Mario Acevedo's Blog

Post Turkey, pre-Xmas Fanging!

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:27:22 -0800

Mario here:
Now that Thanksgiving is in the rearview, we are officially in Holiday mode. I've even put lights around the window. A preview of the glad tidings:

This year, the Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book has partnered with Barnes & Noble to host a Holiday BOOKFAIR, at the B&N Pavillions, 500 16th Street, Downtown Denver.

Friday, December 11, 9 am to 9 pm

Jeanne and I, as well as Warren Hammond and a sleigh-load of your favorite local authors will be there. It'll be a great...

posted by Mario Acevedo on November, 29

Turkey and all the trimmings...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:26:02 -0800

I hope you don't get around to reading this until Friday or Saturday because you're off celebrating thanksgiving. In that spirit, I want to say a personal thank you to Leia, Gina, Dottie, Vickie and Lady K, Suzi and the Tot, Michelle and RK who comment regularly, as well as all the lurkers who drop by to see what's up—Mario and I appreciate you.

I want to say thank you to my critique group: Mario, Warren, Margie, Tom, Tamra and Terry. They have made me a better writer. And to the community of ...

posted by Mario Acevedo on November, 26

Harlequin, repent

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:56:34 -0800

Mario here:
Harlequin has long been known for their steamy covers but now they're getting heat they'd rather not have. In case you haven't heard, the big news in the publishing world is that Harlequin is getting roasted over its decision to start a vanity press. In fact, both RWA and SFWA have delisted Harlequin as an approved publisher and MWA has issued a statement expressing regrets with possible delisting in the future. For an excellent analysis about why Harlequin's move is such a bad ...

posted by Mario Acevedo on November, 23

NaNoWriMo

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:56:34 -0800

Have to apologize to you, my friends. I'm doing the National Write a Novel in a Month thing and have not spent the time I usually do looking for interesting tidbits to share. Instead I've actually been (gasp) writing! Now the goal is to write 50,000 words in the month of November. I'll be happy if I write 20,000 (I just went over the 10,000 word mark.) I'm working on the seventh Anna book, untitled at present. That's odd in itself since I usually have a title picked before I start the book. I...

posted by Mario Acevedo on November, 23

Writers mano a mano!

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:23:58 -0800

Mario here:

Ever wonder what happens when authors don't make nice at a signing? It can look like this:

Ain't pretty. And there's more. See Jaye Wells and Nicole Peters trade cheap shots in Shreveport, LA.

But not all signings turn into bloodlettings. Jennie Shortridge's recent signing at the Tattered Cover LoDo was not only well attended but also violence free. Jennie was here from Seattle to promote her newest book, When She Flew, an awesome novel about a Portland police officer torn...

posted by Mario Acevedo on November, 15

Blog-o-rama

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:27:38 -0800

This week-- things that caught my eye in the paper.

Anniversaries:

Marines 234 Years

Sesame Street 40 years

Destruction of the Berlin Wall 20 years

Release of Mario's fav movie: Fight Club 10 years
(More on the last one later.)

First though, I want to say thank you to all our vets (including Mario, btw), past and present. No matter your politics, it's because of their sacrifices that we're able to argue, condemn, extol or pontificate to our heart's desire.

Next up—Publisher's Weekly chose ...

posted by Mario Acevedo on November, 12

Lost and Found Weekend plus a contest

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:27:24 -0800

Mario here:
Thanks to Jeanne for covering for me last week. (She did a great job despite her whining about the extra work.) I'd gone to L.A. to attend a tribute to director Jesús Treviño by the DGA Latino Committee of the Directors Guild of America. Treviño has an extensive résumé of hit shows to include: Resurrection Blvd., NYPD Blue, ER, The Practice, Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon Five, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He's also received numerous awards such as the DGA's Outstanding Directorial...

posted by Mario Acevedo on November, 08

Pimp First, Play Later

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:29:20 -0800

Three of our writer pals have new books (or new to mmp) out this last week.

In no particular order:

Nicole Peeler's Tempest Rising

From Amazon: In the tiny village of Rockabill, Maine, Jane True—26-year-old bookstore clerk and secret night swimmer—has no idea that her absent mother's legacy is entry into a world populated by the origins of human myths and legends. It is a world where nothing can be taken for granted: vampires are not quite what we think; dogs sometimes surprise us; and whatever...

posted by Mario Acevedo on November, 05

Day of the Dead

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:26:39 -0800

Sounds appropriate for a Mario post. If any of you know where in Colorado this wonderfully ghoulish exhibit is displayed, let me know. The picture was taken by Denver Post state circulation manager Rick Charbonneau.

Mario is posting over at PenFatales. Juliet Blackwell is running an article he did for her called Bloody Badassery. You can link to it here

But to show you how much of a badass Mario really is, take a look at this pic from MileHiCon….

Just sayin'

Okay, Mario, I did what I promised. ...

posted by Mario Acevedo on November, 01

F*&%ing Snow

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:28:10 -0700

Just came in from shoveling a foot of snow out of the driveway….they don't tell you about things like this when they're talking up how wonderful it is to live in Colorado… And since this is the second snow storm we've had this year, I decided to post some pictures for comparison.

You can tell the "today" pics are taken from inside. Snow was too deep to venture out! Also note, the street has disappeared. No snow plows in our neighborhood!

Mario, bless his soul, is missing all the fun. He's gone ...

posted by Mario Acevedo on October, 29