz first assignment after returning from a six month long medical leave was supposed to be a simple one. She was to run a psychological profile of two dead terrori…
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Posted by D K Gaston on May 9, 2008 at 3:38pm —
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Lisa Jackson, author of romance suspense/thriller novel, Lost Souls, will be stopping off at
Book Excerpts from Bestselling Authors today!
Missing women, students in thrall to evil, and a fiend after blood pull Kristi Bentz into an unimaginable confrontation with death in number one New York Times best selling author…
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Posted by Dorothy Thompson on May 9, 2008 at 12:53pm —
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She is diabolical, she is deceitful, she is dreadful, she is a killer, and she's a mother that no child wants to have. She is the nightmare no real man wants to have. Kidnapping and murder have devoured her fat soul. My skillfully written crime fiction novel is heart pounding, thought provoking, jaw dropping, and wickedly informative. Its funny buy very serious. In Raw Deception Two, Dee Moore is going to get very pissed. She meets and falls in love with her garbage man and he winds up breaking…
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Posted by George Wilder Jr. on May 9, 2008 at 10:00am —
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I made up the word, but if Shakespeare and Poe can do it, so can I. My definition is "the feeling that the pace of life has surpassed one's ability to absorb it."
Marketing a book can be all-consuming. The author should do so many things that she might have to give up some other things in order to cope: things like eating dinner and bathing. Every time one thing is handled, another comes to mind. The newly-published author should be visiting/contacting bookstores, libraries, and groups of reade…
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Posted by Peg Herring on May 9, 2008 at 5:58am —
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Today you can read my Mother's Day essay in the form of a guest entry on
The Stiletto Gang blog.
Tomorrow I get to visit a Borders store I haven't been to before. It's the one at the Gateway Center in Bowie, MD. It should be easy to reach for my Maryland friends, at the northernmost end of Mitchellville Road, just west of the Route 50/Route 301 interchange at exit 13. For those of you addicted to Mapquest, the address is 4420 Mitchellville…
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Posted by Austin S. Camacho on May 9, 2008 at 5:51am —
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that she wants to grow up to be a "Mommy and do the dishes."
That's reality, kids. Proof positive that though I may be a selling-author, dirty dishes never sleep.
In authory news, today I received a review from duh, da, DA DUH - ReviewYourBooks. A clever title for a website if there ever was one. This reviewer believes that JANEOLOGY is filmworthy. Filmworthy!! I know, I know. Calm down and do the dishes, Karen, before you start thinking about who would play the roles of Jane and Tom.…
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Posted by Karen Harrington on May 8, 2008 at 3:45pm —
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Job cuts, high energy bills, skyrocketing gas prices - we know just how tough times are on everyone. It's even tougher when you consider the fact that, because of financial constraints, many of your plans & dreams have to be put on hold or abandoned altogether just to get the bills paid.
If you're an author, this probably means you have a manuscript - or two or three - you've been hoping to get published for months/years now, but you just don't have the funds to make it happen. You've done…
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Posted by De Novo Publishing on May 8, 2008 at 3:09pm —
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De Novo Publishing is proud to announce the publication of Words Of Inspiration: Speak Healing, the new collection of poetry by Robert T. Sells! The second installment in the Words Of Inspiration series, Speak Healing focuses on spiritual healing through divinely inspired poetry sure to touch the spirit and stir the soul. In it, Sells offers powerful procl… Continue
Posted by De Novo Publishing on May 8, 2008 at 3:05pm —
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Karen Harrington, author of the suspense/mainstream/women’s fiction novel, Janeology, will be stopping off today at
Review Your Book!

A Texas college professor struggles to understand his wife Jane’s sudden snap and murd…
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Posted by Dorothy Thompson on May 8, 2008 at 1:01pm —
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Bonnie B. Cuzzolino, author of the delightful children’s book, Letter of Love From China, will be stopping off at
Divine Caroline today!
