A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. Until the end of January 2009, Marcia is donating 50 cents to Book Wish Foundation’s holiday campaign for every link left for Mailbox Monday. If you’re off work today for the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. I hope you’re doing… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – January 18th
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Bloggiesta Finish Line
Pedro and his friends are done with Bloggiesta! I’m not sure how they made it across the finish line with the weekend we had. Friday was the giveaway for Liza Palmer’s A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents. I also listened to her radio interview and called in with questions. That afternoon I completed the… Continue reading Bloggiesta Finish Line
Mailbox Monday – January 11th
A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. Until the end of January 2009, Marcia is donating 50 cents to Book Wish Foundation’s holiday campaign for every link left for Mailbox Monday. Nothing new arrived in my mailbox this week. I returned a book to Amazon that was a… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – January 11th
December 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in December: 0 Rejections in December: 0 Submissions sent out in December: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 3 Nothing new or old went out in December. I did get two surprises. The first was an email from an Ohio museum. Last… Continue reading December 2009
Starting Bloggiesta
Last night I made a list of all the things I want to accomplish during Bloggiesta. They fall under three different categories: Book Reviews, Interviews and Story of the Month.  I have the day off work and it started with sleeping in until 8am. The Resident Corgi was not an early riser this morning. … Continue reading Starting Bloggiesta
Bloggiesta This Weekend
Last year I participated in Bloggiesta. I got a lot done but wanted to do more. I wasn’t prepared for all the bloggy-goodness mini challenges.  This year it’s three days long and I have Friday off work to start marking Bloggiesta items off my to do list. The Resident Corgi has an appointment at the groomer… Continue reading Bloggiesta This Weekend
Win Your Own Copy of A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer
In November last year, I posted my review of Liza Palmer’s A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents. This Friday at 1pm Eastern, Liza Palmer has a live interview on Blog Talk Radio. Stop by to listen in or call with a question. In conjunction with the interview, Hachette Book Group has been kind enough… Continue reading Win Your Own Copy of A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer
Mailbox Monday – January 4th
A big thank you to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. Until the end of January 2009, Marcia is donating 50 cents to Book Wish Foundation’s holiday campaign for every link left for Mailbox Monday. Nothing new came into my house this week but I left something off last week’s Mailbox Monday… Continue reading Mailbox Monday – January 4th
Carrie Vaughn Continues Kitty Norville Series
Early last year I participated in a blog tour for Carrie Vaughn centered around the Kitty Norville series. The last book, Kitty Raises Hell, had an excerpt in it for Kitty’s House of Horrors. It is available! (The Hachette Book Group site notes it is available on 1/1/2010 and Amazon has it available for preorder… Continue reading Carrie Vaughn Continues Kitty Norville Series
Happy New Year!
 Here it is January 1, 2010. The older I get, the faster the year seems to chug along. The New Year always brings hope and wishes for better fortune. I hope 2010 provides you with wonderful short stories and books. It doesn’t matter to me if you read them or write them, I want… Continue reading Happy New Year!