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June 17, 2009
The Promo Game
If you're looking for Liana Laverentz's contest, she's down one post. Even if you're not, check it out. She's got some sage words about being published. And Detective Hussey responded to his Friday chapter in the Comments section with a couple of new "terms of endearment".For today, I'm thinking about something that everyone must understand. Publicity. Promotions. Advertising. Unwanted mail,
June 16, 2009
Being Published - What Do You Want?
This week, my guest is EPPIE award winning author Liana Laverentz. Her topic: Why (or How) Do You Want to Be Published? She's got a special prize for one lucky commenter, so be sure to read on. Welcome, LianaWe all know why we write. We write because we can’t not write, or because we have a deep-rooted need to express ourselves in some way, and have for most of our lives. We have these stories
June 15, 2009
Black, White and Shades of Gray
What I'm reading: Fatal Secrets, by Allison Brennan; The Language of Bees, by Laurie R. King.Housekeeping:I hope everyone enjoyed Detective Hussey's "copspeak" over the weekend. And I'd like to take a moment to congratulate my daughter for finishing a half-ironman in Kansas on Sunday. Near as I can tell, there were almost 100 entries in her age class, and she finished 27th. Her final time was 5:
June 12, 2009
Homicide - Hussey - Copspeak
This week, Detective Mark Hussey shares those special "ways with words" in the world of law enforcement. Let's listen in.This chapter is dedicated to all those sayings that cops everywhere have made famous. You know, those cop witticisms, those clever, albeit sarcastic, little sayings that all policeman find it necessary to employ, whenever some low-life, scumbag, I.Q. of room temperature,
June 11, 2009
Culinary Corps in New Orleans - Part 2
If you haven't read yesterday's post, please do it first. I promise, this one will still be here when you get back. And thanks to Mark Carter for sharing his experiences as a volunteer with CulinaryCorps. Once again, welcome, Mark.I have a fondness for food. I’ve visited New Orleans three times prior to this trip and have always found the city to be one of the most atypical American cities. Not