Bonnie’s book is about a birth…
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Posted by Dorothy Thompson on May 8, 2008 at 12:32pm —
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I'm reading a book by Beverle Graves Myers. Her protagonist, Tito, was castrated as a youth so that his beautiful operatic voice would not change. Ouch. Bev's plots are good and her history fascinating, but I'd like to comment on an aspect that might be overlooked. She remembers to remind the reader periodically of who the characters are.
I'm always reading more than one book, and I read in snatches: fifteen minutes here, a half hour there. Plots are easy, at least the good ones are. I'm back i…
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Posted by Peg Herring on May 8, 2008 at 8:01am —
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How is everyone today?
The semester here at the university I work for us coming to a close. This means that I get to work to catch up on everything, clean everything up, then just sort of keep things going for a bit, until time comes to prepare for the fall. This is a precious time because I might actually get some writing done. :)
What I've been finding hard lately is balancing between socializing, trying to convince people that
Blue Moon is worth a look, and writing the next novel. Ho…
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Posted by Cindy Lynn Speer on May 8, 2008 at 7:25am —
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Posted by Sol on May 7, 2008 at 5:31pm —
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Spring is a time for renewal and rebirth. It is the perfect time to begin your personal healing journey. Most people have things that they want to improve and to change in their lives. We have the ability to change things and to improve our situations, but we need the proper tools to make it happen. Dyan Garris has assembled a toolbox filled with the tools that are needed for your healing journey. One of those tools is her book Money and Manifesting.
Over the last couple of months, I've worked…
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Posted by Nikki Leigh on May 7, 2008 at 3:51pm —
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I am reading this autobiography of Maya Angelou and would recommend it to anyone....
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Posted by Junior's Cave Online Magazine on May 7, 2008 at 12:53pm —
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Series writing can get complicated.
Characters, settings, dates, timelines, subplots, idiosyncracies--
Writing a series is a big challenge. If, after much deliberation, you decide series writing is for you, here are a few tips to make your work a bit easier.
1. Try to keep things as simple as possible. Creating overly-complex characters, settings, family trees and subplots will only make your reader work harder than she should have to in order to keep everything straight. She doesn't want to…
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Posted by Fran Shaff on May 7, 2008 at 11:22am —
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I haven't posted a blog in some time in here, figured I might as well get caught up since I am sitting at home waiting on the insurance adjuster to do her thing. We suffered some roof damage thanks to all these spring storms, and now have to deal with the fall out. I dread my next insurance bill.
I have finished my second book in the series, working title, Buried Angel. It has been a very difficult birth, but hoping the revision/edit phase will go smoother.
so.... who's the next American Idol?
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Posted by Kim Smith on May 7, 2008 at 9:36am —
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As a reader, you probably turn your estimation of that person down a notch. We're a bit snobby, we readers, and we think that anyone who doesn't read is a few books short of a bookshelf.
I spoke on the topic yesterday at the request of a local organization. I began unsure of how much the average reader knows about the average non-reader, and I learned that my audience hadn't thought about it much. We tend to think non-readers can't read. As an educator of many years' experience, I've pondered,…
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Posted by Peg Herring on May 7, 2008 at 6:56am —
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I like to point you to a good read now and again, and today I get to make up for a recent oversight.
When I told you that
Elizabeth Zelvin had the most creative hat at Malice Domestic I didn't mean to imply that this was the only reason to know her name. Elizabeth is also the author of an exceptional first novel called "
Death Will Get You Sober." Writing an alcoholic characte…
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Posted by Austin S. Camacho on May 7, 2008 at 6:24am —
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Too Young To Die Contest
A friend of mine, Anita Birt, is having a contest. The prize is a copy of her ebook
Too Young To Die. To enter you have to answer a question that is posed in her blog at http://www.anitabirtstoryteller.blogspot.com/
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Posted by Charlene Leatherman on May 6, 2008 at 10:31pm —
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Well, I finally did it. I jumped into yet another series of books that everyone said would have me hooked before I finished book one. Guess what? They were right.
