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April 15, 2016
Before & After: New cover for Lost in th
Before & After: New cover for Lost in the Light. http://bit.ly/1Ww3VCD http://ow.ly/i/iwGf3
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GIRL IN THE MIST, best selling mystery o
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Filed under: Girl in the Mist, Mary's Books, News, The Dori O. Paranormal Mystery Series
April 6, 2016
1 Line Wednesday
I’m a member of Kiss of Death chapter of RWA and every week they run the #1LineWed challenge. To keep my mojo running with Lost in Whispers, I’ll be participating every week to share one line from Dori’s latest paranormal mystery. My goal is to publish in November 2016 so hold me to it!
Here is this week’s line:
“We’ll talk later,” he said, backing her up against the wall.
Filed under: Mary's Books, News, The Dori O. Paranormal Mystery Series
March 16, 2016
February 20, 2016
Weekend read: Low Country Bordello
Liz Talbot of Low Country Bordello is a cozy mystery heroine you can cheer on! She’s capable, determined and savvy and she always gets her guy both good and bad.
Just a few days before her Christmas wedding, Liz receives a desperate call from her friend who thinks she killed her husband. The plot twists and turns with mistaken identities, secrets and the earthbound spirit of a high class call girl in a seemingly genteel bordello. Liz is guided by her best childhood friend who died when they were kids. Their conversations add humor and complications for Liz who can’t reveal she sees her for fear their connection will be severed.
This is the first book I’ve read in Susan M. Boyer’s private investigator mystery series set in Savanah, Georgia. While this is the fourth installment, I can’t wait to catch up on the first three mysteries to see what happened to her colorful cast of family, friends and her sexy fiance.
If you’re looking for a swift paced, cozy mystery weelend read, Low Country Bordello is a great pick!
Filed under: News, Weekend Reviews
December 11, 2015
A Preview of OCC RWA’s December Meeting
By R.N. Crane // Meeting Information Date and Time: December 12, 10 a.m. Location: Brea Community Center, 695 E. Madison Way The following summaries were taken in part from the OCC RWA website: Morning Speakers “What Every Author…Read more →
Source: A Preview of OCC RWA’s December Meeting
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December 8, 2015
Review: The Song of Hartgrove Hall
When Alfred Hitchcock was interviewed by French Director Francois Truffaut – necessary reading for any storyteller – he shared his analogy about how he created suspense in his films. Hitchock described suspense as two people having a conversation, but the audience knows that a bomb is patiently ticking away under their table.
The Song of Hartgrove Hall by Natasha Solomon is not a classic suspense butthe plot keeps you guessing. It is an epic drama that starts in March of 2000 when Harry Fox-Talbot mourns his late wife, Edie. Solomon then takes us back to post-WWII England and the decaying country manor, Hartgrove Hall. Three brothers – two who have returned from service and the youngest, Fox from university – have no means to keep their ancestral home. Around them, impoverished gentry and noble families witness the sale and destruction of their centuries’ old country homes. On a fated New Year’s Eve, Fox meets his brother’s glamorous girlfriend, a war-time celebrity singer named Edie Rose.
Solomons effortlessly stitches together the post war story of unrequited, forbidden love to Fox’s present. Suffering from a dark depression, his four year-old grandson’s astonishing musical talent is a beacon of light in his dreary existence.
As Hitchcock famously described suspense, Solomons kept me glued to the pages. Although I knew from the first chapter Fox and Edie eventually married and had children, I was dying to know how events transpired to bring them together.
This is a multilayered, intelligent story that will satisfy readers of historical fiction who long for drama and complicated characters.
The Song of Hartgrove Hall will release December 29, 2015. You can preorder the ebook or wait until it hits bookstore shelves.
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May 19, 2015
Turning Pro With Steven Pressfield & Marie Forleo
Are you building the habits of an amateur or a pro?
“The amateur’s habit is that as soon as any adversity shows up, the amateur falls out. But the pro, when adversity shows up, keeps going.”
I needed to watch this video with Marie Forleo and I hope you’ll be inspired by it too!
Watch: Turning Pro With Steven Pressfield & Marie Forleo.
Filed under: Writing Wisdom
January 29, 2015
Thank you Kobo readers for all the luvs!
Holy Kobo! A special thank you from Vicente for the massive reader love for Lost in the Light & Girl in the Mist.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Filed under: Lost in the Light
December 13, 2014
The inspiration for Anna from Lost in the Light
This is my Great Grandmother Eduvijen Holguin Melendez who was 15 years old when this photo was taken at the wetlands in National City. She inspired Anna in Lost in the Light.
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