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Writing in a Changing World

Those who know me know that I firmly believe in the power of networking to make great things happen in your career, writing or otherwise. Now I have the chance to give a boost to some other writers who have produced a book about how their on-line writing group has kept all five of them across the US writing, getting published, giving support, and developing and using an unusual workshop technique for birthing novels.

After attending the 2004 University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival, these fi...

Reviews with TLC

Author and reviewer T.L. Cooper posts her reviews of books, restaurants, travel, and events at her blog, Reviews by TLC. I was very pleased to see her recent flattering review of my science fiction novella, The Epsilon Eridani Alternative there. In August, she posted wonderful reviews of my mystery novels, To Hell in a Handbasket, and A Real Basket Case. I hope you'll read her reviews of my works at her blog, and check out her reviews of other works, too.

Thanks, T.L.!

Contest Winners!

In the month of August, I ran two contests on my blog. First was the one in conjunction with Tim Hallinan's guest appearance. He promised to send copies of his latest two releases, Breathing Water and The Queen of Patpong, to one person whose name I randomly drew from among those who commented on his post. The winner of that contest was Carolyn J. Rose, author along with Mike Nettleton of the Deadly Duo mysteries. To find out more about Carolyn, please check out her website. Also, she blogs w...

My mystery author guest: Margaret Coel

As promised yesterday, Colorado mystery author Margaret Coel is visiting my blog today to answer my interview questions and ones asked by my blog readers. Above is the cover photo for the fifteenth book in her Wind River reservation series, The Spider's Web, which will be released on September 7th. To find out about Margaret's stellar career, please read yesterday's post.

As for The Spider's Web, it is the time of the annual Sun Dance on the Wind River Reservation, the ancient sacred ceremon...

Tomorrow's Guest: Margaret Coel!

Tomorrow fellow Colorado mystery author Margaret Coel will be a guest on my blog. Margaret Coel is the author of fifteen mystery novels set among the Arapahos on Wyoming's Wind River Reservation. The novels feature two sleuths: Jesuit priest Father John O'Malley and Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden. The most recent novel is The Spider's Web, to be released on September 7th. She is also the author of a suspense novel set in Denver, Blood Memory.

Margaret's novels have been on the bestseller lists ...

Bike Path Discovery--Rock Island Railroad Roswell Museum

My husband and I were biking along the Pikes Peak Greenway when I spotted a sign that said "Railroad Museum" and pointed off onto Steel Drive. I said to my husband, "That's one museum I've never been to. In fact, I've never heard of it." He suggested we go check it out, so we did. Boy, did we find a hidden gem!

Did you know that there used to be a town named Roswell in Colorado, which was annexed into Colorado Springs? And that the Rock Island Railroad operated a roundhouse and repair yard in ...

Branding an Author

Today at Inkspot, the blog for Midnight Ink authors, I talk about "Branding an Author" and how Midnight Ink and I have been working to develop a brand for me and my RM Outdoor Adventures mystery series, which will debut with Deadly Currents in March, 2011. I hope you'll read the post and give me a suggestion for a brand-related item that I could donate to the Left Coast Crime 2011 charity auction--and to future mystery conference charity auctions.

Killer Recipes

I contributed a couple of recipes to this new release, which is a fundraiser for The American Cancer Society. Susan Whitfield collected donated recipes from lots of mystery authors (the full list is on the Amazon page for the book) and organized them in this collection that mystery lovers everywhere should find enjoyable. Not only do you get a great collection of interesting recipes, such as my own "Fanatic's Fruitcake Cookies" and "Battered Vegetable Pancakes," you have a book you can take t...

Two More Blurbs for Deadly Currents and Two More Authors to Thank

Two wonderful mystery/suspense authors whose writing I admire have graciously come through with blurbs for my upcoming March, 2011 release, Deadly Currents. Deadly Currents is the first book in my RM Outdoor Adventures mystery series starring whitewater river ranger Mandy Tanner. You can find out more about it at my website.

The first blurb is from Nancy Pickard, national bestselling author of The Scent of Rain and Lightning and The Virgin of Small Plains as well as many other award winning bo...

My thriller author guest: Timothy Hallinan

As promised yesterday, thriller author Timothy Hallinan is visiting my blog today to answer my interview questions and ones asked by my blog readers. Above is the cover photo for the fourth book in his Poke Rafferty series, The Queen Of Patpong, which was released yesterday to rave reviews.

Life in Bangkok looks good for American expat travel writer Poke Rafferty and his little family – his wife, Rose, is happily running a domestics agency that offers bar girls an alternative to The Life, and ...