June Shaw's Blog, page 20
June 25, 2014
Advantages of a Brick and Mortar Booksigning
by Jackie King
One of the last independent book stores in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area is THE BOOK PLACE in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. This charming reader-haven is owned and operated by Janice Riker and her family. Janice sells both new and used books, and she discounts her new books by 15%.
Broken Arrow Oklahoma Independent Book Store
Saturday, June 21, 2014 a large group of area writers gathered for a book signing to celebrate Riker’s 20 years of success. This success is largely due to the warm and...
One of the last independent book stores in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area is THE BOOK PLACE in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. This charming reader-haven is owned and operated by Janice Riker and her family. Janice sells both new and used books, and she discounts her new books by 15%.
Broken Arrow Oklahoma Independent Book StoreSaturday, June 21, 2014 a large group of area writers gathered for a book signing to celebrate Riker’s 20 years of success. This success is largely due to the warm and...
June 23, 2014
Kim Jong-un and Me
The English versionAt last, the breakthrough! After all these years of writing all sorts of things, fame and riches are within reach. All I have to do is play my cards right and undertake an admittedly tricky piece of international diplomacy.Let’s get the facts straight first. Kim Jong-un is a very nice man, a very nice man indeed. Yes, yes, we all know he’s First Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, Supreme Leader, blah, blah, blah but I’m...
June 18, 2014
Book titles
Carola
Sorry, folks, I just don't have time to keep up with this blog. You might be interested in my post elsewhere about the difficulties of thinking up good titles--and then having them changed for you... http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2014/06/book-title-terrors.html
The art department said my title, The Actress and the Rake was too long!
e-book
The first in this trilogy was Miss Jacobson's Journey. I wanted to keep the pattern of the titles but Zebra decided otherwise.
ebook...
Sorry, folks, I just don't have time to keep up with this blog. You might be interested in my post elsewhere about the difficulties of thinking up good titles--and then having them changed for you... http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2014/06/book-title-terrors.html
The art department said my title, The Actress and the Rake was too long!
e-book
The first in this trilogy was Miss Jacobson's Journey. I wanted to keep the pattern of the titles but Zebra decided otherwise.
ebook...
Carola Sorry, folks, I just don't have time to keep up wi...
Carola
Sorry, folks, I just don't have time to keep up with this blog. You might be interested in my post elsewhere about the difficulties of thinking up good titles--and then having them changed for you... http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2014/06/book-title-terrors.html
The art department said my title, The Actress and the Rake was too long!
e-book
The first in this trilogy was Miss Jacobson's Journey. I wanted to keep the pattern of the titles but Zebra decided otherwise.
ebook...
Sorry, folks, I just don't have time to keep up with this blog. You might be interested in my post elsewhere about the difficulties of thinking up good titles--and then having them changed for you... http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/2014/06/book-title-terrors.html
The art department said my title, The Actress and the Rake was too long!
e-book
The first in this trilogy was Miss Jacobson's Journey. I wanted to keep the pattern of the titles but Zebra decided otherwise.
ebook...
June 11, 2014
The Evolution of a Series Character
by Jackie King
Long before I wrote my latest mystery, THE CORPSE WHO WALKED IN THE DOOR, I had one scene pop into my head. The vividness of this scene, along with a number of what if questions, started my inn-keeper series and birthed my character, Grace Cassidy.
$3.99 at Amazon.comI was vacationing at a Bed and Breakfast in Northern California, and the mansion had been built by a sea captain in 1870. My hostess was a professional inn-sitter who said that she loved her job, loved travelin...
Long before I wrote my latest mystery, THE CORPSE WHO WALKED IN THE DOOR, I had one scene pop into my head. The vividness of this scene, along with a number of what if questions, started my inn-keeper series and birthed my character, Grace Cassidy.
$3.99 at Amazon.comI was vacationing at a Bed and Breakfast in Northern California, and the mansion had been built by a sea captain in 1870. My hostess was a professional inn-sitter who said that she loved her job, loved travelin...
June 9, 2014
CSI Scotland
Leith HallRecently, when I was researching for a short story, I came across an item that suggested that James Abernethy of Mayen had done me a great favour on December 21st 1763. That was the day he, John Leith, the Laird of Leith Hall in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and several others were in a pub carousing (I think that was what they called it at the time), and it degenerated into a brawl. They went outside, Abernethy shot Leith in the head and he died on Christmas Day. It seems that, on sever...
June 3, 2014
Trashing an Office―Tough Work
By Chester Campbell
We're planning on moving soon, so my wife and I tackled one of the major hurdles to getting prepared―my office. I knew it would be difficult, but I had no idea just how much. First we turned to one of four bookshelves, the metal one with the bent shelves.
There were numerous hardcovers that included several early James Patterson novels, before I tired of his antics, early John Grishams, nearly a full set of P.J.Parish books, some Nelson DeMille thrillers and lots of others b...
We're planning on moving soon, so my wife and I tackled one of the major hurdles to getting prepared―my office. I knew it would be difficult, but I had no idea just how much. First we turned to one of four bookshelves, the metal one with the bent shelves.
There were numerous hardcovers that included several early James Patterson novels, before I tired of his antics, early John Grishams, nearly a full set of P.J.Parish books, some Nelson DeMille thrillers and lots of others b...
June 1, 2014
The Writing Process Blog Hop
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May 26, 2014
Full disclosure
By Bill Kirton
The author's true likenessYes, full, unremitting disclosure this time. I mean, we’ve all known for ages that Google, Facebook and the rest spy on us, target us for advertising purposes and so on, but I, for one, didn’t realise that the CIA followed this blog. And, naturally enough, they have every right to do so because I’m a foreigner. So, to make it perfectly clear that nothing I write here has any ulterior motive, coded message or other intent than to be completely open about...
The author's true likenessYes, full, unremitting disclosure this time. I mean, we’ve all known for ages that Google, Facebook and the rest spy on us, target us for advertising purposes and so on, but I, for one, didn’t realise that the CIA followed this blog. And, naturally enough, they have every right to do so because I’m a foreigner. So, to make it perfectly clear that nothing I write here has any ulterior motive, coded message or other intent than to be completely open about...
May 23, 2014
Setting Writing Goals
by June Shaw
Many writers set goals for their work-in-progress, while maybe even more of them don't.
For goal setters, I've heard many writers mention going for creating one new page a day. Then by the end of the year, of course, they would have enough pages for a book. Many others say they go after the number of words they write each time they sit at their computers. A computer page is about two hundred and fifty words, so those with little time often go for that short goal, which at least kee...