I spent a couple of weeks (keep in mind I get to read a chapter every couple of days) reading THYME OF DEATH, the first in the China Bayles mystery series written by Susan Wittig Albert. China is a really neat character, a little bit of fun wrapped up in a serious package.
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Posted by Echelon Press Publishing on May 6, 2008 at 6:55pm —
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NEW AGE NOVEL COMES TO SALEM
Yes, Salem is where they held the infamous Witch Trials of the 17th century. Salem also played host to the cast and crew of Sixties TV hit Bewitched. And Salem is the perfect venue for New Age writers like Cynthia Polansky, author of contemporary women's novel REMOTE CONTROL (Echelon Press 2008).
NOT YOUR MOTHER'S GHOST STORY
Set in the afterlife, REMOTE CONTROL has all the wit of Bridget Jones' Diary and the paranormal elements of The Lovely Bones. Polansky, a nati…
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Posted by Cynthia Polansky on May 6, 2008 at 4:17pm —
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For all you mystery, suspense and thriller fans, Thrillerfest is the place to mingle with some of the leading lights in the thriller world. Learn what makes them tick, the secrets of their craft, and what inspires them to write what they do.
ThrillerFest hits new heights. Not only will ThrillerMasters SANDRA BROWN and JAMES PATTERSON, along with spotlight authors ERIC VAN LUSTBADER, BRAD THOR, and KATHY REICHS be there. But DAVID BALDACCI, R.L. STINE, STEVE MARTINI and ANDREW GROSS have also jo…
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Posted by Julie Compton on May 6, 2008 at 10:43am —
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Janeology just received a 5 Bolt review from the
New Mystery Reader. Woo!
To celebrate the event, I have a couple first edition, signed, hardback copies of Janeology to give away to my most creative friends.
All you have to do to prove your creativity is write a ten word story about a dysfunctional family. (See, Jane's family is pretty dysfunctional so, well, you get the idea.) It can't be under ten words. It…
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Posted by Karen Harrington on May 6, 2008 at 9:30am —
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Join Andrew Jalbert, author of the historical fiction novel, WEST ACROSS THE BOARD, at Book Marketing Buzz today as he shows you how he's promoting his latest book that's based in the colorful Floriday Keys and ties together the eventful era of the 1930s with the turn of the following century.
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Posted by Dorothy Thompson on May 6, 2008 at 8:56am —
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It's hard to turn down anything that's free, and that includes a free web site, which is one reason you'll find me at
AuthorsDen. It is surely the largest and most vibrant free online community of authors and readers. They tell me the site is visited by more than 1.4 million readers every month. I have listed my bio, my books and some writing there. I also post to my AuthorsDen blog frequently. I think readers discover new authors there, bec…
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Posted by Austin S. Camacho on May 6, 2008 at 7:15am —
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I confess, I'm a doubter, a worrier, and a fretter. I've spent my life trying to internalize my father's advice: "If you worry and it doesn't happen, you worried for nothing. If you worry and it happens, you didn't change anything by worrying."
I'm better now, being older and having lived through enough stuff that I realize Dad was right. Still, when my writing isn't in front of me I find myself fretting over its inadequacies. "There isn't enough character development for Ms. A. I should give m…
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Posted by Peg Herring on May 6, 2008 at 6:21am —
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Posted by Satis Shroff on May 6, 2008 at 4:55am —
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Are You Giving Your Book Profit
Away? What purpose is there to
send your customer to
Amazon.com?
Weigh the two: profit vs. ranking
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Posted by C.F. Jackson on May 5, 2008 at 3:48pm —
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Mob princess Angela Cantolino-Boothby wants her runaway husband back. So do her brothers, the kingpins of the Cantolino crime family, as well as a host of dubious characters. Buffalo P.I. Joe Banks heads to the Florida Keys to find Robert Boothby, and soon learns that all these people aren’t just missing Robert’s charming personality. Will Banks get caught in the squeeze?
