It's that time of year again

cj Sez: It’s the time of year when all the stores, and I domean all, gather the end of the year holidays into one gigantic marketing blitz.
One of my regular favorite toons

So I ask you, “Do you have your Christmas shopping done yet?”
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  This fourth installment of the Mobile Writers Guild PIECES anthologyseries is a perfect complement to the first of the upcoming holidays.   
“Once in a Blue Moon” is a paranormal short story that wasmy first effort in that genre. I hope you enjoy the teaser…it was also a firsteffort.
  The book is  readilyavailable in paperback or ebook—Kindle is $1.99.
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  Writers: I don’t know about you, but my first thought whensomeone says write a “pitch” is that brief, grab-the-gist-of-the-story elevatorpitch, boiled down to about 27 words—given the amount of time you might have todescribe your novel if you happen to get caught in an elevator with an agent.Well, surprise, surprise. Did you know there is more than one kind of pitch?Read more about it in author Amy L. Bernstein’s recent post on Jane Friedman’sblog: https://janefriedman.com/the-other-pitch-packages-authors-should-prepare/
  By the by, as the masthead of Lyrical Pens says, if you havea book (new or old) you want to promote with a blog post, drop me a note. Wecan arrange a blog date…the only caveat is that this site is PG 13. §§To quote a master . . .

“Here's what I want from a book, what I demand, what I prayfor when I take up a novel and begin to read the first sentence: I wanteverything and nothing less, the full measure of a writer's heart. I want anovel so poetic that I do not have to turn to the standby anthologies of poetryto satisfy that itch for music, for perfection and economy of phrasing, forexactness of tone. Then, too, I want a book so filled with story and characterthat I read page after page without thinking of food or drink because a writerhas possessed me, crazed with an unappeasable thirst to know what happensnext.”    ― Pat Conroy (  https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6942.Pat_Conroy?page=2)

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 Okay, that’s it forthis post. You-all guys keep on keeping on, and I’ll try to do the same. Raisingprayers for a happy and safe you.
cj
Now a note from mysponsors:


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