L.V. Gaudet's Blog, page 35
December 30, 2012
Book Review – Pat Bertram’s Daughter Am I
Mary finds more than just answers. She finds more questions and love, and a direction for her life.
November 22, 2012
Writing Practice – Describe an event or moment from your day: Driving to work on slippery roads
Driving to work on slippery roads: A freezing fog and drizzle has coated every surface in a glaze of ice. Everything in the muted early morning light was coated in a shimmer of ice as I made my way steadily along the slippery highway. It made the world pretty and dangerous all at once. In [...]
November 14, 2012
Book Review: Carpet Ride by Norm Brown
Norm Brown takes you on a carpet ride of suspicion as you find yourself suspecting everyone who is deeply involved until the truth finally plays out at the end. This was an enjoyable read.
October 27, 2012
ISBNs – The Books All Have Them, But Why?
Is an ISBN necessary? By my research, absolutely not. At least, not if your publishing intentions are very limited. You can even publish on some ebook sites without an ISBN; however it limits your markets.
If you are just going to get a few hundred copies of your book printed to give to family and friends, or share them in ebook form through emails or on your blog, then the ISBN is unnecessary.
If you plan to publish through a publishing company or self-publish, in print or ebook, and sell your book, then you’ll probably need an ISBN.
If you are just going to get a few hundred copies of your book printed to give to family and friends, or share them in ebook form through emails or on your blog, then the ISBN is unnecessary.
If you plan to publish through a publishing company or self-publish, in print or ebook, and sell your book, then you’ll probably need an ISBN.
September 28, 2012
Is this a Sign? (on Beta Readers)
I suspect this might be a sign of something. A sign of what I’m not quite sure. I am a firm believer that a writer needs a test reader. Someone who is not intrinsically a part of the story through living and breathing it through months of writing and editing it. A fresh set of [...]
September 11, 2012
Why Telemarketers Get My Goat
What can possibly be more annoying than getting an unwanted telemarketing call? Just read on and I’ll tell you. Apparently there is some unwritten rule that they must happen when you are (a) in the middle of eating supper, (b) in the middle of getting your kids to do something important like bathing, (c) on [...]
August 10, 2012
Book Review – Light Bringer by Pat Bertram
In Light Bringer, Pat Bertram weaves a fascinating tale of a group of people connected by events in the past, beginning before they were even born, who are inexorably drawn together for the culmination of what was started so many decades before.
July 27, 2012
Book Review – One Door Away From Heaven by Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz has stayed true to form in creating a suspenseful story that entices you into the lives of the characters with the need to find out where their lives will collide.
July 25, 2012
Baby Bunny Doges Bike Tires
How awesome is this?! I let the kids ride their bikes to daycare this a.m. The youngest (7) is just giving it with all she’s got to keep up with the 9 yr old and her bigger bike. (7 yr old’s bike is too small and has very small tires). Baby bunny comes racing from [...]
June 15, 2012
Book Reveiew – Pat Bertram’s More Deaths Than One
In More Deaths Than One, Pat Bertram has woven an intriguing tale of what can happen when the wrong people are given control over another’s life.
