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RomCon Day 1

What I'm reading: Caught, by Harlan CobenMy original plan to leave Divide at a mid-morning hour to arrive for the first official sessions, which began at 2 PM. Easy-peasy. However, I discovered that there was a weapons demonstration/Q&A scheduled for 10 AM, and since that's something that's helpful to me as an author, I revamped my plans. I got up early, hit the road by 7:30 and made it down the

Friday Field Trip - Around the block

While I'm at RomCon, here are some neighborhood shots, taken July 5th while hubster and I walked around our "block," about 2.3 miles.See you Monday. Don't forget the contest (click on the tab at the top of the page).

All About Conferences

Tomorrow, I'm heading off to a romance conference, RomCon, in Denver. It was a sort of spur of the moment decision. I saw a post about free admission and decided that since we were living in Colorado, Denver was within driving distance, and free was good. Of course, 'free' doesn't include the hotel or meals, but I thought it would be smart to mingle with live people for a change.The 'catch' of

A Change of Place

What I'm reading: Thread of Fear, by Laura GriffinAnd thanks to Elspeth for that wonderful creative post yesterday! If you want a little more about NOWHERE TO HIDE, I'm a guest at Liana Laverentz's "Life is a Journey" today. Colleen showed up, too. And, I notice that as of the time of writing this, I have 196 people following Terry's Place through Google. I can't believe I'm almost at 200. When I

A Writer's Journey

Today I'm pleased to turn Terry's Place over to Elspeth Antonelli. Every Wednesday, she creates a picture post at her blog, and she's sharing her creativity with us today. Thanks so much, Terry, for letting me be your guest today. If you're a writer then your writing could be viewed as this...There are days when you write like this...But then there are days when you slow to this...Or even this...

Sweetening the Contest Pot

What I'm reading: Through the Grinder by Cleo Coyle; Finding Hope by Katie ReusIf you're taking advantage of the long weekend for the July 4th holiday, have a great one. Normally, I tried to avoid purely promotional posts on this blog, but heck. 1) It's a holiday and 2) It's my blog. And I wanted to share some good news. A trip through my email inbox. First, I got a notice from The Wild Rose

Happy Birthday, USA

Have a very safe and happy holidayAnd for a quick, fun read, here's a short-short I wrote years ago, primarily as an exercise in Point of View. I'd never written a child's POV before--or since.

Friday Field Trip - Cheyenne Canyon

Today, I'm welcoming Jason Odell back to Terry's Place. He's an expert photographer, and I love sharing his work. I'll let him tell you about getting these shots.I recently taught a photography workshop here in Colorado Springs. Normally, we expect sunny weather in June, but this time we got the strange anomaly of gloomy, overcast and rainy conditions. While these circumstances were less than

Seven Things

First – given the ups and downs of Smashwords yesterday, I want to ask you to read yesterday's post about my two stories that I've uploaded there. If you'd rather not read the whole post, just go to my Smashwords page and look at the blurbs for the stories. Words is free, and Coping Mechanisms is only 99 cents, but you can look at a sample before you commit to buying.As an added incentive to try

Moving Farther E-Ward

What I'm reading: Playing with Barbie by Wynter Daniels; On What Grounds by Cleo CoyleThanks, Daniel for your thought-provoking post on e-publishing yesterday. I'm going to add some of my own thoughts today as a follow-up.My first publications were for e-publishers. This isn't the same as writing for a print publisher that also creates digital versions. Why? My first submission, a short-short