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Book Clubs … an idea

Originally posted on Books: Publishing, Reading, Writing:
I’ve written about book clubs in the past and talked about their necessity and importance, not only for club members but also for we authors who are trying to get attention for our books. I don’t belong to a book club myself, but I did recently publish a…

So Many Freebies

For a very limited time, most of my books are free. Yes, that’s right. Free! Here are the details: On Kindle, you can download the following books for free now through July 5th: Sweet Sorrow The Fifth Circle Better than Perfect The Seance On Smashwords, for the entire month of July, I’m having a very… More So Many Freebies

Poetry challenge Drowning leaves: the entries

Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Last week I brought the deadline forward without warning and a couple of you missed it, so I’ll post the last entries from the ‘pebbles’ challenge first. Himanshu’s poem includes the suggested words to form a lovely short piece with a real stunner of a last line Jane’s poetry…

Haiku Challenge: Summer Fun

Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge weekly prompt words are Summer & Fun. How perfect is that? Summer Fun Trapped at work all day No fun for me this summer I’ve got bills to pay Summer isn’t fun When spent inside an office Air conditioned cube Outside, the kids play Cavorting in cool sprinklers Grass sticks to wet… More Haiku Challenge: Summer Fun

Thoughts on Aging

Photo courtesy of tiverylucky @FreeDigitalPhotos.net I recently turned forty-five. For some reason, this age bothers me a lot. It’s not the age, really. It’s the process of aging. I know forty-five isn’t old, but I’m beginning to feel my age. And, to add insult to injury, I’ve had a couple people accuse me of being… More Thoughts on Aging

The Light is Gone

Tonight’s poem comes from Jane Dougherty’s Weekly Poetry Challenge. This week’s challenge was to write a trilonnet inspired by the photograph above. She’s asked participants to begin our poems with “The light is gone.” Well, I can’t say my poem has much to do with the lovely photo, but here’s what I’ve come up with: The… More The Light is Gone

Haiku Challenge: Robin’s Song

The prompt words for Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge this week are Birth & Cheer. Please do stop by Ronovan’s blog to check out all the entries: https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2... Robin’s Song Robin perched above celebrates the new day’s birth Cheerful summer song   Tagged: haiku, poem, poetry, Poetry challenge, Ronovan Writes, tricia drammeh

Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge: Fresh & Wind

Last week, I missed out on Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge. This week, I was determined not to miss out. So, here I am, just in the nick of time. This week’s prompt words are Fresh & Wind. Please stop by Ronovan’s blog to read the other entries in the challenge: https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2...   In the warm, fresh… More Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge: Fresh & Wind

Just. One. Book.

Originally posted on Throwing Chanclas:
Just. One. Book. I live in a town of 1200 people in the Northern Sierra Nevada –where it meets the Cascade Range near Mt. Lassen National Park and about two hours drive northwest of Reno, NV.  Two hundred of that population is students. Over the years as the population dwindled after…

Think You Couldn’t Possibly Lose Your Amazon Publishing Account? Think Again.

Originally posted on The Active Voice:
There’s this indie author I know a little bit from the Kboards.com forum. Her name is Pauline Creeden, and she’s an ordinary midlister, like so many of us. I remember PMing her some time ago and gushing about how particularly beautiful one of her book covers is — the one…