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Posted by Ghostwriter Extraordinaire on May 5, 2008 at 12:44pm —
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My first novel, Broken City, is now available at lulu.com/content/1374439. It's taken from the fictional files of P.I. Hamilton Shamrock. He returned from Viet Nam to find his hometown had entered a boom period and was now the silicon valley of the midwest. Along with the boom came the drugs from nearby Chicago and Shamrock, after being fired by not joining the corrupt Chief of Police's boys, sets out to bring down the Chief but finds the trail riddled with mayhem, murder and more suspects than…
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Posted by Robert Freemyer on May 5, 2008 at 11:53am —
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Step one: Make sacrifices to get the book written
Charles Bock, author of Beautiful Children, has said,
"Truth is I worked on this novel for 10 years. Not ten years of watching Seinfeld at 11 PM. Ten years of a high priority in my life. When I was dating the woman who is now my wife, I would only go out with her two nights a week because I couldn't give more time to that.
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/authors/oh_for_the_love_of_bock_76019.asp
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Posted by Karen Harrington on May 5, 2008 at 10:53am —
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You'll want to check this out. Go to my blog and read the article I just posted about the Orlando Magazine. Debbie http://debbiewallace.blogspot.com/
Debbie
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Posted by Debbie Wallace on May 5, 2008 at 10:25am —
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Keep your eye out for brand new author,
MELISSA BRADLEY. Her first release,
MICHAEL'S KEEPER, is June 8 from Amber Quill Press. Here's the cover for her exciting book.

Melissa writes like no other author I've read. Her story draws you deep into he…
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Posted by Sloane Taylor on May 5, 2008 at 9:58am —
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At the Maryland Writers Conference I had the chance to speak to a lot of writers who were starting out, and a few who are well established. That is always fun but I must admit that sometimes a very enthusiastic person will approach to tell me their every exciting story and what comes rushing out is less than clear. At one point yesterday I found myself tempted to tell one aspiring author, "It sounds like English, but I can't understand a word you’re saying."
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Posted by Austin S. Camacho on May 5, 2008 at 8:39am —
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I'm a member of several chat groups, and I find them helpful. I learn who is doing interesting stuff, who will be where, and who likes what type of reading--sometimes
ad infinitum.
How many adages do we have that speak of differing tastes? We know there are wide variances among people, and yet we spend time and energy trying to make them read what we read. Someone says he doesn't like police procedurals. Immediately there are multiple responses detailing why the police procedural is the…
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Posted by Peg Herring on May 5, 2008 at 6:56am —
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The truth, the entire truth…I am a New York Times Book Review junkie. I pay for delivery of the Times so I can get the Review on Saturday. The other sections often remain untouched, recycled eventually at the end of the week. The point of being a subscriber is simple: to read the fiction reviews, and of particular note are the debut authors. First novel writers who somehow rose to the top of the new fiction pile to be given a nod in the New York Times.
My big question is how? How does one unkno…
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Posted by Linda Merlino on May 4, 2008 at 11:49pm —
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Hidden Desires is available in ebook and print!
https://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/torrid/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=298
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When Sage Ralston takes a job at Boylston Electronics, she soon finds out that her job is more than she bargained for. Under the guise of assistant to the company’s owner Charles Boylston, she has actually been hired to spy on her fellow employees. As Sage tries to determine who is sabotaging the company, all evidence points to Connor Michaels wh…
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Posted by Susan K. Droney on May 4, 2008 at 9:50pm —
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As always, the Maryland Writers Association Conference was a blast. Everything went smoothly, from Friday night's banquet and editor's panel to the mixer at the closing. The fact that my lovely wife Denise was the conference coordinator was merely a coincidence, of course.
It was also the first opportunity for anyone to see my latest book, a nonfiction title for authors entitled "
Successfully Marketing your… Continue
Posted by Austin S. Camacho on May 4, 2008 at 2:23pm —
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These tips come from someone who works in the industry and was sent to me by a friend. I thought I'd share since we're all feeling the pain.
I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon.
Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we deliver about 4…
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Posted by Debbie Wallace on May 4, 2008 at 1:43pm —
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With Judy A. Bernstein, co-author of They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
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Posted by Paula Berinstein on May 4, 2008 at 11:46am —
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Hi Everyone,
Each issue of my quarterly newsletter I run a "Readers Only" contest. The prizes range from gift cards to free downloads by various authors.
This past issue's contest was two parts to help me with the last book in the
Naughty Ladies of Nice series,
FRENCH TICKLER. The questions were;
Where does our couple end up?
How should they get there?
MICHELLE won with her idea of ending in Fez, Morocco.
TEOH won with her idea of the couple traveling by tour bus.…
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Posted by Sloane Taylor on May 3, 2008 at 9:23am —
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Oops, I did it again, and bit off more than I can chew. As a writer I can't resist a challenge--writing challenge, that is--so a week ago when I learned about CataUniversity's Novella in a Month Challenge I simply HAD to rush over and sign up! The goal: a 25k novella start to fin…
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Posted by Lisa Logan on May 2, 2008 at 8:34pm —
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Stone of Cruento ( http://www.cerridwenpress.com/productpage.asp?ISBN=9781419916984 )
is available at CerridwenPress (www.cerridwenpress.com ) .
You can read Stone of Cruento on an Amazon Kindle (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI73MA/ref=amb_link_…
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Posted by Charlene Leatherman on May 2, 2008 at 7:30pm —
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Troll Bridge Promotions is proud to announce the virtual blog tour of
If Only by Celia Cooper.
Read the synopsis and an excerpt of this heartwarming novel at
Buzz the Book. Leave a comment and be entered to win a free copy of
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Posted by Jean Lauzier on May 2, 2008 at 11:30am —
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This weekend I’ll make my annual trek to Linthicum Heights, MD for the
Maryland Writers' Association 20th Anniversary Conference. It’s a great opportunity for writers to hone their craft in sessions led by established authors, instructors, and experts, plus agents and editors will be available for individual critique sessions. Keynote speaker
Tom Monteleone is a four-time…
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Posted by Austin S. Camacho on May 2, 2008 at 7:21am —
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This weekend I'll make my annual trek to Linthicum Heights, MD for the
Maryland Writers' Association 20th Anniversary Conference - It's a great opportunity for writers to hone their craft in sessions led by established authors, instructors, and experts, plus agents and editors will be available for individual critique sessions. Keynote speaker
Tom Monteleone is a four-ti…
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Posted by Austin S. Camacho on May 2, 2008 at 7:17am —
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Troll Bridge Promotions proudly announces the start of the
Tall Tales on the Iron Horse virtual blog tour.
Take a ride on the rails of fantasy as you journey to Titan inside the bowels of the Iron Horse. Witness a terrifying and deadly new game and meet a monster who will lo…
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Posted by Jean Lauzier on May 1, 2008 at 2:45pm —
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Ok guys, now it's time to vote for your favorite cover art for May's B…
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Posted by Aidana WillowRaven on May 1, 2008 at 2:41pm —
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I am ready to do some reading for pleasure again. I look forward to a good book that I can escape into. At the moment, I am swamped in reading required text books for my doctoral program but we only have two weeks for a long much needed break.
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Posted by Junior's Cave Online Magazine on May 1, 2008 at 1:49pm —
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Hey guys. Some of you may be aware of a new community created by a group of writers, entitled Liminal Ink. I have posted the first chapter of a new story, Sea of Glass, over there and I plan to post each new chapter as I complete it, probably monthly, for general (free) consumption. Please take a jog over to Liminal Ink (link provided below) and see what we're all about -- we also have a website which you can link to from the LJ. Feedback on my story as it develops is always welcome. As well, I…
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Posted by A.J. Wilde on May 1, 2008 at 10:17am —
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I don't "go to business", as a New York boss I used to have would say. Since Charlie and I married, I stayed home and took care of the house and kids. That's the way I like it. I'm a putterer. While he was at work and the kids were in school, I could write and write and write. Then he retired and the kids went to college or off into the wide world, and I had less time--and less and less. My precious la