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20 Days in February = A Blog Crawl
To promote my new release, THE DEAD DETECTIVE AGENCY, (LL Publishing), I would like to create a “blog crawl”. Somewhat like a pub crawl, a blog crawl begins at one place--my blog site--and meanders through a lot of similar places, like your site. Unlike a pub crawl, however, no one requires a taxi to get back home at the end. :)
The idea is that I will do a series of posts in February, each one leading to the next and referring to the one before. The posts will be entertaining and challenging and will focus on the English language. I have chosen to call it IS PERFECT ENGLISH DEAD? It will be designed to interest both readers and writers, having fun with the eccentricities of our language. Hopefully, people will join the crawl, visiting all the sites along the way. It’s promotion for my book; it’s exposure for your blog. Symbiosis!
If you would like to join the blog crawl, simply let me know which weekday in February works for you. If you’d like to choose the topic, I have posted a list below.
THE DEAD SPEAK PERFECT ENGLISH
Weekdays in February)
1. Why Do We Say That? Part I
2. The Dreaded (Overused and Abused) Adverb
3. Eccentric Phrases
4. Losing the Spice
5. Names Into Words
6. Being Precise
7. Same Word/Different Word
8. Portmanteau Words
9. The Possessive Problem
10. Why Do We Say That? Part II
11. Inventing Words
12. He Said, She Panted
13. Read It Aloud
14. Repetition
15. The Ones Spell Check Won’t Catch
16. And What About Contractions?
17. Slowing Readers—Bad Policy
18. Dialogue and What It Reveals
19. Metaphors: Beautiful, Extended, and Stretched to Breaking
20. Why Do We Say That? Part III
The idea is that I will do a series of posts in February, each one leading to the next and referring to the one before. The posts will be entertaining and challenging and will focus on the English language. I have chosen to call it IS PERFECT ENGLISH DEAD? It will be designed to interest both readers and writers, having fun with the eccentricities of our language. Hopefully, people will join the crawl, visiting all the sites along the way. It’s promotion for my book; it’s exposure for your blog. Symbiosis!
If you would like to join the blog crawl, simply let me know which weekday in February works for you. If you’d like to choose the topic, I have posted a list below.
THE DEAD SPEAK PERFECT ENGLISH
Weekdays in February)
1. Why Do We Say That? Part I
2. The Dreaded (Overused and Abused) Adverb
3. Eccentric Phrases
4. Losing the Spice
5. Names Into Words
6. Being Precise
7. Same Word/Different Word
8. Portmanteau Words
9. The Possessive Problem
10. Why Do We Say That? Part II
11. Inventing Words
12. He Said, She Panted
13. Read It Aloud
14. Repetition
15. The Ones Spell Check Won’t Catch
16. And What About Contractions?
17. Slowing Readers—Bad Policy
18. Dialogue and What It Reveals
19. Metaphors: Beautiful, Extended, and Stretched to Breaking
20. Why Do We Say That? Part III
Wednesday on the Blog Crawl
Win free books/e-books on the Blog Crawl!
Today's stop is at Chris Verstraete's blog, and the post is "Slowing Readers-Bad Policy". Find it at http://candidcanine.blogspot.com
Today's stop is at Chris Verstraete's blog, and the post is "Slowing Readers-Bad Policy". Find it at http://candidcanine.blogspot.com
Oh, Those Blog Tours!
They'll tell you an author can't succeed without them, but at a certain point, this one sure wishes she could!
My blog tour for DEAD FOR THE MONEY starts this week, and the schedule is printed below. There are of course prizes if you're willing to visit blogs and make comments between now and June 7th (even comments on this blog will work). LL Publications provided invaluable help with the tour in the form of a publicist who contacted all the bloggers and made dates for me to visit. But somebody has to write all those posts, and wouldn't you know it, they expect the author to do it!
Different bloggers want different things, so if you visit one of the sites below, you might find interviews with Seamus about what it's like to be a cross-back or you might get my view of some aspect of writing. The killer part of it is getting all the posts to line up so that Post 1 links to Post 2, which links to Post 3 and back to Post 1. You can see how this would confuse a tiny mind like mine.
Anyway, here's the schedule. Please stop in from time to time and comment. You could win a book or a T-shirt, or get you name in Dead Detective Book #3. Besides, I love hearing from people!
