Carolee Dean's Blog, page 33

I LOVE SOCIAL WORKERS

 I started back to work last monday, but before I did, I went to the Santa Fe Flea Market for one last excursion with three of my favorite people, the social workers from the high school where I work. Here we are at the booth of Mamadou, a man from West Africa who sells ancient (he defines as older than 100 years) African artifacts.

Where else but the Santa Fe Flea Market could we find African artifacts, Tibetan music bowls, and a necklace of rare blue beads priced at $500 (and that was on...

THE TEXAS TRIVIA CHALLENGE

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And now it's time for the Texas Trivia Challenge. Just click on the link above to the blog tour site where you will find out how to enter the challenge. Then read the blogs to find out the hidden answers to the trivia questions. That's all you have to do to be eligible for the wonerful Grand Prize Package which includes...

TEXAS TRIVIA CHALLENGE GRAND PRIZE

 

A deluxe TAKE ME THERE tote bag

 

A stuffed armadillo from San Antonio, Iron Works BBQ rub from Austin, Texas Tongue Torch Three Pepper...

DAY EIGHT of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR

Jackie, the Lubbock blogger, got stuck in a hotel that promised internet access, but didn't come through, so I'm posting what would have been our POETRY Q&A below:

 

Q: Poetry is such a strong theme in your novel, TAKE ME THERE. Did you study poetry in college?

 

A: No. The first college I attended was Texas Tech in Lubbock. I studied psychology and music composition. The latter didn’t last very long. I soon realized I was more interested in the lyrics than in composing music, but I did get a...

DAY SEVEN of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR

DAY SIX of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR - at the Blue Willow in Houston, Tx

The kids and I had such a great time traveling through Texas. They went to Six Flags in San Antonio and Schlitterbahn Water Park in New Braunfels, then later in the week we drove up to Houston where I got to see my old college roommate, Rhonda. We ended the week on Galveston Island. We couldn't find a boogie board to rent, so I bought one, and we brought it back on the plane. Not sure where we'll use a boogie board in the deserts of New Mexico, but I wasn't about to leave it behind once I...

DAY FIVE of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR

Read the interview with Houston blogger, Lisette, and discover deleted scenes from TAKE ME THERE...
See the excerpt below. For the rest of the interview go to...tvandbookaddict.blogspot.com/2010/07/author-interview-carolee-dean-take-me.html.

What was your favorite part about writing  Take Me There ?I loved travelling to California and Texas to research the locations. I think setting has a lot of affect on character... where we're from shapes the sort of people we become. Not completely, but it h...

DAY FOUR of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR - Houston, TX

Here I am at the Barnes & Noble In Houston Texas with Cynthia. I miss the bluebonnets.

Here is here review:


Last week I had the pleasure of meeting with the wonderful author of Take Me There, Carolee Dean. We met for an interview and to talk about her book at the River Oaks Barnes and Noble and let me tell you that me being the really shy and nervous self  that I usually am around authors was actually able to relax for a bit. Carolee was super nice and had a huge contagious smile that you just ...

SNEAK PREVIEW - Texas Trivia Challenge

The official Texas Trivia Challenge will appear at the end of the blog tour on Thursday, August 5th. It won't be posted until that time because you can only enter once and all of the answers won't be available until the end of the tour, but I'm posting the questions here so you can be thinking about them as you read the blog posts.

  

The Texas Trivia Challenge:

 

The amusement park, Six Flags Over Texas, opened in 1961 in Arlington, TX. The six flags represent the six different nations that...

DAY THREE of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR in Austin, Texas

I met with Katie Bartow in my old stomping ground - Austin, TX. My husband and I lived there for a couple of years when we got out of college. My favorite barbecue dive - the Ironworks, is still there. In fact, I risked rush hour traffic to stop by and purchase some barbecue rub for giveaways.


See the interview with Katie Bartow of Mundie Moms below:



This past week I had the privilege of meeting Take Me There author, Carolee Dean. She was on a blog tour meeting various bloggers through out...

DAY TWO of the TAKE ME TO TEXAS BLOG TOUR

I had the pleasure of meeting with Shannan and Stacie from Girls in the Stacks at the Legacy Bookstore in Plano where we drank strawberry smoothies and did a video interview.



Here is the interview below:

Shannan and I (along with a couple of friends) recently had the pleasure of meeting Carolee Dean, author of Take Me There, at one of our favorite books store, Legacy Books in Plano, Texas.  Let’s see…we talked books, Texas things like the Prison Rodeo at the Walls Unit (who knew??) and more spe...