Monthly Archives: August 2010

Guest blogger: Pamela S. Beason

A lot of writers ask about my experience with self-publishing and selling my first mystery, Wild. First of all, let me say that Wild had a lot of ‘near misses’ with big publishers who dithered about buying it for long … Continue reading

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Stopping Me Dead

I was reading a book I never usually read. A UF with vampires, werewolves and witches. The book was the second in the series, and I had to scramble a bit to make sense of things, but I appreciated not … Continue reading

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Emotions and other links

I didn’t plan on linking today, but yesterday I put up an Industry News post for the RWA-WF group, and there are a lot of great links. My fav are two sites for showing emotions. To make sure you don’t … Continue reading

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Boring or Brilliant?

Why is it that some readers find so many different nuances or meanings in books while other readers find them boring as hell? I can get a recommendation for an author from a friend/family/acquaintance, etc. and discover that there is … Continue reading

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Week ahead with Pamela S. Beason

We’re happy to have Pamela S. Beason as our guest this Thursday, August 19th. Pamela lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she writes novels and screenplays and works as a private investigator. When she’s not on the job, she explores … Continue reading

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A Little Something Extra

I’ve noticed that several novels I’ve enjoyed recently have a Reader’s Guide included in the back. When you hit the end of the road in a great book, that something extra always brings a smile. And too, I find so … Continue reading

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Guest blogger Jacqui Jacoby

It’s Tuesday and I am four months past being back to work, sitting at my desk, staring at my day planner, Miguel. I have been a little overwhelmed these last few weeks, and not quite sure where I should be … Continue reading

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Character-rich stories

I finished off the Millenium trilogy yesterday with THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST by Stieg Larsson. I put off reading it for ages, mainly because although I wanted to know what happened, the writing at times was too … Continue reading

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Your well of experience

I belong to the RWA-WF chapter, and our President Therese Walsh snagged agent Donald Maass to speak at our first annual meeting at the RWA National conference in Orlando. I came out of it energized and wanting to write. (I … Continue reading

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Conference Experience

This is where I get to talk about my RWA National conference experience. (That’s a photo of Cynthia Eden winning not one, but two Prism awards, by the way). Seeing how both Edie and Michelle managed to cover much of … Continue reading

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