May 2 Keeping It Straight-Murder Must Advertise http://murdermustadvertise.blogspot.com
May 3 Seamus Interview Part 1-The Stiletto Gang- http://thestilettogang.blogspot.com
May 4 Seamus Interview Part 2- Travels with Kaye- http://travelswithkaye.blogspot.com
May 7 Seamus Interview Part 3- Melissa's Imaginarium- http://melissasimaginarium.blogspot.com
May 8 Writing a Mystery Series- Nancy's Notes from Florida- http://nancyjcohen.wordpress.com
May 9 How Did I Know I'd Made It?- Suspense Your Disbelief- http://www.jennymilchman.com/blog/
May 10 Choosing a Great Title- LL-Publications- http://www.ll-publications.com/blog.html
May 11 Seamus Interview Part 4- Candid Canine- http://candidcanine.blogspot.com
May 15 Writers in Corners- Terry Odell- http://terryodell.blogspot.com
May 16 Seamus Interview Part 5- It's Not All Gravy- http://its-not-all-gravy.blogspot.com
May 21 Taking Stock- Criminal Minds at Work-http://criminalmindsatwork.blogspot.com/
May 25 Paranormal-Not That There's Anything Wrong with That
Jolie DuPre- http://www.preciousmonsters.com/
June 5 What Do I Call Success?-Buried Under Books- http://www.cncbooks.com/blog/
My blog tour for DEAD FOR THE MONEY starts this week, and the schedule is printed below. There are of course prizes if you're willing to visit blogs and make comments between now and June 7th (even comments on this blog will work). LL Publications provided invaluable help with the tour in the form of a publicist who contacted all the bloggers and made dates for me to visit. But somebody has to write all those posts, and wouldn't you know it, they expect the author to do it!
Different bloggers want different things, so if you visit one of the sites below, you might find interviews with Seamus about what it's like to be a cross-back or you might get my view of some aspect of writing. The killer part of it is getting all the posts to line up so that Post 1 links to Post 2, which links to Post 3 and back to Post 1. You can see how this would confuse a tiny mind like mine.
Anyway, here's the schedule. Please stop in from time to time and comment. You could win a book or a T-shirt, or get you name in Dead Detective Book #3. Besides, I love hearing from people!
May 2 Keeping It Straight-Murder Must Advertise http://murdermustadvertise.blogspot.com
May 3 Seamus Interview Part 1-The Stiletto Gang- http://thestilettogang.blogspot.com
May 4 Seamus Interview Part 2- Travels with Kaye- http://travelswithkaye.blogspot.com
May 7 Seamus Interview Part 3- Melissa's Imaginarium- http://melissasimaginarium.blogspot.com
May 8 Writing a Mystery Series- Nancy's Notes from Florida- http://nancyjcohen.wordpress.com
May 9 How Did I Know I'd Made It?- Suspense Your Disbelief- http://www.jennymilchman.com/blog/
May 10 Choosing a Great Title- LL-Publications- http://www.ll-publications.com/blog.html
May 11 Seamus Interview Part 4- Candid Canine- http://candidcanine.blogspot.com
May 15 Writers in Corners- Terry Odell- http://terryodell.blogspot.com
May 16 Seamus Interview Part 5- It's Not All Gravy- http://its-not-all-gravy.blogspot.com
May 21 Taking Stock- Criminal Minds at Work-http://criminalmindsatwork.blogspot.com/
May 25 Paranormal-Not That There's Anything Wrong with That
Jolie DuPre- http://www.preciousmonsters.com/
June 5 What Do I Call Success?-Buried Under Books- http://www.cncbooks.com/blog/
Blog Tour This Week
May 7 Seamus Interview Part 3- Melissa's Imaginarium- http://melissasimaginarium.blogspot.com
May 8 Writing a Mystery Series- Nancy's Notes from Florida- http://nancyjcohen.wordpress.com
May 9 How Did I Know I'd Made It?- Suspense Your Disbelief- http://www.jennymilchman.com/blog/
May 10 Choosing a Great Title- LL-Publications- http://www.ll-publications.com/blog.html
May 11 Seamus Interview Part 4- Candid Canine- http://candidcanine.blogspot.com
May 8 Writing a Mystery Series- Nancy's Notes from Florida- http://nancyjcohen.wordpress.com
May 9 How Did I Know I'd Made It?- Suspense Your Disbelief- http://www.jennymilchman.com/blog/
May 10 Choosing a Great Title- LL-Publications- http://www.ll-publications.com/blog.html
May 11 Seamus Interview Part 4- Candid Canine- http://candidcanine.blogspot.com
