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Author Services, Workshops and the Oasis oh my!

Lots of goodies going on in the land of Rae. Things are finally coming together with the speculative resource page Olympus Haven. I'm going to be offering author services here as well as from my own website RaeLori.com and I hope to help authors who need a little boost on the artistic side. http://www.raelori.com/services

I'd also like to refer you to a fellow artist friend of mine, Missy Sue, who also does awesome artistic work and whom I believe is offering to help authors as well! http://www.thewhispermoon.com

Also going on over at the LavenderIsis.com Oasis is we're going to be offering some workshops to further help our cause of assisting writers on the business side of writing. Subjects to be covered is Book Marketing, Behind the scenes of Book Reviews and some other goodie shops we hope to secure. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lavenderisisoasis

Finally, the Oasis ezine will be making its debut in spectacular form coming next month! Melissa and I have been planning this since the beginning of this year (can you believe it?) and it's already nearing the middle of the year. I can't believe how much time has already flown by. We're still on the lookout for submissions mainly writing articles, artwork and screenplays, so get those submissions in soon because we're starting to put the zine together! :-D

Also, if you're an author/publisher/etc. who would like to advertise your book, some services you may offer or your work, please contact us as we're also offering up some adspace for you!

And finally, the countdown is getting ever so close to the premiere of my first book 'Cimmerian City' and I'm starting to really scramble as the date is setting in my head. I still have a few galleys to send out to reviewers, some more bookmarks to make, magnets to get printed up and definitely start getting my own media kit together. I have a marketing plan made, but it needs a bit of spiffying up with all the events I'm trying to put into motion at the moment for the book release. I have a flyer made so far and plan to print that soon as well. I've also made some posters which are already in 2 different states I'm ecstatic to say! Here's the 'teaser' for Cimmerian City.

So before this blog post turns into a novel itself, I'm going to sign off for the night and try to give my brain a rest from the day's work. I'm supposed to be recovering from feeling sick but I cheated a little and worked a little bit more than I planned lol. That's okay cause now I'm going to catch up on some much needed reading! :-D

Signing off,

-Rae

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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?