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Whale Song "covers a myriad of serious topics in a loving and graceful way"

"I just finished reading "Whale Song" by Cheryl Kaye Tardif. The story covers a myriad of serious topics in a loving and graceful way. It is an amazing story of love. You will not want to put it down. It is a fast, easy read."

--Debi Longoria

Cheryl Kaye Tardif is a Canadian suspense author.
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Bet your bad day wasn't as bad as this Ikea guy's

Need something new? Well, we did this past Easter weekend when our refrigerator broke down one morning. We spent the entire day racing around the city, trying to find an appliance store that had them in stock so we wouldn't lose all the food. It wasn't easy--especially since everyone was closing early for Easter.

We thought we were having a bad day. Well, not compared to this guy!



We did find a fridge--and a matching stove--and picked them up an hour before the store closed, so it turned out to be

Twitter 101: How to send messages on Twitter

Have you signed up on Twitter but haven't got a clue what to do next? Are you unsure how to get your messages out? Well, here's a crash course in the very basics of Twitter--sending messages.

First, sign up for a free Twitter account at http://www.twitter.com/. When you have logged in, you'll be on the Home page of your account.

On the right side, above the search bar, you'll see the following links:
Home
@your username
Direct Messages
Favorites

Home is where you can send messages out to everyone in Tw

Subliminal Advertising: How far will fans go to help authors get noticed?

An old friend emailed me last night and told me the funniest story about how he helped promote me. Here's his email:

I was in Chapters with my wife and the kids on the weekend, and I went to look for CKT in the mystery section, and there was NOTHING! I went to one of the computers, and while you are listed, stock was ZERO.

I was waiting for my wife, so while I waited I went to ALL SIX of the computer terminals, searched for Cheryl Kaye Tardif, clicked and left up the page with YOUR name and YOUR t

Amazon reinstates author's reviews

Update on the Amazon reviews status:

For those of you who haven't heard, Amazon recently started deleting reviews by authors who included their own book title on the review, usually in the form of a signature line like...

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song

I had 85 reviews deleted and went through a frustrating battle with reps at Amazon, who ended up putting my reviews back up, minus the author of...bit.

Read what happened next at Amazon reinstates author's reviews after deleting them - divi

Sunday Salon: If you're an author who writes reviews on Amazon, read this!

Important information for authors who write reviews on Amazon!!!

I'm an author who loves reading, and I enjoy writing reviews for books I really like. Sometimes I've been asked by authors to review their books; sometimes publishers have asked me to review their authors' books. I pride myself on always writing honest reviews regardless of who the author is, and I've been signing my reviews in the tradition that's been around forever, one that many use.

--Cheryl Kaye Tardif, author of Whale Song (or

Jeff Rivera from GalleyCat News shares his exclusive coverage of New York's 2nd annual Literati-A-Go-Go event

My good friend and fellow author Jeff Rivera is a man of many talents, including being a reporter for GalleyCat News. Jeff recently attended Literati-A-Go-Go, hosted at the Whiskey Town Bar in New York. This is the second year for this event and it has attracted many in the book industry plus booklovers themselves.

"GalleyCat was given an exclusive look inside of the 2nd Literati-A-Go-Go event of the year. Literary agent, Donna Bagdasarian, Former PW VP & Publisher, David Nudo, VP of Wikimedia Ne

50+ prizes! Follow me on Twitter to enter contest!

My prize list for my first Twitter Contest is growing like hotcakes! I now have over 50 prizes to give away.

But I won't start awarding prizes until I have 10,000 followers, so it's important that you follow me, and ask all your friends and followers to follow me too.

All you have to do is click on the Follow button at http://www.twitter.com/cherylktardif

You'll need a Twitter account to do this!

Check out the growing list of awesome prizes--including dozens of FREE BOOKS I'll be giving away--at: ht

Website counter shows important search term: what is Cheryl Kaye Tardif's religion

Today I was checking my stats on my website visitor counter. I like to know where people come from--both the previous link that led them to me and their country of origin. I use www.Statcounter.com because it shows me how many visitors I have each day, where they're from, what link they clicked on to get to my site (whether on another site or in an email). I also see what search terms people use to find me.

Today's interesting search term was: what is Cheryl Kaye Tardif's religion. I somehow doub