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June 25, 2015
Time Is Flying!
Originally posted on Live to Write - Write to Live:
It was almost two years ago that I signed my contract for the Clock Shop Mystery Series, which I am writing under the pen name Julianne Holmes for Berkley Prime Crime. Last week, on Wicked Cozy Authors, I wrote about how Julianne Holmes came into…
It was almost two years ago that I signed my contract for the Clock Shop Mystery Series, which I am writing under the pen name Julianne Holmes for Berkley Prime Crime. Last week, on Wicked Cozy Authors, I wrote about how Julianne Holmes came into…
June 24, 2015
The Secret in Whitetail Lake 10th Installment
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department found two bodies in an old vehicle recovered from an area lake, opening up a decades old cold case. And meantime, the sheriff has gone missing. This picks up where the last entry left off. After Smoke dropped me off at my car, I climbed…
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department found two bodies in an old vehicle recovered from an area lake, opening up a decades old cold case. And meantime, the sheriff has gone missing. This picks up where the last entry left off. After Smoke dropped me off at my car, I climbed…
June 21, 2015
Review: The Sunlit Night by Rebecca Dinerstein
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Why do I Write in the Fantasy Genre?
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
At recent book reading for Dormant, someone asked why I write fantasy novels. My gut answer was that I’m all about escapism and what better way to escape than by hiding in another world? As I thought about it, I realized there’s a longer answer. I write fantasy stories…
At recent book reading for Dormant, someone asked why I write fantasy novels. My gut answer was that I’m all about escapism and what better way to escape than by hiding in another world? As I thought about it, I realized there’s a longer answer. I write fantasy stories…
June 20, 2015
To Offer it Free or Not – Marketing Your Work
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
As with everything to do with the art of writing, publishing and marketing books, there are different views on the worth of offering your books free. Some will argue that you should not work for free. And, in essence, that is what you are doing when you offer your…
As with everything to do with the art of writing, publishing and marketing books, there are different views on the worth of offering your books free. Some will argue that you should not work for free. And, in essence, that is what you are doing when you offer your…
June 18, 2015
Novels of J. Conrad Guest
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
During a recent conversation I was asked how many books I have published. I said, “Eight.” That seemed to be an impressive number, because their response was, “Wow, you’re prolific.” I laughed and told them that I’d been writing for twenty-two years and that I considered that number not…
During a recent conversation I was asked how many books I have published. I said, “Eight.” That seemed to be an impressive number, because their response was, “Wow, you’re prolific.” I laughed and told them that I’d been writing for twenty-two years and that I considered that number not…
June 12, 2015
Book Review for DEADLY ADAGIO by Carole Howard
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
Title: Deadly Adagio Author: Carole Howard Publisher: Second Wind Publishing, LLC Genre: Mystery ISBN: 978-1938101373 Deadly Adagio by Carole Howard Book review by Maribeth Shanley Don’t underestimate this author as, in true adagio fashion, she soothes your mind with her characters. As quickly as your mind begins to drift…
Title: Deadly Adagio Author: Carole Howard Publisher: Second Wind Publishing, LLC Genre: Mystery ISBN: 978-1938101373 Deadly Adagio by Carole Howard Book review by Maribeth Shanley Don’t underestimate this author as, in true adagio fashion, she soothes your mind with her characters. As quickly as your mind begins to drift…
June 11, 2015
Interview With Katie Burgess McClaren, Hero of “Ghosts and Physics” by April Arnold
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
What is your story? Oh geez, my story…teachers back in high school always gave us writing assignments like this, and I didn’t know what to say even then. A person’s story is just too intricate…and generally boring to 99% of the world’s non-family population. But since you asked so…
What is your story? Oh geez, my story…teachers back in high school always gave us writing assignments like this, and I didn’t know what to say even then. A person’s story is just too intricate…and generally boring to 99% of the world’s non-family population. But since you asked so…
June 10, 2015
Are You Book-Worthy? by Nicole Eva Fraser
Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
Most people don’t want to write—they want to have written. That’s a wry writers’ saying, reflecting the fact that the average person who declares “I want to write a book” really means “I want to be a world-famous bestselling author who rakes in the millions and is universally worshiped.”…
Most people don’t want to write—they want to have written. That’s a wry writers’ saying, reflecting the fact that the average person who declares “I want to write a book” really means “I want to be a world-famous bestselling author who rakes in the millions and is universally worshiped.”…
June 9, 2015
Book Review – Twin Powers by David Pereda
Twin Powers starts with the kidnapping of ten year old Stephanie while on vacation in Cuba with her mother and twin sister by a mysterious stranger who appears to be an Arab tourist. Her mother, Sonia, is given a message from a street vendor who happened to be there. “He said to tell […]
