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Oklahoma Toadstools Pic

Spring Toadstools in OklahomaHere's a pic I took earlier this spring of Toadstool Kingdom at the base of my cottonwood tree.

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The Season of the Supernatural

Writers are going supernatural this summer with WSJ offering such picks as Robopocalypse, The Last Werewolf and Graveminder. Check out the article with the link below. If you're into supernatural novels (and who isn't?) you might check out Morning Mist of Blood, my new supernatural murder mystery, complete with demons, shape-shifting black panthers, and immortal pagans.
Spooky Summer Reading Picks
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Arkansas Novel Free on Smashwords

An uncut diamond, a missing brother, and a mysterious village hidden deep in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. Add in some unexplained murders, a little voodoo, and then get ready for a wild ride. A Gathering of Diamonds, free in all ebook formats on Smashwords.com.
A Gathering of Diamonds

Van Gundy Slams Oklahoma City on ESPN

Okay, this blog isn't about sports. Still, I'm an Oklahoman and I think this deserves reporting. Tonight, during the OKC Thunder and Dallas Mavericks Western Championship NBA game, ESPN announcer Van Gundy, when the OKC crowd booed yet another bad ref call, said, "There should be a technical against crowds that don't know anything about basketball." Yeah, well maybe there should be a technical against announcers that have an obvious, biased, agenda.
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Rules of Publishing are Changing

Quote from Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords.com. "Authors are the brand." According to Coker, the ebook revolution has changed the dynamics of publishing. "Some day, published author will no longer mean published by a big NY publisher. Published will equal published on the author's terms, not NY's terms. The readers won't care. Publisher name is less important to them than the name of the author, and whether or not they trust that author to give them a good read. Authors are the brand."

I say, AMEN TO THAT!!

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